Here I'll be reviewing various craft beers and other craft beverages I've had recently.

Ordinarily I do this through Untappd, but I've started to find the format of Untappd to be somewhat limiting. If you don't know what Untappd is, it's an app available for iOS and Android, and a website that almost no one ever visits. It lets you check in your beers, assign a rating out of 5 Stars (and portions thereof) and take tasting notes up to a small character limit, ala Twitter. You can also push your check-ins to other social platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. You can add friends, and see what they're drinking as well, and also see where they're drinking, if they decide to check-in at a location.

It's great for sharing and for making my drinking at home a bit more social. Plus, the creators have found a way to game-ify drinking, rewarding you for checking in your brews with badges and ranks, a system with it's own peculiar set of merits and drawbacks.

But enough about an app from a company that isn't paying me to tell you about it. Let's talk about the review format.

I'll be following the standard review format, used by, well, pretty much everyone. I'll discuss Appearance, Aroma, and Flavour, as well as give an overall impression and a rating out of ten. I'll also likely give a recommendation for food pairings as well.

I won't be reviewing every beer I drink, but I'll make a point of reviewing the ones I think are particularly worthy of review - either because they're exemplary good beers, or incredibly bad beers, and probably a few in between those extremes as well.

- Ryan