The Bar Towel

where exactly is your friend gonna be? He is flying in to Pearson (YYZ) picking up the car in Milton and doing some Christmas shopping in downtown Toronto (Eaton Center and area) before heading home. Some good suggestions so far. I haven't had the Denison's Weissbier or the Mill Street Barleywine. ...

I'm in Newfoundland and a friend of mine is flying to Toronto next week and returning in a small car. He has offered to bring back a small amount of any beer I request. What should I get? I am familiar with the Ontario beer scene. I lived in Toronto 88-89 and usually get back to Ontario a couple of ...

A single 341ml bottle of Dieu Du Ciel Aphrodisiaque. Lovely stuff. I wish I had a fridge full of it.

Hopfenstark did a Berliner Weiss as a special for the Mondial De la Biere this year in Montreal. I thought it was nice. Very session-able.

I loved the Neustadt "Big Dog" porter I bought at the brewery last fall. But it probably isn't easy to find. Propeller's London Porter is excellent. One of the best porters I've ever had. But I guess that one isn't available in Ontario. Porter airlines is starting service here in St John's...

The "Tickle Me Elmo" of beer.

http://guelphmercury.blogs.com/fuel/200 ... -beer.html

Its just a fad. Like "Dry" beers, this will soon be forgotten.

The Yellowbelly is selling its beer from the brewery in growlers and one liter swing top bottles. I've been told that they will be available at some retail locations soon. I'm not sure if the retailers are the NLC or corner store beerstores. Its my opinion that the Yellowbelly St John's Stout is one...

It looks like the cat is out of the bag here in Newfoundland. Labatt and Molson are foreign owned. I support any brewer making better beer. I have two growlers of Yellowbelly beers in my fridge :wink: David Rees is getting people around here talking about beer. That is a good thing. http://www.cbc.c...

Just had a Flying Dog "Horn Dog" Barley Wine. Followed by homemade blueberry wheat beer. I probably should have had the blueberry wheat first because it was very light in flavour after the Flying Dog.
No Westy 12 here, you lucky dogs.

I just got back home from Mondial last night. I had a great time. The beer selection was a little overwelming to me. Hopfenstark had a very nice cask ale and their Berliner Weisse would be a great session beer. Dieu Du Ciel's Aphrodisiaque is a lovely, flavourful stout. The highlight for me was Mikk...

I know I'm too excited to sleep :) I'm looking forward to having the Beer Geek Breakfast and trying the Hopfenstark Berliner Weiss, among many others. I see on lew Bryson's blog that he is giving a presentation. Is that open to the public? Or is it a media only event? I'd be interested in attending ...

I'll be there Wednesday until Friday (maybe Saturday).
I was there in 2007 and really enjoyed it. This years beer list looks even better.

An interesting article in this month's Air Canada Enroute magazine.
Better beer is getting more mainstream coverage.

http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/article ... pean-beers

While it might look depressing from an Ontario point of view, I don't think it's that bad of a start from a NF point of view, for the following reasons: 1) This is the first one. 2) The average Newfoundlander drinks blue star, black horse or some other molson/labatt localized brand. The pub scene d...

Have a look at the beer line up for the NLC's Beer Fest. Pathetic. By all accounts they do a fantastic Wine Fest and a great Spirit Fest but they just don't take beer seriously. I'm sure looking forward to Montreal in June!! Goverment run alcohol monopolies must end. http://www.nlliquor.com/events/b...