A week or two before society collapsed into pandemic-created anarchy, Kole actually went on a company ski trip to Blue Mountains in early March, and I, of course, requested a care package of beer from Northwinds Brewery, their go-to après ski haunt. We had a dinner party that weekend, which now feels like a lavish… Read More
This month marks the 8th anniversary of Bellwoods Brewery‘s opening – an early pioneer in the explosion that craft beer enjoyed in Ontario in the 2010s. Since those early days on Ossington Ave, they’ve grown to serve licensees around the city and opened a larger production facility in the semi-industrial area on Hafis Rd, and… Read More
Day 27 in this new world of Social Distancing and quarantinis. Day 27 of not being able to gather with friends and laugh, to go to the pub, to take the subway, to go into the office. Rage and Love widely capture some of the emotions I’m feeling at this time – rage at the… Read More
I will always have a soft spot for Beattie’s Distillers, a small craft distillery based on Alliston, ON, roughly an hour from Toronto. Many years ago when we first started dating, Kole and I went on our first camping trip as a couple – a spontaneous decision on a Friday afternoon to buy a tent… Read More
You may be thinking: is that some sort of forced perspective magic with your photo, or is that really a huge bottle of whisky. The truth is the latter. It’s pandemic time and that calls for something large that can last a bit. Luck would have it that of the large format options out there,… Read More