The Bar Towel

Just a quick note to you upon your visit to the St. Clair West LCBO. If it was Laurie you were speaking to about beer, she is the manager, but she is a woman not a man. As for who is responsible for the beer at that store, it is a gent named Basil who does know his beers and loves to bring in new b...

The only winners out of this strike threat have been LCBO! Look at the panic buying that has been going on for the past few days, a good way of getting some old stock on the shelves eh?. A nice sudden cash boost for the Gestapo and they now have to go and restock, and maybe threaten a strike in a fe...

Philip1 wrote:So the UK is getting 50000 to 60,000 cases of Rogue a year. I wonder how much we get right next door to the US.

Another downer is that it is also cheaper to buy once it's in the UK than it is when we can find it here. It just don't make sense

Isn't there a beer already called The Dog's Bollocks? From memory it was a lovely chocolate brewed beer. Somehow I can't see the gestapo, sorry LCBO even thinking of letting it in here just in case it offends!

Why can't we have a Festival in the style of a British Festival. You pay a small entrance fee, let's say $8 and you get a tasting notes programme and a lined pint glass (gives you the option of a half or full pint). You then buy your beer tickets as you go in. Normally you give 1 ticket for a half a...

Just been to the LCBO On St Clair West at the Loblaws. I was pleasantly surprised to see big bottles of Headstrong Pale on the shelves. $2.95 a bottle. Bargain. There were only 3 left, and I took 'em, but they are getting more in very soon. They also said they are getting Cameron's Dark 466(?) in in...

Plus, though I agree Volo is a fine bar with a terrific range, the Bow does generally have three cask ales on to Volo's one, so someone looking to sample a range of Ontario cask beers might be better served at the Bow. Sometimes Quality is better than Quantity! I haven't been to the Bow for about 2...

If you want great cask beer then I can highly recommend the Volo on Yonge & Dundonald. Ralph is doing a great job at introducing Canadians to great cask beer, a feat that most other 'cask' pubs are failing to do. Unfortunately, the Bow & Arrow, IMHO, can't serve decent cask ale, they keep it...

WOW, that is a great list of beers to choose from. I can recommend the following: Atlas Equinox 4.5% Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby 6.0% Kelham Island Pale Rider 5.2% Ossett Silver King 4.3% Winter’s Mild 3.6% Hobsons Mild 3.2% Hobsons Old Henry 5.2% You lucky Barsteward, you!! Enjoy yourself and look forwa...

A trip to Peterborough would be far more enjoyable than Cambridge, and it isn't as far. Have a look on the CAMRA website for info on pubs in Peterborough. After all, it is the home of the Oakham brewery..........I can just taste the JHB!!

Belgian wrote:A lot of selection, and a lot of emphasis on wheat. Great!

Not that great for us Wheat intolerant drinkers then

.The North of England is the opposite. There they like a creamy head on top of their full pints, so many pubs now have a 22 oz pint to allow for foam atop the full pint. I can tell you that us Northerners (I come from Merseyside) like a full pint with as little head as possible. If it is in a 'pint...

baiser wrote:I've also seen Bishop's Finger, another english pale ale from the same brewer as spitfire, on the shelves.

A 'Pale Ale"? Are you sure? This is more of a ruby-red, malty ale, with nice fruity after-tones. A must try if you can get hold of some.

[quote="Publican"]Toronto Blue, I noticed that you had a Cain's logo on your post. Are you from Liverpool and because you choose the name Toronto Blue are you a Everton FC supporter? I was in Liverpool in October of 2000 and enjoyed a few pints of Cain's bitter and mild at Doctor Duncan's ...

Thanks for the replies, guys, I have heard how good Buffalo is but I'll have to wait a while to cross the border as according to US Border Patrol, "I haven't been a Landed Immigrant long enough to cross the border". I arrived here from the UK in August, tried to cross the border to go to a...