Toronto Craft Beer

Fellow brew enthusiasts, As some of you may know, I periodically contribute to a website called TransitHub. This morning, they published one of my articles (click to see). However, I felt that the article would be equally at home in Beers For Breakfast. Thus, here is a shameless repost: ——————————————————————— Toronto is, without the slightest doubt, [...]

Ghosttown Stout

He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche Like a pride of malevolent cats, hiding behind a shelf of Great Lakes Brewery’s Pumpkin Ale, dozens of pairs of eyes stared me down [...]

Lindemans Kriek

When it comes to beers, I like brews that are traditional yet unusual. Luckily, history is filled with traditions that seem strange to us. In ancient times, it was common practice to make a beer by mashing together the right ingredients and leaving the resulting soup open to the air. Compared to today’s practice of [...]

Mahou: A Spaniard’s Delight

Months after the fact, I’ve still got traces of Spain on my mind. I’ve shared my thoughts about this inspiring country with quite a few people, and I even wrote a blog post about the ecosystems I got to see while I was there. But, as everybody knows: no visit to another country is complete [...]

Millennium Buzzkill

Greetings gentlefolk, It’s been a while since I ranted to you about my carbonated passion. I blame my studies for robbing me of the time to post, but rest your furrowed foreheads— they have not stopped me from enjoying brews galore. In fact, Toronto (my place of study and partial residence) lends itself to all [...]

Rosee D’hibiscus

On my way home from work, I decided to pop into my local liquor dispensary to pick up a couple of different beers to sample. Among my collection was a beer from the Dieu du Ciel Brasserie, in St. Jerome, Quebec. For those of you who strive to disprove Canada’s claim to bilingualism, allow me [...]