The Bar Towel

Went to some concerts at the Saratoga Performing Arts Centre 2 summers ago.

It was a nice downtown that gave me some Niagara on the Lake vibes. I recall there being a craft beer bar on the main strip and a few breweries as well. It is a very nice destination in the summer.

I went to there brew pub in Vegas recently and it wasn't a good scene. Very condescending bar tenders that knew little about the beer. The beers being made on site all had a burnt quality from use of an electric kettle during brewing. I was sitting at the bar having a flight and noticed the off flav...

Just noticed that Little Beasts Brewery has been closed for 5 weeks now without an update. Doesn't look promising for them.

Yes, from my limited readings North American barley growers were hit the hardest this past season, and the maltsters are now seeing just how bad it is in there facilities. It will be up to the brewers now to keep the products inline with previous expectations.

It is certainly a sad state of affairs reading what happened over at signal brewing. I was reading over the comments on that post on my Instagram, and someone had a comment about "how appropriate is it to sell shirts on your owners passing?" I simply liked the post, and now they have banne...

My wife bought me one from Toronto Brewing, and the first day was Sierra Nevada Torpedo. A touch old, but haven't had it in awhile so it was a nice suprise. Looking forward to the other days!

Just noticed Goose Island BCB Stout just got released this morning. Managed to get myself 2 of those and 1 of the drie fontaine intens rood.

I know that Amber, the first one, does "house" beers for different restaurants. There's an Indian Restaurant down the street that has their "dark" and "lager". And then...there's Tracks... They do a lot of brewing for restaraunt in china town also. Pretty interesting p...

at home making some irish stew for dinner, and watching some walking dead. So far
2 x brooklyn dry irish stout
2 x founders all day ipa
1 x ballast point Calico
1 x black creek drey horse ale

I currently have 56 bottles of various sizes and 16 gallons of lambic aging.

Great news. Founders ipa is an excellent product with great shelf life.

I grabbed a bottle of double hop head last night in st catharines. very fresh bottles. Much better than past ones i have tried.

Havent had anything from this brewery before. I will be trying all I can get my hands on.

brewed a dopple bock a few months ago. came out at 1090 and finished at 1020. Malt bill was floor malted pilsner, munich, munich 2, carahell, and a touch of carafa for color. decided to eis a gallon of it. ended up with 700ml of water left after freezing and racking.

so far while watching the fights on fox....

2x flying monkeys stereo vision
1x Bellwoods Hellwoods...first time trying one from them...pretty dry and bitter to my tastes...took a little to get used to but ended up loving it
1 pint of granite gin lane