I didn’t mean to do a review on Louis Cifer Brew Works, but my small notes turned into something a bit more solid and, well, here we are. So a bit about the place. Louis Cifer (yes, yes, fans of Angel Heart, it’s a play on De Niro’s devil character. Lou-Cifer) is a brewpub in…
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A Nice Cuppa Cascade – The Benefits of Hop Tea
NOTE: While the point of this post is showing some cool things that hop tea helps out with, it should be stated that if your symptoms are REALLY bad and you’re in a lot of pain, a doctor would be better. Really. So, this might come as a complete shock to people who know me well, but…well…every…
Goodnight Brew
Well, it’s about half past midnight as I write this and I’m just about ready to go to bed. But like anyone in their late-20s, I need a bedtime storybook that caters to my fast-paced, on-the-go, beer-loving lifestyle. I need stouts. I need bears. I need a walrus, and I need some beer. “Goodnight Brew“,…
The Beer Experience Toronto Beer Week Giveaway Extravaganza!
Hey you! Yeah, you! Do you like beer? Do you like beer events? Do you like said beer events taking place in churches built in 1871 that have been renovated in to a rather spacious, lovely event space? Do you like all of that to take place in Toronto before everything gets underway with…
Queer Beers: On LGBT Representation in Craft Beer
Alright, so at the time of writing this I just finished up a kinda-sorta twitter conversation that I want to elaborate on in this site. LGBT representation. I do know that there are a handful of LGBT folks in the craft beer community, but as a bisexual fan of beer I’d like to see something…
Cooking With Beer: Pizza Dough 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
So remember back in the early days of this site three years ago, when I wrote a post about beer pizza dough and included a recipe? No? Oh thank god. Good. Don’t try and search for it. Just keep reading. After a few years of making pizza at home, I’ve figured out a recipe…
Simple Done Well
I was at the first Because Beer Festival at the beautiful Pier 4 Park in Hamilton, Ontario a couple of weeks ago. Summer is a wonderful time because, well, there are less beer events that take place in cramped spaces and the noble Beer Geek can roam free in the glory of the outdoors. This was especially…
Vegas, Baby, Vegas: Las Vegas Breweries and Beer Beyond The Strip
“Good people drink good beer.” – Hunter S. Thompson, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas With the Saveur thing over and done with, I had an incredibly late flight the next night. An intentional move on my part, as I wanted to explore the city for a while and see what there was in ways of…
Beer Blogging, Being a Woman In Beer, & Having Fun: What I Should Have Said At Queens of Craft
A couple of weeks ago I was at a round table discussion in Guelph put on by Wellington Brewery called Queens of Craft, with proceeds of the event going to Women in Crisis Guelph. Basically it was a lot of Ontario’s most respected women in the beer industry and me talking about a subject…
Vegas, Baby, Vegas: The Saveur Magazine Best Food Blog Awards Experience
Well, I’m back from the desert city of Las Vegas, where I was treated by the folks at Saveur Magazine and Bellagio to come by, sample some fantastic culinary delights, and collect my award for Saveur Magazine’s Best Food Blog Awards in the category of Wine & Beer. I came to Vegas on the…
The Thirsty Wench 