I’ve been reading about everyone’s Craft Beer Advent Calenders online, and I’ve been growing incredibly jealous. But wait – if we can have a 12 Days of Beer for Christmas, we can have an 8 Days of Beer for Chanukah, can’t we? I can join in the reindeer games too in that case! I don’t have… Read More
With just a week to go before Christmas, Six Pints Specialty Beer Company (owned by Molson) will be shutting down Beer Academy. While many companies would usually opt to retrain the employees they have, Six Pints has opted to fire basically all of them and hire completely new staff (this according to Ben Johnson over at… Read More
Church Key Brewing is based out of Campbellford, Ontario. Their name comes from being built within an old church. Very cool to brew in the kind of place beer was probably invented in. Their ‘Holy Smoke’ is a beer after my own heart. I’m a scotch lover, so when I saw that this was a… Read More
The 12 Beers of Christmas by the Gladstone hotel was an event I had looked forward to all year. It’s one of the very few beer events where you don’t have to buy tickets. Basically, you pay $10 to enter and then sample all the beer you want. Last year when we went I was… Read More
Rye adds a certain je ne sais pas quoi to a beer – a spiciness that compliments the hops in a delicious way. Firmly raised on smoked meat sandwiches served on fresh rye bread, I find the addition of this grain a welcome palate teaser whenever it comes my way. I was excited to find a… Read More