Around September Canadian beer lovers and music fans alike were excited to learn of a collaboration beer being made with Ontario brewery Flying Monkeys and the iconic Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies. For those not familiar with the group, they’re basically the ultimate “local boys do good” story here where I live, the Toronto suburb…
Tag: stout
Lock it in the Basement: Aging Beers
Aging: It’s not just for wines, whiskeys and people who aren’t me. So I’ve decided to take the next step in my beer appreciation learnings and start doing what I’ve wanted to do ever since I tried some beer that had undergone this process. I’m going to start aging beer. I think my first instance in…
CURRENTLY DRINKING:Skinny Dipping Stout by Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Sawdust City Brewing Co. is a newcomer here in Ontario that I’ve been anticipating to check out for a while. With their official headquarters not even opened up in Gravenhurst, Ontario yet (but will change this spring/summer), they’ve already been making a splash by kicking things off with five (count ’em FIVE) brews. One of the…
Best of Winter (Providing It’s Gone)
Don’t know about you folks, but up here our weather has been…well, let’s put it this way: Last week in a single day we had snow, rain, snow, hail, rain and ending with some snow overnight. Now it’s practically t-shirt weather with forecasts saying the temperature will more than double tomorrow. So screw it, I’m…
My First Beer Workshop
“Aaah! AAAHHHHH” That was mostly the sounds coming out of me when I got in to my house just 20 minutes before I was supposed to start my first ever Thirsty Wench Beer Workshop on Google+ (concept mentioned here) at 9pm with some folks from scattered parts of the globe in attendance. The hours leading up…
Gateway Beers Part 2
Yes, GATEWAY BEERS. Just like The Rock And Roll is a gateway to gang violence, Satanism and baby murdering, so too are there beers that lead you down a path where there is no turning back. Take the story of Johnny. He was captain of the basketball team. He didn’t think there was any harm…
Cooking With Beer: Beer Sausages Inna Bun
One of the things I’m going to be doing over the next little while is finding some recipes and coming up with a few of my own that involve beer. This will involve anything from sauces, batters, cakes…whatever I can find. Just to see what I can make with the wonderful drink. The following recipe…
The Thirsty Wench 