Stats: Wheat Beer. 5.3% ABV. Collingwood, Ontario. Size: 473mL can Colour: Muted, unfiltered straw blonde Mouth Feel: Medium carbonation with a spicy but dry finish. Purchased: LCBO Price: $2.70 Pairing Notes: Grilled Chicken → 87 points Third up on the “CAN”-do count-down is a wheat ale from the small Georgian Bay community of Collingwood known more for its spas and shopping and ‘mountain’ vista…
CSA Adventures … Mystery #6
From green, to red, from orange to yellow, the colours of the garden are breathtaking, like a dissected fall foliage that you can eat. How great is that? However, it would seem the mysteries of the CSA are getting better — and tougher? — or someone has disconnected my mic. “Hello … is this thing…
An Enduring Bloom
© Dale Schierbeck 2014 Flower blooms are often ephemeral, lasting for a few short days or weeks, but the orchid, for all its delicate folds and appearance of fragility is an amazing flower that can endure for months at a time. This bloom has been providing me warmth since late winter where it sits next…
White Barszcz with Sorrel
With the end of summer and the inevitable approach of fall, a young man’s fancy does surely turn to soup. … And one of the soups I fancy most is a soup I fell in love with during my three years of living in Poland. If I quizzed you on Polish soups, many would say…
Endurance ~ My Best Friend
© Dale Schierbeck 2014 At 18½ years of age, my very special best friend, Benjamin, endures like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. Wrestled from the streets of Warsaw as a pup, he has endured a life with me that has taken him half-way across the world and then to Canada’s North and then again half…
“Nickel Brook Headstock” (IPA) Better Bitters Brewing Co.
Stats: IPA. 7.0% ABV. 80 IBUs. Burlington, Ontario. Size: 473mL can Colour: Golden straw (chardonnay) — clear except for profusion of heavy particulate that grows with the pour. Mouth Feel: Medium, very natural carbonation; light start and a refreshingly bitter finish. Purchased: LCBO Price: $2.85 Pairing Notes: n/a → 84 points Penny for Your Thoughts ♦ Nickel for Your Thirst Next up on my Getting…
Roasted Red-Kuri and Beet Salad with Maple Vinaigrette
When the red kuri squash turned up at the CSA pick up a few weeks ago I thought only for a few minutes about what I was going to do with it — then turned back the clock a couple of years to the first red kuri squash I received and decided to reprise what…
Humanity ~ The Artist
© Dale Schierbeck 2014 See more of the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Humanity. See more of my own photography here ….
CSA Adventures … Mystery #5
Some mysteries are supposed to be tough — so here’s one to challenge all your ardent veggie lovers out there. “Who Am I?” And no, “I am not a misshapen pumpkin… but I am a gorgeous colour inside.” That’s your only hint, ok? Answer to be revealed on Saturday … if not before, should one…
“Kilannan Alt” (Altbier) Kilannan Brewing Co.
Stats: Altbier. 5.2% ABV. Own Sound, Ontario. Size: 473mL can Colour: Brown-Amber (unfiltered) Mouth Feel: Medium carbonation; watery start and creamy but dry finish. Purchased: LCBO Price: $2.90 Pairing Notes: Grilled lamb kebabs → 85 points So in collision of two bits of chance, I thought I’d do series on beers that come in cans — more or less exclusively. That…
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