The Bar Towel

Article on Mill St's Bermondsey brewery closure by Josh: https://www.thestar.com/business/a-very-sad-day-toronto-craft-brewery-fans-lament-mill-streets-move-to-labatts-massive/article_c61e7cf0-1603-43b4-a9e8-31afaf87d797.html Interesting guesses on what brands will remain from Stephen and Jordan. S...

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Burdock is taking over Amadeu's old space in Kensington for a bar/restaurant for that location too.

Time to bring back bottles! I thought about this very thing! Perhaps it helps breweries that may still bottle, but the move in retail away from bottles to cans will be so hard to change. I wonder if any small breweries kept their bottling lines. Maybe it would be an option for at-brewery sales to s...

Considering often the aluminum from Quebec (which will get tariffs going to the US) will be processed into cans by Ball or Crown and then shipped back to Canada (which might have counter tariffs) it's really closer to a 50-60% possible materials increase on aluminum cans (once on the raw material go...

I remember buying 650 mL bombers of Witchshark back when Bellwoods first opened.

Pretty hard to find a beer in a 650 mL bomber anymore!

It's kinda crazy seeing stores have to delist 40 craft SKUs to make up more shelf space for larger format non-craft. It feels like going back in time! This was very noticeable, in a depressing way, at a Sobey's near me. They used to have a big shelf unit of singles, lots of craft options. It was co...

Anyone enjoying being able to buy 30 packs of macro lager at LCBOs these days?

It's kinda crazy seeing stores have to delist 40 craft SKUs to make up more shelf space for larger format non-craft. It feels like going back in time!

Chris was a BarTowel participant back in the day, perhaps I can convince him to come back and visit :) I am both back on BarTowel and working/living in Ontario now. You never know when you will end up, I guess! And, related to this thread, BrewDock shutdown in December 2024. A sad day for craft bee...

I'd have to agree with the above posts as well... everything brewed well and to-style, but nothing particularly amazing. They seem to be on the right track, however, and hopefully will continue to improve with new offerings. The space is interesting... long and narrow first floor and the rather out...

Hey all, Just wanted to let you folks know that our first anniversary party is coming up tomorrow night, Wednesday the 12th of October. Should be a bit of fun. We've got free snacks from four to seven or so plus we're getting twelve taps up and running for the night. Here's the taplist: Flemish Cap,...

I dropped on Saturday for the launch party. Really nice space and vibe. Looks to be a shiny 15 hL with 30 hL tanks... though I might be down by a few hL on those estimates. I don't expect this to be a bar towel darling of a brewery considering their more conservative choices in recipes, but the beer...

Drinking Invented #1 right now. Very nice, lighter funk notes really add something to this beer without blowing away the palate or being astringent. This would be on my shortlist as in intro to saisons/funk. Very nice! Thanks! We're aging version two on some fresh apricots right now (not a lot but ...

The invented tradition is nice. Hard to describe, other than to say it's complex and still has an aggressively Bretty flavor. I imagine it will be even better if it mellows with some aging. Saudade is nice too. Juicy, complex and refreshing. I think those hops add some interesting flavor. My only c...

Full details (and backstory) about the beer release today: http://www.follybrewing.com/invented-tradition-1 Today at 4. 200 bottles. 4/person. $8 a pop (that's like almost the price of a grande caramel macchiato and chocolate chunk cookie across the road at Starbucks! Though I cannot speak for the c...

it was awesome to meet Chris and Christina today, great people and amazing beer! The Praxis is my new fav Ontario saison Thanks! We've been brewing that one for a while and are pretty happy with it. Just about to switch over the yeast from a White Labs 565 strain we got a while ago to a fresh pitch...