by Allison Needham Couillard | Jan 17, 2018
Editor’s note: 2017 saw us tasting many, many great craft beers. Over the next couple of weeks, our team will be sharing their favourites – first up, Allison Needham Couillard. Falcon Smash IPA and Clever Girl IPA Triple Crossing Brewing Company in...
by Danny Brown | Jan 15, 2018
Over the Christmas holidays, my friend (and fellow Craft Beer Diaries team member) Ryan visited, and brought me a bottle of Madness of Ophelia, from 5 Paddles Brewing Co. in Whitby, Ontario. A bourbon barrel-aged barley wine, this fuses together an intoxicating mix of...
by Andrij Harasewych | Jan 11, 2018
In November of 1989, Long Trail Brewing Company started up in the basement of the old Bridgewater Woolen Mill in Vermont. Quickly outgrowing this first location, they moved down the road in 1995 in order to improve output capacity and amenities. This is a brewery...
by Bill Smith | Jan 9, 2018
It’s dark beer season here in Canada, and we’re spoiled with a number of craft breweries located north of Toronto making great stouts and porters. Today we’re taking a look at the Skinny Dippin’ Stout by Sawdust City Brewing Company located in Gravenhurst, Ontario in...
by Jeff Leduc | Jan 6, 2018
Lawson’s Finest Liquids was opened in 2008 by husband and wife Sean and Karen Lawson. After home brewing for 20 years they decided to start a nano-brewery and have grown into the 7 barrel brewery they are today. They also contract out some of their brews to Two...
by Ryan Heighton | Jan 2, 2018
Still in Durham Region for the holidays, I continued my craft beer pilgrimage, stopping by 5 Paddles Brewing Co., in Whitby, Ontario. I actually stopped at my sister’s request (from a successful social marketing pitch by the brewery), to pick up a “must-try” lemon...
