One of my favourite perennial beers is Black Oak’s Summer Saison. A wicked good saison, with lots of bright citrus notes and classic Belgian spices from the yeast, it’s a heck of a beer. So I was obviously pretty excited when I was by the brewery and Erica told me she had some barrel-aged Saison […]
While Bavarians are in full Oktoberfest swing, and the massive tents of Munich are full to overflowing with joyful celebrants, we are just starting to get our dose of German and German-style Oktoberfest beers here in Ontario. Black Oak’s Oaktoberfest is the first one to come across my desk (or more specifically, into my fridge). […]
Today, Fred and Chris get into some of Black Oak‘s anniversary beer, Ten Bitter Years Double IPA. They also show off their new custom-made bbBarFly bottle openers.
Every year, in Munster Indiana, there is a migration of sorts. While it doesn’t have the drama of David Attenborough narrating the migrations of the Serengeti, it may well be the largest migration of beer geeks in the western hemisphere. I am, of course, talking about Dark Lord Day. The one day a year you […]
Oh goodness gracious. What a massive event. This Year’s Brewer’s Plate in Toronto took place in the Wychwood Barns, a really cool City of Toronto event space. It’s an old TTC building, that appears to have housed streetcars, but it’s been hipped up with cleaned up brickwork and old beams. BP had set up in […]
So, hopefully you all read my post on The Brewer’s Plate, happening next Wednesday, April 6th, in support of Not Far From the Tree. Over the next few days I’m going to post reviews about beers by some of the brewers who will be taking part in this year’s event. It’s going to be an […]
So in the process of cleaning up a fairly messy beer storage area in readiness for Christmas entertaining, I realized I still had a bottle of 10 Bitter Years, imaginably waiting for review. If you’re not familiar with 10 Bitter Years, it is a double IPA, which generally means higher alcohol and higher hops. It […]
