The Bar Towel

I'm very impressed with the amount of discussion and traffic this thread has generated. Thanks for the kind words about our beers. My main point is that our GTA market consumes about 7 million bottles of beer a day (or the equivalent, stat from the Toronto Sun a few years ago). That's a lot of beer....

Hi Everyone We've bottled and kegged up Our Nutcracker Porter. Some kegs are oozing there way into pubs (Volo & Dr. Generosity) are stocked. This years edition is unfiltered, which seems to put a bit more body and permit the cinnamon to have more presence (instead of being lost in the filter). A...

While the special dances are very important, safety is an important factor. That's why the naked dancing in a brewery must be done using CSA approved rubber boots. PS we are also saving up for a disco ball, as all really cool breweries have one or two. cheers ken PPS not really sure about the chicke...

I'm really pissed that we don't get any support by the local beer drinking community. It seems so easy just to sit on your ass and criticize all the work it took to bring about something which is supposed to introduce more people to the beer we brew locally. It took a huge amount of effort, time and...

Hi All Sorry for not lurking so much, Just too much to do and not enough time to get it all done. This Thursday the 2007 Nutcracker Porter will be brewed. Adrian and Simon will be doing the secret Nutcracker Porter Dance when the cinnamon is added during the brew. If all goes well, it should be avai...

Hi All Y'all This Friday at 7:00 (sorry about the short notice) Ralph from Volo will be hosting a Tasting session for a few versions of our Summer Saison. Included will be: A pin of cask conditioned Summer Saison on Hand pull A pin of Cask conditioned "Marmelade Edition" Summer Saison on g...

Hi A few members of the OCB have gotten involved in an end Isle display with the LCBO from July 23 to Aug 18. Basically 55(ish) selected LCBO stores will have some of their end isle displays dedicated (during a good beer drinking time) to presenting some of our selected beers. Participating brewers ...

Hi All Y'all Despite our previous record for seasonal beers the following wonderful event has occurred: The Summer Saison (2007 edition) is now available. We've just shipped out some kegs (Volo & Victory, Bow & Arrow) and are hoping to get some more bars interested. Bottles are complete with...

A little truth to our concoction it seems, would destroy the "romantic notion" that many people have about brewing different things. Perhaps i should never again reveal my sources and just shroud the whole unique process in mystery and smoke & Mirrors. (now all the other breweries will...

Curse you Perry for raising the bar. Very tasty downtown brown. Just wait, we've got our best minds working on vegetable beers. Think of quaffing a turnip & broccoli cask lager on a hot patio day. thinking of calling it "V9" (just to be extra mean we'll dump some scotch bonnets peppers...

That guy sounds like a whiny wanker.

(actually it was a lot of fun and went really well after Cass's dog stopped barking at me, critical even before the interview)

I look forward to hearing more of these.
Guess i'll have to upgrade my 286.

Cheers
Ken

Hi Stout fans the stout is now labeled and ready to go. So we got our seasons a little delayed, but the beer is tasting most excellent. I only wore a bit of it while putting the labels on. Prices are: 6-Pack $12.25 12-pack $22.75 24-Pack $43.25 Availability in the retail store only Weekly store hour...

Adrian did come up with a name for our cask version of Double Chocolate Cherry Stout: "Cherry Bomb" I think it works as there is more cherry in the cask version and it kind of sync's up with the Hop Bomb name for our pale ale version. I've delivered casks to C'est What, Victory and Volo to...

HI Again Everybody Adrian has brewed up a really good batch (full size) of our infamous Double Chocolate Cherry Stout. I think the last time this hit the street was in April of 2005. This year we seem to be on time and will have a whole bunch of stout. I think it will last until the summer saison co...

Hi Everyone Here's my opinion on the OCB material in the above posts. In case you want to understand my qualifications, i sit on the board of directors for the ocb and i also sit on the marketing committee. The OCB does have a huge amount of activities going on throughout the year. Please note this ...