The Bar Towel

the ritz deli has cask ale?!

the one by the bus stop?!!

i usually go with Dow's when i can find it. i think it's 16-17 a bottle? heh, whatever their cheapest stuff is.

rounded out the mardsous offerings, now i've tried all three (6,8,10) 8 is my favourite. and had an 11% belgian called Kasteel (can't recall which version) which was pretty awesome, i don't think it was the blonde. dark, syrupy (but not super cadied, plums, figs, port) quite good. they always have a...

i'll swing by veronus sometime soon, most of what they have is listed on their website, but they usually keep a side list of new additions/unlisted stuff. i hope they get some of their winter belgians in, like scotch de sily, which i loved last year.

plus, their food is intensely good.

just bought a six the other day

you are removing the head

you are beheading it

alters the flavour profile of course. just because it's not a hop bomb 3 years down the road doesn't mean it has a unique flavour, and sometimes even exceeding 3 years they can get a really interesting floral/herbal note

Hasta la revolution siempre!!

lcbo:give us 10,000 sam smith gift packs

sam smith: no

lcbo: yes dammit

sam smith: ok

problem solved

i hope trois pistoles comes back, but i've still got 2 sitting in my cellar that i plan on saving for emergencies.

agreed, i've been trying to find some contact info. i've been checking the website eagerly!

1) good beer selection (micros, brews, rare bottles etc)
2) good music selection, but not super loud
3) good munchies/food/apps
4) no tvs/sports junk on the walls

yes, perhaps short on flavour was the wrong term. i think i was just unsure of what to expect out of a dunkel, and was going in with more of a bock like expectations- a bit higher on the malt.

dennison's sounds to me like it would be a bit more up my alley.

i would love to see this at the lcbo!

picked a 6 up today. quite impressed. while lagers aren't usually my style (outside of typical german lagers/bocks etc) i rather enjoyed it. if i didn't have to lug it from hte other end of town (they don't have it at the lcbo near me) i might consider buying it more often. it was a toss up between ...