Paragon Cause and Alonso, Saturday, November 23 at 9PM Gatineau/Ottawa band Paragon Cause is a musical duo that has taken an eclectic approach to their music influences, fusing disparate sounds including hip-hop, jazz piano, ‘80s synthesizers and ‘50s guitars to deliver their personal brand of atmospheric rock-tinged electronica. Hailing from southern Ontario, Marnie is a trained...
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Karma Citra 6.6%, Great Lakes Brewery A gold medal winner at the Canadian Brewing Awards, this West Coast style IPA has notes of lemon rind, tropical fruits and soft pine with a touch of honey. It’s deliciously bitter, yet delightfully smooth with a dry, resinous finish.
Vanilla Orchid Brown Ale, 5%, Henderson Brewing The Good Tap is a monthly rotating tap feature curated by the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies. A perfect cool weather brew, the Ladies and Henderson Brewing bring us Vanilla Orchid Brown Ale, an English brown ale with vanilla rooibos tea. It’s earthy and spicy, with flavours of...
20th Century History Wednesday October 16, 8:00 pm, Free Admission Two decades into the current century we ask the rhetorical question: Does anyone still remember the world before the letter “i” was pasted at the front of our gadgets?. We’ll find out at our next trivia night.
India Pale Lagers There’s no question that IPAs rule the craft beer world, but after dominating beer trends for the last decade, there is renewed interest in less intense, more palatable brews. The India Pale Lager, a substylistic hybrid of both the IPA and lager, offers the best of both worlds with an approachably hoppy,...
Thursday, October 10, 9PM This is a charity event, raising funds and awareness for VETS Canada. Advance tickets are $10, $15 at the door. Join five talented Canadian songwriters and featured guests, as they raise voices and rally support for in-crisis veterans. Madison Galloway takes the stage with guitar, harmonica, and ukulele, charming audiences with her...
Saturday, October 26, 9PM Join Small Dog Barking and friends in celebration of the release of “Subwoofer!”. Advance tickets are $10, $12 at the door Small Dog Barking is a Toronto-born indie pop & rock artist. Starting as a solo artist during the summer of 2018, Small Dog Barking has performed all over Toronto. His...
Single Malt Whisky is a distilled spirit made entirely from malted barley at a single distillery. The most notable examples of this are made in Scotland and are thus referred to as scotches. But not all scotches are single malts. Vatted Malts or Pure Malts are blends from the malt whisky of several different distilleries....
Whisky is the fruit of a northern climate. The term whisky is a derivative of the expression “water of life” known in in Gaelic as “uisge (pronounced ooska) beatha.” Over time uisge has been Anglicised to “whisky.” The first whiskies were produced in the 15th century by monastic orders. The first tax on production, in...
Malt whisky is basically a distilled, un-hopped beer. Barley is malted to convert starch into fermentable sugars. To this end the barley is germinated (traditionally in floor maltings) and then kiln dried over peated fires. In the past, peat was used because of it’s availability, but now it is used primarily to impart flavour to...