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I would say that it looks like Ontario did fairly poorly on average, but then again, our strongest breweries don't seem to have entered. Aside from Bellwoods, which other Ontario breweries were noticeably absent? GLB (brewery of the year last 2 years) entered 12 and won 2 awards (tied with Cameron ...

Stinger was actually the old name for the Mill Street Royal York Beer, which is apparently now Apiary Ale. I think that was renamed as part of a contest. Black Label, well... I imagine that MolsonCoors will be in touch if it grow much more popular. Understand, I'm not accusing anyone of ripping off...

Some decent reviews by Jordan: http://saintjohnswort.ca/revisit-trafalgar-ales-meads/ .... Assuming the Black Label series is the best-intentioned stuff they offer (and JSJ suggests possibly hand bottled?), one might think they ought to be pretty immaculately presented and made with the brewer's be...

Had the Trafalgar IPA last night and I was pretty impressed to be honest. I love my IPAs and fruity ones aren't uncommon but this was different. The tropical fruity flavour was apparent but not so overpowering as to make it feel like you're drinking a fruit beer. Yeah... I found it was really easy ...

Beer lineup: {... great list ...} And I heard this was just dropped off by the "shifty" New Trafalgar folks : Trafalgar "Shifter IPA" (possibly first beer Ontario craft beer brewed with both these new hop varietals - no citrus!) 6.5% ABV. Jarrylo hops (with banana, pear, orange,...

... SI - I only really miss the really good early CK batches of Sgt Majors IPA and the Stuarts Session Bitter, the latter was an actual (not so-called) session beer I could drink all day gardening or washing the car, and not get buzzed. Sadly there's no culture here for very inexpensive low-gravity...

They had been in the competition previously. They are in no way a newcomer. They started the year Cobain topped himself. It's things like this that call the OBA's competence and credibility into question. They could have invented an award. They could have given "most improved" and no one ...

I think that strange thinness is just an infection that hasn't reached your flavour threshold yet. They've always done some interesting stuff, and it's not bad when it's fresh from the brewery, but it ALWAYS goes downhill. They're always making new things (or just relabelling), and I think there's ...

good for you. i'd be up for the challenge as long as you don't mind honest to goodness feedback. (hell, i was defending Budweiser last week) I wouldn't expect anything less than honest feedback. Let me know where I can send the TNT Snack Pack too, which represents the new Trafalgar and Black Label ...

My hands were sweaty as I walked toward the counter. I was about to do something I swore I would never do again. My heart was racing. The LCBO cashier looked at me with a mix of surprise and distain. ... So Trafalgar, I tried. I want to like you. Wholeheartedly. I just need evidence to support that...

Thanks for the good notes. Jordan told me the other day, 'best newcomer'? Well it can't hurt to try a new beer, if you just don't care for any of them get your refund in exchange for providing customer feedback. If you add up all the points based on medals (5 for gold, 3 for silver, 1 for bronze) T...

I see the BeerShack guys got quite a few, Kyle Teichert as well... http://www.alesclub.com/media/downloads/ales_2011_results.pdf ALES did an amazing job again!! All should applaud their work... they spend a LOT of time and effort organizing / judging and all logistic related matters too. Acquiring ...

icemachine wrote:
I guess you haven't bothered reading the last couple pages of this thread then.

I quickly did flip back a couple of pages (2 or 3)... there was some pummeling of Mr Belgian .

Is nobody's blood also boiling over this insanity? http://www.thestar.com/business/article/968893--bad-taste-beer-nixed-by-lcbo What about Captain *@&% Morgan, a god damned murderous pirate with a sword, El Jimador Tequila has a freaking animal torturing Bull "fighter" on the label, al...

Starting to get the urge to try having my beers judged. I'm unable to find a list of competitions I could enter from here in Ontario. Is there such a list? http://www.homebrewers.ca/ CABA has the most seniority wrt national competitions in Canada, including Homebrewer of the Year. There's several B...