Beer is a lot like tennis. The rising stars first need to win the provincial competitions in order to qualify for the national competitions, with those...
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Oktoberfest Obliterated
This pandemic just keeps getting worse. First it took away all the toilet paper. Then we had to endure the train wreck that was Tiger King...
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Better Red Than Dead
This pandemic may be the death of me. Not because of any worries of infection, as I have been safely ensconced at home since March, without venturing out...
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International Beer Day
Well, this summer has been a bust. Here we are staring down the barrel of the Labour Day weekend, back to school, and fall is just around the corner...
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Gargle The Garganega
It seems like a lifetime ago, but in truth it was just a few months before these pandemic times we find ourselves enduring, with no end in sight. In...
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Barbaresco To Go
I have still not worked up the courage for indoor dining at restaurants, but I have been keeping the COVID-19 blues at bay with regular takeout from my...
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Put On The Red Light
Sting & The Police crooned eloquently in 1978 about falling in love with Roxanne, a lady working in the red light district of Paris. I confess that I...
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Drawing a Blanc
The hot weather last week had me switching from red wines to chilled whites, kept in an ice bucket next to my patio chair so I could while away the weekend in...
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T-Bagging
Long time readers may recall me waxing poetic about the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law of 1516, which decreed water, barley, and...
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End Of A Dry Century
Faithful readers may recall that I have often waxed poetic about the various failed attempts throughout North America to ban the demon liquor. Our Yankee...
