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- Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: "Boom of craft breweries" on Global News
- Replies: 1
- Views: 994
Re: "Boom of craft breweries" on Global News
Is Junction's retail store officially open? Yup, it's open! You can keep an eye on what's up @JUNCTIONCRAFT on Twitter. From the web site, "Initial operating hours are 5 to 9 pm Thursdays and Fridays and 1 to 9 pm on Saturdays, or by chance." Disclaimer -- I'll be brewing there starting i...
- Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:05 pm
- Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
- Topic: Brewing a Westy 12 clone
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5721
Toronto's water is fine for most Belgians, just make sure it's carbon-filtered. Also, since your malt bill is pale, I'd acidulate your mash. But with something other than Five Star 5.2 (it keeps a pale mash using Toronto water at 5.8). Westie is comparatively dry for such a big beer, and you want go...
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:36 pm
- Forum: Homebrewing Recipes and Tips
- Topic: Bourbon/Whiskey Barrel
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2271
As grub said, fill it as fast possible. Also ... fill it all in one shot. The more head space you have, the greater the chance of acetobacter taking holding (it's an aerobic bug). You don't want 200+ litres of malt vinegar. If you don't think you can sit there and let it rest for months without samp...
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:08 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: warning on the label of the pothole filler
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6007
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:12 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: warning on the label of the pothole filler
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6007
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:40 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: warning on the label of the pothole filler
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6007
Hey folks, A couple things about isinglass and gelatin from a vegetarian (yeah, I know, there are 3 vegetarian beer nerds in Tronna, me, my brother, and one of my brother's buddies) ... First, all finings (whirlfloc / Irish moss, Polyclar, gelatin, DE, etc.) either drop out of suspension or filtered...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:40 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Industry Standards & Practices Code
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2538
Re: Industry Standards & Practices Code
Ontario needs a wholesale overhaul of its regs and laws. Some portions of the regs are nonsensical (no free beer, including samples), others don't get enforced (corporate bribes, free samples :) ), some hurt small brewers (no combining delivery trucks) and on and on. And, once and for all, we have t...
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Christmas Beer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3320
- Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:05 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
- Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
I'm pretty sure neither you nor Jason really read the post that jcc posted. It was a reasoned explanation about the intent and history of trademark law and where this case fits within that context. Perhaps Barley Mowat is a bit of a hot-head and his writing certainly amps up the outrage and enterta...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:08 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
Regardless of whether Steamworks is in the right here, this has already turned into a badly handled PR nightmare for them. I don't really know what BC's beer culture is like ... but, if it's anything like Ontario's, beer nerds, the folks who REALLY care about authenticity and 1 week old IPAs, accou...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
Hi Derek, Thanks for the links! Mostly what I was getting at was BarleyMowat's assertions that several BC brewers were, off the record, calling the trademark BS, a relatively loaded expression. So to speak. Instead, what we have is SteamWorks placing a couple polite phone calls and a cease and desis...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:43 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:56 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
Dear lord ... If the angry intertubes mob were so certain that the trademark is bunk, why don't they crowdsource some $$$ and hire a trademark lawyer to get the name expunged? Oh yeah, they aren't so POed that they'd put up their own money. And, FWIW, Lagunitas has a trademark for Lagunitas and Russ...
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:45 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Grinch Who Stole Cascadia
- Replies: 51
- Views: 12898
Some more thoughts on this issue from a friend of mine (note it is a long post) http://hoplogblog.blogspot.ca/2012/11/trade-marks-cascadia-and-beer.html Still not sure why some bloggers, apparently trying to act in The Best Interests of the Craft Beer Movement, are stirring the pot with the express...