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
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
The tropical stout is a newer style for me. We don’t see too many of them in Ontario’s balmy tropical weather, but I’ve come across them in Cambodia and Belize in my travels. Tropical stouts tend to have a very dark appearance with sweet and fruity aromas, and smooth roasted flavours without a harshness you… Read More
I usually go rogue during the #8BeersOfChanukah and allow at least one or two foreign beers to make their way onto my craft beer Menorah. Usually, it’s a product you can still find at the LCBO, or something we’ve picked up on our travels. This time, I dug very deep into my tickle trunk of beer,… Read More