St. Peter’s Winter Ale

*** Sorry Rob, I beat you to it. I was actually really surprised to find out from Nagy senior that no one had done a review of this beer yet. As far as I know, every member of the beer collective has tried this incredible brew. I suppose all of you were just so mesmerized [...]

Beer for Breakfast Group Brew

So who’s interested / available for doing a group brew? Possible dates? Sunday December 11th Saturday December 17th Sunday December 18th   Style of beer?

Holy Smoke Scotch Ale

So I had a chance to try this brew on tap at West 50, one of 50 beers on tap.  Most of the beers are blah, but they do have Koningshoven Quad.  Go there to check that beer out at least.  They only serve in in half pints though, go figure. This Holy Smoke Scotch [...]

The Southern Steal

The Southern Steal is a strong 8% IPA homebrew that was made from yeast harvested (stolen!) from two bottles of Southern Tier Double IPA.  This is the same yeast that I pitched into the DCGPS (double chocolate ginge….).  I knew that the Southern Tier beers were ripe for the plundering with their high level of [...]

Calamus Ale

Has it really been 20 days already? Two weeks ago I felt that this beer would never be ready for consumption, but alas that day finally arrived this past Saturday. John, the one overseeing the entire process kept a watchful eye over the brew in it’s second fermentation vessel. The two of us transfered and [...]

Mill St. Organic Lager

This straw-yellow European style lager is a little on the lighter side, with an alcohol content of 4.2%. The aroma is soft and fresh with a hint of distinctive skunk, and goes down smooth and crisp. A light, malty taste with little bitterness and a dry, astringent finish. A prime example of a beer that [...]

Christmas Thing

So it was time to do another brew, but this time I thought that I’d make something a little special.  Planning for completion around the holiday season I thought that I would make a special holiday stout – one full of interesting spices and ingredients.  True to my form I decided to throw the kitchen [...]

It Starts…

The other day I stopped into my friendly neighbourhood Liquor Depot to purchase a six-pack of Tankhouse that has miraculously made an appearance amongst the plethora of bland, mainstream beers that the Jackson Square store has to offer. Needless to say, I was more than pleasantly surprised to find that they still had Tankhouse, and [...]

Dead Elephant Ale

Dead Elephant Ale – 6.5% Strong Ale So I hand-wrote a review for this great beer a while back but haven’t posted it up yet.  Perhaps I was letting it age, har har..  This one is from the Railway City Brewing Company in St. Thomas, Ontario (where-ever that is).  But these fine folk really know [...]

Mill St. Stock Ale

This is pretty much as simple as it gets. The most popular of the Toronto based Mill St. Brewery’s creations based on overall sales, the Stock Ale is a classic and original recipe that is made ‘without fillers and adjuncts’, says the back of the bottle. This pretty much means that the only ingredients in [...]