Well now. Session. This past Saturday was the Session Craft Beer Festival, which is more or less an after party to the Ontario Craft Beer Week festivities. Last year featured some of the best and brightest breweries from all over Ontario showcasing special one-offs and this year was no different. The festival included a…
Category: Field Trips
Beer & Food Pairing
I’ll be honest, this post is a long time coming. Truthfully, I’ve had the most problem just STARTING the damn thing. Any writer knows that the kick-off point in a piece of writing is one of the worst and I’ve been stuck with that for a couple of weeks while also getting used to having…
Homebrewing, Winter Beer Fest, and BlogTO
Okay, so the day job and a slight case of the Cambodian Swamp Virus put a damper on any writing time I had the past week or so. So let’s play a bit of catch-up because quite a bit has been going on. 1. I’ve been homebrewing! Although I have dabbled with varying levels of…
Cask Days 2012
Have to say, that was one enjoyable Cask Days. Some quirks were expected, as the festival moved from the smaller Hart House to the bigger and better Evergreen Brick Works and added on an extra third session. The biggest problem was that nearly half of the 100 or so casks went empty at the third…
Session 99
I made it out for the first session at Session 99 Craft Beer Festival, the grand event that capped off Ontario Craft Beer Week. Many breweries came out with some amazing one-offs and drinks I’ve never tried before. Spearhead, Sawdust City Brewery and Bellwoods Brewery were by far my favourite breweries of the day. Spearhead…
Chicago: One Hell of a Town
I have returned alive and well from the Windy City! C2E2 was a blast, seeing friends from both Chicago and all over the country was a thrill and walking all over that city was just perfect. But you’re reading a beer blog. You don’t want to hear about a comic convention and walking around Lincoln…
The Windy City
The next couple of days will be taking up some time for me as I wrap up my affairs at work and start packing for Chicago. I’ll be attending C2E2 and taking a few days extra on a much-needed vacation with the fella. We’re both REALLY looking forward to trying some of the local beers…
My First Beer Pairing Dinner
So March 25th marked a really interesting moment in my beer learning adventures. For the first time in my life I attended a beer pairing dinner. The dinner, put on by Mirella Amato’s Barley’s Angels, a group dedicated to educating women about the wonderful world of beer and hosted by Guy McClelland of McClelland Premium…
I Have Returned (Happy New Year)
Hello! It’s been a while! Haven’t seen you all since…jeez, last year. This was primarily due to being at the cottage over the holidays where internet was restricted to my (crappy) cell phone that can only access twitter and e-mail. Anything beyond that and it screams at me. I also went off to glorious Washington…
What a Night: Cask Days 2011
I’m still recovering from the lovely night that was Cask Days, the beer event with over 50 beers from around the country to sample. It was also my first ever large scale beer event. It was a LOT of fun and showed that the event, which originally started in the patio of Toronto’s Bar Volo, can…
The Thirsty Wench 