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Posted October 4, 2012

The Thursday Mash – Oct. 4

Today’s best articles and links. Updated throughout the day …

Grand tasting opportunity

It is often said the theatre is a place for refined tastes, so it only stood to reason the Grand Theatre made the ideal venue for the Arts and Draughts beer-tasting event on Wednesday night (Oct. 3). [London Community]

Crunch time for waterfront restaurant [Thunder Bay]

The owners of Bight — located in the Water Garden Pavilion at Prince Arthur’s Landing — promise a casual atmosphere with a modern North American menu and an expansive beer, wine and cocktail list.

 

Video: The making of The Grid beer

Our beer columnist Crystal Luxmore recently teamed up with local brewers Indie Alehouse to craft a special beer in honour of The Grid. The beer is called Street Wheat, and it uses a combination of sumac, honey, red currants, and blackberries to create a unique flavour you won’t find anywhere else. [The Grid]

Hooray for hop pickles

Bumpercrop’s canning team needed a new pickling project. And what better way to make veggies palatable than by adding a bunch of beer? [The Grid]

 

Canadian Brewers Craft Swag from Beer Waste

Short for ‘Craftbrewers Recycled Art Project,’ brewers CRAP is the brainchild of George Eagleson, head brewer of Canada’s F&M Brewery in Guelph, Ontario and crafty partner Hannah Senitt. In 2009, the pair decided to do something about all of the used malt bags, box board, beer hoses and spent grain left over from the brewing process that would otherwise find their way to the trash. [Earth911]

 

Beer is the better match for Thanksgiving Dinner: What’s Brewing?

If you’re like most Canadians, beer probably won’t be a big part of your Thanksgiving dinner. Oh sure, you might have one while you’re cooking the turkey or ham, or later after the houseful of relatives is gone. But on the dinner table? Odds are you’ll offer up a bottle or two of wine, probably white (say, riesling?). [The Toronto Star]


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