The Bar Towel

Having spent time selling beer into LCBOs, I'll confirm the sentiments of both R+R and Esprit: A customer asking for a brand has way way more impact than a sales person. With a few notable exceptions, LCBO managers see sales people as there only to take advantage of them. Building a trust-based rela...

There was still about 20 bottles at Leaside when I was there yesterday afternoon. Kinda surprised, really.

Squeaky, I might be wrong, or thinking of something else, but I'm pretty sure Iain told me this Lady Stavoren is made with different hops (Nelson Sauvin this time, don't know what it was last time). It definitely tasted different to me when I had it at the BrewHouse a few nights ago. edit: Still tas...

Funny enough, the beer we did on the Edge this week. There isn't much in the way of review here, aside from Fred saying he generally finds Porters to be boozy (he was thinking of Baltic Porters....). The Blacksmith is definitely sweeter than I expected, but I thought nice enough. http://www.torontob...

To be fair, I don't think Ice Hole was ever actually sold at retail, was it? That label is beyond an inside joke.

squeaky wrote:
Please stop advertising this so I don't have any competition in line. Pretty please?


hahah, agreed

Oops......

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Indie Alehouse (actually Jeff) tweeted that they are serving a StuporStar Toronto Strong Ale. He says it will make you feel better about yourself.....

As the guy ordering the beer for Castro's, I can confirm, we're talking about not fining the casks with isinglass, because vegans can't get down to it. Stone Hammer, Welly, and Neustadt all generally fine their casks with isinglass, but leave ours unfined, as we get a lot of vegans in (at least, com...

I agree with Jim Brickman, also Upper Canada (1984), Welly (1985), Great Lakes (1987), and even The Granite (early 90s). There's probably others I'm forgetting.

Edit: How could I forget, Denison's? 1989 I believe.

From what I remember, it isn't about visual appeal, but about supporting the head. The bottom plays little to no role until the beer is at least half empty, so the nucleation point keeps a steady release of CO2 until the ridges can create agitation. It's only a tiny spot (rather than a big ring or l...

A few more points, they are identical to the DFH/SN glasses, they just don't have the branding on them. They 100% DO have a nucleation point on the inside bottom. It is not the etched word "Spiegelau" on the outside bottom, it's a small patch that is right near the top of the "S"...

spinrsx, they're thin but they're bullet-proof. I won't ask you to do it to yours, but they have videos of knocking over empty glasses on counters, and they bounce. The glass has some coating that I assumed was hype until I saw a sales rep smack two wine glasses (same thickness glass) together to ac...

Yeah, I actually did the live chat too, but the agent told me they didn't have the information, if it was one glass or one box, so I assumed "Amber" (same name) was probably an off-shore 3rd party contractor. They seemed to only have the information I could see on the page myself. The box ...

Best shandy I ever had was 2:1 Cam's RPA and pink grapefruit juice. Bill was mixing them at the summer Rhino fest for the brunch. Awesome.

As an aside to the OP, the box pictured on the Bay website is the box of two glasses. Royal Selangor, the Spiegelau importer is bringing them in with a SRP of $19.99 for the pair. I suspect that is what The Bay is selling them for, and when they say the quantity is "one", I assume they mea...