The Bar Towel

It's my understanding that JBR's popularity was waning, and since it's hard to keep a business going when you essentially have no business before 9 PM*, Mike thought it was time for a change. Their own beer isn't cheap ($7 for a howler, $12 for a growler plus deposit on either; don't know what it is...

The beer certainly tastes no different if they're owned by one of the big guys. But I would still go more often for a truly independent craft beer because I don't like AB Inbev et. al.'s anti-competitive practices (e.g. TBS and LCBO interference). On top of this, the only reason they're trying anyt...

I'm of of mixed feelings though -- does Goose Island make any less impressive beers because they are owned by Anheuser-Busch? Is Creemore worse because it is owned by Molson-Coors? I don't think however they would be hurt to simply state their ownership on their labels. If their "crafty"-...

Yeah I keep hoping Kisheppi will start making the Scotch Irish beers again but I wonder how they'd hold up compared to what's available now? As far as infection from Trafalgar, I never had one, but there were too many stories of those who did. However, I think they've been brewing the Black Creek be...

I just came back from buying a "howler" (never heard that term before) of IPA, but I've got dodgeball later so I haven't opened it yet. They currently have an IPA, blonde and an amber in the retail store. Don't expect things to be adventurous at first, as I understand it, Mike is playing i...

Yeah, I was playing around with the rank functionality, which we didn't have with the old board. Haven't really given it much thought so made up some arbitrary titles. But it would probably be fun to put more in place, so if anyone has any ideas please post them up! Can you have custom ranks/titles...

It'll depend on the time of year, time of day and whether there's an umbrella (don't most patios have umbrellas?), but the amount of 3MBT produced per min must be measurable. I see they haven't done that, and have instead gone with the non-blinded taste test. Maybe there's something to it (if you le...

By my count we have 19 new members already since the upgrade, although two of them look like spammers. I kinda doubt people in Estonia or the Cook Islands care about the Ontario beer scene. That's terrific! The place could use the fresh blood. I had noticed the volume of posts had decreased a lot o...

I only drink water harvested from comets formed during the coalescence of the solar system. I won't drink any of that filthy, former animal pee.

Good luck Rob, I've enjoyed a lot of the beers you've made.

Hah, I had similar thoughts to jrenihan; it's usually a hot mess, so how awful must it be for them to want to pull it? There's still a lot around London, I'm kinda curious. The last one I bought was 2012, and it's still in the cellar.

S. St. Jeb wrote:If we're now talking Ontario beers that are no longer, I miss almost all that I tried from Heritage/ScotchIrish. Sure wish Kitchesippi would resurrect those recipes.

I second that. And similar to what Cass said, I wonder what I'd think of them now.

Hrm, the comparisons with Pumpking make me leery, since I absolutely can't stand that beer. Grand River and Black Oak are my favourite.

This story is about craft brewers wanting to get rid of the shaker glasses, but it makes an interesting point about how the US came to use 16 oz "pint" glasses. I figure by extension, Canadian bars and restaurants just followed suit because those glasses were cheap and easy. http://www.cit...

Ontario hates anyone succeeding, apparently... It's more likely that it's Molbatts who doesn't want others succeeding and that they got the regulation put in place. When the AGCO doesn't even know why the rule is there and it hampers smaller breweries from growing, I think it's fair to assume it wa...