The Bar Towel

I'd love to see a breakdown on how breweries are affected by this. I read a CBC article about how some brewers couldn't keep their online stores stocked because of unprecedented demand. Of course, that's coupled with keg sales disappearing and probably temporarily laying off a huge chunk of staff. ...

Half shameless plug, half being helpful: Whiprsnapr released a Strawberry beer today, they ship Ontario-wide. Their stuff typically sells fast. Found by brewed.today: https://twitter.com/BrewedToday/status/1258796842336354304 I will concur that brew.today is a great resource, I check it pretty much...

Belgian obviously knows what he meant better, but I didn't read it that way at all. I wouldn't call it dismissal, but rather Ontario's beer scene has become so good it's negated the need to drive down to the US to get excellent beer. Which if you think about it isn't preferable to getting great bee...

Let us hope the best survive, there's some really good talent and hard work going into Ontario brewing such that the quality & range of brews we have didn't even exist 10-15 years ago. Definitely agree with this. We have done an excellent job of catching up (more or less) to the great beer nati...

Too bad about the Barnstormer. Came across this one: https://shop.benchbrewing.com/collectio ... e-wildwood

Bench typically puts out solid beers, this one is a barrel aged sour fermented on Pinot Noir and strawberries.

New strawberry beer release: https://barnstormerbrewing.com/collections/all/products/strawberry-vanilla-milkshake-flight-delay Oh PERFECT, my buddies who I do weekly BarnCat/Badlands exchange with live in Barrie, and they drink a lot of Barnstormer. This one is an absolute lock for me, THANK YOU! K...

New strawberry beer release:

https://barnstormerbrewing.com/collecti ... ight-delay

I'm scared to go out due to the miasma, so have been mostly hunkered down with home brew. However I did find something interesting in the old survival cellar on Saturday. One last bottle of Central City/Flying Monkeys Red on Red collaboration. I'm glad I bought a bunch back in the day, this really ...

I'm scared to go out due to the miasma, so have been mostly hunkered down with home brew. However I did find something interesting in the old survival cellar on Saturday. One last bottle of Central City/Flying Monkeys Red on Red collaboration. I'm glad I bought a bunch back in the day, this really ...

Lake if Bays’s Off the grid PA. I’m just gonna say it, this.is.great. Took a chance on it, as I’ve never been a fan of LOB, the red ale is good for what it is, but that’s about as far as my love for them goes. This one is super tropical tasting with tonnes of tangerine and pineapple. It’s got a pin...

New LCBO listing; no inventory yet. Brock Street Brewing Strawberry Blonde Awesome! Glad to see more strawberry stuff finally popping up.. I have no experience with Brock Street really. Any good? Please keep em coming if you spot them anywhere else! Thank you! I would say Brock St is middle of the ...

Firestone Walker's Firestone Lager — Very cool to see FW on LCBO shelves. I was really in the mood for a good lager, this pours a nice deep yellow, but is otherwise rather bland. Canned in October. De Moersleutel Rusty — Very satisfying imperial brown ale. This is just getting ridiculous, I don't e...

Chunks in fresh beer are generally (I say generally because there are always edge cases) no big deal and cosmetic in nature. Flavorless proteins suspended in the beer or excess yeast in suspension that fit whatever reason didn't crash out when it should. Probably a sign of carelessness on the part ...

Creemore had some pretty solid options at one point - Keller, Kolsch, Alt, etc... do any of those still exist? They do, but I think they're seasonal. The LCBO has a Hellles from them in stock right now which I have not tried. To the best of my knowledge, the only ones that are available year-round ...

Godspeed’s Dortmunder and Alt are perhaps idiosyncratic but superb. To style I’d say, but unmistakenly Godspeed This I agree with completely, just picked up a bunch of Godspeed beers and they are superb. They might not be the most boundary pushing but I appreciate well done classic styles and right...