Domestic Pints ONLY

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom discuss one of the oldest breweries in the Ottawa Valley: PERTH BREWERY. We chat a bit about the history of Perth Brewing Company/Perth Brewery before getting into the beers. Up first is the flagship LAST DUEL lager. Next, we 'jump' to EASY AMBER ale. We wrap things off discussing their popular west coast-style IPA, CALYPSO! Along the way we also disc...

In the fourteenth edition of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses an imperial stout released in 2021 by Tooth and Nail Brewing Company: FORTISSIMO! John talks about his experience with this beer and their flagship stout, before drinking and reviewing the beer. Credits: Website: https://toothandnailbeer.com/ Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.d...

CORRECTION: Beau's was founded in 2006; not in the early 90s. This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom are joined by special guest Nick to talk some more Ottawa craft beer. Up first is a collaboration between House of Targ and Big Rig Brewery: TARG BEER! Next up is THE classic Ottawa craft beer: LUG TREAD LAGERED ALE! Last is beer out of Kitchisippi Brewing Company, in honour of Carp's Chesh...

In the thirteenth edition of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses a NEIPA with kviek hops (NOTE: NOT pronounced "kiv-ee-ek", but rather like "quike", my bad) called 'Wolverine'. This is produced by Hôtel Roquemont: a popular chalet/pub/restaurant/microbrasserie in St-Raymond (northwest of Quebec City). John talks about how he discovered this beer, some details on the town of St. Raymond a...

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom and John discuss a craft brewery from Edmonton that specializes in making good 'dark' beers: OMEN 'Don't Call Me Damien' BREWING! We talk a bit about the brewery before getting into the beers. First up, no need to cry over this beer; it's SPILT MILK stout! Next up is the Dark Souls/Berzerk-esque branded KNIGHT RYE-DER roggenbier (a Euro-style rye beer). Last i...

It's a milestone tenth edition of the Polaris Prize nominated* Seltzer Sunday series on this week's Domestic Pints ONLY. For this episode, John, Tom, and Alex discuss the recently released (in Canada) 'Out of Office' seltzers by Bud Light. These seltzers consist of three vacation-themed drinks: mango Mai Tai, lime margarita, and watermelon mojito. We sample these beverages and then give our scores...

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom and John go through some of the flavoured beers released by Bud Light. We discuss the history of these drinks before discussing the original variant: BUD LIGHT LIME. Following this, we discuss BUD LIGHT APPLE and BUD LIGHT STRAWBERRY LEMONADE. Along the way we talk about the following: Molson Export in a quart, 'Blapple', Big Mama JuJu Juice, Blackfly drinks,...

On this highly anticipated episode of Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom drink and review a lineup of grapefruit radlers. In order: the Ontario-craft WATERLOO, the Austrian import STIEGL, and the macro-produced MOOSHEAD. Before we drink the radlers, John discusses the history of radler beers. Did you know that radlers can be traced back to a lone innkeeper from 1922? We had a fun time running throu...

In the twelfth edition of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses a green apple sour by old favourite SPECTRUM. John spends a little bit of time talking about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer. Credits: Spectrum website: https://spectrumbeer.com/ Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae.com) Artwork: IG @natalierivetartist (ww...

It's been a busy few weeks - the DPO crew was in Toronto to celebrate John's bachelor party, and a few days later John came down with a case of COVID-19. As a result, we didn't plan a proper episode and instead decided to have a fun discussion over a couple of beers. We start the episode recapping our trip and discussing some of the craft beer we had in Toronto, before chatting about our selected...

In the eigh- I mean, ninth edition of our beloved seltzer series, John and Tom return back to COORS SELTZER to discuss the newest lineup of summer 'Splash' pack flavours. We run through these in order, starting with Fruit Punch, followed by Blue Raspberry, then Peach and Strawberry. Along the way we also get side tracked talking about Peach Man and Tom's old job at Dollarama. These were some tasty...

After a long period with just the core members, John and Tom welcome back our recurring guest Dan to discuss the popular Ottawa east-end brewery--Dominion City Brewing Company--on this week's episode of Domestic Pints ONLY. We do a little recap on the brewery before drinking and reviewing our lineup. First, we start off with TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS lager. Our next one is the popular selection TOWN &...

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom, and John try out some vodka waters (yes, waters, meaning non-carbonated drinks) from Cottage Springs. We sample some of the drinks from their variety pack: Strawberry Kiwi, Raspberry Lime, Mango, and Cucumber Lemon. Along the away we discuss the movie Anaconda, Belinda Carlisle, apples, and other things. Needless to say we crushed these tasty bevies. Check ou...

In the eleventh edition of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses a milkshake IPA via Quebec City - the 'Milky Vanilli' by Brasseurs Sur Demande. John spends a little bit of time talking about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer. Credits: BSD website: https://www.brasseurssurdemande.com/ Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae...

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom, John and Alex drink and sample a few select 'limited edition' stouts from Ottawa. First up we have two selections from Beyond the Pale: the dry stout DUBLIN OR NUTHIN' and the imperial variant THE DARKERNESS. Last, we swing over to Dominion City to discuss the chocolate chip pecan cookie stout - COOKIE MONSTER. Along the way we also catch up with Alex and sho...

THESE CATS GOT CLAWS! This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom celebrate Seltzer Sunday by sampling some White Claw flavours from the second variety pack. We start off with the common LEMON seltzer - next moving on to TANGERINE (and briefly run into some technical difficulties). We then drink and discuss RASPBERRY before moving onto to the popular WATERMELON flavour. Along the way we discuss...

Today's episode is unofficially sponsored by the Ottawa Senators This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom and John return to their brewery spotlight to sample some drinks from the Toronto brewery Woodhouse Brewing! We chat a bit about the brewery and also give our can scores. We first try the Scandinavian-inspired NORDIC PALE ALE. Next up is the interesting CHERRY KOLSCH. Lastly is the basic tit...

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom and John return to their brewery spotlight to sample a popular selection from Edmonton: Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company! We chat a bit about the brewery before discussing the first entry: ZESTY ZEE. We change things up a bit with the second beer, chatting a special collaboration between Sea Change and Blind Enthusiasm called MULTIPLE ENTENDRE (which I ke...

In the tenth of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John discusses a collaboration beer between Toronto's Indie Alehouse and RunTOBeer: Long Brunch Porter! John spends a little bit of time talking about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer. Credits: Indie Alehouse website: https://indiealehouse.com/ Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by Dazie Mae (www.daziemae....

'Put A Welly On!'  This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, Tom and John return to their brewery spotlight to discuss Ontario (and Canada's) oldest independent craft brewery, Guelph Ontario's Wellington Brewery! We chat a bit about the brewery (and also complain about slow people at the grocery store).  before discussing SPECIAL PALE ALE (SPA). Next up is the lighter HELLES LAGER, and we also d...

Months ago, the boys at Domestic Pints ONLY issued a challenge: try to find a cheap 'craft' lager under $3.00. And after some searching, and finally a day where we could all chat together, we found them and delivered! This week, John, Tom, and Alex discuss their selections of surprisingly inexpensive beer outside the typical InBev/Miller Coors conglomerate. First up is Alex with Last Spike Brewery...

This week on Domestic Pints ONLY, John and Tom return back to the 'icy dry bois' series, discussing another lineup of ice and dry beers. First up is the Stroh classic, OLD MILWAUKEE ICE. Next, we take a trepid look at YET another selection from Molson: MOLSON DRY 6.5. Finally, we wrap up with the recently rebranded and redesigned JR 6.0 (Tom has the old can, labelled JAMES READY ICE 6.0) and also...

In the ninth entry of the bonus 'COLD SHOTS' series, John takes us back to Quebec (specifically, Saint-Casimir) to try the 'Slapshot'-themed Dave 'Keller' Carlson kellerbier by Microbrasserie Les Grand Bois. John spends a little bit of time talking about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer. Credits: Les Grandes Bois website: https://www.lesgrandsbois.com/ Intro and closing song: "Dr...

It's a week of returns on this episode of Domestic Pints ONLY. Not only are we returning to our Seltzer Sunday series with a long awaited episode discussing 'hard' teas, we are also joined again by our co-host Alex! We drink and sample a series of flavours from the White Claw Hard Seltzer Iced Tea Variety Pack: Lemon, Peach, Mango, and Raspberry. In the second half of the episode we mostly shoot t...

"This is heavy...". In the eight entry of the bonus 'COLD SHOT' series, John takes us back in time to try out the McFly IPA from the Quebec brewery Microbrasserie Pixel Brewing. John spends a little bit of time talking about the brewery before drinking and reviewing the beer. Credits: Pixel website: https://microbrasseriepixel.com/ Intro and closing song: "Drink Beer (Till the Day That I Die)" by...