The Bar Towel

St. Ambroise on tap or in bottles?

52brews wrote:Any other Canadian brewers I should keep an eye out for?

Durham County and Grand River Brewing.

Drinking a bottle of it right now - it's kind of ashy, and I swear there's a note of pickles. Not undrinkable, but certainly not what I expected.

Well, it would be shitty thing to do to other customers, AND possibly to the suppliers and importers - you are screwing with people's business or people's beer enjoyment - selfishly gainful, perhaps, but NOT cool!! Shame on the bottle-switchers!! (PS Gulden Draak is one of the lower-priced options ...

An oatmeal stout.

A Grand River porter - nice and malty, but light enough on the alcohol that you can drink a half dozen without exploding.

And whoever said a Hockley Valley ESB, that'd be awesome.

sprague11 wrote:Scotch and peppermint tea, but not at the same time

If that doesn't work, at least you'll have great minty breath

Only if the scotch comes first.

Sam Smith's Nut Brown. Working my way through the gift pack - definitely the best deal of them all. (And the Nut Brown tastes far fresher than the last couple of times I've snagged it at the LCBO.)

Belgian wrote:And what are the chances infections can happen in such strong beer?

Significantly less than at 5%, but there's a reason medical-grade cleaning alcohol is 70%...

Maybe my taste buds were off, but I could barely detect any notes of pumpkin. It did an excellent job of avoiding being cloyingly sweet, I must say.

Bobsy wrote:I think President Bush said it best

Huh. I didn't think those words would ever fit in that order.

About to open a Westmalle Dubbel.

Just bought one of the Westmalle packs. Damn, that's a nice glass.

I disliked this when I tried it two years ago. Thin body, too much cinnamon, and it made me sneeze. (Seriously. ) Given the strength of the other current offerings (and the weakness of my bank account), I won't be trying it again this year.

Bobsy wrote:Grabbed a sixer to go with tonight's camel burgers. Sounds like a good pairing.

Camel burgers?

Sadly, I'm starting a month of zero beer consumption. (Damn this diet.) So I'll be drinking...water.