The Bar Towel

I placed a small dish on a full pint glass and left it in the fridge for a day. This removed about half or more of the carbonation and made the beer even better, akin to the ungespundetes style (where the aperture of the tank is left open to bleed off CO2). The result is that the flavours from the ...

Derek wrote:W**k?

Possibly "Wank"?

We tried KBC several times on the way to Montreal, in every case the beer was okay, but far outweighed by the food, which was bad. After several similar experiences, we now skip the detour into downtown Kingston and use the time saved to spend extra time in a good Montreal brasserie.

Word at tonight's Project X was that the April Project X night will happen one week earlier than usual, on Thursday, April 1.

Nickel Brook in Burlington also rents out kegs. (http://www.nickelbrook.com/draftequip.html )

Most unusual beer of the night: Flying Monkey Netherworld Imperial India Porter. Imagine a porter crossed with an IPA. Rather than the coffee/mocha nose typical of the Imperial Porter family, this had a Cascade grapefruit nose. The taste started with a huge hop-bomb attack (50 IBUs) that morphed to ...

Valentine's Day? Seriously? That is just evil.

I just finished Nick Pashley's new book, wherein he makes the point that foreign ownership of the "Big Three" in Canada has meant that foreign labels are now preferentially marketed rather than domestic beers e.g. Labatt spends the big ad dollars on Bud and Stella rather than Blue. Nick's ...

Received Nick's book under the Christmas tree, and I have enjoyed reading it over several lazy afternoons. A highly amusing read and yet a call to arms ("buy local, buy craft") at the same.

Cheers!

Granville Island was a groundbreakinfg micro in 1984, making superior beers with plain names like Anniversary Ale and Island Bock. However, in the 1990s, they went upscale, moving their marketing efforts away from the beer geek over to the less-discerning. They created a new line of groovy labels fo...

the first was brewed by simon and their bottling guy (whos name i have forgotten), a pale ale of sorts. it was unnamed for the first part of the night until it finally got dubbed "the horse with no name". So called because one wag mused that he would "go through the desert for this b...

Note that the food has been quite good as well: BBQ'd corn on the cob soaked in red ale, and burgers marinaded in pale ale in August; and mussels steamed in pale ale, and marinaded steak in September.

GregClow wrote: Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Cask Days 2009 Tickets go on sale @ 12:00 Noon

Thanksgiving Sunday?? Dohh!

I was, however, quite disappointed with the turn out. Actually, there were two more. My wife and I arrived late (due to a motorcycle accident on the QEW that shut down all 3 lanes at Beamsville for 2 hours). When we finally arrived, Ian was in the back leading the other Bartowellers on a brewery to...

For those interested in a closer look at Maclean's operation (and his retail store), his usual summer hours are - Fri 12 noon to 8pm (after Labour Day: til 6pm in the fall and 5 pm in the winter) - Sat 12 to 5pm (He also may be around Mon - Thurs, call first 519-369-5061) Directions from Mount Fores...