The Bar Towel

The monks took my advice about their branding. I'm vetting an English translation of their website for them.

Me and the Lord, we got an understanding.

Finally! A beer that tastes like chili and garlic sauce.

Man, just put your sriracha on your food and drink a beer with it.

Blasphomet wrote:Looks much the same as always minus the best of the pumpkin lot in the Pumking. Much looking forward to the Epic COFFEE & FIG IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT, though!

The fact that Pumking isn't on the list doesn't really mean anything. It could show up anyway.

Well, look. The Craft Beer Market has not expanded independently. It expands as much as the LCBO allows it to. The switch over to grocery stores is going to be a brief hiccup. And then the lawsuits will begin.

You've sort of got to hope that they understand they're not bringing the brand with them. The only reason to bring Blue Moon is if it comes with the attendant properties.

It's incredibly dumb.

You know how usually I'll pop into a thread like this and tell you all to look on the brightside and point out a couple of interesting things?

Can't even muster it. Pretty dull.

Enjoying with boiled small fresh white potatoes, a dish by itself with minced parsley, butter and fresh ground pepper. Mmm. :o Oh there's nothing like baby potatoes that went from being pulled out of the ground to on the plate in 30 minutes This is correct. Little dill, maybe. Little sea salt.

I always liked the porter that he had at the old location. It wasn't on at the new brewpub. I don't think I'd use the term substandard but it's generally pretty safe, middle of the road styles and interpretations. I keep saying to them: "Bring back the Porter. It was your best beer and then it...

MatttthewGeorge wrote:I thought Sleeman Lift was the official beer of yoga-y type things

I don't know how that beer is, but the fitbit flex from the PR campaign has helped me lose like 15 pounds.

Reviewed that Stift Engelszell Gregorius. I'm sort of amazed there's still bottles on shelves given the spring release. I think it might cellar pretty well.

http://saintjohnswort.ca/stift-engelsze ... istenbier/

On Canada Day I walked over to East York for some Muddy York. This is that post:

http://saintjohnswort.ca/visit-muddy-yo ... g-company/

It turns out that the new Bush Pilot offering is quite good. It's a little more focused than some of their bigger beers but the quality level is about the same.

http://saintjohnswort.ca/review-bush-pilot-pengo-pally/

Ayinger Weizen Bock , worth the five bucks and a very good value for Ontario! Gregorius Trappistenbier , wow this is nice, big fat palate but creamy with a lot of complexity and balance, a true original. Beyond the grape/fig flavors and sweetness you might expect from a Belgian dubbel/quad, this on...

I'm not sure whether anyone's keeping up with the Lake of Bays NHL Alumni Association series, but here's a review of the new one.

http://saintjohnswort.ca/review-lake-of ... -pale-ale/

Entering a contest like this is a calculated marketing strategy. One of the reasons that we have the beer style definitions we do is because Michael Jackson helped the AHA and GABF develop them for the express purpose of being able to give out awards back in the 1980's. What an award guarantees is a...