Looking for a drink with a Canadian twist to mark your Canada Day festivities? The Coca-Cola people would no doubt love it if you tried their new British Columbia Raspberry Coca-Cola, which is made with natural raspberry flavours and cane […]
Liquids
Review: Heineken 0.0 Non-Alcoholic Beer
I never thought I’d say this, but it’s a good time to be a fan of non-alcoholic beer. For whatever reason, be it health- or demographic-related, there’s been a surge in available non-alcoholic (NA) beers popping up in grocery stores, […]
Review: Pepsi Mango
Mango is finally getting its due in North America. In just about every tropical place in the world, mangoes are loved and appreciated in a way that Canadians and Americans can’t fully appreciate. In much of the world, they are […]
Review: Perrier & Juice
I have a fraught relationship with Perrier. On the one hand, bubbly water is simple and refreshing. It’s the original diet soda, with no funny artificial sweeteners to distract or strange flavours to linger. It’s a nice change from tap […]
Review: Diet Coke Strawberry Guava and Blueberry Acai
When Coca-Cola introduced Coke Zero back in 2005, they may not have anticipated the pent-up demand for a no-calorie product that tasted like regular Coca-Cola instead of Diet Coke, which, to be charitable, tastes like stale metallic ass. While Coke […]
Arbitrary: Growler Bar Economics, Revisited
Back in 2013, I wrote about the pros and cons of growler bars, which were just starting to pop up in Calgary, where I lived at the time. To be blunt, I wasn’t exactly sold on the experience. The cost […]
Review: Apex Predator (Bench Creek) White Raven India Pale Ale
Within the last few years, there’s been an explosion of amazing craft breweries in Alberta, the province in the western Canada that I call home. While British Columbia to the west of us has had a flourishing craft beer scene […]
Recipe: Starbucks Mocha Valencia
Back in the late 1990s, one of my favourite Starbucks drinks was the Mocha Valencia. It was an entrancing combination of orange syrup, mocha syrup, steamed milk and espresso, with some whipped cream topping and special orange sprinkles on top. […]
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