The Bar Towel

Suppin' some Wild Rose IPA for the first time.......................it's OK......nothing special.............just a nicely balanced IPA. And a couple of bottles of Peche Mortel, bottled Jan 2010, that are tasting real fresh and ever so 'young'; I ain't complaining though as they are fantastically t...

You mean James James, the man so nice they named him twice, last seen heading for the west coast in the electric love cruise wagon? I think the deal with Trafalgar is that they opened at a historically viable point and got in with the LCBO earlier than most other people and they continue to get thei...

Troegs Hop Back Amber. Kinda sucker punches you with the hop bitterness after the caramel sweetness on the nose. It's a little like Fuller's ESB in respect to the malt/hop ratio. I think this may be an older bottle though.

Which ought to be just enough Aphrodisiaque to put me in a blissful coma.

A fine example of poor media relations. You get column inches, you cogently explain what's going on and make it clear exactly what you're doing. If anyone is looking for their beer as a result of that article, they're going to be disappointed they didn't find the one that says "SCOTTISH ALE&quo...

Looks like I'm going 14B.

Kellerbier was $2.95 yesterday and I was thinking the exact same thing. It makes you wonder whether it's a question of economies of scale or whether there isn't any protectionism in place for local products. It's something that should be examined.

I seem to have started inexorably in on the Buffalo stash.

Troegs Sunshine Pilsner
Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin'
Edmund Fitzgerald Porter

Denison's Weissbier.

I am thirsty, but I still have enough respect to put it in a glass.

Bytowner wrote:Madness. Bluesfest in Ottawa has a free-roam policy (and Mill Street to boot!). Oddly the Glengarry highland games did not... though that was probably for the best.

You don't want to get pegged in the neck by an errant caber.

I've posted part one of my review on my blog if anyone cares. The other part will probably follow shortly.

icemachine wrote:Would love to have you post your notes from the speech at a later date here Steve.

Yeah, it's too good a topic to leave hanging out at a festival like that.

Is there a top ten for a year ago for reference?

Anyone taping that? Seems like you might want to make it available to the public generally.

I had the Blue Point one on tap yesterday, but it was something like sample #8 of the day. It's hoppier and higher alcohol, but it's not as sessionable. They're both good at what they do. I'm not sure a head to head tasting accomplishes anything here, since it looks like they're for two different au...