Thursday Feature

Thirsty Thursdays: Aporkalypse Now — The Beer to End All Beers?

By Daniel Bordage Beer: Aporkalypse Now by Hogsback Brewing Company Style: Oatmeal Bacon Stout ABV: 5.4% Pairing: Song of the

Throwback Thursday: Growing Up Punk in Ottawa

By Matthew Gilmour As an overly polite, 13-year-old, third-culture kid who had just spent his puberty in Singapore, I knew nothing

Thirsty Thursdays: Beau’s & Bass Line Beauties

By Daniel Bordage Beer: Lug•Tread by Beau’s Style: Lagered Ale ABV: 5.2% Pairing: Bass line beauties About the Beer:  Lug•Tread

Thirsty Thursdays: Peppermint Porter Collab by Beau’s & Big Rig

By Daniel Bordage Beer: Peppermint Porter by Beau’s and Big Rig Brewery Style: Porter ABV: 5.4% Pairing: Yuletide mix About

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Throwback Thursday: Fireweed (aka The Fireweed Company) – Drinking Man (1994)

By Zachary Houle It has been said that Ottawa is the city that fun forgot – a cliché if there

Throwback Thursday: Paperjack – The Effort I’ll Never Get Back (2001)

By Zachary Houle It was the summer of 2000. I frequented the Second Cup on the corner of Bank and

Thirsty Thursdays: Spice Up Your Life

By Daniel Bordage Beer: Beau’s Siduri White Pepper Saison Style: Saison ABV: 10.2% Pairing: A White Pepper Saison with a

Throwback Thursday: Heartbreakers by Brights

By Pierce McKennirey of Those Gulls I love the Heartbreakers EP by former Ottawa band, Brights. Though short in length, it

Thirsty Thursdays: Getting Fuzzy With It! PINK FUZZ by Beyond the Pale Brewery

By Daniel Bordage Beer: PINK FUZZ by Beyond the Pale Brewery Style: Wheat Ale ABV: 6% Pairing: Pink Fuzz with

Throwback Thursday: Buck 65 at Bluesfest 2011

Photo by Blair Smith (Byward of Mouth) One of my favourite Canadian talents, no matter the genre, will be gracing