The Bar Towel

All of the above, of course, is also hinging on the assumption we collected enough bugs out there to ferment. Unfortunately, the skies didn't cooperate with us and we were forced to put a tent over the coolships for several hours over night. We'll see if we get some action over the few weeks and mon...

We have about 800 liters of Niambic right now. Not sure how this liquid will see the light of day because we are planning on doing a batch annually. Likely will take some straight as a 3 year old Lambic-style and blend some with 1 and 2 year old to make a gueze. We used a variation of the traditiona...

...oh, and it's going into Featherstone cab frank barrels tomorrow, so pretty much thanks to the whole region

Had a ton of fun brewing this with the guys. Hopefully we collected enough bugs and yeast to ferment. Thanks to The Good Earth for letting us camp in their vineyard and thanks to the boys at Flat Rock for setting it up.

A keg of the 13 sacks is heading to the Burger Bar for tomorrow night

grub wrote:

Lackey wrote:GLB X Biergotter XPA (4.4%, triple dry-hopped)

are we keeping the name top secret?

Nope. Just a post-Mondial oversight. It's 13 Sacks XPA, named for the 13 sacks full of hops we used while steeping. This beer has some crazy aroma

It starts this Sunday and the beers will be tapped throughout the week.

Steamwhistle brewer Erica Graholm participated. Although they obviously have a very specific business plan, they encouraged her to be part of this OCB collab - which is pretty cool IMO

atomeyes wrote: and does it really count when there are some interesting absentees, like Dieu du Ciel and Les Trois Mouskatiers?

How do you know who didn't enter?

Brydens taps for Best of the West during OCB week. Follow Tash's twitter feed for updates (if you care) @brydensonbloor Amsterdam X GLB The Big Smoke (Rauch Saison) Amsterdam X GLB X Steamwhistle OCB Saison (with cardamom, sage and pepper) Amsterdam Nice One Rob (Coffee IPA) Amsterdam X GLB Maverick...

Will be some of the bourbon barrel in bottles in the next couple of weeks at the retail store

Yeah, will be a bunch at the brewery. It is making it out of the GTA but not sure where.

The Robust will be a limited release at the LCBO soon. The Vanilla Bean and Currantly Incarcerated will be around the retail store early next week.

Get the fried chicken. It's even better than Popeyes!

This is cool. I have a trip planned for January 2013 to Argentina and I'm obviously interested in any info on the beer scene.

Brett in secondary.