On night 3 of our isolated 8 Beers of Chanukah, we venture to the suburbs of Ottawa (virtually) for a Canadian Pale Ale made by Tuque de Broue Brewery from the Franco-Ontarian town of Embrun, ON. La Tuque Dorée is a pale ale that weighs in at 4.5% ABV and retails at $3.75 for a… Read More
We are quite late writing about any of the amazing Black is Beautiful beer campaigns that made the rounds this summer. Friends, please know that we see you, we hear you, and this was not a willful omission, but rather we haven’t been updating as much during the pandemic as sitting down to write a… Read More
We’re back with another year of kvetching about everything, with the 2020 Dumpster Fire version of the #8BeersOfChanukah ready to kick off this holiday season. In fact, we made a whole outing of it to the Summerhill LCBO to stock up this year, which was my first trip outside of my neighbourhood since early October.… Read More
I’ve made it to the final night of the #8BeersOfChanukah and I’ve even spent a few nights in Montreal during this year’s festival of lights – with a visit to my parents to light the candles for the first time in probably 17+ years. I even succeeded in writing all 8 posts while bouncing between… Read More
This holiday season, we made the rather last-minute weather-based decision to drive to Montreal. Usually, I take the train or fly when I’m heading “home”, so I forgot just how long and boring the drive can be once the 401 passes Coburg. We decided to break up the drive with a stop at a brewery… Read More