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The Great Ontario Beer Freakout
Or: How I Learned to Stop Caring and Drink Lager Maybe it’s old guy navel gazing. Maybe it’s romanticizing a certain period of my life. Or maybe it never really happened at all. But I feel like craft beer in Ontario really did have a hey day. It was brief, but it felt like something … Continue reading The Great Ontario Beer Freakout →
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Whisky Drunk
In high school, to be “whisky drunk” was to be ready for a fight. It was a quick shorthand to say someone drunk was easily riled or ornery, and it meant to steer clear or be prepared to throw fists. Whisky’s predisposition to incite violence in my high school stemmed largely from the over consumption … Continue reading Whisky Drunk →
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The 9-9-9 Challenge: A Savage Journey of Baseball, Beer, and Hot Dogs
Stuffing 36” of hot slimy wiener down your throat while you guzzle 4258 ml of beer isn’t a casual endeavour, it’s a fucking chess game.
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The Circle K will replace your local brewery OR how convenience store beer sales will kill puppies
How many millennials are going to put on hard pants and make an appearance at their local taproom for a pint and six pack to go when they can schlepp off to the Circle K for some shitty macro beer, a vape pen refill, and a taquito?
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Dining Out in 2024: A milestone
A mostly fictional account of visiting a franchise restaurant It was a confluence of unfortunate circumstances and bad judgement that led me to taking a three year-old to a suburban mall the week after Christmas. There were things to return, a late gift to pick up, and we were catching an afternoon movie nearby. “It’ll … Continue reading Dining Out in 2024: A milestone →
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Unironically Rocking Out to Smash Mouth
My name is Ben Johnson, and I enjoy late 1990s top forty pop rock. It’s something I didn’t ever see coming, but now that I’ve said it out loud, it feels inevitable and — honestly — something of a relief to admit. It’s one less thing to give a fuck about as I inch closer … Continue reading Unironically Rocking Out to Smash Mouth →
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How to pretend you celebrate Pride at your brewery
You may have noticed an increase in imagery and messaging relating to the LGBTQ+ community popping up from your favourite brands this past week. This is of course, because it’s Pride Month, an amazing and dynamic time of year when every one from small companies to huge corporations takes the time to pretend to care … Continue reading How to pretend you celebrate Pride at your brewery →
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In defence of Drinking alone at a bar
If, for some reason, you’d like to have this blog post read to you instead of reading it, you can listen to Episode 76 of the Beer and Bullshit podcast, below. Drinking alone at a bar is much maligned in fiction. The clichéd trope usually features our hero, beaten down by the world, having … Continue reading In defence of Drinking alone at a bar →
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The End of The Beer Store’s Monopoly
If history has taught us anything about the sale of beer, it's that any space that can be leveraged and monopolized with cash -- be it the taps at your local, the vendors at your favourite team's arenas, or a super market end cap -- the world’s largest brewing companies will find a way to use their vast sums of money to influence that retail space.
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Loyalty
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