While some craft beer snobs turn up their noses at the Marzenbeirs served at Oktoberfest for their lack of IPA-level hops, these beers are fantastic, and make at least one beer writer more than a little giddy. Yes, Oktoberfest is upon us once again. The festival is an anniversary celebration of the marriage of King […]
Bock beers have a well earned reputation as wonderful, if not occasionally misunderstood, beers. Glorious Maibocks help us welcome back warm days and outdoor drinking in the spring. Sturdy bocks and doppelbocks keep as from starving during our 40 days fasting for lent (you do stop eating for lent, right?). The fact that these big […]
Today, Fred and Chris are joined by Les Murray, president of the Toronto Festival of Beer! They chat beer fest, and drink Creemore Mad and Noisy Sunny and Share Saison, and Anchor Brewing Liberty Ale.
Well, you might remember when I wrote about Mad and Noisy Hops and Bolts IPL a while back. If so, you will probably be as excited as I was to hear that Creemore is back at it, now with their Sunny and Share Citrus Saison. Saison is becoming the hot summer beer (replacing weisse/wit beers, […]
Fact: there is a lot of blustering going on right now in the craft beer scene in Toronto, about what is, exactly, “craft beer”. I won’t enter that debate here (though I promise I will elsewhere soon). There are sort of two sides to this story (there’s actually hundreds, but I’ve got to draw a […]
25 years in business — any business — is cause for celebration. True, there are breweries in Europe that date back more than a century, but only Europeans pull that “thing X is better in Europe” nonsense. In craft brewing in Ontario, 25 is a big deal. Rightly so, Creemore Springs celebrated in style. How, […]
So here’s the thing. Creemore, what to say? The venerable Nick Pashely admits in “Notes on a Beermat” that he often drinks Creemore Springs Lager as a safe alternative to the Buds and Lites of the world. And I must say, I agree. Many’s the time I’ve found myself out for drinks with a group […]
