My wife goes out for a bachelorette (or a hen party, if you prefer), and what do I do with my solo evening in? Watch Ronin? Play guitar for 5 hours straight? Sit on the balcony smoking a cigar and reading a book? Ogle a Victoria’s Secret catalogue? Sear’s catalogue? No. I do a beer […]
So the rapture is happening anytime now. Apparently. So, just in case, I thought it appropriate to review a relevant beer. Two obvious choices would the either La Fin du Monde or Maudite by Unibroue, but that’s sort of been done. Instead, I’d like to offer a blessing, or a last rite. Which is what […]
So, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I have a tendency to gush on and on about Dieu du Ciel!, as well as their Ontario importer, HMH Negotiants. If you haven’t been reading for long, you might not know this. But trust me, I do. It gets a little embarrassing for everybody, kind of […]
Ever have one of those days that just isn’t going well? That’s today, for me. Not expressley bad, but just lots of bad news. So I’m taking it back. I’m reviewing a beer that I already know kicks ass. So I’ll be the first to admit this is a totally unobjective review. Let’s get it […]
So the McAuslan brewery, in Montreal, makes a variety of beers, most of which are difficult, at best, to find in Ontario. St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout is available at a few locations around Toronto, but most people will have never had it. Loads of people are familiar with their Apricot Wheat beer, which is a […]
Charlevoix is another one of those awesome micros from Quebec we’re just begining to see here in Ontario, mostly due to the efforts of Ralph and family at Volo and HMH Negotiants. I actually got this bottle from Matt (http://onebeeratatime.wordpress.com) when we hooked up to drink some mad beers a while ago, and I’ve been […]
Okay, so you may or may not know this, but I’m a vegetarian (strictly speaking, I’m a peskaterian, I eat seafood). But I’m also a trained chef, and a big food geek. As well, I spent a lot of my time in highschool in the pages of fiction by Mordecai Richler; pages laced with references […]
Ummm, okay, here’s the thing: Dieu du Ciel!, it’s like a beer Mecca. If you don’t know, they make a huge variety of incredible beers, lots of Belgian styles, but also heaps of new-school brews, from badass AIPAs to BIPAs to RISs. Haha, jargon abbreviations kick ass. Suffice to say, these guys are just a […]
