Beer Festival – Saturday October 21
Our decades old tradition of an autumn celebration of craft beer is back featuring thirty-five different brews from twenty-five local breweries. The fun starts at noon and continues through until 8:00 pm. Check out our beer boss Leah’s lovely lineup on our website.
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Cigarette butts are a serious cause of litter and a nuisance to pick up. They are one of the top single-use plastics and Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada identify these butts as the most frequently found microplastic in aquatic environments. In an effort to address the issues of pollution, chemical leaching, and microplastics, the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association Waste Reduction Group (SLNA-WRG) has partnered with the waste management company TerraCycle and members of the St. Lawrence Market Business Improvement Area to pilot a cigarette butt–recycling project. This initiative involves the installation and servicing of butt receptacles outside …
Leah’s Beer School: Lesson 58
What is a Hefeweizen? Hefeweizens are a type of weissbier or white beer, also commonly referred to as weizenbier, or wheat beer. Translated from German, hefeweizen means “yeast wheat,” an apt description as they are the two defining ingredients for the style. Malted wheat contains higher levels of protein, contributing to hefeweizen’s trademark cloudy appearance, creamy texture and pillowy head, though the true essence of this style comes from the addition of yeast, imparting notes of banana, clove, bubblegum, vanilla and black pepper. This beer does not showcase hops, and hop presence should be very minimal. Sumerian records reveal that …
