Bake with abandon!
This month’s theme for The Canadian Food Experience Project is “My Canadian Love Affair.” This is definitely a love story. I’m just not sure if it’s about me and my husband, Andrew and whisky, or a testament to community. All I know for sure is …
Who is this man, why is he grinning and what are his intentions with our barrel? Riding on the coattails of the recent local wine post (assuming blog posts have coattails) we’re revisiting our whisky aging project and have brought in a local artist to …
Despite the whisky loss of our first experiment, the results were so good, we’re at it again. But before we poured a bottle of McClelland 5-year-old single malt into the keg, we checked with the good people at The Whisky Works to find out what …
The party’s over. The barrel has turned for the last time. The cask is drained and the results are in. To aptly mark this auspicious occasion, we invite Bill Greenaway, our friendly neighbourhood piper. Bill plays while the guest of honour uncorks the cask. Karen …
Know what this is? Need a better look? How’s this? Oh, you scotch keeners know it’s a quaich. And if I’m not too far from wrong, you can spell it without checking What’s Under the Kilt and pronounce it with a confident little lilt. (It’s …
This week, As the Barrel Turns welcomes Jim Estill, blogger, runner and self-proclaimed “business guy who sells computers.” Jim’s a busy fellow, but still found the time after completing the 10-Miler to drop by and lend a helping hand with the cask rotation. Since the …
We are vexed to report that after the Canada Dominion Day celebrations, the cask seemed lighter than ever. Given this photographic evidence, it appears the Canadian Legends Action Figure of Sir John A. Macdonald inexplicably came to life. When no one was looking, our country’s …
This week, As the Barrel Turns bows to mounting pressure. In lieu of a guest turner or other lame plot device, we’ve decided to answer your burning turning questions. Is Guelph a highland or lowland whisky?Since we live atop a hill, we consider ourselves highlanders. …
This week, for As the Barrel Turns, the good doctor is away on important baseball business. To fill the void, the family decides to hold a party. We hire an orchestra. The Guelph Symphony Orchestra to be precise… …who invite their friends… who come in …