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by Cask
Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:03 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Wet Hopped Ales?
Replies: 26
Views: 9274

Re: Wet Hopped Ales?

Collective Arts has a new Wet Hop with Chinook:

https://collectiveartsontario.com/products/wet-hop
by Cask
Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Peppered beers
Replies: 15
Views: 8572

Re: Peppered beers

Blood Brothers' Passion of the Spice, a sour brewed with fruit and California Reapers, is pleasantly intense.
by Cask
Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:06 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: CRAFT Beer Market - Toronto
Replies: 41
Views: 39695

Re: CRAFT Beer Market - Toronto

Including $6.75 for 14 oz of Bud Light. Bring it on!
by Cask
Wed May 11, 2016 12:03 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Bar Volo
Replies: 76
Views: 58909

Re: Bar Volo

Can't wait for The Duke of Dundonald.
by Cask
Tue May 03, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Bar Volo
Replies: 76
Views: 58909

Re: Bar Volo - new(ish) food menu

by Cask
Wed May 01, 2013 5:05 pm
Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
Topic: Bar Volo IPA Fest
Replies: 1
Views: 1920

Here's the bracket for the Cask IPA Challenge:

http://caskdays.com/ipac2013_round1.jpg

And if anyone's looking to sell Session 1 tickets, or swap them for tix to Session 3 on Sunday, I have friends looking to buy (or trade) ... Please send a PM.
by Cask
Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:10 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Nickelbrook Ice Bock
Replies: 6
Views: 3069

It's on at Volo too, and yup, it's pretty much as Bobsy describes it.
by Cask
Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:35 pm
Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
Topic: Fuller's Dinner with John Keeling - Tuesday, April 8
Replies: 8
Views: 4242

Thanks for the review, Greg. Any word from the Fullers camp on where the Honey Dew will be on tap (Duke pubs only?) or on the possibility that we'll see more of their casks in TO?
by Cask
Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:26 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: LCBO shifting focus to pricier wine, spirits, beer
Replies: 11
Views: 6383

Well, here's an upbeat article on a related note about how shifting consumer tastes in beer can affect what retailers (albeit private ones) carry for the better:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/ ... 31,00.html
by Cask
Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:21 am
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Nuit Blanche Liquor Extensions
Replies: 9
Views: 6633

Any word on the TIFF license extensions, seeing as the festival is underway?

Thanks!
by Cask
Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:05 pm
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Murphy's Irish Stout
Replies: 29
Views: 14892

For those who are still looking for places to drink Murphy's in Toronto, Hoops (the sports bar on Yonge just north of College), oddly enough, has it on tap.
by Cask
Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:51 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Chapter Eleven
Replies: 0
Views: 1807

Chapter Eleven

Just a heads-up about a new pub on Parliament, just north of Winchester, called Chapter Eleven. Great backyard patio, nice staff, good beers on tap relatively cheap (incl. St. Ambroise Pale Ale & Oatmeal Stout, Black Oak Pale, McAuslan Cream Ale, KLB Rasp. Wheat, Tankhouse). They have food, but ...
by Cask
Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:34 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: The Corporal has been brewed!
Replies: 12
Views: 6039

Sounds great! Any chance we'll see the Corporal in cask (uni)form at any of these fine establishments?
by Cask
Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:02 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Canadian "beer surplus" - Globe & Mail
Replies: 6
Views: 3403

Canadian "beer surplus" - Globe & Mail

According to the Globe, we're exporting more than we're importing: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060215.wbeertrade1502/BNStory/Business/home Considering the barriers our own province has erected to importing beer, this should come as no surprise! If only there were a Free Beer...
by Cask
Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:13 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Corporal Punishment in bottles?
Replies: 32
Views: 14059

By all means, please do bring on the Corporal!