The Bar Towel

I went 2 weeks ago and felt pretty much the same way. On top of being hungry after a $20 dinner, the waitress spilled part of my Paulaner Salvator from her tray on to my shirt, then decided that she'd pour my beer for me with extra care to make sure there was not even a hint of head on it...which an...

Greg, you should account for the fact that Americans serve 16 oz pints as opposed to our 20 ozers. With that said, I agree with you that good local craft brew is still much much cheaper in the states. I'm living in the bay area this year and I frequent the Toronado in SF and they have 50 taps and a ...

A wrote:Mill st. Tankhouse and Sgt. Major's are the only two American style IPAs available at the moment.

i wouldn't really consider the tankhouse an ipa, but it's a nice PA nonetheless.

lister wrote: I hope Magnotta can get theirs bottled at some point soon.

All their beers are bottled as far as I know....you should swing by their brewery in Vaughan. You can get all their True north offerings as well as the altbier and the IPA in singles.

Nope, I'm not sure I guess I should be more careful what I assume. I thought it looked pale when I peered through the bottle, but I haven't picked one up yet.

I've also seen Bishop's Finger, another english pale ale from the same brewer as spitfire, on the shelves.

i'll take 6 off someone who wants to split!

i believe metal feels colder because it conducts the heat from your hand faster, rather than 'releasing' the cold to your hands....but same difference

Cafe Volo offers 3 samplers for $5 of the draughts. Many places would just give you free samples if you asked, like c'est what or volo, but those are probably too small..

Speaking of blanche de chambly, what's a list of the places with it on tap?

Speaking of the beer store, does any one know if the beer store carries the new unibroue mixed (12) pack with edition 2005 yet?

Anyone get one of these sets with a glass that didn't bear the Petrus logo? I got one for Christmas, opened it, and the glass was missing the logo. Perhaps I got a bad set. Since it was a gift, I don't have the receipt, grrrr....