The Bar Towel

Currently sitting in a crummy motel in somewhereville Wisconsin unable to sleep while the band are sawing logs like champs and working my way through a couple of Chicago bottles I managed to fit in the van..

Pipeworks Ninja vs Unicorn IIPA
Pipeworks Close Encounter Black IPA

I'm in Chicago right now, it seems the hot new brewery around town is Pipeworks, tough to find and they only do limited release bottlings but I've managed to track down five pretty good beers of theirs so far.. They're in Wicker Park, they aren't licsenced to sell on site yet but should be "soo...

Went to Wrigley on Sunday, couldn't find a decent beer anywhere 'premium' beers were $8 but man what a place to see a game!

Last night at Piece Brewery & Pizzeria, a flight of their house beers Swinging Single Belgian Single Golden Arm Kolsch Worryin Ale Rye Roland The Headless Assistant Brewer Oatmeal Stout Top Heavy Hefeweizen Dysfunctionale AIPA It Goes To 11 IIPA Followed by man sizes of Dysfunctionale Hitachino ...

3 Floyd's DreadNaught
Pipeworks End of Days
Pipeworks Hyper Dog

At the wrigleyville Goose Island (tonight's gig is next door)

GI Matilda
GI Wrigleyville White
GI Time of the Saison

Hello Chicago

Mikkeller Ov'Rall
Ithaca 14
sly Fox Saison

With Cale at Pizza Plant, now waiting for the plane to Chicago!

Last night, Wellington tap takeover at The Casbah, hit up samplers of the entire Welly line (minus the dark) plus Boot Chuck IPA Pepperazzi Then off to The Ship with Cale, Steelback and the ladies for Sawdust City Golden Beach Cameron's Sirius Wheat Ale Cameron's RPA Pretty good for a Thursday in th...

Sounds like Steelback Guy, Cale and myself are all heading down for around 8 as well.

This is tonight!

phirleh wrote:
THURSDAY JULY 26th
WELLINGTON BREWERY's TAP-TAKEOVER & BEER TASTING
When: Thursday July 26th, 7pm
What: a free tasting of Welly's "BOOT CHUCK IPA", plus a tap-takeover in our lounge with 3 of Wellington's brews at a discount price of $5 per pint, all-night!

Ended up in the middle of an impromptu Barrel Aged tasting last night at home with some friends from Halifax. Cameron's American Whiskey Barrel Aged Cameron's Bourbon Barrel Aged Deviator (thanks Cale) Southern Tier Oak Aged Uneathly New Holland Dragon's Milk (thanks Streets) and a Tree Hop Head Bla...

Currently 90% of the way through a Dogfish Chicory Stout which was preceded by Black Oak 10BY which came shortly after Green Flash Palate Wrecker and Goose Island Sofie down the street at Cale's.

Saw on the FB page of The Brain that Jeremy Greenspan palyed a DJ set there last Thursday. After asking around a little, someone told me they though he was the co-owner. Pretty damn cool. He is indeed one of the owners. Maybe you'll catch one of my (much less famous) dj sets there some time hahah...

Homegrown Hamilton Grand River Coffee 'Porter'. The barkeep/barrista said tht this new batch is actually a coffee ale, and it tastes a lot like Plowmans to me. Did you geta lot of coffee flavour ELectoluminescent? Apparently they had an earlier Version which was a real 6+% porter style, while this ...

I was in Homegrown Hamilton today for lunch and I can confirm that the Grand River Coffee Porter is still in the taps. I can also confirm that it's darn tasty.