All posts by Nick Jeffrey
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How Merlot Can You Go?
Thanks to this accursed pandemic, it has been nigh on 8 months now since I visited a wine bar for a night of enjoying different...
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Carignan My Wayward Son
My once-robust selection in the basement wine cellar has been dwindling rapidly during these COVID times, with at-home imbibing replacing those many bottles of wine...
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Canadian Beer Day
Last week was the 2nd annual Canadian Beer Day. Maybe this is not quite as auspicious a boozing event as Oktoberfest or Robbie Burns Day,...
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35 Years And Counting….
An auspicious anniversary passed us by last month, nearly unnoticed due to the doom and gloom in the news. That’s right gentle reader, this year...
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Common Crown
Exciting things happened a few weeks back at the Canadian Brewing Awards, which was held virtually this year due to the ongoing pandemic. For those...
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Drawing a Blanc
Summer is coming to an end, and fall is just around the corner. Darkness falls on our fair land earlier each day, and will soon...
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Fahr Fahr Away
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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
