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by S. St. Jeb
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Pine
Replies: 21
Views: 8995

Re: Pine

More thanks to y'all. Interesting that the Fat Tug description on the Driftwood web site does not mention pine: Brewed with the hop aficionado in mind, Fat Tug is a Northwest-style India Pale Ale with an intense hop profile featuring notes of grapefruit, mango, melon and passionfruit. Sufficient ma...
by S. St. Jeb
Sat Apr 22, 2023 2:25 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Left Field Brewery
Replies: 47
Views: 33970

Re: Left Field Brewery

anthony9 wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 3:29 pm Looks like they will be opening a location in Liberty Village. Via their instagram.
I saw it via Canadian Beer News. I don't do social media.
by S. St. Jeb
Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Ontario brewing cities
Replies: 11
Views: 12028

Re: Ontario brewing cities

by S. St. Jeb
Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Side Launch - Mountain Lager discontinued - WTF?
Replies: 24
Views: 12650

Re: Side Launch - Mountain Lager discontinued - WTF?

seangm wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:42 pm ... Side Launch definitely needs to revisit its branding ...
And they have.

https://www.canadianbeernews.com/2023/0 ... -branding/

Did they give you an honorarium for your suggestion? :D
by S. St. Jeb
Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:52 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Surprisingly good beer from TBS
Replies: 10
Views: 8330

Re: Surprisingly good beer from TBS

St Ambroise Pale Ale (with the gold label) was one of my first beer loves that helped get me away from macros as it had a unique taste - nothing at all like the pale ales we have today. It used to a regular for me until maybe 2010 or so when I guess I got bored with it. Would love to try it again b...
by S. St. Jeb
Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:26 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Bench Brewery
Replies: 11
Views: 6975

Re: Bench Brewery

Bench Brewing Purchases Niagara Cider Company

I had their Ball's Falls Session IPA at the Grimsby Peach King Jr. C hockey game last night; it was great.
by S. St. Jeb
Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:35 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: New Arrivals at LCBO & TBS
Replies: 5283
Views: 1822576

Re: New Arrivals at LCBO & TBS

2006 - seems like ancient history: https://www.bartowel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18110 "5) Mail your completed forms to:" :D Feels like we were all way more excited about the possibility of beery things back then....spoiled by what we have locally. For sure, it's a whole different world ...
by S. St. Jeb
Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Ontario brewed Tripels...
Replies: 52
Views: 33183

Re: Ontario brewed Tripels...

The Int'l Tripel Day was actually started by a local guy, @craftbeerdays (I follow him on Instagram). To his credit he's got a lot of breweries participating this year and releasing tripels specfically for the occasion. It's probably easiest just to link the website, he's got a pretty exhaustive li...
by S. St. Jeb
Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Ontario brewed Tripels...
Replies: 52
Views: 33183

Re: Ontario brewed Tripels...

According to an email l got from Henderson Brewing, March 3 is International Tripel Day. Who knew? (not me). They are promoting their Rube Goldbeer. I've had it, considered it good, but in no way consider myself a judge of the style (or of many other styles for that matter. :wink: ) To those of you ...
by S. St. Jeb
Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: New Ritual - Supposedly Closed
Replies: 9
Views: 2383

Re: New Ritual - Supposedly Closed

Craig wrote: Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:55 am What was that one we kept making fun of way back when? I vaguely recall them being around High Park or Roncesvalles or something, but I can't find the thread.
http://www.bartowel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8913
by S. St. Jeb
Sat Feb 11, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Great Lakes
Replies: 298
Views: 135071

Re: Great Lakes

GLB has posted a nice history of the brewery as they celebrate their 36th anniversay.

https://www.greatlakesbeer.com/36-years ... a5be52d48f
by S. St. Jeb
Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: beer (alcohol) and health
Replies: 18
Views: 7271

Re: beer (alcohol) and health

NA beer. A variety of opinions on this, as I would have expected. For me right now, I am not much interested. To a certain degree, it's a mental thing, as in, I'm either going to have a beer, or I'm not. So I suppose then, that what am I really saying is that NA beer isn't really beer, it's somethin...