Okay, two in the series, I might be done. We’ll see….
Gourmet Food and Wine Show
Starts tonight, with the VIP event. I’ll be connecting with some VIPs (haha) and would love to hook up. Leave a comment if you’re going down tonight, and I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Full information here (http://www.foodandwineexpo.ca/sitepages/)
Happy Birthday Kilkenny
Tonight, Paddy and the crew at Ceili are celebrating the 300th birthday of the epic Irish Ale, Kilkenny. Pints of the nectar will be $5, and there’s rumour of a deal on oysters. Paddy better bring his “fast shucking” knife.
Chocolate and Coffee brews can stay
I don’t know if you follow this type of thing (or worse, if you drink it), but beverages like Four Loko and Joose are causing quite a do stateside. First off, for the uninitiated, these drinks are “flavoured malt beverages with caffiene”. Yep, about as gross as it sounds. They serve one purpose, and one purpose alone: to get wicked drunk. Despite the fact that these drinks weigh-in at two to three times the alcohol of a single beer, the FDA and US government have decided to try to ban them, based on their caffiene content. There is a great article already written voicing the stupidity of this here, which is well worth the read. My bigger concern is this: Does that mean no Meantime Coffee Porter, BrewDog Paradox or Great Lakes/St. John’s Wort Lazarus Breakfast Stout? These are beers that have caffiene in them, from the coffee they are brewed with.
In a word, “no”. It seems that our big brothers to the south haven’t totally lost it. Just mostly. So seek out a lovely coffee-flavoured beer (Dark Star Espresso Stout is still available at a lot of LCBO’s), and toast the FDA, and college kids everywhere who will simply go back to Vodka/Redbulls.
Hope to see you tonight!
