The Bar Towel

I generally always try to offer constructive encouragement, but frankly I don't feel it is my job to fix people's businesses when they run them poorly. Establishments that have bad service, bad food, loud environments, or serve poor beer just don't get my business if I can avoid it. Places that do t...

Esprit - My advice to anyone visiting Bordeaux is not to waste time online!

DragonOfBlood wrote:Big surprise.

http://www.opseu.org/news/press2009/jun-23a-2009.htm

so much for last call!

First of all, lets drop the political posturing and emotions. In this day and age unions are really just HR outsourcing agencies. Employers turn to them (unfortunately without choice) for a labour pool. The union staffs, manages wages, benefits etc. They are a business unto themselves. The only real...

I just stumbled on this place today. The beer list our front got my attention. Great selection of euro snob beers :wink: The service was actually pretty good but with a bit of friendly joking around. Our waitress knew her beers and was comfortable recommending beers at the next table, including good...

Yet another reason not to buy Molson products. Yet another reason not to work for them! It's just a matter of time before big beer goes the same way as many other over sized industries (i.e. automakers, steel etc.) The MBAs will screw 'em up and the workers will be out a lot more than just beer. If...

Mill Street is also promoting some sort of Dundas Square brewpub. I think it's probably just a temporary beer garden, but their promo material looked like something more on first glance. I've been to Les 3 Brasseurs in Montreal a few times. The food is pretty good and the beer is better than mainstr...

Oh, and to the original poster: are you sure you didn't mean WATERLOO Wheat rather than Wellington Wheat? There is no mention of a wheat beer on the Wellington website, and aside from their Trailhead Lager, they tend to stick with UK-style ales, so I'd find it strange for them to do a wheat beer. P...

Anyone else agree with that statement? I haven't tried it as I'd have to buy a full six pack, something I haven't been willing to do based on my experiences with the other Rickard's beers. Lately I've been getting a six pack of White beer every weekend but I'm looking for something different. Where...

Bobsy wrote:It seems like white is the new black. I've had so many witbiers recently, we must be hitting saturation soon. So... where did you pick up the Wellington?

Yonge and Eglinton LCBO. The cans look so similar to the Dark, you could grab one by accident.

I'm sure some Bartowelers will prove the recession proof theory!

I wasn't surprised that Keiths White was awful I was surprised that Rickard's White was decent The other day I stumbled on Wellington Wheat. While not a witbier style, I guess they are looking to hop on the 'wheat' brand engineering bandwagon. Unfortunately, I was really surprised how awful it is. I...

It continues to amuse/annoy me, that at the very least, they have a process for bringing product into the country but continue the inter-provincial B.S. If they really wanted to stand by the inter-provincial laws, they would have a FAQ published to explain how to legally bring product across provinc...

To practice a craft you have to be crafty. Public companies are fed on publicity. It's hard to see the two approaches reconciling.

The Railway Club has a great beer list and nice laid back staff. They often have a tap or two with some really small obscure brewer's efforts. It's worth a visit just to try these. They also tend to have a good selection of Crannog's beers including the excellent Back Hand of God Stout. Crannog has ...