Beer Writers Shine Light On Dark Ales

Ontario Craft Brewers' Podcast

In this second Ontario Brewer Podcast for February, Master Cicerone Mirella Amato continues our exploration of OCB-brewed Dark Ales. She is once again joined by the two featured guests for February: historian and beer writer, Jordan St.John and Certified Cicerone and beer columnist, Crystal Luxmore. The duo successfully guessed which OCB-brewed Dark Ale they sampled in the last Ontario Brewer Podcast and this week, they dive into two more. The three Dark Ales featured this month were the Barley Days Wind & Sail Dark Ale, Stone Hammer Dark Ale and Wellington Dark Ale.

About our two guests this month: Crystal Luxmore is a beer writer and Certified Cicerone whose stories appear in The Globe & Mail, Sun Media, enRoute and more. She leads beer tastings for corporate and private clients, and talks about beer trends on Global TV and CBC Radio. www.craftbeertastings.com Jordan St. John is a Certified Cicerone, Beer Writer and Historian who trained as a brewer but opted out of having to clean all that equipment. He deals with elaborate concepts and total nonsense at saintjohnswort.ca