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- Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:13 pm
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Los Angeles Recommendations?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18272
I found an o.k. place called the Bonaventure Brewery in the Hotel Bonaventure downtown. The food was mid-pack pub fare and the staff was not very well educated on the beers they serve. However, they had a couple good house brews including a reasonable West Coast style IPA. Guest taps included Flat T...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
- Views: 3131478
I just spent the week in L.A. enjoying the choices. The best was the North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. You just don't find that kind of goodness around here :cry: Here's another interesting thing I noticed down there. A corner store had sixes of Sierra Nevada on sale at $4.60. The same wall h...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:31 pm
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Los Angeles Recommendations?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18272
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Montreal Taverns In Bygone Days
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9400
Fantastic log! Thank You! My vintage is from the early 80's (at least legally). I used to travel to Montreal often to visit friends. I remember the most charming taverns being in the east end. I speak barely a word of French, but I always felt welcome with my friends and I suppose I would have been ...
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: WTF?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3647
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: WTF?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3647
My bad. I figured you guys would have something better to do than comment on something like that. Since my rock roofed abode was slow today I took up the cause. Next time, I swear, I will always search the archives before I impulse buy at the LCBO. :oops: BTW, even my local didn't have a whole case,...
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: WTF?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3647
WTF?
I found a can of something called Georgian Bay Dipper from Midland Breworks. It looks like Hockley Valley is contract brewing it.
It tastes real cold; according to much of the labelling, that appears to be the intent.
Just thought I'd warn you guys.
It tastes real cold; according to much of the labelling, that appears to be the intent.
Just thought I'd warn you guys.
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:30 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Beer Styles You Wish You Had More Access TO
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5400
Saku Porter didn't impress me much. It came off tasting like a slightly beefed up brown ale. Too much caramel for my taste. It's local competitor A leCoq, which has an important history in the Imperial Stout world has a great Porter. They still produce an Imperial Stout. It is a fantastic beer, even...
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Where do you keep your beer?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13405
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Beer Styles You Wish You Had More Access TO
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5400
Yes to Imperial Stouts and Baltic Porters! I'd really like to see more local brewers try these styles. I'd be glad to see them experiment and come up with 'Ontario variations'. Who knows, maybe they will hit on something as good as the West Coast variations on IPA! There are some pretty good stouts ...
- Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:13 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
- Views: 3131478
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:03 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Aus Stein trinken
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4694
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Sad but true
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2590
Bobsy, that's a great account. Over here we referred to people we had to fish out of the water as amateur drinkers. The truth is, there is nothing particularly British about people getting wasted and I did not mean to imply that. I started drinking at a young age. Some of this was supported by my pa...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Beer Store: Exposed as the crooks that they are!
- Replies: 150
- Views: 60040
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Sad but true
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2590
Sad but true
Well, not entirely true, but sad enough. This is a blog from this week's Economist on the UK pub scene. http://www.economist.com/daily/diary/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11826680#tuesday I think an interesting part of this story that us beer lovers sometimes forget is that pubs...