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Drinks for Canada Day
Posted by:Stephen BeaumontOn: 28/06/2009
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Canada's national day is this Wednesday, and while it would be easy to simply suggest drinking local beer for the celebration, I'd rather suggest a trio of new beverages, two of which also invoke my own Scottish roots.
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Fat Cat Lives!
Posted by:Stephen BeaumontOn: 26/06/2009
Summary:
While assembling some Canadian contributions to a forthcoming book called 1001 Beers to Try Before You Die, I made a very unfortunate discovery in British Columbia -- the Fat Cat Brewery was taking its final gasps and preparing to shut down for good. At the heart of this difficult decision was a dispute with their landlord, apparently, but as I discovered in conversation with Bunny at the brewery, it was merely the proverbial "final straw" in a list of hurdles and challenges that has plagued Fat Cat through its ten year history.Read all of the Blog...Fat Cat Lives!
Creemore Hits One Out of the Park...Maybe
Posted by:Stephen BeaumontOn: 23/06/2009
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I tasted a new beer from Creemore yesterday, Kellerbier, and while it's too early to say for certain, my initial impression is that this may be one of the best new beer launches in Ontario for quite a while.Read all of the Blog...Creemore Hits One Out of the Park...Maybe
Canada's Best IPA?
Posted by:Stephen BeaumontOn: 13/06/2009
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I've been tasting a lot of really fine IPAs lately, and Canadian ones, at that. Like Granville Island's anniversary Brockton IPA, a whole slew of Ontario interpretations and Phillips bright gold and tasty Original IPA.Read all of the Blog...Canada's Best IPA?
