by John Day | Mar 9, 2016
Unleashing my darker side with this review. The brew for today is by Flying Monkey brewery, called Chocolate Manifesto. The barnding is my favourite seeming quite cluttered and messy.DetailsName: The Chocolate ManifestoBrewery: The FlyingMonkeys (Barrie,...
by John Day | Feb 12, 2016
Framboise's scare me, I've had a few great ones in my time (like Hornbeer springs to mind), but I have also had some true howlers as well. Fingers crossed this Amsterdam Brewery Framboise is a good one. Quick bit of background for you all, Framboise mean Raspberry, so...
by John Day | Feb 9, 2016
John here. Today we are staying local today with one of Ottawa's best breweries Big Rig. This is their flagship Pale Ale and is simply called Gold. I purchased mine from the local LCBO, but it also comes in growler form, from the Iris Street location. Since writing...
by John Day | Jan 29, 2016
On May 20th, 2015 (Wednesday) we attended our first Canadian Craft Beer Tap Takeover. Hosted by Atomic Rooster and staring two of my favourite Canadian breweries: Beau's and Beyond the Pale.The Events PosterStrangely for Ottawa, the event was...
by John Day | Jan 20, 2016
So first Beers with Peps article. This was one of the very first beers I tried after landing in Canada last year. Why this beer you may ask, well I was attracted to the can and the weird name. So when I saw a red elephant starring at me from the LCBO shelf, I just...