Top 4 things to remember when making a Belvedere Martini
It has been a good moment since I ordered a proper martini at a hotel piano bar, so I was thrilled to be invited to this tasting event courtesy of Belvedere Vodka and Byblos, the newest middle-eastern kid on the Duncan…
Mastodon – Black Tongue – Double Black IPA
Mmmmm. Never tried their last brew but looking forwards to snagging one of these somehow. Call your LCBO in the name of the all mighty MASTODONNNNNN. MASTODON, which released a limited-run lager in 2009, is once again retuning to one…
Heineken #Draughted: Perfect Pour Event
What makes a Heineken pint a Heineken? Is it its crisp flavour, golden colour, or something absolutely different? If you guessed other, then you’re right. Heineken likes to tout their foamy 3 cm high dome lid is the key distinguishing…
Chris Harper’s PHARMACY – BlogTO
by Jesse Ship / JANUARY 11, 2013 Pharmacy is a cozy little bar at the southwestern edge of Parkdale. Once a methadone clinic and pharmacy, it’s now a quirky and eclectic bar stocked with buffalo heads, found furniture, vintage knick…
May Review – BlogTO
Posted by Jesse Ship / DECEMBER 4, 2012 May could be the answer to the rampant gentrification that’s been hitting Toronto’s urban western corridor between Bathurst and Ossington. While revitalizing a former Vietnamese underworld karaoke bar (formerly Café May, now simply running as…
Innis & Gunn Bartender’s Choice Tasting
Despite the rugged sounding name, the Edinborough Innis & Gunn Brewery have only been around since 2003 and was founded, Dougal Gunn Sharp, who used his middle name and his brother’s, Neil Innis Sharp, to title it. A group of…
Innis & Gunn Winter Treacle Porter – Limited Edition
Happy Halloween and treacle for all! Treacle conjures up memories of my childhood in Paris where I went to an international school and was taught The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by well meaning British English teachers. Treacle…
Wisers That’s Spiced UP! Halloween launch event
Established in 1857, Wiser’s is one of Canada’s oldest whiskeys but the Spiced Up blend is one of the newest kids on the block. I attended a Halloween-themed launch event earlier this week where we got to try the…
Mario Lopez for Coffee Creamer Prez on National Coffee Day
How low can the bar go? According to the last South Park episode where Cartman squares off with Honey Boo Boo in a pasghetti death match, it’s pretty murky, but I think we might be setting new levels here. The…
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2012 and the Post-Modernist Revolution
Highlights of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2012 – Being featured in Vice’s scathing critique of post-modernist art and e-tard exploitation. – Douglas Coupland’s Museum for the End Of the World. Maybe I missed a few things but it would have been…