The Bar Towel

In 2013 a strike was averted at the last minute. LCBO sales were up 150% the day before the strike was to start.

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/lcbo-s ... -1.1283818#

Note: they have shrunk the Clearance section a bit and the clearance beers are dispersed throughout the beer section. St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition - $4.55, 375ml, 12 cases on floor Oxbow Cross Fade - $17.80, 500ml, ~24 bottles on shelf Bacchus Frambozenbier - $4.70, 375ml, ~12 bottles on shelf Ba...

Last night at 3030 Dundas. Royal City Bamberg Smoked Lager Collective Arts Collective Project: IPA Project #2 Collective Arts "Gose" - (I think it was Prophets & Nomads at about 4.5%) Collective Arts Stranger Than Fiction All of these beers were great. 3030 had $6 Collective Arts pints...

I remember doing a double take when I saw a bunch of FM stuff at a bottle shop in Valencia a few years back. Think I spotted it in Rome as well.

About a case of Vapeur Cochonnette, an interesting Belgian ale brewed with roasted chicory. 330 ml for $2.90. BB 04/2018.

Over the last while from a Florida beer haul. Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter — Smells like a coffee with lots of cream and maple syrup. Taste is really sweet, a little cloying. Didn't get any bacon or salted chocolate notes I read about. Nice to try but i think this is over hyped and over pr...

I'm guessing it just doesn't bother them a lot. When you're a monopoly clearing almost $2 billion in profit last year, there isn't much sense in worrying about the small potatoes. Beer priced per bottle, but shipped in four- or six-packs is such a tiny fraction of the business, it's an understandab...

Milkshark gets maximum style points but I didn't enjoy my second bottle as much as my first. It's still delicious, but I'd take Runes or Double Monogamy over it.

Where do you beer geniuses stand on sediment? I've heard any sediment in wheat beer should be poured into the glass. Unibroue recommends slowly rotating their bottles before opening to mix some sediment into the beer. What about other Belgian ales? Sours? Fruited, spiced or otherwise flavoured beer?...

spinrsx wrote:I notice Moralite is in stock, anyone happen to see the bottled on date?

Friend said it's Feb 9.

There's about 24 bottles of Oud Beersel Oude Geuze in the clearance section. The same ones that were sold online by the LCBO. $8.95 per bottle

KBS has a trio of wonderful ingredients. Chocolate, coffee, bourbon barrels. I've not had any local option with this trifecta to compare oranges to oranges. I would say KBS is probably one of the best barrel aged beers I've had. The balance of all the flavours is just perfect. Bastardo has the coffe...

I thought Milkshark was really tasty. There's a lot of pineapple there, but the hop presence comes through enough. It's great that we can try a local take on this new style. I'm not a fan of lactose-added beer so I'd probably not want to drink too much of this but damn it's good. I was never really ...

Tried Double Dry Hopped Monogamy — WOW. Probably the most resiny, dank IPA I've tried. Hop hash is good stuff. Almost felt like I was drinking some kind of hop nectar. They have two new ones today: Runes made with "Mosaic lupulin powder" and Milkshark a "Pineapple milkshake-style IPA ...

Beer'n'gin wrote: A couple weeks back I brought a six pack of Stone Xocoveza Stout up to cash knowing full well they'd scan the case and not the bottle.

This is worth a shot with KBS.