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- Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:56 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Labatt buys Millstreet
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10474
Re: Labatt buys Millstreet
Stopped at my local L on the way home from work yesterday for some weekend provisions and there was a Mill St. rep sampling 100th Meridian and Cobblestone. Maybe these beers are in line to be pushed by the powers-that-be at Labatt/InBev.
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
- Views: 3125018
Re: What're you drinking right now?
Last night at Bar Hop (the original): Nickel Brook x Sawdust City 11.05 (Imperial Saison w/ citrus) Cameron's Dry-Hopped Tripel Sawdust City x Bar Hop The Blood of Cthulhu (Imperial Stout w/ sour cherries, cranberries and raspberries) I thought the tripel and Blood of Cthulhu were excellent. The imp...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 330291
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
Whoever took the "over" on how long 3 Minutes to Midnight would last was correct. I noticed yesterday that it was still listed online as being in their bottle shop. I didn't get a chance to stop by last Friday or over the weekend but took an extended walk over on my lunch (great day for a ...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:05 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Collective Arts & Nickel Brook Open House
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1380
Collective Arts & Nickel Brook Open House
I'm not able to attend but for anyone who might be interested, Collective Arts and Nickel Brook are having an open house at their new shared space in Hamilton. From the Collective Arts web site: Open House Sat Nov 14 12:00 pm - 12:00 am Kick back with some cold ones at the most historic beer buildin...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pico - The Keurig of Craft Beer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1731
Pico - The Keurig of Craft Beer
A friend of mine sent me this article describing a home-brewing machine:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9619 ... craft-beer
While I'm skeptical of the quality of the output, it is an interesting concept.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9619 ... craft-beer
While I'm skeptical of the quality of the output, it is an interesting concept.
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:16 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Cask Days 2015
- Replies: 132
- Views: 52084
Re: Cask Days 2015
Least fav was a bitter from QC that I've totally forgotten everything about, besides the taste unfortunately. Was it Dunham's ESB with Poplar shoots? Actually spat out this into the bucket. A friend of mine tried this and just the smell was enough to turn me off. Not a great showing by Dunham - I a...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 5:43 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Cask Days 2015
- Replies: 132
- Views: 52084
Re: Cask Days 2015
They stopped serving Four Winds Nectarous sometime between about 9 and 11 (I had recommended to a friend after I'd had my share -- was my first cask pre-admission, and was given a double pour for the price of one token -- sorry, others!), and the Smog Rocket was no longer pouring either. Had tried ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:07 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Cask Days 2015
- Replies: 132
- Views: 52084
Re: Cask Days 2015
I wish there was more transparency around how the decision to stop pouring a particular cask was made. I was at Session 3 and it seemed that very little was left by the end of the session. This left me wondering if all the casks that were no longer available had actually run dry, or if a decision wa...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:21 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 330291
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
Bottle count is 3,933 as per the label on the bottles that I bought.
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:52 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 330291
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
I was there around 12:15 and there was no line. The cashier said there was a small line when they opened at 11 and that she was expecting some more volume through the lunch hour and then another surge after work.beerguykw wrote:Was there a line at all? busy?
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Cask Days 2015
- Replies: 132
- Views: 52084
Re: Cask Days 2015
I hear ya. My buddies and I were recently musing about a resource constraint analysis - I'm not sure if time or my sobriety level will be the scarce resource that runs out first!MatttthewGeorge wrote:
I've got 4 hours and maybe 20 samples in me, want to make sure I get the good ones, lol
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:42 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Cask Days 2015
- Replies: 132
- Views: 52084
Re: Cask Days 2015
Looks like the UK line up has finally been disclosed. I'm happy to see Smog Rocket return - I had it towards the end of my session last year and really enjoyed it but by then my faculties were greatly diminished. Will make a point to try it earlier on this time!
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO Winter craft beer release 2015
- Replies: 64
- Views: 27224
Re: LCBO Winter craft beer release 2015
Having Celebrator is just amazing on top of things. We now have Rochefort 10 and St. Bernardus Abt 12 as regular listings, and they would have each been a heavy weight on previous year's Winter releases. Hopefully the smaller seasonal releases will translate to more and more regular listing of clas...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:32 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Labatt buys Millstreet
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10474
Re: Labatt buys Millstreet
Beau's throwing shade at it all kind of annoyed me, though. pretty comical coming from a company that makes even worse beer. Beau's did what? He's probably referring to this news release on Beau's web site where they declare themselves the largest Canadian craft producer of organic beer following M...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:21 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 330291
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I think I will make an effort to get out to Bellwoods next Friday and pick up some Lambda (workload permitting and assuming they don't sell out too fast). I'm not deterred by a little sweetness - it works fine with this style. Kasteel Donker is possibly the sweetest...