Some colleagues will occasionally gather after work on Friday at a local establishment. We did so today, and I started with Ransack the Universe. I love this beer. It is definitely one of my all time favourite IPAs. Afterwards, at home, I had an Exchange 'New England' IPA. My expectations were low ...

Glad to see he Brooklyn lager back. Also glad to see the Dad bod Pilsner make it to lcbo. Hopefully it’s a good sized batch. It would be great if it was a regular listing.

Last couple of nights: Barncat Battle Jacket iipa-it’s a barncat haze bomb...top notch, ‘buff said. Rhythm and Brews Bandwagon ipa-probably the best hoppy beer I’ve had from these guys. Big time ganja notes in this. Rhythm and Brews Festbock-not a fan of this, much too seeet for me, and seemed unbal...

distr0 wrote:

Peter Collins wrote:

distr0 wrote:Cambridge will have 11 this year

What are the other four?

I got...
Grand River Brewing
Four Fathers
Barncat
Rhythm and Brews
Jackass
Northworks
Wavemaker

Sparrow
Abe Erb 3rd location
Reverence Barrel works
Foudnry

Abe erb are apparently opening a Guelph location as well

distr0 wrote:Fairweather is the only Hamilton brewery that I really get excited about any more

Fairweather is fantastic, but I’d say that Merit is almost equally as good.

Yeah, not cool in my books that they’re replacing it with an (apparently) far inferior product. To me, side launch always represented a brand that knocked out a couple of classic styles and totally killed them all. The mountain and the dark are phenomenal for the style ..and while I’m not a big whea...

BeerIsGood wrote:Thomas Hardy’s Ale 2017. One for now and a few to sit.

Same here.

Roland + Russell wrote:Hello,

Yes, we are pleased to announce that once again we have brought the legendary Thomas Hardy's Ale to LCBO shelves. We hope you enjoy it and look forward to seeing your reviews!
Cheers!

I drank a bottle this afternoon and it was glorious.
Approx how many bottles made it to stores?

Jerk_Store wrote:Anyone know when Thomas Hardy will be hitting shelves?

On shelves now.

I really don’t care for the Boulevard Stout. Bought 4 bottles, should have only bought 2. Also, I bought another Black Butte. I know I said I wouldn’t, but it really is a beautiful beer, and it was staring at me wanting to go to my home, lol I’m thinking I may end up buying another one as well....e...

I bought two cans of the sparkle puff when I saw them, and I’ll say that both were pure smooth haze. They were nice and tasty, but about halfway through the second can, all I could taste was tinned peaches. Not that it’s a terrible flavour, but for me it’s not something I’m wanting in my beer. Not s...

Anybody tried the Black Butte XXX??? I splurged and bought it, somewhat against my better judgement. I’m hoping to like it as much as I like Nirmal Black Butte when I first had it. It doesn’t do it quite the same for me these days. I bought it at Landsdowne LCBO where there was no price tag on the ...

Grandmas boy—-a bit more sour this year I feel, but tasty As hell CA ipa 8——one of the better releases in the series, on par with number 3 for me, not as good as 5. Dominion city Sunsplit—-super juicy and tropical, excellent. Barncat Pulp—-the best iipa in the province,End of. 4L worth between Frida...

Cracked my first bottle of this years Grandmas boy last night. Fantastic, really tasty. I think it’s quite a bit more sour than the last version...but I talked to a friend that had one, and he didn’t think it all that sour at all. Maybe my palate was a little off last night?

The January batch of LITC is spot on, as others have said. The No. 8 IPA is awesome, and Surround Sound is juicy and bitter AF. Collective Arts ahem been rocking it lately, and I still believe they're the best readily available brewery in the province. Throw in Lake Effect from GLB, and we really a...