The Bar Towel

I had a pint of Black Oak Nutcracker at C'est What? on Dec. 27. What a surprise. From the look of it, I expected a more malt accented beer in the style of an English Old Ale. What I found was a beautifully flavoured deep brown ale, with a good smack of hops balancing the malty background. Very yummy...

Dan-D-Man, if you are interested, I will deliver too! You can have Scotch Irish Session Ale or Black Irish Porter on draught in 20 litre kegs. They cost $65.00 each, plus $20.00 deposit on the empties. If you are planning a party, I can also deliver a firkin of our Dry Hop real ale to you. I'll lend...

Thank you Publican for your encouraging words. You're right when you say that if the average drinker drank my ales things would be different. Maybe Molson, Labatt and Sleeman would have to re-evaluate their approach to brewing...I will never sell Scotch Irish anyway. It is a true labour of love (as ...

Ah, Publican 'tis the dilemma we face. The big brewers make money while the micros make beer. As for the lack of character in some craft ales, we may have only ourselves to blame. The average beer consummer is becoming more sophisticated, but it is a slow process. Beer culture is eons ahead of what ...

Yes indeed, Happy holidays to all and may Samichlaus leave a little something special under your tree.
Beery Christmas and Hoppy New Year!
Perry

Sorry about the blank message,computers are, well...not my specialty. I have been to Belgium on several occasions and I have found that the average Belgian treats Stella like we treat 50 or Export. Very pedestrian. As for Leffe and La Trappe Abbaye beers, these are often confused with the traditiona...

I heard that Hogtown Brewing is no more. Any truth to the rumour?

To those like Joe who are in the Hamilton area, the Winking Judge will have all three of our ales available this weekend.I will be delivering our Session, Black Irish Porter and Dry Hop cask conditioned Bitter on Thursday. The 'Judge is the lone outpost for these ales in Hamilton and the only place ...

Glad to see you like the Brakspeare ales, even though they are hopped with Goldings, Styrian Goldings ( a fuggle clone), Whitbread Golding Variety and Challenger. They are indeed classics of the Thames Valley.

Have you tried Rogue Chocolate Stout at Joe's? Whoa momma! Chocolate truffles in a glass balanced by 68IBU. Outstanding. The Brown Dog is really interesting too. Tastes and smell like a "digestive biscuit". I was in Toronto on the 13th of Nov. and stopped in at Joe's for a "snack"...

I would like to commend Cass and all the bar towel readers out there for their website. As president and delivery guy for Scotch Irish Brewing Company in Ottawa, I look to bar towel for enlightened guidance and response regarding my current products and my forthcoming seasonals. I have already recei...

Does Smokeless Joe's have a website and e-mail address?

Last I heard, Feathers had surrendered their brew-pub license.

La Gaillarde has been replaced by " La Bolduc". This is also an excellent ale, as one would expect from Unibroue