The Bar Towel

Anyone know what the hours are on Saturday for the Festival?

Cass, glad to hear you'll be there. I'll stop by to say hello.

Must be a bad area. I was in an Irish pub on the south side of Gerrard between Woodbine and Coxwell on Friday night. I didn't actually catch the name of the place but it was the dungiest, most disgusting place I have been in since I got out of the Army. Let's start with the atmosphere. People passed...

OK, I don’t think anyone here is a doctor or anything but your knowledge of the brewing process might come in handy. Suppose one had an allergy to brewer’s yeast. Bottle conditioned beers are full of active and dead yeast, but what about cold-filtered beers? Would there be any yeast left in a cold-f...

Saw their Original Oganic in the LCBO for the first time today. Hummed and hawwed about grabbing a six pack but decided on a bottle of La Fin Du Monde instead. This may have been answered elsewhere but are all their offerings going to be in small bottles?

Tar Bowel, there is an open stage every Tuesday night at The Renaissance. I think you should try some beer related stand up comedy. Your posts crack me up.

Perhaps Rabbit and Matt could beat the crap out of each other in the parking lot for entertainment's sake at the next Bar Towel pub night.

BTW Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout gets two thumbs up from me.

Went in this morning. Picked up some Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout and some Rouge Wild Irish.

The store itself was nice, but then again it's only a day old. And what is with the huge mountain of Corona?

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OK, so I had my first homebrew on the weekend. It has only been in the bottles for a week but I'm impatient. Anyways, the carbonation level was good - poured with a decent head that lasted. It tasted a little thin and had a quite noticeable bitter after-taste (corn sugar?). But it is definitley drin...

Was at The Renaissance for a few late last night. Everytime I go to this place my opinion of it rises. Randy is a really nice guy and he runs a good place. Had a Raftman and tried Church Key’s Chocolate Porter. I think I’ll stick with the Raftman. Randy gave me a calendar of all the different events...

I just picked up a 750ml bottle to try this weekend. How is "Maudite" pronounced?

Thanks for the advice. I just transfered the beer off the sediment and into the glass carboy last night. I'll let it sit there for another week and then bottle it. I don't know what it will taste like but it certainly smells good. This is my first time so I'm not shooting for award winning beer - if...

While cleaning the house on Sunday morning I came across Mackie’s latest newsletter. In it was his beer list. Much to my delight I saw “Young’s Double Chocolate Stout”. Never had one, have been wanting to try it for ages. So, yesterday afternoon off I go to Mackie’s for the first time. I get there a...

Ok so I finally convinced my wife to let me try home-brewing. So I have a starters kit of equipment and a kit of “Canadian Style Ale”. I have read a number of articles on the process but there are some discrepancies. Some items I read have you pouring the wort into the primary fermentor and leaving ...

Hello all. Just wanted to post a bit of an intro and plug a new café I’ve been to a few times. As for the intro, first and foremost, I love beer. I don’t drink liquor or wine but I love beer. I don’t consider myself a beer connoisseur or anything but I have tried many beers from all over the place. ...