The Bar Towel

FWIW, I migrated the forum to a new server in the last couple of days so hopefully it's faster for everyone.

Google's PageSpeed insights gave the site a 99/100 on desktop performance! (I should have checked before, but let's just say it was lower! )

Chicago came up on the beer social media radar recently with the opening of an Other Half location there, where 16oz glasses were $16! The funny thing as someone pointed out on Twitter was that the 16oz prices were more than a 4oz and a 12oz glass combined. Not sure if they just royally f'd up or si...

Some more links: The change to the regulation is here: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/210745 Importation of liquor for lawful possession 25. The following circumstances are prescribed for the purposes of clause 39 (1) (d) of the Act: 3. The liquor is imported into Ontario from another provin...

I just saw a fairly brief article on CBC about upcoming changes to various rules and regulations. It included this paragraph about alcohol sales. Ontario is also extending rules governing the purchase of alcohol across provincial borders. Consumers will be allowed to buy alcohol directly from busin...

Happy new year folks! Posted up part one of my A Quick Beer in London. This will be a big one, as I did interviews with Milos (this episode) plus Anderson, Forked, Beerlab & Storm Stayed. This one will be of particular interest to those who remember the old days of Ontario beer as Milos talks ab...

Couldn't find many mentions so I thought I'd start a thread after visiting a couple of times this year. Red Tape is cozy little brewery located at the corner of Main St. and Gerrard in TO. Their "thing" is to brew custom beers for special events (weddings, showers, etc.) which is a unique ...

I'm finally getting the Quick Beer video of London off the line, and it's going to be multi-parter as I spoke with so many folks there. Here's a quick teaser with a fun story from Milos Kral of Pub Milos about his first experience with beer after arriving in Canada. Hopefully the first full episode ...

Done! Yep it is a sankey. Emailed you!

I have a 2-tap jockey box with gas tank that I believe is perfectly functional (it could use a cleaning). Used at festivals in days gone by and don't need it anymore.

Anyone want it? Free.

Here's something that maybe some of the industry folks or homebrewer types may be able to shed some light on. I have an old 20L keg that I got from a US brewery long ago (and isn't going back to them). Curbside garbage won't take it, and I tried taking it to the dump and they wouldn't take it either...

I remember Robin LeBlanc tweeting about Taybeh a while back. A quick search and here's a short article that Robin did:

https://quench.me/drinks/breweries-palestine-west-bank/

Fun thread, and thanks anthony9 for bringing it back! Some of mine: Favourite Ontario Brewer: Probably a toss up between GLB, Indie & Godspeed Favourite Canadian Brewer outside Ontario: It's so hard to determine a fave for this or the U.S. one so I'll just go with highlights of visits from 2023....

Speaking of west coast IPAs that are no longer available in Ontario, my overall favourite was Green Flash, when we briefly had it imported here. I hope it makes a comeback. The hop flavour and complexity is intense for this one. I'd be curious to know what Green Flash is like nowadays, as it went t...

Was given a couple of cans of Bickford Brewing Dog Park Pale Ale, hadn't heard of before. Looks like a homebrewer turned contract brewer as it says on the can it's made in Wellington. Some online research and it seems to have launched sometime in the last couple of months. https://bickfordbrewing.ca...

Chalk this up to one of the things that slipped under my radar, but High Park / Lost Craft Brewery have a taproom / bottle shop (and presumably brewery) at Runnymede & St. Clair. I always thought they were just contract brews, but there's been a location for a few years. Anyone been? https://cra...