Eat fresh; eat local. Right? How about drinking a beer made with hops picked the day it was brewed? Amsterdam’s Autumn Hop Harvest Ale is exactly that, a “wet-hopped” pale ale. Wet-hopping is a term you may well have heard, if you’re a craft beer loyalist these days. And it’s a bit of a confusing […]
Name a beer you would drink everyday. I could name dozens. Now name one that you could drink for breakfast everyday. Probably a smaller list. You can see where I’m going with this, I’m sure. Before I had even actually committed to doing this fast (if you’re just tuning-in, I’m fasting from food for Lent), […]
Despite the fact that we are again in the throes of a polar vortex (which I suppose is better than a Peruvian Sharknado), spring is just around the corner. Hiding like a sadistic child wearing a planet of the apes mask, waiting to terrify their kid-sister. Except that in this case, the terror is in […]
Well, despite assertions from major beer-writers in Toronto (I’m looking at you, Ben), this is the perfect beer for Valentines Day. Even if it doesn’t hit shelves till tomorrow It’s at the retail stores now! Get it on your way home. Why? Well, for starters, this vDay is on Friday. This is Rebecca Black IPA […]
Maybe it’s much too early in the game But I thought I’d ask you just the same What are you doing New Year’s Eve? So, got any plans for NYE? I do, I’ll be at a cottage, drinking beer and heating a sauna for the traditional midnight snow-roll. But if I were in the city, […]
Day two of the battle royale. Today it’s a shaolin vs grasshopper kind of day, with Bellwoods Hellwoods Russian Imperial Stout matched against Amsterdam Tempest Imperial Stout. You should probably know that both Luke and Mike of Bellwoods worked at Amsterdam before striking out on their own, and opening the immensely successful Bellwoods Brewery. Luke, […]
At this point, I expect many of my readers to be anxiously awaiting the save-the-date notice for my impending marriage to Amsterdam Brewing’s Iain McOustra. I mean, I love the guy. And you’re probably getting sick of hearing about it, but it’s hard when a dude is equal parts amazing brewer and genuinely awesome person. […]
Yes, it’s true, here in Toronto, it’s snowing like we’re in Canada or something. Shut the place down! The good news is, we still have beer. And in case you don’t — despite predictions to the contrary — the world is not over, and places like the LCBO and many breweries are open for business […]
As anybody involved knows, the spirit within any city’s craft beer scene is at least friendly, if not downright sexual. In addition to the stories of one brewer giving another a leg-up, the brewery staff have a tendency to hang out. To one-up each other. To form grand schemes at the bottom of big bottles. […]
