The first time that I tasted a Dos Equis was in 2000 in Cancun on my Senior Trip.
We were the only group of “kids” on Senior Trip who didn’t have chaperones and when the van from our hotel came to pick us up, they brought coolers full of ice and beer. How’s THAT for airport shuttle service?
There were two options in those huge coolers: Corona and Dos Equis. I had heard of Corona [my uncle used to say that Mexicans piss in Corona] but had never heard of Dos Equis so I chose it since I didn’t feel like drinking …read more

On Thursday I joined the fabulous Rannie Turingan and b5media’s own Accordian Guy, Joey DeVilla for a night of beer tasting, photos and laughter at The Air Canada Centre. Hosted by Molson and organized by the lovely Meghan Warby, I didn’t anticipate the night that started at a little before 6 to go so late…but to my delight the time flew by as we all got to know a little more about beer.
Before the seminar began, I started with a Rickard’s White, which I quickly learned works extremely well with citrus. Simple and palatable gets a surprisingly major boost from …read more

These are probably one of the tastiest, most dangerous drinks in the world. Introduced to me by fellow b5media’er, Tris Hussey, (he learned it from a friend named Linzy), I’ve now taught two different bars this drink.
People shudder when I describe it to them, imagining something that’s just too over the top, and yet, once they have it, they realize exactly how good these really are.
We were at the Kingston Hotel (the scene of the crime from the night of the Cold War Shots) and taught the bartender how to make these:

Essentially, you take a Corona, and very very carefully …read more

Man, it’s a good thing that I am my own boss. I have this uncanny knack of going out on on a “school night” and staying out far later than I should. Far far too late, with far far too much alcohol.
Last night was no exception.
Jeremy Wright, the head honcho for b5media (aka Capt. Fancy Pants) was in town. Tris came over from Victoria, and we met Jeremy and started drinking at about 3 pm. Give or take. Everything was fine until we moved bars.
I knew I was in trouble when I opened my big mouth and said, like the …read more