Cask Condition Beer at the Arrow & Loon in Ottawa

ScottyJ77 · Post by **ScottyJ77** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:20 pm

Friday January 21st

Three new kegs received and waiting to be tappped

Sgt. Majors IPA Scotch Irish tapped 5:30pm

Black Irish Porter Scotch Irish tapped 6:00pm

Corporal Punishment Brown Bitter Ale Scotch Irish tapped 9:00pm

hops are your friend · Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:11 pm

ScottyJ77 wrote:Friday January 21st

Three new kegs received and waiting to be tappped

Scotty - Hopefully you didn't keep the Dec 30th casks on for 3 weeks...

I would suggest either posting every time a cask is emptied/tapped or only posting for special casks (e.g. the Night Marzen you mentioned before but never told us when it was tapped). Infrequent posts only reinforce the impression that the Loon keeps casks on for much longer than they should.

ScottyJ77 · Post by **ScottyJ77** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:28 pm

hops are your friend wrote:
ScottyJ77 wrote:Friday January 21st

Three new kegs received and waiting to be tappped
Scotty - Hopefully you didn't keep the Dec 30th casks on for 3 weeks...

I would suggest either posting every time a cask is emptied/tapped or only posting for special casks (e.g. the Night Marzen you mentioned before but never told us when it was tapped). Infrequent posts only reinforce the impression that the Loon keeps casks on for much longer than they should.

I had another batch of kegs between my last posts but did not have my laptop (it fried) to easily post and by the time I remembered when I was near another computer I was already ordering the new ones, also I was out of casks as well for probably 6 total days for the 3 weeks since my last post and I carried very minimal amounts over the holidays and into the start of the new year.

Good news is that the response from this post and the newly found enthusiasm by us for the casks is making us move 3 pins within a week and it seems to be growing. I do have a day or two were I may be out of stock but I see that as a good problem, it means we are going through it.

ps.

In the beginning stages of organizing a cask beer festival, date is undetermined as of yet and we are currently gaging te interest.

iguenard · Post by **iguenard** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:42 pm

If you do decide to host such an event, give us a hint of your dates + media info and we'll post it on Bières et Plaisirs.com.

info@bieresetplaisirs.com

Thanks

cfrancis · Post by **cfrancis** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:26 pm

ScottyJ77 wrote:
In the beginning stages of organizing a cask beer festival, date is undetermined as of yet and we are currently gaging te interest.

I would do whatever I could to be at this event and I would bring as many friends as I could arm twist.

I long for this type of event in Ottawa.

Ralphus · Post by **Ralphus** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:00 pm

Same here.

Kel Varnsen · Post by **Kel Varnsen** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:16 pm

ScottyJ77 wrote:
hops are your friend wrote:
ScottyJ77 wrote:Friday January 21st

Three new kegs received and waiting to be tappped
Scotty - Hopefully you didn't keep the Dec 30th casks on for 3 weeks...

I would suggest either posting every time a cask is emptied/tapped or only posting for special casks (e.g. the Night Marzen you mentioned before but never told us when it was tapped). Infrequent posts only reinforce the impression that the Loon keeps casks on for much longer than they should.
I had another batch of kegs between my last posts but did not have my laptop (it fried) to easily post and by the time I remembered when I was near another computer I was already ordering the new ones, also I was out of casks as well for probably 6 total days for the 3 weeks since my last post and I carried very minimal amounts over the holidays and into the start of the new year.

Good news is that the response from this post and the newly found enthusiasm by us for the casks is making us move 3 pins within a week and it seems to be growing. I do have a day or two were I may be out of stock but I see that as a good problem, it means we are going through it.

ps.

In the beginning stages of organizing a cask beer festival, date is undetermined as of yet and we are currently gaging te interest.

A cask festival would be really cool. And as far as the regular casks go, any luck getting anything other than Heritage/SI and Beau's products?

notdan · Post by **notdan** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:31 pm

Hopefully this cask festival takes a while to plan, I won't be back in Ottawa until the end of April.

ScottyJ77 · Post by **ScottyJ77** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:03 pm

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.

ScottyJ77 · Post by **ScottyJ77** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:45 am

**** SPECIAL ALERT ****

We have just received and tapped on Saturday January 29th a special edition cask of Beaus Bog Father!!! This is a very rare cask beer!

**** SPECIAL ALERT ****

Tapped Saturday January 29th 1:00am

Bog Father (Beaus Brewery)

peterchiodo · Post by **peterchiodo** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:16 pm

Hey guys....great job on supporting the cask movement in ontario. We were just in Michigan at the Craft Brewer's Conference where we attended a seminar on casks. we learned a lot ourselves. It is a pretty sizable movement in the US!

Let me know if you are interested in a Flying Monkeys cask. Next time we are going to Ottawa (every six weeks) we'll set you up! even though it sounds like Beaus's and Scotch Irish are taking care of you, we would be happy to support the cause.

Peace,
Peter

cfrancis · Post by **cfrancis** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:07 am

peterchiodo wrote:Hey guys....great job on supporting the cask movement in ontario. We were just in Michigan at the Craft Brewer's Conference where we attended a seminar on casks. we learned a lot ourselves. It is a pretty sizable movement in the US!

Let me know if you are interested in a Flying Monkeys cask. Next time we are going to Ottawa (every six weeks) we'll set you up! even though it sounds like Beaus's and Scotch Irish are taking care of you, we would be happy to support the cause.

Peace,
Peter

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THHHISSSS!!! PLEASE!

tyler90 · Post by **tyler90** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:42 am

Agreed, definitely not enough Flying Monkeys in Ottawa.

ScottyJ77 · Post by **ScottyJ77** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:37 pm

peterchiodo wrote:Hey guys....great job on supporting the cask movement in ontario. We were just in Michigan at the Craft Brewer's Conference where we attended a seminar on casks. we learned a lot ourselves. It is a pretty sizable movement in the US!

Let me know if you are interested in a Flying Monkeys cask. Next time we are going to Ottawa (every six weeks) we'll set you up! even though it sounds like Beaus's and Scotch Irish are taking care of you, we would be happy to support the cause.

Peace,
Peter

I'll take one!!

peterchiodo · Post by **peterchiodo** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:42 pm

ScottyJ77 wrote:
peterchiodo wrote:Hey guys....great job on supporting the cask movement in ontario. We were just in Michigan at the Craft Brewer's Conference where we attended a seminar on casks. we learned a lot ourselves. It is a pretty sizable movement in the US!

Let me know if you are interested in a Flying Monkeys cask. Next time we are going to Ottawa (every six weeks) we'll set you up! even though it sounds like Beaus's and Scotch Irish are taking care of you, we would be happy to support the cause.

Peace,
Peter
I'll take one!!

Sounds cool....I'd like to do a custom cask for you and have a couple ideas. Do you prefer aggressive hopping or malt forward? Do you have any other preferences? I can call you when it works for you and we can discuss it!

Yours in brewing,
Peter