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i could and probably am way off on the changing recipes theory but whatever, it is what it is. limp puppet, octopus, thrust and couple others all tasted off/watered down. octopus tasted completely different. i swear it was a mosaic forward beer before, now it's 8 different hops and malts or whateve...

jeremyg wrote:GLB doing a "collaboration" with Shopify is the most GLB thing ever

They did a pale ale collab with Yelp last year.

I live in the neighbourhood and went on their opening day a couple weeks ago. Personally I think Halo is the best new brewery in Toronto I've tried since Left Field opened, and before that Bellwoods.

I'm looking forward to this IIPA tomorrow, I hope it delivers!

biegaman wrote:Was recently at Eataly in NYC and... wow. Foodie heaven. I'm skeptical we'll get the same kind of selection here but, either way, excited to see it open.

Well we know our Eataly won't be full of Dogfish Head beers for starters.

Some interesting results, I would like to see the list of also rans, just to gauge who they were up against. I'm also surprised the don't run a fall awards for those under represented seasonal styles. These awards don't mean anything. Look at the number of bronzes that weren't awarded. Nobody submi...

Immodest is showing stock at some LCBOs, mostly in Toronto. I just grabbed six at the King & Spadina location. Canned March 17.

$5 is a great price for a DIPA in a tall can. That's what Great Lakes was charging for Robohop and Life Sentence at their bottle shop. I don't mind the price anyway.

Haven't heard about this one until I stumbled across it on the lcbo site. Looks like it's not in distribution quite yet. http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/rogue-7-hop-ipa/405860#.VusgDnrHa9U I believe this came and went last year. I remember seeing it on room temperature LCBO shelves last year with ...

Prospect Galaxy, a single hop IPA is in the retail shop. I enjoyed Prospect Citra last year, so I'm sure this one will be good too.

Robohop Info:

http://greatlakesbeer.com/index.php/rob ... ming-soon/

tl;dr... 4500 cans at retail ($5), 10,000 bombers shipped to LCBO ($8.95). Coming very soon, maybe this week.

Two new beers in their bottle shop... Anniversary No.3 Saison w. Nelson Sauvin / 7.6% ABV / 45 IBU Just had at lunchtime at brewery. Nicely done with the NS hop. Did you stop by pilot? The Anthem blend is fantastic as espresso. Pilot is roasting some of the best coffee in the city and their cafes (...

Two new beers in their bottle shop...

Anniversary No.3 Saison w. Nelson Sauvin / 7.6% ABV / 45 IBU
1st & 3rd Berliner Weisse / 4.0% ABV / 8 IBU

From their Instagram... Our Bottle Shop will OPEN EARLY on Friday at 11am. Look out for these new ones in the Brewery Bottle Shop, Tap Room, and select bars around Toronto: - Broggen Dreams - German Rye Lager (brewed collaboratively with Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. - Neon Wasteland - Belgian Pale...

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to post a couple of clarifying things. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Solstice Stout - We have approxiamtely 2500 bottles left... THRUST! an IPA (vermont yeast) : Only available in growlers and on tap. The two different characters on the cans are just for fun. THRUST! an IPA:...

About Bellwoods pricing, I think their special releases such as 3M2M, Skeleton Key etc are a steal. Something of that quality from the States would be so much more. But their everyday beer such as Jutsu and Wizard Wolf are too expensive to buy in large quantity (which is what I would want). Imagine...

Grabbed some Aphrodite today. Yeah, not thrilled about the date. But I've always loved it. Keeping my receipt should I find it too unpleasant. But I REALLLLLLLY love it when an LCBO employee makes comments about the price of beer compared to what it was like in their day. Oh yeah, such an impressed...