The Bar Towel

sad news, ill have to get my brother to pick up a sixer from the LCBO on his way home from teachers college

GregClow wrote:I moved this over to the Private Ordering forum since that's where discussion of group orders & case splitting generally takes place.

thanks for the move greg.....i wasnt thinking

I was told by Bob that this will be pre-sold in cases. I dont think has been officially desided but its worth discussing. Ill will be down to grand river in the new year to confirm. I know most people will be dieing to try this but a case can be a big commitment for some of us. I thought Id start th...

the current vintage is right up there with the best brews ive ever had. its truely like they took everything that is great about Aventinus and simply removed water unitl acheiving 12% ABV. im glad i stocked up on this beauty.

nickelass wrote:Orval, in a very nice glass my lovely girlfriend just surprised me with. I don't drink enough Orval.

few do......that beer is perfect

The full time beer store employees do make more than our full time employees at the LCBO. I think the part timers at TBS start out lower than ours, but eventually they make more too. We have a few product knowledge courses that we have to take which we are tested on so at least the LCBO emloyees ar...

homebrewed Irish Red, Upper Canada Dark, Stuise Black Albert

im almost finished a growler of this and it is truely fantastic. actually its stupid good. the spice and malt sweetness is held in check by the hops and the heat from the pepper. wow this stuff is flavour and easy drinking. Rob was correct to mention that this might ge people in trouble this holiday...

The fruit profile in this Quad is a sort of a tangy apple-butter & deep, dried fruit flavor combo, and the rich feel with the high alchohol makes it a true sipper worthy of a snifter or tulip glass. It is a freak show of 'awesome.' can i still this quote from you, it made me spit coffee on my s...

steam whistle really isnt trying to appeal to beer geeks with their ads. as far as im concerned their slogan should be " We do one thing and its a toned down version of a classic style that should appeal to the masses, oh and we sell the shit out of it!"

DragonOfBlood wrote:You have to take shit like this with a grain of salt.

when i take shit like this i usually have over consumption of salt to blaim

Jim had health issues dogging him for a long time and retirement was long over due before he was shanghied by the public company board to stay on. I wish him a happy and healthy retirement, he certainly earned it and he will probably be under appreciated as a pioneer of the province's local micro b...

tonight ive had a Upper Canada Dark, a Koningshoeven Quad and now im onto a homebrewed Irish Red.

OMG what a great brew. i will have to post again when sober but oh my im speechless at the moment......not a bad thing either

Well it seems to have dropped in one store so the others cant be far behind. Im excited