Jordan St.John
@saintsgambit.bsky.social
Head of the Beer Certificate at Toronto's George Brown College. Author x5, Editor Emeritus of The Growler Ontario, Contributor of Odds and Sods to various publications.
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I have altered the Ontario Craft Brewery Map. Which is to say updated it for the first time in about a year.
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I'm getting some reps in at the moment. If you're going to write, you need to write.
This time, I'm talking about Bickford Brewing.
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This time, I'm talking about Bickford Brewing.
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In Which I Visit Bickford Brewing - St. John's Wort
Walking down Manning as the November light fades reveals that the Annex likes its period authentic gloom. Sodium lights didn’t come in until the 1960’s, and it’s called the Annex because Toronto absor...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm getting some reps in at the moment. If you're going to write, you need to write.
This time, I'm talking about Bickford Brewing.
saintjohnswort.ca/in-which-i-v...
This time, I'm talking about Bickford Brewing.
saintjohnswort.ca/in-which-i-v...
Today I learned the @wsetglobal.bsky.social head office is less close to the Bermondsey Beer Mile than I thought.
And is a block from the Royal Oak.
I wonder if they need any ad hoc Canadian admin staff. I could go for a salt beef sandwich and a pint of Harvey's.
And is a block from the Royal Oak.
I wonder if they need any ad hoc Canadian admin staff. I could go for a salt beef sandwich and a pint of Harvey's.
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today I learned the @wsetglobal.bsky.social head office is less close to the Bermondsey Beer Mile than I thought.
And is a block from the Royal Oak.
I wonder if they need any ad hoc Canadian admin staff. I could go for a salt beef sandwich and a pint of Harvey's.
And is a block from the Royal Oak.
I wonder if they need any ad hoc Canadian admin staff. I could go for a salt beef sandwich and a pint of Harvey's.
*extremely Neeson*
I don't know who you are, but i do know that Christmas Eve has a very particular set of skills.
If you return Bing Crosby, that'll be an end of it.
But Christmas Eve WILL find you, where the love light gleams. And Christmas Eve will kill you, and not just in your dreams.
I don't know who you are, but i do know that Christmas Eve has a very particular set of skills.
If you return Bing Crosby, that'll be an end of it.
But Christmas Eve WILL find you, where the love light gleams. And Christmas Eve will kill you, and not just in your dreams.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
*extremely Neeson*
I don't know who you are, but i do know that Christmas Eve has a very particular set of skills.
If you return Bing Crosby, that'll be an end of it.
But Christmas Eve WILL find you, where the love light gleams. And Christmas Eve will kill you, and not just in your dreams.
I don't know who you are, but i do know that Christmas Eve has a very particular set of skills.
If you return Bing Crosby, that'll be an end of it.
But Christmas Eve WILL find you, where the love light gleams. And Christmas Eve will kill you, and not just in your dreams.
Hey @ttcalerts.bsky.social do you think you could maybe have the streetcar drivers on king announce why it is slow as molasses and we are all stuck in traffic?
Or should we be held hostage in 30 foot increments of progress for a half hour without even knowing why?
Or should we be held hostage in 30 foot increments of progress for a half hour without even knowing why?
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey @ttcalerts.bsky.social do you think you could maybe have the streetcar drivers on king announce why it is slow as molasses and we are all stuck in traffic?
Or should we be held hostage in 30 foot increments of progress for a half hour without even knowing why?
Or should we be held hostage in 30 foot increments of progress for a half hour without even knowing why?
@ttcalerts.bsky.social train 147 has had a gentleman defecate in a tent while in transit.
It is like the horse barn at the royal winter fair in terms of pervasiveness and breadth of aroma.
Probably give that a scrub, yeah?
And get him to stop eating cereal while amidshits.
It is like the horse barn at the royal winter fair in terms of pervasiveness and breadth of aroma.
Probably give that a scrub, yeah?
And get him to stop eating cereal while amidshits.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
@ttcalerts.bsky.social train 147 has had a gentleman defecate in a tent while in transit.
It is like the horse barn at the royal winter fair in terms of pervasiveness and breadth of aroma.
Probably give that a scrub, yeah?
And get him to stop eating cereal while amidshits.
It is like the horse barn at the royal winter fair in terms of pervasiveness and breadth of aroma.
Probably give that a scrub, yeah?
And get him to stop eating cereal while amidshits.
JSJ Banter, to guests:
Florie: What sort of Canadian things should I take home?
JSJ: Syrup?
Florie: No, like clothing.
JSJ: Oh you'll want to go to Roots.
Florie: What's that?
JSJ: Hmmm. If you can picture the type of leisure wear Bryn Mawr students would wear, but Canadian.
Florie: Got it.
Florie: What sort of Canadian things should I take home?
JSJ: Syrup?
Florie: No, like clothing.
JSJ: Oh you'll want to go to Roots.
Florie: What's that?
JSJ: Hmmm. If you can picture the type of leisure wear Bryn Mawr students would wear, but Canadian.
Florie: Got it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
JSJ Banter, to guests:
Florie: What sort of Canadian things should I take home?
JSJ: Syrup?
Florie: No, like clothing.
JSJ: Oh you'll want to go to Roots.
Florie: What's that?
JSJ: Hmmm. If you can picture the type of leisure wear Bryn Mawr students would wear, but Canadian.
Florie: Got it.
Florie: What sort of Canadian things should I take home?
JSJ: Syrup?
Florie: No, like clothing.
JSJ: Oh you'll want to go to Roots.
Florie: What's that?
JSJ: Hmmm. If you can picture the type of leisure wear Bryn Mawr students would wear, but Canadian.
Florie: Got it.
JSJ Banter
Man walking up Yonge Street north of Summerhill on the opposite side: *Sounds Trumpet Charge using only the syllable "da"*
JSJ, shouting across Yonge: CHARGE!
Man: That's from Apocalypse Now!
JSJ: No it isn't!
Man walking up Yonge Street north of Summerhill on the opposite side: *Sounds Trumpet Charge using only the syllable "da"*
JSJ, shouting across Yonge: CHARGE!
Man: That's from Apocalypse Now!
JSJ: No it isn't!
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
JSJ Banter
Man walking up Yonge Street north of Summerhill on the opposite side: *Sounds Trumpet Charge using only the syllable "da"*
JSJ, shouting across Yonge: CHARGE!
Man: That's from Apocalypse Now!
JSJ: No it isn't!
Man walking up Yonge Street north of Summerhill on the opposite side: *Sounds Trumpet Charge using only the syllable "da"*
JSJ, shouting across Yonge: CHARGE!
Man: That's from Apocalypse Now!
JSJ: No it isn't!
Thinking loosely and not for the first time that I would rather be at U Zlateho Tigra.
Bit of palavering, yeah?
Bit of palavering, yeah?
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Thinking loosely and not for the first time that I would rather be at U Zlateho Tigra.
Bit of palavering, yeah?
Bit of palavering, yeah?
It would be a lot easier to feel sad about Rogue brewing if they weren't the definition of Shark Jump.
Voodoo donut Sriracha brewers beard yeast beer and a lame attempt to patent their own ingredients didn't equate to success.
Also, treated their people badly.
Guess they're a Dead Guy.
Voodoo donut Sriracha brewers beard yeast beer and a lame attempt to patent their own ingredients didn't equate to success.
Also, treated their people badly.
Guess they're a Dead Guy.
November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It would be a lot easier to feel sad about Rogue brewing if they weren't the definition of Shark Jump.
Voodoo donut Sriracha brewers beard yeast beer and a lame attempt to patent their own ingredients didn't equate to success.
Also, treated their people badly.
Guess they're a Dead Guy.
Voodoo donut Sriracha brewers beard yeast beer and a lame attempt to patent their own ingredients didn't equate to success.
Also, treated their people badly.
Guess they're a Dead Guy.
Unpaid content? In 2025? Well, I needed to get some reps in. You know how it is.
This is part five in a series about the rules beer seems to abide by. It mentions La Courtepointe, True History Brewing, and The Imperial Pub.
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This is part five in a series about the rules beer seems to abide by. It mentions La Courtepointe, True History Brewing, and The Imperial Pub.
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Rule #4: You Can't Fake Production Value - St. John's Wort
At the behest of Cask Marque, I’m in Montreal. It’s late September and it is coincidentally Montreal Cask Beer Week; an event that is only really nascent this year. My job is simple, if a little funny...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Unpaid content? In 2025? Well, I needed to get some reps in. You know how it is.
This is part five in a series about the rules beer seems to abide by. It mentions La Courtepointe, True History Brewing, and The Imperial Pub.
saintjohnswort.ca/rule-4-you-c...
This is part five in a series about the rules beer seems to abide by. It mentions La Courtepointe, True History Brewing, and The Imperial Pub.
saintjohnswort.ca/rule-4-you-c...
I know I'm not meant to find Jackson Lamb sympathetic, exactly, but...
Put it this way, I need to do laundry.
Put it this way, I need to do laundry.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know I'm not meant to find Jackson Lamb sympathetic, exactly, but...
Put it this way, I need to do laundry.
Put it this way, I need to do laundry.
Well, I guess it gives new meaning to "Big Beautiful Bill."
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well, I guess it gives new meaning to "Big Beautiful Bill."
I was talkin' to Dougal about it and he's excited as I've seen him. And he's a rugby player. And I've seen him after some whiskey.
'Innis & Gunn acquired the original recipe from the Allsopp family, meaning it can accurately recreate the ale.'
So, no they didn't need open it for that reason. Also, no, it won't taste the same - unless they have a time machine or are prepared to wait another 150 years ...
So, no they didn't need open it for that reason. Also, no, it won't taste the same - unless they have a time machine or are prepared to wait another 150 years ...
Rare bottle of 150-year-old beer opened to recreate original recipe | BreakingNews
Innis & Gunn will launch the new ale at the Ice Bar in Edinburgh.
www.breakingnews.ie
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I was talkin' to Dougal about it and he's excited as I've seen him. And he's a rugby player. And I've seen him after some whiskey.
I guess every day is just going to expose more wonderful secrets.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I guess every day is just going to expose more wonderful secrets.
I like her. Back before I left the Tweetsies, we would periodically interact. Just a fundamentally sound human.
Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I like her. Back before I left the Tweetsies, we would periodically interact. Just a fundamentally sound human.
I have altered the Ontario Craft Brewery Map. Which is to say updated it for the first time in about a year.
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saintjohnswort.ca
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I have altered the Ontario Craft Brewery Map. Which is to say updated it for the first time in about a year.
saintjohnswort.ca/ontario-brew...
saintjohnswort.ca/ontario-brew...
Phil Ellis may be the definition of a Cheeky Sod.
Go on, son.
Go on, son.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Phil Ellis may be the definition of a Cheeky Sod.
Go on, son.
Go on, son.
Life is about balance. Sure, you should upgrade to high protein Icelandic Skyr, but why not top it with a half cup of Lucky Charms?
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Life is about balance. Sure, you should upgrade to high protein Icelandic Skyr, but why not top it with a half cup of Lucky Charms?
I'm delighted to report that although I had some trepidation based on early reviews, the TV version of Time Bandits is actually really good.
I might have gotten to it eventually, but thanks to @robinfromwork.bsky.social for kicking me in the general direction.
Also, Ross Noble!
I might have gotten to it eventually, but thanks to @robinfromwork.bsky.social for kicking me in the general direction.
Also, Ross Noble!
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'm delighted to report that although I had some trepidation based on early reviews, the TV version of Time Bandits is actually really good.
I might have gotten to it eventually, but thanks to @robinfromwork.bsky.social for kicking me in the general direction.
Also, Ross Noble!
I might have gotten to it eventually, but thanks to @robinfromwork.bsky.social for kicking me in the general direction.
Also, Ross Noble!
A not insignificant portion of my thought process on going to the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference this year is so that I can get either a Banh Mi Hue or Viva La Pita order in for the return trip.
That shawarma place looked pretty good from the bus stop last year.
That shawarma place looked pretty good from the bus stop last year.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A not insignificant portion of my thought process on going to the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference this year is so that I can get either a Banh Mi Hue or Viva La Pita order in for the return trip.
That shawarma place looked pretty good from the bus stop last year.
That shawarma place looked pretty good from the bus stop last year.
Tonight's late great definitely not baseball movie stars Toshiro Mifune in Sanjuro.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Tonight's late great definitely not baseball movie stars Toshiro Mifune in Sanjuro.
Does anyone else just have terrible knots in their shoulders now? What a stressful game.
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Does anyone else just have terrible knots in their shoulders now? What a stressful game.
Oh my god. This better not go to 18.
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Oh my god. This better not go to 18.
Reposted by Jordan St.John
RETALIATORY TARIFF TO THE SHIN
CANADA IS ANGRY
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
RETALIATORY TARIFF TO THE SHIN