The Bar Towel

Online stores are great, but I still wish there was a good bricks & mortar store in Toronto. I had my family gift me a bunch of carboys this year just because they live in Kingston & Guelph so they have like 5 choices each to pick one up and not pay the killer shipping. My parents literally ...

of course, the assumption is that these are brett strains. w/o a microscope, agar and a microbiology degree, i have no clue what these would do. Only one way to find out. Not quite. I happen to have a friend with all of those things who could tell you if you have Brett if you really want to know. I...

I had a Brother Thelonius tonight that I think was from late 2012. To be honest, I wasn't thrilled with it. It came across a little too malty without the complexity or depth I expect from the better examples of the style.

Is the recipe for that a secret? I'm still trying to decide what to brew up for the summer, but a bretty wheat sounds mighty tasty!

Those parisian terasse pictures are a flashback for me. Yeah Paris coffee was usually awful - and it was even impossible to buy a good tea anywhere except the Louvré. The scenery kind of makes up for that over there, while Te Aro's Caffe Americano kind of makes up for Queen & Carlaw over here. ...

Sawdust City Long Dark Voyage to Uranus Wow! 650 ml of 9% goodness. A challenge by yourself after having had some other treats during the day. Pours like used motor oil - and I say that in a positive, most complimentary way. They had a version of that at the Roundhouse festival over the weekend tha...

spinrsx wrote:Draak 9000 is on the shelves in Ottawa, not even on the friggin lcbo site yet.

Interesting. I was in Queens Quay tonight and there was none there. Ottawa beating the store on the same lot as HQ for an import is rare.

I've always thought it would be good to have a thread just for talking about new releases coming from the breweries that aren't going to be in the LCBO or Beer store. Am I alone on this? Anywho, Bellwoods is talking big about the new berliner weisses they're releasing on Thursday: ...the surprise th...

icemachine wrote:

sprague11 wrote:Drank a Moralitie the other night thanks to icemachine.
Will be drinking a Founders Porter or something even darker when I get home tonight. I need it.

Well TBH we need to thank Nickleass for the Moralite, and man is it ever a tasty brew!

I'm in that boat too. Thanks Nick!

Goudenband shows stock at Summerhill. That usually means the other stores will have stock in a day or two.

Did you guys get your tickets in the 5 hour window they were selling more yesterday? If not, you can try to get them at the gate. Steam Whistle ‏@SteamWhistle 22h GREAT NEWS FOLKS! Due to your demand, we increased our permit. New block of tix to our winter craft beerfest will open up at 1pm. #RWCBF ...

I'm really looking forward to that Eisbock. It's one of those styles you just don't see that often in Ontario. Me too! I buy the regular Aventinus when I can, but yeah, the Eisbock is truly fantastic. That's a beer that I overlook often for some reason. When I posted before I made a note to myself ...

I'm really looking forward to that Eisbock. It's one of those styles you just don't see that often in Ontario.

Thank you, I am "paying attention". A robust Porter, or extra-stout Porter, is a stout, at least historically and as far as I am concerned. I can see that others disagree. I just find these things to be a bit meaningless when they are employed too rigidly or make overly fine distinctions....

"Less Dark"

or maybe "Paler"?