The Bar Towel

*Bump*

I'm heading out to Vancouver this weekend. Any suggestions? Alibi Room look interesting, but it has short hours. I think it must be more of a restaurant than a pub.

This looks like a good place to start:
http://www.ayrshireandgallowaycamra.org ... utlets.htm

Found the link above here:
http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=scotlandnireland

Now I wish I had a grandmother in Ayrshire!

An interview with Dominique Gosselin of BdT about the bottling and future ideas.....as translated by Google. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyberpresse.ca%2Fle-droit%2Factualites%2Feco...

iguenard wrote: I do like the Vineyards for having a couple drinks, but since its a tourist stop, prices do tend to be very prohibitive.

The free cheese table during happy hour can help alleviate the pain of steep beer prices Sunday through Thursday, I think.

ScottyJ77 wrote:The Ottawa Cask Festival has been decided to be on Sunday May 15th from 11am to 12pm or unless the casks run out early. It will be at the Arrow & Loon 99 Fifth Avenue in the courtyard with more details to follow.

This sounds like a great event! My calendar is marked.

BDT bottling news from the blogosphere: http://thewaffle.blog.com/2011/02/10/les-brasseurs-du-temps-to-bottle-up/ "The first beer to be bottled will be the DumDuminator, a red Doppelweizenbock with a whopping 8% alc./vol." "There is no point for us to bottle and sell a light, innoffen...

Mount Royal and Wilfred Laurier get their own beers for their centennials:

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/celebra ... -ales.aspx

Way better than Inception!

If you have the time, drive up to Hill's brewery to pick up a couple growlers which is on his family farm about an hour from Waterbury. Pretty crazy spot. Thanks for this. It sounded intriguing, so I made a little sidetrip to Hill Farmstead as I was in the area. Picked up a few tasty treats and cha...

Thanks for this info, AofK. I made the trip to Potsdam today and went to Big M (Diversify your beerfolio!) and CJ's. CJ's is definitely the store with the bigger selection, but Big M has better prices on some products and it also has a few unique items not found at Big M. Shopped at both stores and ...

I went to Brickskeller twice during my visit. The first time I sat downstairs and wondered what all the fuss was about. Long bottle list, but dismal ambience. Decided to give it another try a few nights later and went upstairs. Glad I did as there were lots of interesting things on tap that I missed...

Lot's to do in the Bowery district:

Trendy gastropubs.....(packed!)
http://www.spitzerscorner.com/

Classic delis......
http://www.katzdeli.com/

The beer room at Whole Foods is a beer shopping heaven. Not to be missed.
http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/bowery/beer-room/

The province of Quebec seems to heavily promote its own products. This desire to promote QC products makes me wonder if there isn't some provincial funding lying around somewhere for someone interested in, say, opeing a QC themed gastropub. This site might be a start: http://www.alimentsduquebec.com...

I hit BdM, V&V and Cheval Blanc on Halloween. I have to say, BdM isn't right in the middle of downtown, but it's a good place to go for a beer and a meal. The food is quite nicely done there. My wife had the steak frites and I had grilled sausages with mashed potatoes. All very good and much bet...

Very useful, Jay. Thanks very much. And Gilles at Broue Ha Ha is a great example of this sort of out reach, too, isn't he. 3 cheers for Gilles. I look forward to my Broue Ha Ha newsletter. Crossing the US border is a bit more involved than heading over to Gatineau, so a newsletter about what's new ...