I wanted to visit Atlantic Canada in October 2020 when the weather was nice, but it was closed off for pleasure trips sue to the pandemic. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia finally reopened in February 2022, so I jumped at the chance to visit even though it was cold and Read more
Boréal Blanche Appearance – 9/10, perfect 1:1 ratio of foam and liquid, appealing golden hue Taste – 7/10, smells like a ginger lemonade and tastes like coriander and ginger Texture – 7/10, the medium bodied, creamy texture makes it extra interesting It looks and smells exactly how it tastes. There’s Read more
Sydney is the largest city on Cape Breton Island in the north of Nova Scotia. Its industry began from coal mining in the eighteenth century by the French, who also built the Louisbourg Fortress. The steel industry developed two centuries later and was the city’s bastion of economic activity until Read more
The native Mi’kmaq people used the isthmus as a transit point between the Atlantic Ocean and Bras d’Or Lake (they obviously didn’t call it that thousands of years ago) as it was only a kilometre long. Their lightweight canoes could easily be carried on their shoulders and brought from the Read more
Belle Guelle Original Appearance – 7/10, this lager has the standard appearance of a beer on tap Taste – 7/10, smells like caramelized malts, but overall a flat flavour with hints of white gummy bear Texture – 8/10, it has a good structure, the bubbles are well-sustained even after prolonged Read more
The University of Moncton serves the francophone Acadian community in New Brunswick. It was the first and still is the largest francophone university in Atlantic Canada. As such, it is the birthplace of the reawakening of Acadian nationalism in the 1960s and is the world’s premier repository of Acadian records. Read more
Distance: 89km Location: Vancouver Date: June 2, 2018 Up front: I’ve been in plenty of same-generation Corollas and I can say that I’d rather drive the Corolla than whatever this is. The little gear shifter on the centre control stack is hard to reach, the seats are terrible, and everything Read more
Distance: 228km Location: Vancouver Date: July 7, 2018 Up front: The first model year of the drastically updated classic Smart by Mercedes-Benz has more room in the passenger compartment. Elbows no longer bump into each other, the gear shifter is no longer too close to my body, and the windscreen Read more
Belle Gueule Blonde Appearance – 8/10, looks like a sweet apple cider Taste – 3/10, it doesn’t taste like anything, it’s like watered down hospital soup Texture – 5/10, the bubbles were completely flat Brasseurs RJ claims it has a personality, it doesn’t. But if it did, this blonde would Read more
When I planned my trip to Atlantic Canada, I didn’t think I was going to end up in Nova Scotia, I only planned as far as New Brunswick because Nova Scotia wasn’t fully open for discretionary travel yet. A couple of days before my departure date, Nova Scotia finally opened Read more