Imbibe Food 'n Drink - Kitchener

Imbibe · Post by **Imbibe** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:36 pm

Hey all you Bartowelers, just wanted to give you a heads up that in a week or two, Imbibe will be opening in downtown Kitchener at 10 King Street West. We will be focusing on all things local, including, of course, beer!

We will have 8 taps, and I'm looking for suggestions from the KW folk as to what should go on...

This is kinda what we're thinking of putting on:

StoneHammer
Grand River
Lake of Bays
Flying Monkeys
Sawdust City
Silversmith Brewery

2 rotating taps.

Any and all input is welcome...
Follow us @imbibebistro for updates.

Cheers guys!

NRman · Post by **NRman** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:46 pm

Welcome to Bartowel!
You are going the right way.
We'll be sure to bend your ear face to face upon opening but here goes - sticking to Ontario for now:
- call Troy @ Great lakes for sure
- Black Oak
- Cheshire Valley
- Muskoka ( I heard there is a barrel age Winter Beard coming)
- Nickelbrook - specifically Naughty Neighbour
- Amsterdam

I know there are others on here who will be happy to share opinions so I'll stop there. A decent stout, a porter (Cheshire Valley's is amazing but I'm not sure of availability) and an IPA/APA and you have me covered. Even if they rotate.

And if nothing else, a Grand River Mill Race Mild tap close to home has been a dream of mine for a LONG time.
Good luck!
Terry

Imbibe · Post by **Imbibe** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:09 pm

Thanks Terry,

Greatl Lakes, Nickelbrook, Camerons (as long as they continue to do as well as the RyePA), and Muskoka will definitely be on the rotating taps. My concern with Black Oak is delivery, but if Ken can get it here, we will put it on tap! Same with the Boneshaker, but if all goes well, and people will deliver out here, I'm more than happy to put some great, interesting beers on tap...

And the Mill Race will definitely see it's share of time in the lineup, it's a damn shame that it's so difficult to find a Grand River tap anywhere around here...

Also happy to hear about Harold's new endeavour, the more places you can get a great pint, the better!

King Edward · Post by **King Edward** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:17 am

Congrats Imbibe, and the best of luck. With 2 new venues coming to Kitchener maybe it's time Deb & I booked a hotel and spent a night there. It's been a while since we had a beer with Rob C too. Nice to see that you're looking at 8 taps, I see too many bars going for 20-30 taps and IMHO that's too many, only 10 of them will move fast enough and the rest will go off. Better to go with fresh/quality than quantity, again just my opinion. Give Wellington, Neustadt and Railway City a look too.

Cheers,

Rich

Kish84 · Post by **Kish84** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:57 am

Terry already mentioned everything I would have for beer selections, so no need to add on.

Will there be a website with a menu (both food and drink) and updates on rotating taps?

I Google mapped the location, is it within the Children's Museum, or separate from it?

Looking forward to your opening!

Cheers!

Kishan

xocoatl · Post by **xocoatl** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:14 pm

I am thinking its the building where 'taste of the meditteranean" used to be.

Will make a fun pub crawl between this and harold's new place.

Imbibe · Post by **Imbibe** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:55 am

Kishan,

Yes, there will be a website that will update both the food and beverage menu, we will also update via twitter and facebook, especially the rotating taps and the food specials.

We are attached to The Museum downtown, but not within it. There is a separate entrance on King. We are right across the street from the Walper Hotel, and the only patio on the block.

We had a great meeting with Silversmith Brewing yesterday, there black lager is amazing and will be a great pint to have during Octoberfest!

Cheers!

Kish84 wrote:Terry already mentioned everything I would have for beer selections, so no need to add on.

Will there be a website with a menu (both food and drink) and updates on rotating taps?

I Google mapped the location, is it within the Children's Museum, or separate from it?

Looking forward to your opening!

Cheers!

Kishan

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:06 pm

just read in a different thread that Imbibe will open next Monday

ill be there

MatttthewGeorge · Post by **MatttthewGeorge** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:23 am

Just an FYI, they are only open for lunch & after work drinks this week. Next week they are open for dinner as well.

I know our Blackened Imp. Pils is on now though, and they only got 20L, so I wouldn't wait until next week!

Kish84 · Post by **Kish84** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:06 am

This place is going to be great.

John (JB84) and I drove by today to see if it was open, as we have the last 2 weeks. The sign was off, but the door was open, and we saw people inside so we thought what the hell.

It wasn't open, but Bill let us in to take a look. I liked what I saw, its not a big place, but I'm ok with that, I believe 48 person capacity, including staff.

It's opening on Monday for dinner, unfortunately I won't be able to make it in until Friday at the earliest, unless I go in before work

I wish all the best to Bill. I'm excited for this to open as there is absolutely nothing else in Kitchener.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:58 am

I met jessem @ Imbibe last night, great space and it was pretty full, service was great, but the tap lineup was a little dissapointing

this is easily the best place in downtown kitchener, hopefully the next time the taps will be a little more adventurous

on tap last night:

Silversmith Black Lager
F&M Pilsner
Grand River Galt Knife
Lake of Bays Mocha Porter
Thornbury Cider

MatttthewGeorge · Post by **MatttthewGeorge** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:03 pm

Bill has 6 taps, so something must have been out. I know Crazy Canuck was on a few weeks ago.

Our Oatmeal Coffee Stout should be making an appearance soon!

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:59 pm

MatttthewGeorge wrote:Bill has 6 taps, so something must have been out. I know Crazy Canuck was on a few weeks ago.

Our Oatmeal Coffee Stout should be making an appearance soon!

i was told that something had just run out and they were waiting for the next keg to get cold, thats why they werent pouring 6 taps

i would have loved if either Crazy Canuck or F&M Oatmeal Coffee Stout had been on! it would have made my night

like i said everything about the place was really good except the tap lineup and i know the tap lineup has the potential to be fantastic, it just wasnt very good last night

Imbibe · Post by **Imbibe** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:43 pm

Hey Matt,

The problem is that we're going through beer significantly quicker than what we assumed we would do...

We are looking forward to having the following kegs on for next week:
Great Lakes Devils Pale Ale
Great Lakes Crazy Canuck
StoneHammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout
Nickelbrook Naughty Neighbour American Pale Ale
Nickelbrook Bolshevik Bastard
Lake of Bays Spark House Red
Wellington Bootchuck IPA
Flying Monkeys Stereovision
Flying Monkeys Smashbomb

and we're hoping to get something from Sawdust City delivered as well...

Hopefully this entices you to come back!

Cheers!

Imbibe · Post by **Imbibe** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 8:46 pm

And I totally forgot to mention the Grand River Double IPA that will hopefully be ready for Wednesday!