The Bar Towel

Over the week at home:
New Holland Taz IPA
Great Lakes Absacker Helles Lager
Samuel Adams New England IPA
Bell's Two Hearted Ale

Long weekend getaway in Holland, MI and Milwaukee, WI: At Waverly Stone Gastropub: Bell's Smitten Golden Rye Ale (draft) New Holland Tangerine Space Machine (draft) At New Holland Brewing Pub On 8th: New Holland Passion Blaster (sample) New Holland Mad Hatter American IPA (draft) New Holland The Poe...

Out and about this past weekend: Beerlab! Slice Pale Ale (sample) Beerlab! Amarillo Saison (sample) Beerlab! Clearer Than Never - Citra (sample) Godspeed Otsukaresama (draft) Granite Summer Ale w/ Amarillo (cask) Sandwich Prairie Sunshine (draft) Neustadt Springs Scottish Ale (draft) Over the week a...

Fat Tug in cans and it's drinking very nicely right now! Thanks for the heads up. I went and grabbed a half case and it is indeed drinking great. Glad to see fresh(ish) cans here, as Fat Tug is one of the best WC IPAs made in Canada. Like most beers in the style, I prefer drinking this only slightl...

What do you think of this? I'm looking forward to trying it if I can find it somewhere. It's so hard to get a decent locally brewed Helles. The People's pint is pretty good. While not earth shattering it's well executed. Muddy York's is, well, not lagered long enough, and had some residual DMS, at ...

At beerbistro: Rainhard Armed 'N Citra (draft) Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA (draft) Fuller's Vintage Ale 2006 (bottle) Over the week at home: Great Lakes Lula's Kentucky Common Great Lakes Snowbird - Tangerine & Blood Orange APA Great Lakes Hümber Helles Indie Alehouse I Do - Pale English Bitter I...

It's a style with a lot of room for creative expression... Milds and Best and Ordinary bitter... ESB... (are) each a catch-all description as much as an actual style (and) within the continuum of a particular UK brewer's product line the style names have more relativity to their own line of beers (...

At Beerlab! London and Milos' Craft Beer Emporium: Beerlab! Mimosa Gose (draft) Beerlab! Ceremony Ale (draft) Maclean's Ales Luck & Charm Oatmeal Stout (draft) Bellwoods Roman Candle IPA (draft) At some gatherings: Storm Stayed Shook - Pomegranate, Cherry & Vanilla Storm Stayed New Heart - D...

Over the weekend at WVRST Union Station, Craft Beer Market & Bar Hop Brewco: Halcyon Barrel House Shifting Sands - Currant (draft) Burdock American Pale Ale (draft) Deschutes Black Butte Porter (draft) Blood Brothers Cactus Head DDH IPA (draft) Godspeed Kage Baby Stout (draft) Over the last few ...

At Bellwoods Hafis, WVRST Union Station, Bar Hop & Bar Hop Brewco: Bellwoods White Picket Fence Batch 4 (draft) Burdock IPA (draft) Clifford Porter (draft) Granite Best Bitter Special (cask) Left Field Southpaw Southern Hemisphere IPA (draft) Muddy York Major Small Best Bitter (draft) Chimay Tri...

Over the last little while: Robinson's Trooper Red 'N' Black Porter Storm Stayed Shook - Milkshake Kettle Sour Great Lakes Dos Llaves - Lager Mexicana Ommegang Game of Thrones: King In The North Great Lakes Loral Lager Rainhard & Muddy York Turf Wars Sour IPA Rainhard Four On The Floor German Pi...

I have definitely had "enough" of this style, and wouldn't be mad if I never drank another Milkshake IPA again. But you will continue to see more of them because it's a way for brewers to attract people (the beer curious?) who don't actually like IPAs. I can't tell you how many Bud Light d...

At Milos' Craft Beer Emporium: Blood Brothers Blood Light (draft) Godspeed Oi! ESB (draft) Sonnen Hill Extra Hell (draft) Beyond The Pale Starring Sabro (draft) At a golf course: Ace Hill Light Lager At some gatherings: Storm Stayed In Flux Session IPA Great Lakes Loral Lager Storm Stayed Nebulose N...

At The Craft Brasserie & Grille: Calabogie Brewing Bleep Bloop (draft) Broadhead Witchwood Black IPA (draft) At Otto's Bierhalle: Saulter Street It's About Bloody Time (draft) Muddy York My Bock Maibock (draft) At Bellwoods Brewery Hafis Road: Bellwoods Apricot Peach Jelly King (draft) Bellwoods...

Seems like I'm the only one who's been here in a while, so may as well provide an update. As many of you know, the Twin Cities has an impressive beer scene – anchored by world class breweries like Surly, Town Hall, and Fair State, and legendary bars such as The Happy Gnome and Republic – and as with...