International Wines/Beer

A six-pack of great Ontario craft beer for the long weekend

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By Brian Yeo The first official long weekend of “summer” is nearly upon us and like most civilized Canadians, I’ve always celebrated the birthday of Britain’s longest reigning monarch with the traditions of escaping to the great outdoors, scorching tube-shaped meats over an open fire,  detonating recreational explosives, and...

Now What Do We Have Here An Outlaw and His Beer

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By Brian Yeo As some of you may know, and others not, the title of this latest post is a lyric lifted from the song Paul Revere from the Beastie Boys major label debut Licensed to Ill.

Cottage Country invades the LCBO (we’re talking craft beer here)

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By Brian Yeo OK,  so calling it an invasion is a dramatic overstatement, but being a newbie beer scribe I feel that the best way to draw some notice to my side of the Wines in Niagara site is with attention grabbing headlines. Did it work? I’ll admit the...

Bellwoods Brewery, a Welly One-Off, and a few more events

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By Brian Yeo Bellwoods Brewery – In the latest addition to Toronto’s dynamic craft beer scene, the doors to Bellwood’s Brewery opened permanently for business on Wednesday April  following a soft-opening the week before. Located in a former garage/art-space at 124 Ossington Ave., the cafe inspired brewpub is a...

What I wouldn’t give for a teleporter, warmer days, and a good nap

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By Brian Yeo Now I certainly don’t want to set the tone for this piece with the perception that I’m whining, anything but, but as I sit here contemplating my schedule for the next couple of weeks I’m thinking I may be better off scheduling times to sleep into...