by Olivia | Nov 15, 2018 | Beers, Canada
The first Christmas my sisters boyfriend spent with out family two years ago he unabashedly tried to win me over by gifting me with a four pack of beer from Bellwoods. I had never tried anything from Bellwoods but Jakub did some research on the craft beer market in...
by Bill Smith | Apr 3, 2018 | Beers, Canada
Toronto has a temple for Pilsner at Steam Whistle Brewery, but there’s another brewery that has made this particular style their flagship beer. To find them you have to hop the 501 Streetcar eastbound along Queen St., across the Don River to the Riverside...
by Bill Smith | Dec 14, 2017 | Canada, Events
This was my first solo coverage of a beer festival (I tag teamed with Danny Brown this past spring with the Toronto Craft Beer Festival at Ontario Place). Danny checked out the Hamilton I Heart Beer Holiday Festival last weekend. That looked to be a great line up of...
by Bill Smith | Aug 25, 2017 | Beers, Canada
Who said an IPA can only be pale? The black IPA, or American / Cascadian Dark Ale, came from the American craft beer scene and plays with flavours you don’t usually associate with an IPA. The Black IPA beer style started surfacing in the US in the late 1990s, and only...