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Wind & Sail Dark (is it just me, or is this beer really good? Recent brews out of Barley Days have been really nice. I think this brewery's finally turned the corner). It is really good - yes that's Ontario for you, a brewery like Glenora which (in)famously made rancid infected beers back in 20...

I've been loving beer for almost 30 years, and compared to co-workers, family, hockey teammates etc I'm a bit of a beer geek. But I've only been a regular reader of this site for a few months now and I'm way behind the geekiness of the regular posters here (that's meant to be complimentary, not crit...

Funny and pathetically sad on more than one level at the same time.

Thanks for this post. I appreciate any links or references to beer-related stories as I don't subscribe to any newspapers. No, the article isn't about beer, but it does give insight to another challenge that the small breweries face (as do all small family businesses).

Great articles....thanks for posting the links.

So there are millions of people out there drinking Bud Light believing they are drinking beer!

First tried beers from this brewery a year or two ago and only thought of them as average. Found the Curmudgeon better this year than I remembered from the past, really like the Russian Gun, and I like the Highballer Pumpkin too but thought the Great Lakes Pumkin Ale was a little bit better. It's in...

StoneHammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout - this stuff is good!

This is the best Russian Gun ever and is in my top 10 beers ever tasted. I assume you are referring to the product from Grand River. I like this beer very much too. I also like the Imperial Russian Stout from Wellington. Beyond that, I haven't tried much else so I can't claim to be an expert on the...

I will always try ANY new beer twice. Yes, yes. I generally don't agree with judging a beer on one sampling. Tastes buds change day to day. I have, on many occasions, purchased 6 or 12 when trying something new. And sometimes, my first impression is average, but by day 3 or 4 I am liking the beer qu...

cfrancis wrote:I was in the SAQ yesterday picking up some St. Bernardus 12 and Gouden Carolus Classic and what did I see at the cash on display?

Would this pass Social Responsibility in Ontario?

Had a Trafalgar Maple Bock this afternoon. First maple beer I've ever tried; generally did not expect to like this type too much, although I certainly enjoy other "flavoured" beers such as fruit beers, tea beers etc. This one pretty much met my expectation. Not my favourite type, but for w...

Sorry for my ingnorance, I'm not familiar with Hopping Mad and I can't quite decifer from this string if it is brewed by Great Lakes or not. Can someone please clarify.

It used to be that if did a search for "Trafalgar" on the LCBO website, the Black Creek Porter would show up. I assumed Trafalgar was at least bottling this beer and perhaps brewing it under license. But the Black Creek Porter does not show up on this search any more. Does anyone know if B...