The Bar Towel

id still love to see durham bottle one of their IPA's. something else that has crossed my mind is trying to get a member of the OCB to contract brew an IPA. there seems to be enough demand here on BT that Im fairly confident that the batch could be pre-sold and therefor no risk to the brewer. if a b...

I had a great time at the Castle last night with JesseM. The place was fuller then Ive ever seen it and its nice to see people enjoying craft beer on tap in K-W while they still can. The Castle on King will certainly be missed by anyone who ever had the pleasure of visiting.

im jammin on my first of many Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock that ill have this season. oh happy day!!

currently enjoying a bomber of Carlson Craft Brewery Vëte Öl, its the best american wheat ale ive ever had.

with these price increases it makes liberty ale look a lot better at $4 a bomber. Liberty used to be my go to hop fix but as of late Ive been all over the ST. the success of these products at the LCBO should at least somewhat indicate to the OCB that IPA's can sell in Ontario at $14 a sixer.

tupalev wrote:5.7% this year

that then my friend is a new brew, new entry IMO

i believe it should be entered as a new beer on both sites. Do you know why Matt? Is it at a significant different alcohol % or an entirely new recipe? the last time i was down there I was talking to Rob and he said it was a new recipe. Im not sure about any alcohol difference since I havnt seen a ...

thats awesome that its out, ill be stopping by this weekend to pick some up. just a heads up to any RB/BA raters, this is a new and unique beer compared to the 2007 and should be rated as such. i believe it should be entered as a new beer on both sites.

Standard LCBO reply does not provide any specific details. It usually says "other product submitted performed better against selection criteria". Perhaps it was seen as I direct competition to ST IPA. The large format is not helping either. Unfortunately, JahVa, Choklat, Tripel and Gemini...

UnEarthly was rejected just a little while ago as our submission for the American Craft Brewers call. We will keep trying, we're getting closer and closer. can you share the reasons this got rejected or are you even given reasons. i really would like to get some perspective on how the LCBO makes it...

does anyone know if there is goin to be futhur distrobution of this? id love to get some but there isnt anything anywhere near me.

Radek wrote:This is no random attack as it was suggested before. I know it does not look good but we are making progress, trust me on that. I can’t say more but I am first time in a while optimistic about situation.

Radek, is it safe to go on ratebeer at this time?

SteelbackGuy wrote:The St. Bernardus came in a gift pack with 6 beers a couple years ago IIRC.

damn that would of been nice!!

Was St. Bernardus ever at the LCBO?? I seem to remeber a gift pack sitting on the shelf when I first started with the board but Ive never seen it since becoming a beer geek. What if anything was ever availible from St. Bernardus?

as i sit here sipping this great creation from my snifter i think about how many other people will not purchase this brew and how sorry i feel that they will miss out on this wonderful addition to the festive season. aroma of spice and orange peel, great malt body to support the spice, dangerously e...