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atomeyes wrote:
Craig wrote:So no, this isn't Bim's brewery.
the cat's been progressively popping out of the bag re: Bim's brewery.
i'm guessing late 2016/early 2017 for his brewery
He told me in September he was hoping to brew in Summer '16.

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I don't know who Bim is....well, not personally anyways....but whenever he eventually creates this magical brewery of his, it better blow everybody away based on the amount of BT worship he gets.

The new Bar Volo sounds interesting...not sure how you pull off a potentially pretentious beer list without attracting the pretentious beer geeks though! :P

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El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is....well, not personally anyways....but whenever he eventually creates this magical brewery of his, it better blow everybody away based on the amount of BT worship he gets.
Former Brewmaster at Dieu Du Ciel!.

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BakaGaijin wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is....well, not personally anyways....but whenever he eventually creates this magical brewery of his, it better blow everybody away based on the amount of BT worship he gets.
Former Head Brewer at Dieu Du Ciel!.

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El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is
seriously, you should have just stopped there.
Bim is considered one of the top brewers in Canada.
Shaun Hill from Hill Farmstead fame wanted Bim to come work with him. And Bim's done collabs with The Alchemist *edited* (I think Moralite was initially considered a collab, no?)

he has skills and he has clout. his brewery opening, with no hyperbole, may be one of the most important things that will happen to the Toronto brewing scene. when you play Connect the Dots between who's financially backing him (apparently) and who he's friends with in the brewing world, you will see how many doors will be opening. we'll go from a city that gets excited about a 8/10 APA launched locally to actually having crazy farmhouse beer and crazy brewers visit and crazy collabs and crazy bottles at bars
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Wasn't he in Japan when Moralite happened?

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According to untappd, moralite is still listed as a collaboration with the alchemist. After trying heady topper for the first time recently, I can taste similarities in hop profile. Also the first Quebec IPA I'd ever liked. :D

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admviolin wrote:According to untappd, moralite is still listed as a collaboration with the alchemist. After trying heady topper for the first time recently, I can taste similarities in hop profile. Also the first Quebec IPA I'd ever liked. :D

I had the imperial version, Immoralite, at Cask Days. Tastes extremely similar to Heady Topper. Really wish it was available around here.

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MeltedOzark wrote:
admviolin wrote:According to untappd, moralite is still listed as a collaboration with the alchemist. After trying heady topper for the first time recently, I can taste similarities in hop profile. Also the first Quebec IPA I'd ever liked. :D
not too many quebec ipas I have liked
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atomeyes wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is
seriously, you should have just stopped there.
Bim is considered one of the top brewers in Canada.
Shaun Hill from Hill Farmstead fame wanted Bim to come work with him. And Bim's done collabs with The Alchemist *edited* (I think Moralite was initially considered a collab, no?)

he has skills and he has clout. his brewery opening, with no hyperbole, may be one of the most important things that will happen to the Toronto brewing scene. when you play Connect the Dots between who's financially backing him (apparently) and who he's friends with in the brewing world, you will see how many doors will be opening. we'll go from a city that gets excited about a 8/10 APA launched locally to actually having crazy farmhouse beer and crazy brewers visit and crazy collabs and crazy bottles at bars
Seriously, you could have made this post without the first sentence.

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S. St. Jeb wrote:
atomeyes wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is
seriously, you should have just stopped there.
Bim is considered one of the top brewers in Canada.
Shaun Hill from Hill Farmstead fame wanted Bim to come work with him. And Bim's done collabs with The Alchemist *edited* (I think Moralite was initially considered a collab, no?)

he has skills and he has clout. his brewery opening, with no hyperbole, may be one of the most important things that will happen to the Toronto brewing scene. when you play Connect the Dots between who's financially backing him (apparently) and who he's friends with in the brewing world, you will see how many doors will be opening. we'll go from a city that gets excited about a 8/10 APA launched locally to actually having crazy farmhouse beer and crazy brewers visit and crazy collabs and crazy bottles at bars
Seriously, you could have made this post without the first sentence.
just because you have editors breathing down your neck it doesn't mean i want the same :)

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atomeyes wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is
seriously, you should have just stopped there.
Bim is considered one of the top brewers in Canada.
Shaun Hill from Hill Farmstead fame wanted Bim to come work with him. And Bim's done collabs with The Alchemist *edited* (I think Moralite was initially considered a collab, no?)

he has skills and he has clout. his brewery opening, with no hyperbole, may be one of the most important things that will happen to the Toronto brewing scene. when you play Connect the Dots between who's financially backing him (apparently) and who he's friends with in the brewing world, you will see how many doors will be opening. we'll go from a city that gets excited about a 8/10 APA launched locally to actually having crazy farmhouse beer and crazy brewers visit and crazy collabs and crazy bottles at bars
You should be his press agent! Ha...ya, I know his background...just never had a chat with the guy.
I hope your vision of the future comes true, those are lofty expectations.

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I, for one, welcome our new brewing overlord...
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El Pinguino wrote:
atomeyes wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is
seriously, you should have just stopped there.
Bim is considered one of the top brewers in Canada.
Shaun Hill from Hill Farmstead fame wanted Bim to come work with him. And Bim's done collabs with The Alchemist *edited* (I think Moralite was initially considered a collab, no?)

he has skills and he has clout. his brewery opening, with no hyperbole, may be one of the most important things that will happen to the Toronto brewing scene. when you play Connect the Dots between who's financially backing him (apparently) and who he's friends with in the brewing world, you will see how many doors will be opening. we'll go from a city that gets excited about a 8/10 APA launched locally to actually having crazy farmhouse beer and crazy brewers visit and crazy collabs and crazy bottles at bars
You should be his press agent! Ha...ya, I know his background...just never had a chat with the guy.
I hope your vision of the future comes true, those are lofty expectations.

i've talked to the other Dieu du Ciel brewers more than i've talked to Bim, so my praise doesn't come from any personal relationship.
but yeah, give it 2 years and we'll see what happens. i really do believe it will bring toronto to the forefront of North American brewing

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El Pinguino wrote:
atomeyes wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:I don't know who Bim is
seriously, you should have just stopped there.
You should be his press agent! Ha...ya, I know his background...just never had a chat with the guy.
I got that from your post. I may have talked to him when they shared a sour ale with me, was he at the DDC brewpub 5 years ago?
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