Thursday, November 11, 2010
Nov 10/10
Just a regular Wednesday. Kish and I had a few "goods" that a good buddy of mine Bobby Ray brought us from Total Wine & More in Fort Myers FL. Thanks Bobby you da man homie!!! We got to try Flying Dog - Gonzo Imperial Porter, North Coast Brewing Co - Old Rasputin, and Hoppin Frog - B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher. We also had a few others from the fridge like Dieu Du Ciel! - La Charbonnière and DéCIBeL, Le Grimoire -Infernale .... which was an awful drain pourer, Lagunitas - IPA, and a Baltika - Porter. There was probably a few more but that is all I can recall lol. Those High ABV beasts are killers plus i was up at 5am for work so it was quite the day. Still have some more great goods from Bobby so I'm stoked next Wednesday battle of the American style barley wines and battle pumpkin part 2. Now the only question do I trade my doubles of the goods for new ones or keep them hmmmmmm?????
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Grand River Brewery Cask Days West
Let me start being saying this night was great!!!! The GRB guys and Ralph from Bar Volo put on one hell of a show. This was a great step to start seeing more craft beer events held outside of the GTA area and London area. I was a nasty freight train of doom spilling out into the world by the time it was over but man what great offerings. It was also nice to see some faces from the KW beer group there as well. Yes I do remember most of the night ... I think. Highlight of the night for me was a tour(which I recorded) of Rob brew master from GRB giving us a brewery tour. Rob put on quite a show I'll leave it at that. The 2 casks I enjoyed the most were both offerings from GRB. Zac's Mad Maple and the other was a quote "hyper Willamette" dry hopped version of the Mill Race Mild. The other casks still held their own but the multiple doses of the GRB ones I drank was what made the morning after a bad one. The other cask there were: Wellington County Ale, F&M All Hallows Imperial Brown Ale(which I had a full pint of at over 8abv),MacLeans Ales Barley Mow, and Railway City Double Dead Elephant. All in all a outstanding night and some great Ontario craft beers. Cheers!
Friday, October 22, 2010
B-Day Extravaganza, Part 3 - After Doug
The next day we finally got to go to Bar Volo, and we were blown away. Lots of goods available on tap/cask, but we opted to stick to their huge selection of bottles. John and I split 3 different bottles, and all 3 were fantastic. First up was Great Divide Hercules DIPA, next was Stone Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout which was their 12th anniversary beer which had aged about 2 years, and then we ended with probably our favorite beer from the weekend, Great Divide Old Ruffian, which was the last bottle and was also aged for 2 years.
Our last stop was at Duggan's Brewery/Brewpub again for lunch, John and I started with Duggan's Sorachi Ale, and then he moved on to the Weizen and I had the German Bock. End of Toronto trip.
After a bit of a rest we went to Prototype's place and continued the celebration there, this is now all from memory, but a list of what was had. Southern Tier Pumking, Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout and Nutcracker Porter. I know there was more, but really don't remember what. The next day was more of the same with the big highlights being Mt. Begbie Nasty Habit IPA and Dieu Du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt.
All in all, a fantastic weekend where we got to try new beers, and revisit old forgottens.
Our last stop was at Duggan's Brewery/Brewpub again for lunch, John and I started with Duggan's Sorachi Ale, and then he moved on to the Weizen and I had the German Bock. End of Toronto trip.
After a bit of a rest we went to Prototype's place and continued the celebration there, this is now all from memory, but a list of what was had. Southern Tier Pumking, Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout and Nutcracker Porter. I know there was more, but really don't remember what. The next day was more of the same with the big highlights being Mt. Begbie Nasty Habit IPA and Dieu Du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt.
All in all, a fantastic weekend where we got to try new beers, and revisit old forgottens.
B-Day Extravaganza, Part 2 - With Prototype
After Sin & Redemption, we went to our hotel and waited for Prototype. We decided to go have dinner at the Mill Street Brewpub, located in the very cool Distillery District. This is where the night started to get sloppy, John, Prototype and I all tried out Mill Street Tankenstein (All I could find on this one was a forum post no reviews)on cask which is a hoppier version of their Tankhouse Ale on cask, and Doug tried the Octoberfest. With Doug still working on the Octoberfest.....sigh, the 3 of us shared a pitcher of Mill Street IPA, and then each had a pint of their pumpkin ale, Nightmare on Mill Street, after Dougie finished his beer he tried the Mill Street Frambozen, which was a raspberry ale.
Our original plan was to go to Bar Volo after dinner, but with C'est What being closer, and us in no mood for a long walk, we decided C'est What was the best option. C'est What was fairly busy when we arrived and they didn't have a table ready, this gave us an opportunity to lounge at the bar and have a drink. John and Prototype started with Flying Monkey's Hoptical Illusion on cask, and I tried Granite's Hopping Mad, also on cask, Doug went with the King Pilsener. This is where shit hit the fan so I'll just list the drinks that we tried as the order is just fucked. This was also the time Doug quietly stopped drinking. Lightweight.
Duggan's #9 IPA - Prototype
C'est What Steve's Dreaded Chocolate - John & Kish
C'est What Caraway Rye Beer - John
Great Lakes 666 Devil's Pale Ale - Prototype & Kish
C'est What Big Butt - John & Kish
Durham Blak Katt - John & Kish
At some point Prototype also had Hopping Mad by Granite.
...... In between this mess John drank his arch-nemesis/favorite beer for the first time on tap Unibroue's Trois Pistoles
We walked back to the hotel, and while Doug and Prototype looked for some fast food, John and I kept drinking. First we had Great Lakes Bottle Conditioned Pumpkin Ale, which is a lot better then their normal offering, and then we had a Sam Adam's Octoberfest and called it a night.
Our original plan was to go to Bar Volo after dinner, but with C'est What being closer, and us in no mood for a long walk, we decided C'est What was the best option. C'est What was fairly busy when we arrived and they didn't have a table ready, this gave us an opportunity to lounge at the bar and have a drink. John and Prototype started with Flying Monkey's Hoptical Illusion on cask, and I tried Granite's Hopping Mad, also on cask, Doug went with the King Pilsener. This is where shit hit the fan so I'll just list the drinks that we tried as the order is just fucked. This was also the time Doug quietly stopped drinking. Lightweight.
Duggan's #9 IPA - Prototype
C'est What Steve's Dreaded Chocolate - John & Kish
C'est What Caraway Rye Beer - John
Great Lakes 666 Devil's Pale Ale - Prototype & Kish
C'est What Big Butt - John & Kish
Durham Blak Katt - John & Kish
At some point Prototype also had Hopping Mad by Granite.
...... In between this mess John drank his arch-nemesis/favorite beer for the first time on tap Unibroue's Trois Pistoles
We walked back to the hotel, and while Doug and Prototype looked for some fast food, John and I kept drinking. First we had Great Lakes Bottle Conditioned Pumpkin Ale, which is a lot better then their normal offering, and then we had a Sam Adam's Octoberfest and called it a night.
B-Day Extravaganza , Part 1 - Before Prototype
What a great time, and some great brews had. We were joined by our friend and coworker Doug and our friend Jon, known as Prototype. Prototype was with us for our Montreal trip, so he had a bit of a head-start in our craft beer conversion experiment, and I've gotta say, I'm quite impressed at how quick he's come to appreciate good craft beer. Doug can appreciate a good beer, but he's not as far in, so he doesn't quite enjoy a nice hoppy beer. Since this will most likely be a long post it will be split into a couple posts.
As you saw in the last post the festivities actually started Thursday night for John and I. I don't exactly remember what else was had after those 2 except for some Paddock Wood Czechmate Pilsner, and 606 IPA, that could be it, but knowing us there's probably more.
The next morning Doug picked us up at around 9:30 and we had breakfast at Fifty's Diner. Our first 2 stops were in Etibicoke. Black Oak Brewing came first and we were in for some great news as they had 3 of their seasonal releases, Nutcracker Porter, Double Chocolate Cherry Stout, and the high in demand Ten Bitter Years. Great Lakes Brewing was up next where we were heartbroken to find out that My Bitter Wife was sold out the night before. The very nice (and quite pretty) girl let us sample Sweet Pete's Peach Wheat, we picked up 2 bomber's of it, and in addition, picked up 3 bomber's each of 2 of their Project X beers, Bottle Conditioned Pumpkin Ale, and "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire" Smoked Chipotle Ale. Stop 3 was at the Queen's Quay LCBO on Cooper Street where we came for one thing and left with quite a few. What brought us into that lick-bo was Southern Tier's Pumking, what we left with was the Pumking, Mt. Begbie Nasty Habit IPA, Dieu Du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt, and Sam Adams Octoberfest. We were happy with what we found at all 3 places, and were proud of our haul.
All that was done by 1:00pm, and well, we were getting a little thirsty and we decided to go to Duggan's Brewery. Initially, we were only supposed to go here to purchase some growlers, but the thirst set in. We had to make this a quick trip as we only had enough change for about 45 minutes of parking. The first thing John noticed when we walked in was that there were no growlers in the display, we asked the hostess, and again, heartbreak as there were sold out of growlers. John and Doug started with half pints of the Ontario Ale which was just tapped the night before, and I had the Double IPA. Doug switched it up and tried the Weizen out, while John gave the Double IPA a go and I tried the Ontario Ale. Not really wanting to try anything else out, and with a bit of driving still left, we decided to leave.
We decided to check to see if our hotel room was ready. It was not, but we did have an opportunity to park the car there so we could just start walking the streets. We had a decision to make, start the drinking then, or chill for a bit so as not to be too far in by the time Prototype joined us. We decided on the latter and went to the Eaton Centre and a few other stores for a bit.
Again, thirst was setting in. I decided to check my phone to find directions to Bar Volo, as I did that a forgotten bar showed up, Sin & Redemption. Both were a 15-20 minute walk away in different directions, but knowing Bar Volo was going to be something special, and with Prototype not yet with us, we chose S&R. S&R had a nice atmosphere, and considering we didn't ask for a bottle list, they had a pretty good tap list. John finally got his pink elephant, and got to try a beer that has eluded him thus far, Delirium Tremens, I decided to revisit it having it for the first time last year. It was just as great as I remembered it. Dougie went for the Hacker Keller bier which he enjoyed quite a bit. John's next beer was an old friend from the Castle on King days, Fullers Organic Honey Dew, I had a bit of a sample of it, and I agreed that it was just as refreshing as we had in the past. Dougie and I chose different beers from the same brewery, he had the Weihenstephaner Hefe Weiss, and I had the Hefeweissbier Dunkel, we both enjoyed them quite a bit and got to drink them in some pretty cool glasses!! With Prototype not being with us yet, we decided to end it at that, but before we did, our great waiter let us sample Urthel Hop-It as John and I had forgotten if it was the same one we had had almost a year ago to the day. Dougie and John ended up buying some glassware as well, Dougie got a shot glass that said Sinner on one side and Idiot on the other. John bought 2 Delirium Tremens glasses, putting his total at 4, and 2 Urthel Hop-It glasses, which we both thought looked pretty damn cool.
As you saw in the last post the festivities actually started Thursday night for John and I. I don't exactly remember what else was had after those 2 except for some Paddock Wood Czechmate Pilsner, and 606 IPA, that could be it, but knowing us there's probably more.
The next morning Doug picked us up at around 9:30 and we had breakfast at Fifty's Diner. Our first 2 stops were in Etibicoke. Black Oak Brewing came first and we were in for some great news as they had 3 of their seasonal releases, Nutcracker Porter, Double Chocolate Cherry Stout, and the high in demand Ten Bitter Years. Great Lakes Brewing was up next where we were heartbroken to find out that My Bitter Wife was sold out the night before. The very nice (and quite pretty) girl let us sample Sweet Pete's Peach Wheat, we picked up 2 bomber's of it, and in addition, picked up 3 bomber's each of 2 of their Project X beers, Bottle Conditioned Pumpkin Ale, and "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire" Smoked Chipotle Ale. Stop 3 was at the Queen's Quay LCBO on Cooper Street where we came for one thing and left with quite a few. What brought us into that lick-bo was Southern Tier's Pumking, what we left with was the Pumking, Mt. Begbie Nasty Habit IPA, Dieu Du Ciel Rigor Mortis Abt, and Sam Adams Octoberfest. We were happy with what we found at all 3 places, and were proud of our haul.
All that was done by 1:00pm, and well, we were getting a little thirsty and we decided to go to Duggan's Brewery. Initially, we were only supposed to go here to purchase some growlers, but the thirst set in. We had to make this a quick trip as we only had enough change for about 45 minutes of parking. The first thing John noticed when we walked in was that there were no growlers in the display, we asked the hostess, and again, heartbreak as there were sold out of growlers. John and Doug started with half pints of the Ontario Ale which was just tapped the night before, and I had the Double IPA. Doug switched it up and tried the Weizen out, while John gave the Double IPA a go and I tried the Ontario Ale. Not really wanting to try anything else out, and with a bit of driving still left, we decided to leave.
We decided to check to see if our hotel room was ready. It was not, but we did have an opportunity to park the car there so we could just start walking the streets. We had a decision to make, start the drinking then, or chill for a bit so as not to be too far in by the time Prototype joined us. We decided on the latter and went to the Eaton Centre and a few other stores for a bit.
Again, thirst was setting in. I decided to check my phone to find directions to Bar Volo, as I did that a forgotten bar showed up, Sin & Redemption. Both were a 15-20 minute walk away in different directions, but knowing Bar Volo was going to be something special, and with Prototype not yet with us, we chose S&R. S&R had a nice atmosphere, and considering we didn't ask for a bottle list, they had a pretty good tap list. John finally got his pink elephant, and got to try a beer that has eluded him thus far, Delirium Tremens, I decided to revisit it having it for the first time last year. It was just as great as I remembered it. Dougie went for the Hacker Keller bier which he enjoyed quite a bit. John's next beer was an old friend from the Castle on King days, Fullers Organic Honey Dew, I had a bit of a sample of it, and I agreed that it was just as refreshing as we had in the past. Dougie and I chose different beers from the same brewery, he had the Weihenstephaner Hefe Weiss, and I had the Hefeweissbier Dunkel, we both enjoyed them quite a bit and got to drink them in some pretty cool glasses!! With Prototype not being with us yet, we decided to end it at that, but before we did, our great waiter let us sample Urthel Hop-It as John and I had forgotten if it was the same one we had had almost a year ago to the day. Dougie and John ended up buying some glassware as well, Dougie got a shot glass that said Sinner on one side and Idiot on the other. John bought 2 Delirium Tremens glasses, putting his total at 4, and 2 Urthel Hop-It glasses, which we both thought looked pretty damn cool.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pre bday celebration
......Cracked a Bell's Expedition Stout , Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast on deck what a way to start a weekend more to follow.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
How It All Began -The Friendship, and the Passion for Beer
Well, I can only speak for myself, and I can't quite pinpoint how, or when it all began, but I do have a general idea.
Back in 2005, my beer of choice was Alexander Keith's, so much so, that I convinced my family to go to Halifax for a summer vacation. The trip was great, and I got to go to the Alexander Keith's brewery. Yay! While this was going on, I was switching departments at work, and a new batch of seasonals were hired. That is when John and I first met.
We didn't become friends right away but lets fast forward a few months later. We were both invited to a coworkers wedding, after the wedding reception and in a drunken state, we decided to go grab a bite to eat with some friends. Our DD was giving us a ride home, but while driving down a dark, winding, dirt road, with the music blasting, we lost control of the car on a turn and hit a fence and some bushes. Thankfully none of us were injured, except the car. It was between 3-4am at the time and we were 5-10 minutes away from John's, with me having no way home at that time of night, John offered to let me crash at his place. Thus began the friendship.
As for the beer, like I said I can only speak for myself, but after my 2nd year of college ended in Spring 2006, I used to work 6am-2pm every Friday. Most Fridays after work I would go to the LCBO, and get a pick 8, and try 8 different beers, usually finished that night or by the end of the weekend at the latest. Not being too familiar with "good" beer at the time, there were a lot of hits, and a lot of misses.
For my birthday that year, we had a party at a friends house (Keizo) as it was his birthday a few days prior. I met Keizo's roommate (Greg) that day and he spoke of beers I never heard of. Before leaving Keizo's the next morning, Greg gave me what was my first Trappist, and truly Belgian beer (You don't count Stella!) Westmalle Tripel. That beer opened my eyes, and made me realize that I had been drinking lousy beers. That Christmas, Keizo, got me some more beer, Deuchars IPA, and Fullers 2007 Vintage Ale. The Fuller's has become a yearly staple and is purchased every year and cellared.
I didn't ever give OCB beers much of a chance, that is until I visited the Castle On King in the Spring of 2008. Sadly, I didn't get to frequent the Castle as much as I would have liked to, and it was forced to close down in Winter of that year. The Castle served a large selection of OCB and European Imports, and heightened my passion for beer. Since then, John and I have had many beer sessions, and jump at the opportunity to attend beer dinners/tastings.
A lot more could have been written, and I know I am probably missing a lot, but these are, in my opinion, some of the bigger highlights. I stayed away from writing about anything that is too recent and shared stories from the past. I'm sure John can add his side of the story, and fill in what I missed.
Back in 2005, my beer of choice was Alexander Keith's, so much so, that I convinced my family to go to Halifax for a summer vacation. The trip was great, and I got to go to the Alexander Keith's brewery. Yay! While this was going on, I was switching departments at work, and a new batch of seasonals were hired. That is when John and I first met.
We didn't become friends right away but lets fast forward a few months later. We were both invited to a coworkers wedding, after the wedding reception and in a drunken state, we decided to go grab a bite to eat with some friends. Our DD was giving us a ride home, but while driving down a dark, winding, dirt road, with the music blasting, we lost control of the car on a turn and hit a fence and some bushes. Thankfully none of us were injured, except the car. It was between 3-4am at the time and we were 5-10 minutes away from John's, with me having no way home at that time of night, John offered to let me crash at his place. Thus began the friendship.
As for the beer, like I said I can only speak for myself, but after my 2nd year of college ended in Spring 2006, I used to work 6am-2pm every Friday. Most Fridays after work I would go to the LCBO, and get a pick 8, and try 8 different beers, usually finished that night or by the end of the weekend at the latest. Not being too familiar with "good" beer at the time, there were a lot of hits, and a lot of misses.
For my birthday that year, we had a party at a friends house (Keizo) as it was his birthday a few days prior. I met Keizo's roommate (Greg) that day and he spoke of beers I never heard of. Before leaving Keizo's the next morning, Greg gave me what was my first Trappist, and truly Belgian beer (You don't count Stella!) Westmalle Tripel. That beer opened my eyes, and made me realize that I had been drinking lousy beers. That Christmas, Keizo, got me some more beer, Deuchars IPA, and Fullers 2007 Vintage Ale. The Fuller's has become a yearly staple and is purchased every year and cellared.
I didn't ever give OCB beers much of a chance, that is until I visited the Castle On King in the Spring of 2008. Sadly, I didn't get to frequent the Castle as much as I would have liked to, and it was forced to close down in Winter of that year. The Castle served a large selection of OCB and European Imports, and heightened my passion for beer. Since then, John and I have had many beer sessions, and jump at the opportunity to attend beer dinners/tastings.
A lot more could have been written, and I know I am probably missing a lot, but these are, in my opinion, some of the bigger highlights. I stayed away from writing about anything that is too recent and shared stories from the past. I'm sure John can add his side of the story, and fill in what I missed.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thanksgiving .... Canadian
Friends, family, and well of course beer but not just any beers :D Special days require special beers after all. Today we are trying to stick to all Belgians but as you'll see shit gets fucked and this time will be no different.
The first of many today was Pannepot from De Struise. Next on the docket was Mikkeller Monks Elixir that has been aged for close to 1 year courtesy of carguy from the KW beer forum thanks a lot this was a terrific brew! With dinner we each had a bottle of St Bernardus ABT 12 which hit the spot.
What was supposed to be a battle between St Bernardus Tripel and Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Tripel turned into a shit show when my drunken ass grabbed Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Blanche.... Fuck I hate myself lol. We drank the Blanche because it was already poured, sigh...but we were pleasantly surprised, it was a very good Belgian Wit. Soon after we got the battle we looked forward to between the two Tripel's.
We then pitted Ten Bitter Years from Black Oak against 2XIPA from Southern Tier. In this battle TBY must have left a bitter taste in the mouth of Southern Tier. While ST 2XIPA had a good malt back bone with decent hop balance, Ten Bitter years just cleaned house with an all around better taste and mouth feel. TBY overall was a spectacular balance of great hop aroma and taste as well as a generous amount of malt, GO OCB!
Now that the day is done I'm aware that it wasn't a Belgian day but more or less just a great beer day which is all I could hope for :D
Happy Thanksgiving all,
Cheers!
The first of many today was Pannepot from De Struise. Next on the docket was Mikkeller Monks Elixir that has been aged for close to 1 year courtesy of carguy from the KW beer forum thanks a lot this was a terrific brew! With dinner we each had a bottle of St Bernardus ABT 12 which hit the spot.
What was supposed to be a battle between St Bernardus Tripel and Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Tripel turned into a shit show when my drunken ass grabbed Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Blanche.... Fuck I hate myself lol. We drank the Blanche because it was already poured, sigh...but we were pleasantly surprised, it was a very good Belgian Wit. Soon after we got the battle we looked forward to between the two Tripel's.
We then pitted Ten Bitter Years from Black Oak against 2XIPA from Southern Tier. In this battle TBY must have left a bitter taste in the mouth of Southern Tier. While ST 2XIPA had a good malt back bone with decent hop balance, Ten Bitter years just cleaned house with an all around better taste and mouth feel. TBY overall was a spectacular balance of great hop aroma and taste as well as a generous amount of malt, GO OCB!
Now that the day is done I'm aware that it wasn't a Belgian day but more or less just a great beer day which is all I could hope for :D
Happy Thanksgiving all,
Cheers!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Bday weekend
With Kishan and my birthday quickly approaching (Kish Oct 16, me Oct 18) we have done a little planning on some great places to stop for beer in the Toronto area.
Toronto has a ridiculous amount of places to stop and get a great pint or bottle of beer, so I'm pretty stoked. On the drive in we will be hitting 3 places to pick up bottles and growlers, Great Lakes Brewery, Black Oak Brewery, and Mike Duggans Brewery. I will be hoping to score a some Ten Bitter Years from Black Oak. We'll be stay down with a few friends on the Friday night. So it leaves all day Friday and all day Saturday to take in pints. For those said pints we will be attending Bar Volo who have a spectacular cask selection.(Link to explanation of cask beer) From there we will be heading to Mill St brew pub in search of some good food and hopefully some one off seasonal brews. Day 2 we decided to split up C'est What from day 1 because there's just to many great beers to choose from. Those are only the confirmed places we must make it to. We also want to try and hit Victory Cafe and The Only Cafe on one of the two days if things don't get too out of control.
Well for now I will just have to wait and see but that's the plan to date and I will keep the page updated as new things unfold.
Until then cheers!
Toronto has a ridiculous amount of places to stop and get a great pint or bottle of beer, so I'm pretty stoked. On the drive in we will be hitting 3 places to pick up bottles and growlers, Great Lakes Brewery, Black Oak Brewery, and Mike Duggans Brewery. I will be hoping to score a some Ten Bitter Years from Black Oak. We'll be stay down with a few friends on the Friday night. So it leaves all day Friday and all day Saturday to take in pints. For those said pints we will be attending Bar Volo who have a spectacular cask selection.(Link to explanation of cask beer) From there we will be heading to Mill St brew pub in search of some good food and hopefully some one off seasonal brews. Day 2 we decided to split up C'est What from day 1 because there's just to many great beers to choose from. Those are only the confirmed places we must make it to. We also want to try and hit Victory Cafe and The Only Cafe on one of the two days if things don't get too out of control.
Well for now I will just have to wait and see but that's the plan to date and I will keep the page updated as new things unfold.
Until then cheers!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Intro to the blog
Well I really don't know how to begin this being the first blog I've had to work on. A brief explanation I'm sure is in order, so here it is. My name is John. I'm the guy currently writing this but I am only half of this blogs knowledge. Kishan is the other poster on this blog. Anyone that knows us, know we have similar interests, but have totally different personalities. Like a good beer, our goal is to be perfectly balanced.
So why this blog?
Well, beer as a hobby sounds like a strange thing to some. Most people usually picture Joe 6 pack pounding down cheap yellow stuff (Damn you MolBatts!!!). That is not why we are here. Since about 2007, Kishan and I have tried craft beer in the several hundreds from all over North America and the world, great times indeed. Yes, we did have breaks in between, but those breaks consisted of expensive Vodka and Scotch phases.
This blog will highlight beer dinners we go to or have been to, craft beer meetings, brewery tours, anniversaries, home brewing, and much more. Frankly, we just want to share what a great world craft beer has to offer and try to help change the dim Joe 6 pack mentality about beer.
Hope you enjoy reading about all the crazy beers and fun times we had as much as we enjoyed drinking the crazy beers and having the fun times.
Cheers
Kishan & John
So why this blog?
Well, beer as a hobby sounds like a strange thing to some. Most people usually picture Joe 6 pack pounding down cheap yellow stuff (Damn you MolBatts!!!). That is not why we are here. Since about 2007, Kishan and I have tried craft beer in the several hundreds from all over North America and the world, great times indeed. Yes, we did have breaks in between, but those breaks consisted of expensive Vodka and Scotch phases.
This blog will highlight beer dinners we go to or have been to, craft beer meetings, brewery tours, anniversaries, home brewing, and much more. Frankly, we just want to share what a great world craft beer has to offer and try to help change the dim Joe 6 pack mentality about beer.
Hope you enjoy reading about all the crazy beers and fun times we had as much as we enjoyed drinking the crazy beers and having the fun times.
Cheers
Kishan & John
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