The Bar Towel

"I don't really want to delve into it here too much" = I am conscious of the potential for this whole discussion to go sideways quickly. It's easy enough for people who want the details to google the Twitter and Reddit threads where it has already been discussed.

What he disagreed with was forced lockdowns and mask-mandates, and welcomed anyone who agreed with him to his brewery; everyone what was in his space was there by choice. I'm not too sure how that makes him a garbage human being, even if you disagree with him on lockdowns and masks. I don't really ...

Yumm!

seangm wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 1:03 pm The Mitten which is in an old firehall and did "pizza flights";

I'm gonna need to hear more about "pizza flights"!!!

I stopped in on a tour of the Sarnia area breweries last year and we enjoyed. It was very busy as there was some kind of festival going on in town. Beers we tried were decent, and quite drinkable but not super exciting. Would give it another go if i was in the area. Maybe spend a bit more time explo...

I would imagine for some of the smaller ones it's partly a case of a limited number of staff only wanting to work a certain number of hours per week, combined with all the other things you have suggested.

Now that said, I've definitely enjoyed a number of IPAs in this style, of what I've tried from Badlands I generally like more than I dislike, but it seems my favourites are the ones that the hardcore hazy fans might find to be on the thinner/lighter side. I tend to agree that the lighter ones can a...

Maybe, and I mean maybe, they make the best hazy beers in Ontario (Barncat and Third Moon could certainly hold that spot as well). But there's so much more I'd rather drink than hazy ales. To each their own. I find all three them (and many of the other breweries in Ontario known for their hazies to...

I ran into Saul Rubinek and said hello to him while walking between Wvrst and Bar Hop a few years ago. Does that count? (It's also possible I accosted some poor guy that just happens to look a lot like Saul Rubinek... lol) I didn't meet him but I was looking at some photos from Cask Days photos that...

I order for the wings and butter chicken

Rogue was an early U.S. supporter of Ontario (so it seemed), and I think there's a small band of beer folks my age that had quite an admiration of them - I know I did. I really liked their beers that were here, sought out their stuff when I was in the U.S. (I still think those tiny bottles were the...

Here is something different. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whistle-buoy-brewing-ai-beer-robo-1.6755943 That's a disgusting amount of lactose. Any amount is, for that matter. I guess algorithms don't get sick... I tried it last week and was going to say it wasn't that much lactose ...

I wonder what the record is for shortest-lived brewery in Ontario is? Pretty sure there are a few that never actually made it to opening. I've been aiming to try every brewery in Ontario so have been watching Jordan's brewery list, Canadian Brewing News and other places and monitoring them and ther...

expect a lot more of this as we roll through 2023 I have no inside knowledge but feel like with the state of the market small breweries need at least one of excellent beer or a strong local following. Breweries that have just okay to good beer and not enough local support are going to struggle, esp...

Cheers Cass! Hope you and everyone have a safe and happy holiday!