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by ritzkiss
Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:21 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Trafalgar Hop Nouveau
Replies: 109
Views: 24675

I don't even know what you're talking about. When did I compare it to IPAs in Buffalo? Homerism? I live nowhere near Trafalgar, and I hate most of their beers, just for the record. Detroit what? is just a silly thing I occasionally put at the end of some of my posts. It means nothing. Its from a Dr...
by ritzkiss
Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:56 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Trafalgar Hop Nouveau
Replies: 109
Views: 24675

Detroit what? You're honestly going to compare it to the IPAs you can get in Buffalo? Really? That's some good ol' homer-ism at work. Hops Noveau is mediocre at best. Decent, one of the better Ontario IPAs in the bottle... which isn't saying much. Better than what I can get in Buffalo? Hardly, I ca...
by ritzkiss
Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:43 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Trafalgar Hop Nouveau
Replies: 109
Views: 24675

Detroit what? You're honestly going to compare it to the IPAs you can get in Buffalo? Really? That's some good ol' homer-ism at work. Hops Noveau is mediocre at best. Decent, one of the better Ontario IPAs in the bottle... which isn't saying much. Better than what I can get in Buffalo? Hardly, I ca...
by ritzkiss
Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:28 pm
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Trafalgar Hop Nouveau
Replies: 109
Views: 24675

My review on BeerAdvocate... B+ / 3.85 look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | drink: 4.5 rDev: 0% Hop Nouveau 2009 Wet Hopped Pale Ale. 5% abv. Hops picked in Tillsonburg on Sept 6, 2009; brewed the same day; bottled Sept 21; delivered Sept 25th. I'm not sure what's more impressive, the fact...
by ritzkiss
Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Canadian Brewing Awards - Winners TBA Tonight
Replies: 20
Views: 5493

Some funny additions to that list....

All there though, just missing the Top Brewery and Best Beer award...
by ritzkiss
Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:10 am
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Only Cafe
Replies: 54
Views: 22136

Yeah, I was in there a couple weeks ago on the strength of your recommendation Bobsy and there was precious little, though it's an eclectic little place that I would give another chance to.
by ritzkiss
Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:04 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: What're you drinking right now?
Replies: 16950
Views: 3075678

Just had a Plain Porter. Hardly any carbonation.
by ritzkiss
Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:47 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: What're you drinking right now?
Replies: 16950
Views: 3075678

I've been away for a couple weeks in the UK and Belgium, and drank a ridiculous amount. These were the stand-outs: Facer's North Star Porter Dunham Massey Little Bollington Robinson's Tip-Top Ossett Light Ale Titanic Stout Theakstons Old Peculier Meantime Winter Ale Edwin Tucker Devonshire Prize Al...