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Guys, I was just posting it because I found the similarities interesting. I applaud Flying monkeys for their creativity and for developing a tasty new product and I hope it does really well - I suspect it will.

That is cool packaging. Since I was the one that brought it up when we first started chatting about it, I'll post the other hopitcal illusion I know of here for comparison sake: http://www.grapesandgrainsnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hoptical-illusion.jpg I'm not slagging Fly Monkey's here, as ...

Maple99 Glad you liked the Muskoka. Dennison's is considered one of the best examples of a German Hefe in the world. Perhaps it was not to your taste or perhaps it was not served in great condition. I'd recommend giving it another shot at Volo or Beer Bistro if you have the chance. Here's what some ...

Odd, I was just willing to chalk this up to drunk posting. Why the hate on Bartowel just because it is not a homebrewing type site? There is a section for homebrewing on here and it would be great to see it grow - folks like loudman should be able to help with that. But he should realize most on her...

Fred from Hopfenstark is a super nice guy and would likely give you quite the tour - but I myself have not been out to the actual brewery. Maybe someone can chip in who has?

It looks like their brewpub has evening hours Thurs-Sat:


http://www.hopfenstark.com/Pages/English.htm

A _LOT_ of bad press about Greg and Cass bailing out on brewing challenges posted at beershack: http://www.beershack.ca/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7#p9 I've seen old posts where Greg and Cass have not responded to brewing challenges!!!! I know the esteemed creators of BT would NEVER back down fr...

And others, but it was Ken's smiling face right on the main news page that caught my attention - hey I just wanted to read the bad news of the world that I might have missed this weekend away from the internet! http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/07/22/f-craft-brewery-canada-industry.html Apologies i...

We just chatted about this a month ago...

http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=4661

You should find some good recommendations there.

My post from our Kitchener-Waterloo beer forum - which includes my ratebeer review. Loved it. Not near as articulate as Bobsy :) Holy Shit guys, get some of this fresh now. Stunning for a lager or just overall. One of the freshest tasting beers I have ever had. I'll be interested to hear what you la...

Grand River Galt Knife Lager, Town Hall Lager, and Pils, would be perfect for you I would think and if you could make it to the brewery to buy some!

Thanks for the heads up Len, I picked up some at St Clair and Keele today. Friendly folks there went and found it in a refrigerated area in their stock room. Looking forward to trying it later this week.

Thanks for the feedback Len. I sounds like they are doing well and I caught them on a bad day. I am glad to hear they ditched the plastic bottles as well.

I tried their "light" at the KW beer fest and I got a very weird flavour in the finish that could be interpreted as smokey. Whatever it was it was not pleasant and likely not intentional. After having a good experience with this brewery initially with a fresh growler of their Blonde which ...

I think someone mentioned earlier it is a re-branded Heritage Lager.

I'll miss the Bow too, as it was a micro introduction destination for me as well. But as said earlier, something needed to be done, it was dreadful at the end. Derek - good advice! I really really really try not to judge a place by its name, especially one that has not opened yet, but I hope this pu...