The Bar Towel

mistermurphy wrote:It will also be funny to look back on when you graduate and catch all your mistakes

I'm already wanting to go back and correct a few things. On the other hand, it represents the learning process, yeah?

SteelbackGuy wrote:These are great, Alan. Thank you.


I did notice a female in one of the pictures though. Does this present a problem in what is likely a giant sausage festival?

There are 2 women enrolled in our class this year. Haven't noticed any problems.

Iv really wanted to take this course since i heard about it last spring iv only been hombrewing and embracing craft beer since the biginning of the year. I i didnt have grade 10 or 11 science and did bad in math in high school so i was doing some upradeing at niagara college in may/june Upgrading y...

Tapsucker wrote:Not to discourage you, but after reading your posts, your true calling is as a writer!

Please keep it up, very enjoyable.

Great idea for a brewpub: Books 'n' Brews. Sit back with a book and have a beer.

I like it...

Since I started Niagara College's Brewmaster course this past week, I have received a lot of questions about the course, often from people who are interested in possibly taking the course. In order to provide a bit of insight into what we are experiencing, I've started a blog: http://studentofbeer.w...

Just got back from a couple of days in Buffalo. In addition to the sights and accommodations listed in previous posts: If you don't mind spending more money on accommodation, (and especially if you have a significant other looking for something a bit more romantic than the Holiday Inn by the airport...

saints_gambit wrote:
I'm curious to meet the 36 students who are going to be in the program.

I'm one of the new students. Finished my last day of work on Friday, I'm taking this week as vacation, then it's school time.

(*) Sawdust City is an upcoming brewery that is going to be built in Gravenhurst. For now, brewmaster Sam Corbeil is brewing out of the teaching brewery at Niagara College. Their debut beer is a very unique one called Great Weiss North For those who live closer to Welland than to the CNE, there is ...

GLB's July newsletter mentions that they will be BBQing on the front lawn for July's Project X. (Thurs July 14, 6:30-8:30 pm). No indication of what will be on tap yet.

Just a somewhat tardy note that everyone standing around our table on April 14 considered the Scurrilous black Belgian IPA to be the beer of the evening. It had a straightforward northwest IPA nose, but the taste was much more complex--started sweet and roundish with yeasty notes, then halfway throu...

Curious are the ways of LCBO distribution. Grand River Curmudgeon:

Peterborough (pop. 120,000): 334 bottles
Owen Sound (pop. 21,000): 214 bottles
Oakville & Burlington (combined pop. 310,000): 0 bottles

On Saturday (Mar 26), there was a shelf full (10-12) at the Appleby Line/Upper Middle Rd location in Burlington. They must have discovered a case in a corner, because two days beforehand, the shelf had been empty.

What I found interesting was the Ontario-centric nature of the article. Considering the Globe purports to be Canada's only national newspaper, all the beers mentioned, with one exception, were from the LCBO--anybody reading the article in Calgary, Vancouver or Halifax wouldn't have access to any of ...

Central City were recently sued by Bear Republic of California over the similarities between the names "Red Racer", "Red Rocket" and "Racer 5". This was despite the fact that Central City predated Bear Republic selling in B.C. and only just started selling in the U.S. ...

I hate to say it but, based on that picture, could be a lawsuit coming. Canadian court rulings seem to indicate that there can be no infringement if the two products are sold in completely separate marketplaces. Hearkening back to the "steam beer" legal battle some years ago: Anchor had t...