History
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A Thirsty Trek through the Nation’s Capital: Ottawa’s Brewing Scene Part 2
A Thirsty Trek through the Nation’s Capital: Ottawa’s Brewing Scene Part 2 In part two, I explore the less walkable, but equally impressive. Bicycle Craft Brewery 850 Industrial Ave #12, Ottawa Having pounded a few extra kilometers into my soles, I finally walked through the doors of Bicycle Craft. The brewery is a bit of
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A Thirsty Trek through the Nation’s Capital: Ottawa’s Brewing Scene Part 1
A Thirsty Trek through the Nation’s Capital: Ottawa’s Brewing Scene Part 1 WAs a Toronto based beer writer, the hunt for new beers, breweries, and flavours is a never ending quest. The Ottawa region had been popping up on my radar lately, and with the constraints of distribution being what they are, a visit to
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A Festivus for the Rest of Us
The Beers of Oktoberfest As autumn settles in, the mornings turn crisp, the leaves shift to red and gold, and the sounds of clinking steins raised to “Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit” draw nearer. Oktoberfest is almost upon us- and with it comes the beer. But should you reach for a Festbier, an Oktoberfestbier, or a
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Hoppy Ever After: A Guide to IPAs
Hoppy Ever After: A Guide to IPAs It wasn’t so long ago that everyone was making fruited kettle sours, and almost nothing but. It also felt like most of them were the same base beer with the fruit being the differentiator. The sours still exist but have settled into a more appropriate portion of the
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A Brief History of Beer
In the beginning It has been proposed, by beer people of course, that humans settled down so they could make and drink beer. It’s a nice story. Similar arguments have been made with a focus on bread. We can generally agree however, that it was the birth of agriculture that set the foundations for human