by Bill Smith | Sep 24, 2018 | Beers, Canada
I’m dedicating this review to my friend Darren Boyle who thinks I review too many IPAs, so this is for you Darren in all its malty goodness. Deep in Toronto’s Leslieville is a small storefront brewery called Radical Road Brewing Company. I’ve driven past, rode past on... 
by Bill Smith | Sep 14, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Left Field Brewery is an East End Toronto gem located just off Greenwood in the north end of Little India. I should declare my bias up front, I am a big fan of their Eephus Oat Brown Ale having reviewed it almost a year ago. Having gone dark last time, let’s take a... 
by Bill Smith | Sep 10, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Remember the Petoskey New England Style IPA I reviewed earlier this summer? I think I have found its Canadian equivalent, the Greenwood IPA brewed here at Toronto’s Left Field Brewery. New England style IPAs are all the rage this past summer, and I think that’ll... 
by Bill Smith | Aug 25, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Pale ales are a dime a dozen in the craft beer world. The brewmasters at Nickel Brook over in Burlington, Ontario, however, came up with an American style pale ale that would make even the hop heads take notice. American Pale Ales have been around for over 40 years.... 
by Bill Smith | Aug 13, 2018 | America, Beers
My friend Alex was on a recent road trip with his wife through Northern Michigan, and part of his trip was visiting local breweries. On his return, he gifted me two cans of Petoskey Brewing Juicy New England IPA and, damn, it’s good stuff! I’ve never been... 
by Bill Smith | Aug 7, 2018 | Beers, Canada
On Queen St. in Niagara on the Lake, on the opposite corner to the storied Prince of Wales Hotel in a former bank, is The Exchange Brewery. On the outside you think, “Nah, it can’t a brewery here”, but it’s like the TARDIS: bigger on the inside, and they make... 
