Last year, I walked into Black Oak Brewery in Etobicoke, and was greeted by a mountain of whiskey barrels. Seriously, like, 80, I think. I knew that many breweries were jumping onto the barrel-aging wagon, but this seemed like a bit much. So I asked Simon (Black Oak’s brewmaster) what the deal was. It turns […]
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Smashed Blueberry — Shipyard Brewing Co.
So, I don’t know if it’s Ontario brain-washing, overly romantic memories of cottaging in Muskoka as a child, or a geniune love of the little blue berries known (cleverly) as Blueberries. In pancakes, as jam on toast, in pie. So if you put Blueberries in beer, I’m pretty much yours. Now, some of you will […]
Tartan Ale – Alexander Keith’s
Time to kick the hornet’s nest: The last time I got a bottle of special-release Keith’s beer (their Harvest Ale), I got my wrists slapped and stired some controversy, in my support of it. You see, I’m not a huge fan of Labatt and what they’ve done to themselves (compare the number of Stella cases […]
Holy Smoke – Church-Key Brewing
So this is another one of those reveiws of a beer I already know and love. Church-Key Brewing is on the way to Erika’s family cottage, and also not far from her cousin’s cottage, which we visit often. Just outside the town of Campbellford, Chuch-Key occupies an old church building, and they brew a great […]
