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The video New England style unfiltered hazy pale ale made with Citra, El Dorado, and Columbus hops for a more complex, tropical and citrusy flavor profile. This amazing brew is a Spring 2025 seasonal beer. Full text of the tasting … Paul from FineWinesAndBeer.com: Okay, so I’m here with Fariborz at Bicycle Craft Brewery in Ottawa,…
A brewery dedicated to the enjoyment of life, the outdoors, and beautifully crafted beer! This article is addressed both to the public and to LCBO beer ambassadors (see especially the downloadable sell sheet). I’m enjoying some fine beers just now from Bicycle Craft Brewery. Located in Ottawa, you can visit and enjoy several brews at…
An enticing Single Hop Pale Ale from a talented brewer. Toppling Goliath Brewing Company gets it right. The owners of the Iowa-based craft brewery, Clark and Barbara Lewey, got started in home brewing before taking the plunge to open a brewery. In about a decade, they’ve become famous for their highly rated IPAs and barrel-aged…
Wine Regions of Italy, Spain, the U.S., and more Having covered the regions of France in Wine 101 Part 1, this Part 2 now covers additional exciting wine regions to round out your wine experience. ITALY Historic and cultural, Italian wines are to be discovered and savoured. Special wines Barolo The Piedmont region in the…
A quick introduction to wine This is Part One of Two | To Part Two You’ve come to the best place to learn about wine. Begin the process of becoming knowledgeable about wine in minutes. PART ONE (of 2). Begin with the most important wine producing country. France. Once you understand the main French wine…
What’s the story? Note: All content here represents my own personal views (Disclosure: I also do marketing for Sleeping Giant). I write about wine, beer, and spirits here at TheWineBaron.com. Wine is a wonderful world! In addition, I love the amazing world of craft beer culture. Enjoy this separate beer blog as well. After tasting several…
We’re going to talk mostly about Craft Beer here in The Beer Lounge. There’s a big difference. So let’s leave industrial beer (Anheuser-Busch Inbev/Miller/Labatt, Molson Coors, and the like) to the mainstream consumer. We’re here to talk about small batch, natural, and innovative brewing for beer enthusiasts. So what is craft beer? It’s beer that’s…
Meeting a real deal cigar rep in Miami I was thrilled to have a chance encounter with one of the true cigar people out there recently, Peter Hernandez. To set the tone for perspective, let me back up a tiny bit… I’ve been into cigars since about the time I first met with Marvin Shanken,…
Chateauneuf Reboot! Great memories and the current story. I first visited Domaine Tour Saint Michele in March of 2011. A group of us visited the Domain at the invitation of Mireille Fabre, the winemaker. Domaine Tour Saint-Michel is in Chateauneuf du Pape. She invited us for an evening tasting and family-made dinner. Mireille Fabre is…
The enchanting vineyards of Sablet, in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, are built on a mound of sand, from which its name derives. The town and its surrounding vineyards are located at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail. The terroir is of sandy soils and decalcified red clays mixed with pebbles…