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The second longest running beer blog on the planet. A Good Beer Blog is the playground of Alan McLeod, clearly Canada's favorite and surely unparalleled beer historian. Not a consultant on the side. Not even a tour guide. Beer community denier. Spits. Wants a Double Double. Unpopular globally.
Now That We’ve Cleared Up The “St. Paddy’s / St. Patty’s” Day Confusion, Here’s The Beery News Notes
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2d ago
I like a good breakfast sandwich as much as the next guy but I have to say I have never elevated a disk shaped sausage to sainthood. For me, Peanuts sort of established who Patty is before she grew up to be the bassist of The Bangles under an alias. So the whole “Patty v ..read more
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1w ago
Took a trip east to Gan on Monday. Yup. I was out there day-tripping as I decided a few years ago that the first work day after the clocks change is gonna be a day off from here on out. And what did I see in wonderful Gananoque aka Gan? Well, I observed the law ..read more
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2w ago
It’s been a busy week, hasn’t it. A freaky week. I think I’ll try to avoid much thought of the endtimes in this week’s update but, if you need more existential dread, I recommend what Jeff has shared. Good to be reminded by The Onion that mockery is a valid response. But I would say ..read more
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3w ago
Sort of continuing a tradition respected last year, mentioned in 2023, sorta on hold in 2022, mentioned again in 2021, not mentioned days before the pandemic really hit in 2020, swapped out for a dud of a theme in 2019… but right there back in 2018 – in fact almost ever since 2004 it has been ..read more
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3w ago
What’s that down there, back there in the stash? Why it’s a beer. Beer. Mmmm… But what beer? Depends. Is it 2005 or 2006? It is tidy and well stocked? Or is it a bit of a mess? In last month’s contribution for The Session, I wrote about how the best thing in beer since 2018 ..read more
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3w ago
We have entered a short and ugly season. False spring. Dwindly wintery. The time of dirty snow. After last week’s -20C temps, high winds and back to back blizzards we got the first sense of spring. Not the reek of dog shit thawing out of snowbanks spring. But at least +5C and even a bit ..read more
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1M ago
Well, what can you say. Moscow and Washington making kissy face as planes literally roll off the runway. We had a nasty dump of snow locally, the first it feel like in years, but elsewhere in the province we hear that the school kids are basically back on remote learning this winter. The green onions ..read more
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1M ago
The gap. It’s not going to be too bad this year with a boooorrrinnnnng Superbowl* coming a bit later in the shortened month. At least there was a nice ad for Bud. But, even with that, this gap between the end of the last football game and the start of baseball’s spring training games is ..read more
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1M ago
Because I am a lawyer, my job includes dealing with a bit of mayhem. I even get a bit immune to it, frankly. Not so much in those early bottom feeding days. Remember that? Yeesh.* Anyway, is it back? I dunno. We’ve reviewed all the graphs and charts like this one up there** and now ..read more
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1M ago
Well, that went well. A revival can be a dangerous thing. From Brady Bunch TV reunion specials to the second Trump administration, these things should be faced with a measure of doubt – but it’s clear that The Session version #143(!) performed well above my expectations with a great level of participation… well, at least ..read more