The Bar Towel

Just finished drinking a Buxton now - insanely good.

Although I don't see it on the LCBO site - I picked up six Orval tonight at the Front St LCBO. 3.60 a bottle. Damn - I'm happy!

The Goose Island stuff is in several locations now - quite a lot of stock as well. The Sofie is an amazing beer - so I'm excited to see it here.

I'm pretty excited for this one - I've also got a single ticket to the evening session that I need to sell (bought it before finding out I'd be judging). Just looking for face value for it.

PM me if interested.

Ceecee wrote:Bridge Burner discontinued. That was quick.

It's still around at a few spots though. Saw it at Cooper St and St. Lawrence Market stores a few hours ago.

Any idea of how much of each of the Dupont beers came into Ontario. They were showing as available yesterday at two stores and both had none of them today... just wondering if it's only trickling out or if I've already missed them?

They're the real deal - they're available at events in NYC from time to time and the stuff they make is incredible. Their barrel-aging program is turning out some top-notch material and they know their way around the hop as well. You won't be disappointed.

What do other successful cask festivals do? i have sent a message to alex Hall who has organized several in the UK and the US perhaps he can chime in Same thing - when a pin kicks, it kicks. There are so many cask events in NYC right now, that it's never really an issue and people don't get so upse...

I've got one ticket for admission to the early bird session and because I'm flat out at work I'm going to be unable to attend. Any takers? Email me at
joseph.mcphee@gmail.com.

Granville generally implies that their seasonal specials are brewed at their original brewery on Granville Island. I guess that's true... they're just not brewed exclusively there! This is true, but their IPA started out as a special release at the Granville Island location before production was mo...

Yeah - I picked up the SA Triple at the Cooper St. location on the weekend.

Bought this without realizing I'd be out of town for work that night. Just looking for face value of it, either cash or beer.

http://www.groupon.com/greater-toronto- ... experience

It's nice to see him trying but he could stand to be a bit more informed. Most weizen beers are not cloudy because of protein haze - they're cloudy because of yeast. It's not always the case, but look at some of the krystalweizens - they're perfectly clear and yet they are the same base as the hefew...

Assuming I've got no crisis at work - this sounds like a very fun time. I'm in.

This was a very fun time. What was surprising is that very few of the beers were outright terrible but very few were really standouts either. I haven't gone back yet to unblind the samples I did, but my favourites from round 1 were #7, #11, #20, #22. The judging panel was pretty fun and it was great...