Armed ‘N Citra by Rainhard Brewing Co., a review September 16, 2015 | Shawna O'Flaherty | Leave a comment Ah, Armed ‘N Citra. We meet again! Kole and I spent a Saturday afternoon at the Stockyards recently, doing wonderfully adult things like buying pants. Tragic, I know. Clutching a brand new Halloween costume for a dog (he’s going as a hamburger, in case you asked), we made our way over to nearby Rainhard Brewing… Read More
Highballer Pumpkin Ale by Grand River Brewing, a Review September 15, 2015 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment While I am always a bit annoyed that there is suddenly a chill in the air I do love fall for at least one thing: pumpkin. Everything pumpkin flavoured comes out now and I live in flavour heaven (at least until Eggnog flavoured stuff starts showing up. Shawna on the other hand HATES pumpkin, so… Read More
Habits Nanobrewery (Soon to be Folly Brewpub), a Profile September 10, 2015 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment It was recently announced that Habits Nano Brewery will be changing their name and focus. Instead of being a gastropub they will focus more on becoming a brew pub. You can read about it here. Upon hearing this we decided to make the trek down to College West and give the place a try. As… Read More
2013 Homegrown Riesling by Megalomaniac, a Review September 8, 2015 | Kole McRae | Leave a comment While fighting waves of summer heat the past few days we have taken the time to delve into the world of white wines. While we generally prefer a robust red, the whites seem very appealing when it’s too hot to move. With this in mind we grabbed a bottle of Homegrown Riesling by Megalomaniac from… Read More
Road trip series: Cappadocia Wine & Sunset tour September 2, 2015 | Shawna O'Flaherty | Leave a comment Cappadocia, Turkey is well known for out-of-this world geological rock formations, cave churches used by the early Christians, and luxurious cave hotels. This is what originally enticed me to include Cappadocia on my recent trip to Turkey – but further research lead me to a number of vineyards in the region that apparently have increasingly… Read More