by Ryan Heighton | Jan 4, 2019
5 Paddles Brewing Company in Whitby, Ontario is one of my staple breweries. In addition to having an enviable core lineup of brews, they are constantly rotating in new and exciting additions. To wrap up 2018, they unleashed the All Brett Double Black IPA (“The Double...
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 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 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...