by Bill Smith | Jul 9, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Located in the heart of Port Dalhousie in St. Catherines, Ontario, the Lock St. Brewery produces a tightly curated line up of beer in a storefront location close to the site of the original Welland Canal Locks. Their core offering we’re going to be taking a look at is...
by Ryan Heighton | Jul 5, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Sours are tough. They can be great and they can also be really terrible. Funk can be an extreme spectrum. Half Hours on Earth is a small operation in Seaforth, Ontario, focusing on sours and farmhouse ales. With a focus like this, it might be expected that they...
by Bill Smith | Jul 3, 2018 | Beers, Canada
It’s a cool late June rainy weekend and I’ve got a really nice stout you might be interested in. Nickel Brook Brewing Co., out of Burlington, Ontario, is best known for their Naughty Neighbour American Pale Ale (future review), Equilibrium English Style Ale and series...
by Ryan Heighton | Jun 29, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Full disclosure: I love Nickel Brook Brewing Co. As self-professed (and undisputedly so) leaders in the Ontario Craft Beer scene since 2005, they know their hops. Their ales have kept me coming back, and their recent focus on developing new and complex funky creations...
by Ryan Heighton | Jun 25, 2018 | Canada, Opinion
In the last couple of years, the province of Ontario in Canada opened up online beer sales, where residents could either buy from the government-run LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), or directly from the craft brewers who offered the service. While this might...
by Ryan Heighton | Jun 22, 2018 | Beers, Canada
As a kid growing up in Ontario in the late-80s and early-90s, I didn’t really have much choice but to be a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. With an exciting team that centred around Power Forward Doug Gilmour, it was an easy team to love. “Killer” was a fan favourite, an...
