LCBO Tour – Mill Street Barley Wine

December 19th, 2009
Mill Street Barley Wine

Mill Street Barley Wine

The second beer Ben and I are tasting as part of our LCBO tour (read more here) is a strong one.   The Mill Street Barley Wine is not your typical beer - it's an 11% alcohol unfiltered beer.  Usually Ben and I have trepidations about drinking a beer of this stature because they usually sacrifice taste for alcohol content.  We were really looking forward to a beer that can bring both drinkability and high alcohol content in the same bottle - perfect for those times where you want to get the party started quickly. Sadly, this was not the beer we were hoping for. It starts with… Continue reading LCBO Tour - Mill Street Barley Wine...

LCBO Tour – Innis & Gunn (Original)

December 6th, 2009
Innis & Gunn

Innis & Gunn

This is the first beer we are tasting on this new section we are working on, the LCBO tour.  For those just joining the tour, this is where Ben and I attempt to rate beers on one simple point - drinkability. Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer is Scottish beer made with a unique method.  The beer is brewed in Scotland and aged for 30 days in American oak  bottles used to hold Bourbon. Almost everything about this beer is perfect.  It comes in a very nice bottle which gets you ready for the pure delight contained within.  Upon cracking open the bottle we were greeted with a delicious aroma with hints of… Continue reading LCBO Tour - Innis & Gunn (Original)...

New Section – LCBO Tours

December 5th, 2009
So Ben and I have decided to start up a new section on the site after a visit to the local liquor store.  We were baffled by the large selection of imported and domestic beers and wondering which would taste like horse piss, and which would delight our taste buds.  The questions raged through our minds - Was this beer going to bring us back that first taste of duff that touched our lips, or would it turn sour in our mouth?  What if we drank it last week and hated it? It was clear we needed to help ourselves and our fellow beer drinkers by finding out which beers were worth their malt, and which should stay on that shelf.  We will evaluate each beer we find mainly based on how… Continue reading New Section - LCBO Tours...

Looks like I can do Networking now too!

November 2nd, 2009
Just finished up a job in Montreal doing networking for our new office we are setting up.  With the help of a couple of guys (and a few beers), we were able to wire up the new office without too much difficulty.  Check out the pics below:

New Car Photos – Hot Audis and an Ugly Truck

November 2nd, 2009
So I've got two new albums online - hot and not. Hot: A trip through the Audi Dealership in Montreal.  Some nice pics of an R8, S5, and more.

New Photos in the Gallery

September 13th, 2009
Just an update in the photo gallery - there are two new gallerys I added recently with some pictures from a few drives around Ottawa we've done.  Some spectacular pics of Rideau Falls and some others from along the Ottawa River up to Pinhey's Point.  Enjoy

It’s so bad its funny – Part IV

August 10th, 2009
Today I have two nice ones. First is an Audi with a spoiler much too large (and with the '4' backwards). Second is a horrible Pontiac Sunfire with too much orange on it. Audi A4 with a spoiler too big for its own good [singlepic id=171 w=320 h=240 float=none] Some dirty Pontiac Sunfire with too much orange

It’s so bad its funny – Part III

August 10th, 2009
In this special, I've got a minivan with some decidedly not-stock rims.  I wonder if it went down like this: Wife: "Honey, you need to sell your '98 Honda Civic so we can get a van for the kids" Husband: "What!? Are you kidding? I've put $10k into that car - turbo, roof scoop, cold air intake, new exhaust, and my 18' chromes!!!" Wife: "Whatever, keep the rims" And thus we ended up with this: Mad Rims on a Minivan

Photos from the Ottawa River Valley

July 19th, 2009
Today we were out and about and visited a few of the lesser-known areas around Renfrew and area.  We hit the Tatlock Mine, Mountainview chute dam, Fourth Chutes near Eganville, and the ghost town of Backlava.  Here are some photos we took. Also, check out the map below for the locations of the photos on the map.

Canada Day and Bluesfest update

July 18th, 2009
Added some photos for a couple of events that I attended recently.   Canada Day in Ottawa was pretty exciting, here are a couple of pictures from the fireworks that night.