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Volo Cask Days - Oct 17-19

Post details, reviews and recaps of interesting beer events in Ontario and elsewhere here.

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Pub Style wrote:Ralph told me last week of some surprise beers that he was working on getting for the cask days - they were confirmed today and have been ordered
http://greatcanadianpubs.blogspot.com/2 ... -dieu.html

AWESOME!
I assume that means they've cleared the LCBO?

I'm really looking forward to this!

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Roll call time! What session are you going to?

I'll be at the Friday night session. Many thanks to JerCraigs for picking me up a ticket while I was in Arizona during ticket sales.

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I'll be there for both Friday sessions. And maybe Sunday night, if there are still tickets left and I've recovered from Friday by then.

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Friday and Sunday afternoon! Looking forward to seeing many of BT's there.

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Friday night as well... and I still look the same as the avatar... minus the Bavarian beard.

(Thanks to MDS for picking up my ticket while I was out of town).

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Pub Style wrote:Friday and Sunday afternoon! Looking forward to seeing many of BT's there.
Ah, the Friday afternoon. It feels rather civilized to ditch work for beer drinking. I must admit the allure was there. (If you are indeed referring to Friday afternoon, and not evening, that is...)

I, too, look the same as my avatar, less the facial hair. Or top-of-head hair for that matter... :) In fact, I'm about as bald as that smiley right there...

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I looked all over and eventually found an obligatory "beer to the left of my head" photo, as made famous by Greg and Derek. I think it shows that the young lad will have an affinity for the good stuff.

Taken at the Sunset Grill in Brookline, Mass.

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I realized that the bald eagle in the Crystal Palace insignia is somewhat appropriate - so it stays as the avatar. Besides, we need a football team of mediocre quality on here to balance out the Man U types. (Wouldn't be necessary if the Newcastle supporters were still around! :D )

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I think I'm the only Man Utd fan on here aren't I?

I'll be at the Friday night session with my wife (first time for her) and four of our friends.
I don't always piss in a bottle but when I do...I prefer to call it Dos Equis.

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Jon Walker wrote:I think I'm the only Man Utd fan on here aren't I?
Well, there was this guy - a friend of mine. "My first post, one of many I hope...." :-?
I'll be at the Friday night session with my wife (first time for her) and four of our friends.
It would be nice to put a face to the name, Jon. Say hi if you see me.

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Jon Walker wrote:I think I'm the only Man Utd fan on here aren't I?
Ah, you can count me in as a United fan too. Cut me open and I'd bleed red. I have lapsed since moving here though, and its pretty hard to watch a game where every player earns twice as much in a week as I do in a year.

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I'll be there Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Looking forward to the different beers on offer over the 3 days ;-)

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I'll be there with Denguy on Sunday Afternoon.

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Post by northyorksammy »

i will be there friday aft about 2-330 taking a lot late lunchbreak

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Post by matt7215 »

Ill be there on Sunday for the 12-4 session. Hope to meet some of you there!
cheers
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sstackho wrote:
Cool Brewery, *Double IPA
What will the world think of next?? :o
Oh no!! It appears that the world wasn't ready for this yet, and Cool's offering has been replaced with a "Twisted Millennium Buzz".

All the DDC and Hopfenstark offerings are still listed as "pending arrival". Tick, tick.

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