The Bar Towel

tupalev wrote: A lot of good brewers set up outside Toronto, do not get a foothold at all in their local region... cannondale wrote: In the particular case of RS/FM, I believe they have another major hurdle in their path to success. Barrie. . . Not exactly fertile soil in which to grow a grassroots...

The beauracratic/regulatory climate of Ontario presumably impacts all small brewers in a similar fashion. In the particular case of RS/FM, I believe they have another major hurdle in their path to success. Barrie. Park outside any beer store in Barrie on any day of the week and enjoy the parade of 2...

Anyone have an idea whether the TP is a one-off or will it be on for a while? I have no idea how Volo rotate their line-up, so I'm trying to find out the timeframe to get my caboose down there to try some...

Has anyone had this recently? Any of the aforementioned sourness issues?

This is an excellent 'standby-worthy' product when in good shape...

I'm thinking this '04 Chimay Grande Reserve I've been sitting on.

A surprisingly fresh 341 mL bottle of Maudite from the BS... post-shovelling as well...

I suppose I can understand Steamwhistle's 'Do one thing really, really well' philosophy. But I'm a little confused by their recent marketing approach of insinuating that to attempt to brew multiple styles (i.e. 'a stout or an ale') would result in an automatic dip in quality. Why are they selling th...

Latin huh? Good for you. Apparently you and I differ in our understanding of what "Joe Sixpack" means. You seem to feel the term can be applied to people who already drink craft beer which, in my mind, is a total contradiction. I'm actually not suggesting excluding anyone from the event, ...

Wow, where to begin. I think I'll start by reminding you that, unless a point can be substantiated by fact then it's nothing more than an opinion. To suggest I'm absolutely wrong implies you can factually support why you are absolutely right...so either you have some better information to share wit...

cannondale wrote: 2. Bigger events equals increased craft beer awareness. Unless I have completely misunderstood, increased craft beer awareness amongst the public at large is a win win. No? Jon Walker wrote: That point is very debatable. Many of us here have long fought the good fight to spread th...

IMHO a different venue implies a larger one. Therefore it would mean an expansion of the event...not necessarily it terms of beer variety but rather in terms of patron quantity. I'm really not keen for the event to get bigger since each year it's felt like our own private jewel that I'm really not ...

The flavour profile seems to be more balanced compared to a year ago, it's more along the lines of where it was in 2006. Its fitting for the winter. Note for GTA folks: hang onto yours for a couple months, winter should arrive down there sometime in january or so...

Adnams Broadside. A surprise favourite from the fall release.

sick (the good sick)

thanks for the heads up Bobsy.

i happened to be in alliston on business today and popped into the LC. Their system showed 17 bottles of aventinus eisbock, but a search of the store by two employees (who made it their mission to find it, which was very nice) turned up nothing. a few bottles of '07 fullers vintage ale materialized ...