Toronto Cider Festival (2016), a Review September 14, 2016 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment I have to say, we had a hell of a weekend. The Saturday started with an exciting game of Jays baseball and then the Toronto Cider Festival to top it off. We had a few remarks about the festival last year so I think this year I’ll see what they improved upon first: Club Like… Read More
Lake Erie Craft Booze Trail, a Road Trip September 9, 2016 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment On July 27th we started on an adventure that included: 1500 km, 16 breweries, 6 vineyards, 4 distilleries. 3 states, 1 province. 3 hotels, 2 Air Bnbs. 0 fights, 0 flat tires, 0 tickets. And somehow only 1 spilled pint! (My apologies to Shawna for wearing the pint.) We alternated which one of us… Read More
Pipe Dream Dry Hopped Grisette by Halo Brewery, a Review September 7, 2016 | Shawna O'Flaherty | Leave a comment The last time we wrote about Halo Brewery, they were a year away from opening. Now they have a tiny taproom on Wallace Ave, cranking out solid American and Belgian style beers and lip-puckering sours. They are also a featured stop on the west end Craft Beer Passport this year, and they are giving back to… Read More
Craft Whisky by WolfHead, a Review August 31, 2016 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment We went on a road trip recently that involved a hell of a lot of craft alcohol. Don’t worry, we have a massive post about it coming soon! While on that trip we visited a place called Wolfhead Distillery. Wolfhead is a brand new distillery so I didn’t have high hopes going into it (it… Read More
Hard Root Beer by Crazy Uncle, a Review August 23, 2016 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment At what point are you allowed to call something a fad? To me it seems this year every one and their grandmother has decided to make a hard root beer. They all showed up around the same time. It was nothing and then suddenly an explosion of overly sweet brown fizzy drinks! We got a… Read More