The Bar Towel

At the moment I'm having the Grand Cru Val-Dieu. Moving on to a Straffe Hendrik Quad next. Curious about your thoughts on both of these. I have a Strafe Hedrik cooling its heels for later in the week, and plan on picking up the Val Dieu shortly. I quite enjoyed the Abbaye des Rocs, but felt that it...

Recently, I also had a Grand Cru Val-Dieu at Beer Bistro for about $30 (750 ml). Now, I am kicking myself for seeing it for less than a third of that price at the LCBO. Decent quad, but definitely not worth the $30 I paid for it. However, yesterday, I had an Abbaye de Rocs, which is a bargain for $6...

For those curious, I am now drinking the kriek at big rock:s liberty common bar. It is sour acidic and dry as expected, with plently of kriek fruit flavour. It is not as conplex as some lambics I have had, but for a first attempt it is well made. It is missing the aged cheesey hop flavour of most la...

From Big Rock's Liberty Common: Citradelic IPA - not bad Chaga Stout - absolutely terrible. What was I thinking drinking mushroom beer? From Wurst: Nickelbrook Cheeky Bastard on cask - nice Roayl City Barrel aged Brett Quad - excellent! Nice balance and integration of the sour but not overpowering b...

Cameron's Where the Buffalo Roam - very good!
Ten Fiddy - Wow! Awesome!
Founder's Backwood's Bastward - meh, not bad.

In monteverde, Costa Rica I have stumbled across a delicious tropical stout from Cervezas Artisnales Belmar called Nubosa. Normally, i find stouts a bit boring but this one is an exception. It has notes of brown sugar, fig, plum, and coffee. Lots of esters make this stout complex. If you find yours...

In monteverde, Costa Rica I have stumbled across a delicious tropical stout from Cervezas Artisnales Belmar called Nubosa. Normally, i find stouts a bit boring but this one is an exception. It has notes of brown sugar, fig, plum, and coffee. Lots of esters make this stout complex. If you find yourse...

Currently, I am drinking my last 3 Fontanien Armand & Tommy Gueze from the LCBO three years ago to celebrate a new job. It is absolutely delicious. five out of five stars for complexity. Also, recently I had Bellwoods X Evil Twin Fruit Helmet. 4.5 stars. Strong fruit (passion fruit, guava, raspb...

After reading comments on this thread, I decided to try a Fullers Vintage Ale myself (2017). I am impressed. The yeast strain has produced a lot of subtle estery complexity that I really appreciate. I've never understood the trend towards clean California ale yeasts that let the beer focus on hops. ...

Ligo is a Wild Virginia Farmhouse Ale. It pours a straw golden colour like a pilsener. It's taste/aroma has a slightly harsh phenolic and spicy element, which is balance by the silky smooth oats grain. There is a resinous piney flavour, which is usually attributed to hops. In this case, I think it i...

This week I have tried the following; Nickelbrook Wet Hop Pale Ale - maybe it's the hop bombs I've been drinking lately, but this year's batch seems to be more subtle than before. Still, it is a nice flavour of Ontario hops. Last year, I remember buying too much of this beer, and it went bad (flavou...

I'm the other way around. I always thought that GLB was good but overrated, with the exception of Karma Citra, which is stellar. Headstock ranges from very good to amazing, depending on the batch. To each his own.

This brewpub is now open to the public. Since I live a few minutes away, I went last night for dinner. The food was good. You could really smell the malt in the brewpub. I had a sample flight of four beers: Lager, Hefeweizen, Gosezilla, and First Day IPA. The lager reminded me of Creemore, but a bi...

FWIW, the First Day IPA was originally going to be an APA, but there was a mix up with the hop measurements and it came out an IPA. I hope they continue to hop this aggressively, and that it is not an anomaly.

This brewpub is now open to the public. Since I live a few minutes away, I went last night for dinner. The food was good. You could really smell the malt in the brewpub. I had a sample flight of four beers: Lager, Hefeweizen, Gosezilla, and First Day IPA. The lager reminded me of Creemore, but a bit...