It was a beautiful sunny day last Sunday and though it was only slightly above 0, Shawna and I decided to go have a beer in the backyard. I made sure to include a cigar while we were at it. Our choice was El Idaho, a farmhouse ale by Shackland’s Brew Co. We remembered enjoying… Read More
It’s my holiday, so I’m allowed to branch out and include non-Ontario beers on this one. There’s no rhyme or reason to my choices – I usually hit up the Summerhill LCBO and come away with more than 8 beers that I must narrow down as I go along. I buy things that look tasty,… Read More
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
I’m surprised to discover we haven’t written about Niagara-on-the-Lake’s darling farmhouse brewery, Oast House. They are available in finer beer bars around the city, and the Barnraiser flagship beer is available at the LCBO. We certainly like them a lot – enough to factor them into our final day of our #TOBHroadtrip around Lake Erie (and… Read More