The Bar Towel

Had a Spencer Trappist Quad tonight that I must have picked up at LCBO in 2018, was BB 09/21. Looked it up on RateBeer and found out that Spencer brewery closed this year. Was sad to hear I was hoping it would come back to lickbo. https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/craft-beer/spencer-brewery-closin...

Thanks sstackho, I hadn’t heard about the Henderson and Bench consolidation.

Picked up Amsterdam Hazii IIPA today
Good bang for the buck at $3.95 for a 9.5% IIPA, and canned March 15 so nice and fresh.

Very hoppy and as hazy as orange juice

The Boulevard still tasted great, could still taste the cherry, but it did have a lot of suspended yeast particles, especially at the bottom

For my birthday my lady made roasted duck so I thought this 2015 Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad aged in cherries would go nicely. Was in my cold storage not in my fridge though . I think it was from the LCBO winter release 4 or 5 years ago

Was running low when a friend came over this week so cracked open a Grand River Mill Race that’s been at the back of the fridge for 3 or 4 years

I saw a post today about Celebrator, which I had one of in the back of the fridge from 4 or 5 years ago. What else does everyone else have at the back of their fridge for years?

Lol I have a bottle of Celebrator that’s been at the back of my fridge for years! I couldn’t find any date info but I would guess 4 or 5 years old. Saved it for a special occasion that has never came around. I will drink tomorrow and get more if it if I still like it, which I imagine I will. This in...

I was startled yesterday to find Trappistes Rochefort Tripel in the LCBO yesterday. I missed the announcement on lcbo.watch but was happy to see it!

Badlands brewery did mention in their blog that the 2021 malt harvest was the worst in ages

https://www.badlandsbrewing.ca/blogs/ne ... l-releases

And another interesting one, a new Trappist brewery, Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire England, has a 7.4% dubbel ale Tynt Meadow coming to LCBO.

http://www.mountsaintbernard.org/tynt-meadow-ale

Got a tweet from https://twitter.com/LCBOWatch for a British Chocolate Stout by Siren Craft, looks and sounds yummy
https://www.sirencraftbrew.com/stories- ... -cake-2021

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Available at LCBO. Perhaps part of an as yet unannounced Halloween release?

Yes saw this at Georgetown LCBO, top notch stuff.

I didnt realize that Steam Whistle has been producing Fat Tire in Canada for New Belgium. Now they are adding New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA 7% to their roster, available now at the LCBO. https://lfpress.com/life/food/brews-news-steam-whistle-hopes-to-build-on-fat-tire-success-with-new-ipa https://ip...