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sofakingdrunk
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Post by sofakingdrunk »

Yeah! It's great. Have two more bottles stashed away for a rainy(or snowy) day

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Kish84
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Rat Queen is now sold out. Went to pick up another bottle or 2 but they sold out last night.

Left with a bottle each of In the Beginning, and Cat Factory, both of which are fantastic.
"There's always money in the banana stand."

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distr0
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Post by distr0 »

damn, i wanted more rat queen but couldn't make it this weekend

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Post by Belgian »

Sorry I missed that, would love to visit the brewery when I'm out near Guelph.
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matt7215
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Belgian wrote:Sorry I missed that, would love to visit the brewery when I'm out near Guelph.
just shoot me a pm anytime your gonna be in the area

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finally cracked a beginning the other night, FANTASTIC bottle. y'all are killing it.

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Post by sprague11 »

Finally got my hands on some of The Juice. A bit thin but that's my only somewhat minor qualm about this one. Big flavour in the vein of what's happening in the North-Eastern United States.
"A good light beer is one that doesn't taste like piss!" - Frank d'Angelo

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Kish84
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Post by Kish84 »

If anyone had Cat Deactivator (Barley Wine) at Cask Days, it is now available for a 1L growler fill, and as great as it was on cask, this is so much better.

Saving my 1L for tomorrow, unless the Raptors lead me to get wrecked tonight.

The sample I had was fucking awesome. 10.9% and so dangerously easy to drink.

Very excited for what's coming out in the next little while, and so happy it's not far from me.
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Post by jeremyg »

popped a cat factory last night, it\s absolutely delicious. need to go back and grab a couple more. as great as it is fresh i have a feeling it'll be incredible with some age.

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Post by matt7215 »

We are releasing our first Double IPA next week

over 4 lbs / bbl of a combo of Citra and Mosaic along with the juice and zest from over 100 lbs of clementines

we are debuting the beer at Arrabella Park on Wednesday night and it will be available in our retail store for growler fills Fri 5 - 8pm and Sat 12 - 4
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Craig
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Post by Craig »

How does one go about zesting 100 lbs of tangerines?

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Craig wrote:How does one go about zesting 100 lbs of tangerines?




4 people, 5 hrs

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Post by Belgian »

matt7215 wrote:4 people, 5 hrs
+ beer, obviously.
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Post by bradb »

Save some Pulp for me!!

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Kish84
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bradb wrote:Save some Pulp for me!!
It's going quick. Pretty good sized line right at 5.

At the homebrew hangout event on Wednesday at Arabella Park, the first 30L keg blew in 28 minutes. They got less than 1 pour the next day.

I'm so incredibly happy that I'm so close to the brewery.

You Toronto folks are really missing out if you haven't had any of their beers yet. IMO, the best Ipa's in Ontario, possibly Canada. Their stouts and saisons have also been fantastic.

I only have 1 bottle of Rat Queen left but was able to have some at the Arabella event. That muhfucker is aging like a champ.

While I'm biased as fuck, I'm not wrong.

*this was written under the influence of 2L of Pulp.
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