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What're you drinking right now?
Took me four days to finish the Growler of Simcoe's Revenge, I thought it would be flat crap by now but it's still great!
Try a growler of beer at Summerhill, they seem to be OK. Maybe they will even expand to a second store!
Try a growler of beer at Summerhill, they seem to be OK. Maybe they will even expand to a second store!
In Beerum Veritas
St. Bernie Wit, extremely good if you can still find it on sale. I would turn the bottles over and swirl the yeast back in a few days before opening them. Nice and cloudy...
In Beerum Veritas
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At Rainhard Brewing:
Rainhard Kapow!* West Coast IPA (sample)
Rainhard Sweetback's Milk Stout (sample)
Rainhard Armed 'N Citra Pale Ale (sample)
Rainhard Hearts Collide Imperial Stout (sample)
At Lionhead Golf Club:
Great Lakes Canuck Pale Ale (can)
At The Craft Brasserie & Grille:
Folly Flemish Cap Saison (draft)
Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar (draft)
Indie Alehouse Instigator Pale Ale (draft)
Rainhard Kapow!* West Coast IPA (sample)
Rainhard Sweetback's Milk Stout (sample)
Rainhard Armed 'N Citra Pale Ale (sample)
Rainhard Hearts Collide Imperial Stout (sample)
At Lionhead Golf Club:
Great Lakes Canuck Pale Ale (can)
At The Craft Brasserie & Grille:
Folly Flemish Cap Saison (draft)
Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar (draft)
Indie Alehouse Instigator Pale Ale (draft)
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
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Over the long weekend at a friend's house, Dieu du Ciel!, Vices & Versa, Broue Pub Brouhaha, Hopfenstark Station Ho.st, Brutopia Brewpub, and Bier Markt Montreal:
Dieu du Ciel! Saison du Parc (bottle)
St-Ambroise Session IPA (can)
Pit-Caribou IPA Américaine (bottle)
Dieu du Ciel! Solstice d’Été aux Framboises (draft)
Dieu du Ciel! déCIBeL (cask)
Dieu du Ciel! Déesse Nocturne (draft)
2015 Hill Farmstead Dorothy (bottle)
Les Trois Mousquetaires IPA Expérimentale (sample)
Dieu du Ciel! Le Petit Détour (draft)
Hopfenstark Postcolonial IPA (draft)
Hopfenstark 7 Sisters / La Pléiade – Mérope (draft)
Hopfenstark Ostalgia Blonde (draft)
Hopfenstark Berlin Alexanderplatz (draft)
Brutopia India Pale Ale (draft)
Brutopia Chocolate Stout (sample)
Le Castor Yakima IPA (draft)
The Brutopia IPA was laughably bad, and the St-Ambroise Session was forgettable, but everything else ranged from good to outstanding. Main highlights were the Dorothy, Saison du Parc, Yakima IPA, déCIBeL, and Alexanderplatz (underrated IMO). Overall a great weekend of boozing in Montreal.
Dieu du Ciel! Saison du Parc (bottle)
St-Ambroise Session IPA (can)
Pit-Caribou IPA Américaine (bottle)
Dieu du Ciel! Solstice d’Été aux Framboises (draft)
Dieu du Ciel! déCIBeL (cask)
Dieu du Ciel! Déesse Nocturne (draft)
2015 Hill Farmstead Dorothy (bottle)
Les Trois Mousquetaires IPA Expérimentale (sample)
Dieu du Ciel! Le Petit Détour (draft)
Hopfenstark Postcolonial IPA (draft)
Hopfenstark 7 Sisters / La Pléiade – Mérope (draft)
Hopfenstark Ostalgia Blonde (draft)
Hopfenstark Berlin Alexanderplatz (draft)
Brutopia India Pale Ale (draft)
Brutopia Chocolate Stout (sample)
Le Castor Yakima IPA (draft)
The Brutopia IPA was laughably bad, and the St-Ambroise Session was forgettable, but everything else ranged from good to outstanding. Main highlights were the Dorothy, Saison du Parc, Yakima IPA, déCIBeL, and Alexanderplatz (underrated IMO). Overall a great weekend of boozing in Montreal.
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
Dude I could just retire and watch you drink!cratez wrote:Over the long weekend at a friend's house, Dieu du Ciel!, Vices & Versa, Broue Pub Brouhaha, Hopfenstark Station Ho.st, Brutopia Brewpub, and Bier Markt Montreal...
Sounds like an excellent time.
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Thanks man! It was indeed a fun time. Particularly enjoyed drinking with Fred at Hopfenstark; he's one hell of a host! Now laying off the beers for a few days.Belgian wrote:Dude I could just retire and watch you drink!cratez wrote:Over the long weekend at a friend's house, Dieu du Ciel!, Vices & Versa, Broue Pub Brouhaha, Hopfenstark Station Ho.st, Brutopia Brewpub, and Bier Markt Montreal...
Sounds like an excellent time.
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
cratez wrote:Thanks man! It was indeed a fun time. Particularly enjoyed drinking with Fred at Hopfenstark; he's one hell of a host! Now laying off the beers for a few days.Belgian wrote:Dude I could just retire and watch you drink!cratez wrote:Over the long weekend at a friend's house, Dieu du Ciel!, Vices & Versa, Broue Pub Brouhaha, Hopfenstark Station Ho.st, Brutopia Brewpub, and Bier Markt Montreal...
Sounds like an excellent time.
I can second that. The most fun I've ever had in Montreal was chatting with Fred at Ho.st.
Went to Mtl at the beginning of April. My experience as well at Hopfenstark. Great guy. We got there just before it opened, so had to wait a bit with some other customers. Had a chance to try mostly everything on tap as Fred kept pouring us samples of stuff we didn't get to order.cratez wrote:Thanks man! It was indeed a fun time. Particularly enjoyed drinking with Fred at Hopfenstark; he's one hell of a host! Now laying off the beers for a few days.Belgian wrote:Dude I could just retire and watch you drink!cratez wrote:Over the long weekend at a friend's house, Dieu du Ciel!, Vices & Versa, Broue Pub Brouhaha, Hopfenstark Station Ho.st, Brutopia Brewpub, and Bier Markt Montreal...
Sounds like an excellent time.
"There's always money in the banana stand."
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I was in St. Catharines today and stopped by Niagara College. They have 11 styles in cans (8 available today) in a Beer 101 series. Quite clever.
http://www.firstdraft.ca/content/Home/Products.aspx
I'm having their India Pale Ale tonight - it's really good.
They also had some other beers available in either cans or bottles. All in all, quite an extensive selection.
http://www.firstdraft.ca/content/Home/Products.aspx
I'm having their India Pale Ale tonight - it's really good.
They also had some other beers available in either cans or bottles. All in all, quite an extensive selection.
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At home:
Great Lakes Sunnyside Session IPA
Great Lakes & Bar Hop Hanlan’s Point
At C'est What? and beerbistro:
Nickel Brook Brett Pale Ale (draft)
Great Lakes My Bitter Wife IPA (cask)
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale (draft)
Collective Arts Ransack The Universe IPA (draft)
Great Lakes Sunnyside Session IPA
Great Lakes & Bar Hop Hanlan’s Point
At C'est What? and beerbistro:
Nickel Brook Brett Pale Ale (draft)
Great Lakes My Bitter Wife IPA (cask)
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale (draft)
Collective Arts Ransack The Universe IPA (draft)
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
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had some fun yesterday. bar hop peter st:
stone city single handed rakau
glb x bar hop insane frown posse
burdock key lime gose
blood brothers paradise lost
sawdust city spooky action
glb x bar hop hanlan's point
thirsty & miserable:
glb thrust!
dieu du ciel péché mortel nitro
stone city single handed rakau
glb x bar hop insane frown posse
burdock key lime gose
blood brothers paradise lost
sawdust city spooky action
glb x bar hop hanlan's point
thirsty & miserable:
glb thrust!
dieu du ciel péché mortel nitro
I'm at thirsty & miserable all the time, go there much?kevinlater wrote: thirsty & miserable:
glb thrust!
dieu du ciel péché mortel nitro
Just had a St. Bernardus Wit, if it's still on sale GRAB some guys it's drinking marvellous and far from turning sour (it's at the theoretical expiry date and I've only had one bad bottle two years past expiry.)
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not really, but if you were there after this past pedestrian sunday event and heard/saw people at the bar singing along to pop punk songs, i was one of them!Belgian wrote:I'm at thirsty & miserable all the time, go there much?kevinlater wrote: thirsty & miserable:
glb thrust!
dieu du ciel péché mortel nitro
had another fun day today. at wolf like me, burdock, northwood, and barvolo:
junction night train dark ale
burdock ipa v.5
burdock american session ale
glb my bitter wife
nickel brook farmhouse saison
granite keefe's irish stout
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So glad to hear that! I picked up a bunch of Bernardus mixed packs during the 2014 holiday season and am still sitting on a few of the Wits (it's not that I dislike them, I just didn't get around to drinking them all last summer and they really are best enjoyed this time of year).Belgian wrote:
Just had a St. Bernardus Wit, if it's still on sale GRAB some guys it's drinking marvellous and far from turning sour (it's at the theoretical expiry date and I've only had one bad bottle two years past expiry.)
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With some buddies a week ago prior to watching the Champions League final:
St. Feuillien Triple
La Trappe Tripel
Tripel Karmeliet
Goudale Spiritu Fornicationis Triple
Del Ducato Winterlude Tripel
Great to experiment with a variety of different takes on the style!
St. Feuillien Triple
La Trappe Tripel
Tripel Karmeliet
Goudale Spiritu Fornicationis Triple
Del Ducato Winterlude Tripel
Great to experiment with a variety of different takes on the style!