by John Day | Apr 27, 2016
Welcome drinkers for a sampling of a local beverage. Not only is local but it's also award winning! Big Rig Brewery's Release the Hounds took home the Gold Medals at both the Ontario and Canadian Brewing Awards of 2014. The first thing that will strike you is the...
by John Day | Apr 25, 2016
Hey drinkers! I'm back for another brew from one of my favourite local breweries. Beyond the Pale is located in Ottawa, only five minutes from where I work. SO super handy, for when I need a fix. So it will come as no surprise when I say there will a lot of beer...
by John Day | Apr 23, 2016
Hey readers I was very lucky to be able to spent some time in Boston recently. Which included a great tour of the Samuel Adams brewery. So what better way to celebrate a great tour than with a beer review. I've picked Rebel IPA as it is easy to find here in Canada,...
by John Day | Apr 18, 2016
Hey drinkers! Time for an American beer for a change. Even though Canada is extremely close to America ie. shares a border, it is surprisingly hard to find good US beers (found Stone Brewery only once at a LCBO). But lucky for me most LCBO's during the last summer...
by John Day | Feb 17, 2016
Following on from My Guide to Beer, here is another installment of my beginners help guides. This time I'm going to cover Pale Ales in all their styles. When thinking of pale beers you need to imagine a scale. At one end you have the lower A.B.V session pale...