The Weekend Spirit – Artisan Beers

Today there are thousands of craft brewers all across the globe creating artisan beers designed to have real flavours and real sensations. This is the way that we were meant to enjoy beer; real beer with real food, not commercially produced beer with processed food.

The Valentine’s Day Spirit

Valentine’s Day can be about love, romance, friendship, family, the moment, or really anything you make it out to be. It’s a day where people all over the world take a moment to show those who are special to them just how special they really are.

The Weekend Spirit – Beers of Belgium

In the wonderful world of beer there are many preconceptions of where the best is brewed. Too many people dismiss beer in America because of the widespread takeover of commodity-grade beer, but the Americans brew some of the best craft beers in the world. Many assume that beer from the UK is warm, and beer from Germany or the Czech Republic is the best. While these assumptions can be both true and false, one region that too many people overlook is Belgium. The most interesting beers in the world come from Belgium.

Top Ten Gifts for a Gentleman: #8 – The Samuel Adams Utopias

We’re counting down our favorite items of 2010. Each day leading up to Christmas Eve we’re revealing two new items on our top 10 list. On Christmas Eve we’re going to reveal our number one! We might just be crazy enough to give some of them away! Check back every day to find out how you can win!

Holiday Beers For Holiday Cheers

How many holiday dinners will you be invited to this season? Count all the family dinners, significant others, festive meals, brunches, lunches, and afternoon teas… It is going to add up, it always does. So most of us will head to the LCBO and grab a bottle of wine to show up with to show our appreciation to the host. How boring.

Drink Black or Orange this Halloween

This Halloween, try a few beers better suited to fit the occasion – ones with more character and better costumes.

Autumn Nears, Pumpkin Beers

Yes, pumpkin beers. Brewers all across North America have embraced the pumpkin ale, and in recent years we have had more and more to choose from.

There are an increasing number of breweries incorporating pumpkin into their pale ales, stouts, wheat beers, and more. But most breweries brew them in a generic Brown Ale style – slightly malty, crisp, and medium in body and strength.

Ontario Craft Beer Week Defined

Ontario has a strong brewing culture that a casual beer enthusiast may initially overlook. There is a wide range of amazing beer being produced all over the province. The American breweries get all the hype, the Europeans get all the respect, Quebec earns excitement, but what about Ontario?

NFL Beers

Football Sundays are full of excitement, anguish, energy, food, friends, and lots of beer. But it is FOOTBALL Sunday, not BEER Sunday, so the main focus is the sport and your team. The beer is playing a secondary role now, and it does so perfectly.

The Anatomy of a Beer

All the different variables and procedures that go into crafting a beer make each one unique and special. Especially among craft beers, you would be hard pressed to find two beers whose construction came out to yield the exact same beer. Understanding a beer’s anatomy can help you better define its structure, and how its flavors will affe