The Bar Towel

I knew there was a reason I don't like the taste of dry-hopped, unfiltered beers

And...according to: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/but-not-simpler/2013/06/05/i-hate-to-break-it-to-you-but-you-already-eat-bugs/ The FDA’s limit on the hops that go into the kettle is 2,500 aphids per 10 grams of hops. Yup, up to 5% of the total weight of the hops can be bug. But it all comes ...

After thinking about it a bit, I suppose it would depend on how hardcore a vegan you are. The primary filter aid in breweries for decades, if not centuries, has been diatomaceous earth. It is an inert, naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock crushed to a powder. But....diatomaceous ear...

Cask ale should be the only version that would have a problem in the vegan world. Isinglass finings and gelaton finings which home brewers often use are animal based products. Many in commercial brewing have switched to liquid silicon dioxide (colloidal silica) which is widely used in both the brewi...

Ceeps is a brewpub. We haven't even started that conversation

Glatt Brothers was a classic Frank'n'brew system and the chili beer really worked for them. Most of the equipment in it looked like it belonged in any business but brewing. Shame the way it worked out. I think John is an investigator for fraud with revenue Canada now so some of you may meet him. Tha...

Brick, Upper Canada, Sleeman & Algonquin all had a business model to get to a million HL as quickly as possible. Only Sleeman made it all because of one tagline and bottle...The choice is clear. Even though upwards of 90% of their production over the years was brewing and bottling US discount la...

The OCB head (John Hay) has already provided a dismissal of this effort which I assume means he is speaking for us though it is certainly not GRB. I'm not sure what great fear this sparks in the heart of the average Ontarian but it strikes me as pathetic and cowardly. (Not something Canadians are re...

Derang-o was produced at Molson Barrie along with Dave's so it was undoubtably just a label change.

What was that? I'm not sure what value that "release" has. Is there something I'm missing? I was kind of hoping that the opening of the corner store for beer and wine store announcement was going to be today

“Concessions included a 20 per cent cut in medical and dental benefits, no medical benefits for all retirees going forward, and a removal of the no contracting out clause, to name a few.” And this is why you will see more and more local, small business'. If you are not going to get benefits anyway,...

One of the best written articles on the topic I have seen yet

Wow, Belgian!?! What are you smoking? We need a pot smoking, glazed look, rose coloured glasses emiticon. The government is leading the way in a trend that I see in virtually every major industry and employer in South Western Ontario. Let unionized full-time staff with big benefit packages retire an...

Although the sharp edge of the lid is a potential issue, it's probably something that can be engineered around Nope, I drank a couple of Sly Fox IPA's in DC and have one in front of me. No problems at all with the lip. I'm sure some moron suffering from a horrible social disorder will rub his tongu...

It doesn't have to be decarbonated beer. Rogue is in the Keykeg which is carbonated and being dispensed widely across Ontario. The filling tube in the Keykeg is a rippled piece of plastic to prevent the bag from collapsing. Ingenious but way over engineered and way too much waste. The PETkeg is far ...