by Danny Brown | Sep 4, 2018
At the beginning of August, I attended my first Session Muskoka craft beer festival. Given that it was held in Bracebridge, Ontario, just 20 or so minutes drive from my cottage, it’d be remiss of me not to… 🙂 Given that there are so many fantastic craft...
by Ryan Heighton | Sep 3, 2018
When I boasted about the delicious Through the Glass New England IPA that I was enjoying last night on our private Facebook group, another member indicated that Badlands Brewing Company is one the best kept secrets in Ontario craft brewing. Was he ever right. Badlands...
by Bill Smith | Aug 25, 2018
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 Ryan Heighton | Aug 20, 2018
The boom of craft brewers in the past decade has really sparked innovation in the industry. IPAs have become a staple of craft brewers, and with good reason. They bring a great deal of diversity and are highly influenced by the varieties and amounts of hops, and many...
by Bill Smith | Aug 7, 2018
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...
by Danny Brown | Jul 27, 2018
Recently on The Craft Beer Diaries, Ryan Heighton looked at how cross-province beer sales in Ontario, Canada (where I also reside) suck, and how online beer sales direct from the brewers still has a way to go to be really effective. It’s an excellent read on the...
