Author - Nick Jeffrey

Nick Jeffrey

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Aging Wine

Some things just don’t improve as the years go by. Star Wars prequels and my waistline are two examples that immediately come to mind, but many others...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Gin and Juice

The world is experiencing a Gin renaissance, and the charge is being led by the small artisanal distilleries. Gin has a long and sordid history, starting with...

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Dry Town No More?

Your humble narrator has been known to poke fun at our neighbours to the south for that failed social experiment called Prohibition back in the 1920’s. A...

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End Of An Era

Your humble narrator was sipping a frosty pint of Grasshopper last week, when a shudder went down my spine, almost like a million beer drinkers suddenly cried...

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Full of Pisco and Vinegar

Your intrepid liquor reporter has noticed the days growing shorter and the nights growing longer, a dismal portent of the coming winter that follows our too...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

International IPA Day

There was a momentus occasion in beer culture last week, and your humble narrator certainly made the most of it. Yes gentle reader, August 7 was the fourth...

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Mad About Metaxa

Mad About Metaxa Your intrepid liquor reporter was out on another on of those newfangled Internet dates, and ended up meeting a darling young lady of recent...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

International Beer Day

If your humble narrator could ever marry a specific day of the year, that day would be the first Friday in August, also known as International Beer Day. Yes...

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Sweet Summer Sangria

Your humble narrator has been revelling in the warm days of summer, and enjoying all the licentiousness that comes with this time of year. BBQs and garden...

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Our Home and Native Beer

Our Home and Native Beer Canada Day passed us by at the beginning of the month, and your humble narrator observed this solemn occasion by cracking open a few...


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