It reminded me of an early Ontario craft beer but I couldn't place it exactly. Later, I remembered, Algonquin, the special ale or dark ale - which I always liked but had the same reaction to as here: more taste needed.

I think they'd have great beer if they ramped up the profile.

Gary

Yes, thanks for correction. This is the website by the way: www.vonbugle.ca

Gary

Found it at King Taps, the beer bar built into First Canadian Place on King Street. In business about a year, it's part of the cluster of new-generation beer bars in the area, of which Craft down the street is one. The Walrus Beer Hall is another, down Bay at Wellington. All three places are first-r...

The Dormunder on draft was outstanding, I've had it since in the can too. Full-flavoured, rich, with a dominating mineral/vegetal German hop taste. Some faint apple in the background. Just so much better than almost any German beer import I've had, which is down to the freshness and simpler processi...

Belgian wrote:Googled the beer, I liked your picture!

Thanks and it comes in quarts too, the old 22 oz (I think 625 ml). It's very good, really.

Gary

The new Molson 1908. This is excellent, it's certainly bitter enough, 45 IBUs according to a Manitoba listing I saw, and you taste it especially the first few sips if beer is not too cold. Nice orangey pale ale colour, good yeast character, medium malts, more English than anything else. Pale ale tra...

I've been very impressed with this beer in recent months. It has a full rich taste with the slight molasses note much German dunkel has.

Very natural-tasting, in the same way craft beer is.

While made in Dortmund, it really does deliver the true taste of Bavarian dunkel.

Gary

Ransack the universe- excellent stuff. Just my type of IPA, nice bitterness and tonnes of tropical flavours. It reminds me of another beer that I can't put my finger on. If I visited the beer store more often, this would be a regular purchase for me. Another hit for CA. The only beer I've had from ...

Black Creek's Strong Ale (6%), apparently an early 1800's recipe found in a family's papers. Rich malt "brown ale" type, good hops but sharp cayenne-like taste on the tail. The beer must be spiced with chile pepper or something of that nature. Well made and interesting, Black Creek's best ...

Catching up with this a little late, thanks for your query. To be honest, Jever never really tasted right to me in Toronto, whether draft or other format, it always seems past its prime with a taste many German beers have when not super-fresh. I had it once on draft at Gingerman in NYC and it was ve...

Last year it had a buttery or brandy-like edge as I recall, this year it is cleaner, more natural beer-like. Again though I wish it was more flavoursome - all the flavours are great, but the beer would benefit IMO from an intensity of flavour. Samuel Smith even on cask in England always was on the m...

Black Creek Pumpkin Ale: My first pumpkin of season. Fantastic: rich, spicy, complex, low carbonation - drinks like a cask beer. Advice: don't chill it or very little. Sam Smith Organic Pale Ale. Very fresh, better than last year's bottling IMO, but very mild-tasting, you have to tease out the flavo...

Nice to see that put up, thanks! Actually the menu is from John Maxwell (of Allen's, Dora Keogh's) who used to own Orso, and John kindly consented to the menu appearing here. John was one of the founders of the Toronto Gambrinus Society, an early beer appreciation group here. I was a member. I helpe...

I've had this a few times now, on draft (Volo) and in the attractive blue can at the Pilot. It is extremely good with rich malt and a gathering bitterness/dryness from high quality Noble hops. It makes its mark by being different to the other Munich-style helles beers available in Ontario. I would s...

As one beer item has been (partly) revised, just posting the final menu: http://www.allens.to/dora

Thanks also to Derek for your comments.

Gary