Inspiration through fermentation. - Phillips Brewery Hey gang, welcome to The Art of Caesura!! We're on a bit of a beer bender this month on the blog. We've busted beer myths , we've looked at some tasty beer and food parings and now we're going to take a quick glance at my favourite brewery from back home on the West Coast of Canada: Phillips Brewery. Before we start, I should probably note - though I hope it's obvious, because I live in Ireland, that I don't work for Phillips, and am not endorsed by them (le sigh). I'm just a fan.  Anyway, my love affair with Phillips began - soon after they opened in 2001 - with a lager. Phillips' Phoenix Lager was sold in short chubby bottles (can you believe, I can't find a photo of those original bottles) and was a fantastic session beer. It was (and still is) a crowd pleasing beer with just enough buttery depth to be interesting but still appealed to the commercial beer crowd. Many a Canada D

Without question, the greatest invention  in the history of mankind is beer.  Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention,  but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. ~Dave Barry Welcome back fellow Caesurians to another tasty beer post! Last week we dispelled some myths around beer; one of those myths might as well have been "wine is way better to pair with food than beer" - Pah!  Some advantages that beer has over wine when it comes to food parings, are: There is way more diversity in different types of beers so you'll be able to find something to perfectly compliment or contrast any kind of food you're serving.  Beer's carbonation and acidity acts as a great palate-cleanser, especially for oily or spicy foods.  I'll go through a few types of beer that are popular in Ireland right now, and give my favourite Irish example of a beer in this category: Lager: Example: 1601 Lager (Blacks of Kinsale) Treat

Welcome all to The Art of Caesura! If this is your first dalliance into the wonderful world of The Art of Caesura, then an extra big welcome to you! I'd urge you to check out last week's post to get a better idea of what we usually get up to here...because today's a bit different! Today, and for the next few weeks we're bringing beer back to the blog! Beer started out as a semi-regular theme over here on The Art of Caesura because I was brewing my own quite regularly. I happily brewed 23 L of various nice beers every 6 weeks for 11 euro! Unfortunately our current house doesn't really lend itself to brewing, so I haven't been talking about it as much over here.  Well, for the next few weeks that's all going to change.  A couple of months ago I was back home on the west coast of Canada. It seems like every time I go back, the number of breweries has doubled! Anyway I checked out a bunch of new ones (and all the old standards), and for the next fe

Not for him is the sound of the harp nor the giving of rings nor pleasure in woman nor worldly glory -- nor anything at all unless the tossing of waves; but he always has a longing, he who strives on the waves. - The Seafarer (Old Anglo-Saxon Poem) Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! So, August inadvertently turned into the month of the Arkanaut over here in Caesura-land! I've had a great time going into these guys in some detail over the past month and today we get to see the finished product! For all of the in-depth commentary of the building and painting of these models and their bases, check out the past few posts; today we'll let the pictures do most of the talking. And wow, there are quite a few pictures! I wanted to give each model their time in the spotlight, so rather than just a few group shots, we've got individual shots of each Arkanaut. Sit back, and enjoy! First up is the company captain. He already stands out with his anc