In the west end of Toronto, deep in a basement, somewhere between the dryer and the furnace, Andrew McCready (formerly of Wallaceburg) began brewing beer. The early beers were honed and honed. Then that beer entered homebrew contests and won a lot of prizes.
That’s no accident. Andrew is an audio engineer by trade. That means a ridiculous level of attention to detail goes into his work, and he applied that discipline into his brewing process. Soon, Andrew accrued enough delusional self confidence to say, “you know what? I’m going to make this my job.”
“Heh heh, good one,” said lots of people. Then they drank the beer and said, “So sorry to have doubted you, lord of beer. Please accept these formal letters of apology.” Andrew just kept on brewing. Pale ales, goses, porters–and so many other styles.
But writing about beer is like dancing about ice cream. You just gotta try it. We’d love to pour you one. Stop into James Street Eatery at 504 James street, Wallaceburg.
