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Random Talk :: RE: What're you drinking right now?

Author: phat matt
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:52 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 9736

last night....
Taps Oatmeal Stout
Gananoque Spiced Eisbock
Garrison Black IPA
SN Ruthless Rye IPA
Homebrewed IPA
Acouple cans of bud lol

Beer Reviews :: RE: St. Ambroise Scotch Ale - on draught - limited release

Author: Lecocq
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:09 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3

I would love to try this on tap since I quite enjoyed it in their mixed pack with the glass around Christmas time. I imagine though it will be long gone by the time I get around to London though!

Random Talk :: RE: Westvleteren XII

Author: atomeyes
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:35 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

same as the unlabeled bottles.
westy did this for their summertime Belgium supermarket beer release (yep. available in supermarkets and stores across Belgium).
from the pics I saw from the US, they kept the same "XII" design for the North American release.

Beer Reviews :: RE: St. Ambroise Scotch Ale - on draught - limited release

Author: atomeyes
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:33 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3

it was at The Only last night for their winter beer festival.

i didn't get the best tasting profile from it since the beer was ice cold (they were serving it outside on the back patio).

its definitely on the sweeter side

Beer Reviews :: RE: Sawdust City "Uranus" beer

Author: atomeyes
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:31 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 6

JerCraigs wrote:

Had some the other night at Volo and agree that it it is not well served by a cask presentation, at least for my own preferences. The anise/herbal character is quite strong and I'd prefer it to have a bigger, thicker base beer to support it.

see, you tasted anise/herb. that's what i sort of got, except that also brought forward the alcohol taste.

there's a big difference between herbal and medicinal and Uranus is almost medicinal.

Beer Reviews :: RE: Garrison feature beers

Author: G.M. Gillman
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:25 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 19

Just on the point of the name, Black IPA, there has been discussion on BT before about it, and other forums. Some prefer the name Cascadian Dark Ale, and there are other variants.

I don't find the name contradictory because what is being said is, we will make something black, or approaching to ebony, which otherwise is an IPA (or rather the APA sub-set of same), by adding roasted barley or chocolate or patent malt.

In the classic version, just enough colouring malt is added to lend colour but only a little roasty taste. If you get a big roasty-sweetish taste, to my mind it's really an American-style porter, not a black IPA, although as always the lines blur and there is no clear distinction.

Gary
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Local Beer Guides :: RE: Beer in Argentina

Author: Lackey
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:01 am (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3

This is cool. I have a trip planned for January 2013 to Argentina and I'm obviously interested in any info on the beer scene.

Random Talk :: Westvleteren XII

Author: nickelass
Subject: Westvleteren XII
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:15 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 1

Hey does anyone know if the "Westvleteren XII" I've seen floating around, is the beer they're producing and selling in multiple markets to raise money?? A lot of descriptions say it's just Westy 12, but I didn't see an official source.

*edit* I know XII is 12, I've just never seen them market the beer this way.
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Beer Reviews :: RE: Sawdust City "Uranus" beer

Author: JerCraigs
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:37 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 6

Had some the other night at Volo and agree that it it is not well served by a cask presentation, at least for my own preferences. The anise/herbal character is quite strong and I'd prefer it to have a bigger, thicker base beer to support it.

Beer Reviews :: RE: Garrison feature beers

Author: Belgian
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:36 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 19

Black Ipa -
Held to light is a dark amber-brown translucent color w/orange-gold highlights, light tan rocky head. Aroma is a bit sharply hoppy with citrus. Taste is forwardly dry-bitter hops, spicy lemony and grassy, with a pretty straight IPA sweet malt profile that is lightly embraced by some notes of cocoa and caramel. Persistent dry-bitter hop finish and dry feel. This is an IPA here folks.
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LCBO and Beer Store :: RE: General LCBO Debate & Discussion Thread

Author: Belgian
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:15 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 190

Direct from lcbo.com:

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Yeah... they know how to jack UP price, don't they? Maybe it's time we had some token public hangings of LCBO execs just to, you know, quell the unrest of the masses.
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LCBO and Beer Store :: RE: LCBO Garrison Brewery feature

Author: TheSevenDuffs
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:28 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 41

Finally got my hands one one of each (except for the DIPA which I have had numerous times). Really looking forward to these...

LCBO and Beer Store :: RE: LCBO Garrison Brewery feature

Author: ErkLR
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:25 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 41

Publican wrote:

There are two LCBO's in southern Mississauga

There are usually 2 or 3 London stores that are usually on the list, but only one this time. Maybe because it's a small brewery and there's less stock available?

LCBO and Beer Store :: RE: Red Racer IPA

Author: ErkLR
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:20 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 50

Streets wrote:

Thanks NR Man, that sounds interesting! I should have a better copy on my server tonight if anyone wants to watch it outside fof youtube.

(English Major here too, but I think ten years of email has ruined me.)

EDIT: Just grabbed the series and put it up on my server. Let me know if the links go dead, and if it's slow then someone else is probably already downloading something.

Thanks for hosting. C-11 is coming for you though

Oh yes, on the topic of Red Racer: I'm very happy that this keeps coming in ever couple months, instead of one gigantic release. I'd be pleased if they kept up this kind of pace, so it's back every few months. But didn't someone say, this was the last shipment of one huge one-time order?

LCBO and Beer Store :: RE: Red Racer IPA

Author: ErkLR
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:16 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 50

NRman wrote:

ErkLR wrote:

I don't know about the audio, but the book is called "Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way", it's a great read. There was also a BBC video series in a similar vein that I've seen bits of, which was very good. Wish I could remember the name of it.

Is it this?
http://youtu.be/oaWOsFRUUy8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_English

The Adventure of English is a British television series (ITV) on the history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg as well as a companion book, also written by Bragg. The series ran in 2003.
The series and the book are cast as an adventure story, or the biography of English as if it were a living being, covering the history of the language from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a truly established global language.
In the television series, Bragg explains the origins and spelling of many words based on the times in which they were introduced into the growing language that would eventually become modern English.

Hey, I think that is it. Awesome, thanks. I thought it was a much older guy hosting it, but this is partially remembered from watching it on TVO a couple years ago as I was going to sleep.