The Bar Towel

cannondale · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:02 am Post subject:

I bought the chipotle figuring I'd drink a couple ounces for shits & giggles, and the rest would go in the steak chili I was making. Well I was pleasantly surprised at the balance of this beer, and the 'just enough' chipotle flavour. In the end, the chili and I split it 50/50.
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TheSevenDuffs · Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 1841 Location: Mississauga

JesseM · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 1307

Enjoying the Northwestern Ale right now. Damn, this is my kind of beer. I really love that in this release we get two completely different variations of an IPA. I think I actually prefer this one to the Brutal IPA.

tyler90 · Joined: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 85 Location: Ottawa all the time

DDG just turned up in Westboro in Ottawa, I picked up 1 bottle, pretty sure they were all spoken for since they were all sitting at the customer service booth. They also had Brutal IPA and Northwestern Ale.

midlife crisis · Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 1139 Location: Toronto

So is that it -- has Double Dead Guy come and gone? If so, I missed it. Damn!

icemachine · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 2129 Location: Aurora, ON

mintjellie · Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 1087 Location: Barrie, Ontario

Chipotle ale is deeply disappointing. Decent smoke, but where's the spice? There's no intensity to it at all.

My 70 year old grandmother would barely notice what little warmth there is here. WTF? It's like someones brain got pregnant with an awesome idea, then had it aborted.

Maybe I just had the wrong expectations for this.

jprime · Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 212 Location: Cambridge

I've had this before and it had a decent spice to it, really good and interesting. I had another one the other night from the LCBO release and it was very disappointing. No spice at all....weaksauce.

cannondale · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:43 am Post subject:

Gedge · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:30 am Post subject:

I liked that the Chipotle was smokey, but not too spicy. To each his own as they say.

For those lamenting the lack of DDG. You are not missing much (IMHO). I remember bringing this over from the States (paid $16) and thinking "this isn't a $16 beer, maybe it's off or past its sell-by date." Thought a fresh one from the LCBO might be an improvement. It wasn't. I think it is a decent beer, but not even close to touching greatness. Just kind of sweet, a little syrupy but... indistinct.

I think the Northwestern is the winner in this bunch.

GregClow · Joined: 10 Aug 2001 Posts: 3816 Location: Parkdale

Gedge · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:19 pm Post subject:

Greg - disappointed to hear that you were underwhelmed by the Morimoto. I was hoping that when (if?) it turned up it'd be on par with some of the better Rogue offerings.

mintjellie · Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 1087 Location: Barrie, Ontario

They may be more about smoke than heat, but they still have heat.

Streets · Joined: 08 Oct 2010 Posts: 379 Location: Hamilton

zane9 · Joined: 22 Feb 2010 Posts: 271 Location: Hamilton

At 6:00pm today, lcbo King and Spadina had Rogue Northwestern, and Double Dead Guy. Also had ST 2XIPA. Everything was still on carts in boxes, not on shelves. I grabbed a few.