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- Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:20 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 338071
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
Both Brux and The Brain have Bellwoods bottles pretty regularly in Hamilton. Draught, not so much.
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:21 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 338071
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
Ahhhh. Right. Didn't check out the locale and didn't put two-and-two together, but that makes sense. Too bad, was super excited for a sec there (but good for both Bellwoods and Trillium).
- Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:46 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Bellwoods Brewery
- Replies: 872
- Views: 338071
Re: Bellwoods Brewery
Bellwoods / Trillium Brewing teasing us with this tweet showing 2016 Skeleton Key and what appears to be Barn Owl #3. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaAxaIcUkAAwF3Q.jpg:large I say Barn Owl #3 because the label colour is a bit lighter than the red of Barn Owl 1 (more like a peach colour, which makes s...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:53 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Collective Arts
- Replies: 195
- Views: 120574
Re: Collective Arts
Collective Project Black IPA now as growler fills at the brewery. Pretty damn good!
- Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:58 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Best Bottle Shops
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9599
Re: Best Bottle Shops
Depending on how far you want to drive, I'll add.....
-Rainhard (TO)
-Innocente (Waterloo)
-Block 3 (St. Jacobs, but a 5 min drive from Innocente)
-Forrest City (London)
-Rainhard (TO)
-Innocente (Waterloo)
-Block 3 (St. Jacobs, but a 5 min drive from Innocente)
-Forrest City (London)
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:05 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: BCBS 2015
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11362
Re: BCBS 2015
Standing in line for Motley, Doubtle Tempest, Zwanze, Cask Days and hearing the convos around me, more people than you think probably know what BCBS is.
I think the Friday morning release was a tough sell for the reasons already stated.
I think the Friday morning release was a tough sell for the reasons already stated.
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:41 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Nickel Brook Brewing
- Replies: 234
- Views: 102995
Re: Nickel Brook Brewing
I can't wait to do a side by side review of both Bolshevik Bastard and Kentucky Bastard, two of my favourite stouts. I only wish I had held onto a final bottle of Winey Bastard from earlier this year. I tried Winey recently.....it was a bottle from two years ago. It was a bit sour. Is this how it n...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:33 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Nickel Brook Brewing
- Replies: 234
- Views: 102995
Re: Nickel Brook Brewing
Still a few sixers of DDH NN left at the brewery but, sadly, DDH Headstock is all gone. Apparently the DDH versions were done primarily for export to the US market.....best first impressions and all, with only a small amount of each available at the brewery. Hopefully they make a splash and those ve...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:17 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Nickel Brook Brewing
- Replies: 234
- Views: 102995
Re: Nickel Brook Brewing
Make sure he grabs you bottles. I believe the DDH Headstock is only in bottles and growler fill, while the DDH Naughty Neighbor is only in bottles, as far as I was told.
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:54 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Nickel Brook Brewing
- Replies: 234
- Views: 102995
Re: Nickel Brook Brewing
The DDH Naughty is very good. The DDH Headstock is ridiculous. Even if not for the dry hopping, this batch of Headstock has the malt dialed way, way back and would have been an excellent batch on its own. Easily the best it's tasted since early summer/late spring and the dry hopping is icing on the ...
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Buffalo NY - what to see and explore?
- Replies: 145
- Views: 91208
Re: Buffalo NY - what to see and explore?
There is absolutely a crazy amount of great new beer down in Buffalo right now.....Almanac Farmer's Reserve, Grimm, Crooked Stave, Anchorage, new Mikkeller's, Alpine etc. etc. If anyone hasn't travelled the extra 25 min into Aurora to go to Aurora Brew Works, it's more than worth it. New and rare bo...
- Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:03 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Best non-Toronto, non-LCBO breweries?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10835
Re: Best non-Toronto, non-LCBO breweries?
Yeah, a little dicey outside of Toronto. I'd agree with Black Swan and Block 3 being mostly above average. I'd add Forest City and Sleeping Giant (when I can get it, which isn't too often). With all of them, there is the caveat that there are some definite misses there too.
- Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:55 am
- Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
- Topic: Random Reviews
- Replies: 465
- Views: 171884
Re: Random Reviews
but getting back to the original post: i'd never describe Urquel as having complex sweetness. nothing complex about the grist whatsoever. and it isn't bone dry like a saison, but i'd never use the term "sweet" to describe that or any blonde-coloured pilsner. bread ain't complex. :) I kind...
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Zwanze Day 2015
- Replies: 78
- Views: 26716
Re: Zwanze Day 2015
Good event with the Volo staff admirably handling those first crazy few hours very well. I can'tsay I tried many of the Ontario offerings, sticking to a few (holy pricey!) Cantillon pours, JK bottles, the HF/GR taps and thr Quebec offerings. Didn't try the offending beer, but heard about how bad it ...
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Zwanze Day 2015
- Replies: 78
- Views: 26716
Re: Zwanze Day 2015
Line's actually much shorter than anticipated for this close to opening. Yep, it's hot out