Name: Bolt Cutter Brewery: Founders Brewing Company Style: Barely Wine ABV: 15% Birthdays are a special time for everyone and when a brewing company turns 15 something special happens. Founders Brewing Company hit 15 years old this year and released a monster of a barley wine. At 15% Bolt Cutter is still very drinkable with [...]

Name: 2xIPA Brewery: Southern Tier Style: Double India Pale Ale ABV: 8.2% (Varies from year to year) Not quite an imperial, but certainly not a standard India pale ale. Southern Tier’s double IPA is a hop lovers dream. Citrusy and clean with an incredible finish. This was my first beer from Southern Tier and it’s [...]

Name: Doppelbock Dunkel Brewery: Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg Style: Doppelbock ABV: 8.5% Price: $2.85 A Bock is a defined as a strong lager from Germany. Traditional bocks are sweet, relatively strong (6.3%–7.2% by volume), lightly hopped (20-27 IBUs) lager. The beer should be clear, and colour can range from light copper to brown, with a bountiful [...]

Name: Unearthly Brewery: Southern Tier Style: Imperial India Pale Ale ABV: 9.5% (Varies from year to year) When it comes to craft beer in Ontario the options are fairly limited. We have a lot of Ontario craft beer but our choices for American craft beer are rather limited so when I saw a new bottle [...]

I like rum. I really like rum! One of my favourite rum drinks of all time is a really simple one. Rum and Grapefruit juice. The drink is insanely simple and very fresh tasting. Recipe: 1 oz Dark Rum (Angostura 1919, El Dorado 12 year) 1 half of a Grapefruit Directions: Place ice in rocks [...]