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^ re: Robohop, Bitter Wife, Pompous Ass...

Not the most devoted fan of GLB, but Naughty Neighbor on cask @ The Only Cafe was killer.
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Cask Neustadt Double Fuggled, pretty damn good.
St Bernardus Wit / sour like lemons?? / bottle expiry 07-2012, sent 'er back.

Saison Dupont, absolutely perfect beer with peppery phenolics & the first bottle outta my case of 12.

Next - Burger Week $5.00 Special at Burger Shoppe, on the way to the AGO. This is the best beef patty in town and a way better deal than BQM.
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Have you done the Allens thing yet?
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Pinot Noir Aged Audrey Hopburn. Awesome. Darker in colour and a little more subdued with the hops, but probably the most balanced and quaffable barrel aged beer I've had in a long time.
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At a Dieu du Ciel!

Dieu du Ciel Mild-End cask
Cantillon Gueuze draught
Cantillon Kriek draught
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Over the last few days...

8 Wired Saison Sauvin
Les Trois Mousquetaires Sticke Alt
Beau's Festive Ale Plus Sticke Alt
GLB Belgian Dark Strong
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boney wrote:At a Dieu du Ciel!

Dieu du Ciel Mild-End cask
Cantillon Gueuze draught
Cantillon Kriek draught
Wow!!!!!

Hop-it and Jacobins Rouge @ home
Cameron's RPA on tap @ Rhino
Bourbonaide @ Grand Electric
Cantillon 100% Bio Kriek and Goose Island Sofie @ home

I love being on vacation!
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Last night at home:
Wolaver's India Pale Ale - recommended to me by the beer guy at City Market Co-op, but it's quite "meh" even for a N. American take on an English IPA.
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Just polished off an Armand & Tony with my wife....very nice! Haven't had the 'regular' 3F gueuze in a while but will be nice to compare (also with the Golden Blend).
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boney wrote:The old story that Quebec brewers can't do IPA's is dying and the IPA I had tonight is proof of that.
Backtracking a bit here, but agreed. Drank the Benelux Catapulte earlier and it was great. Also had my other favourite Quebec IPA, Dunham Leo's Early Breakfast, as well as TDD MacTavish and Trois Mousquetaires Gose. Great night of Quebec beers.
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3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Armand & Tommy) - awesome funky lambic oozing with damp wood, lemon juice, green apple, wet hay, mint, leather, light phenols, and a bright acidic sourness. Well worth the money IMO.
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Just got back from a great trip to Montreal, including 2 days at Mondial.

Highlights for me were definitely the Quebec brewers and the Italian brewers. Most notably, both seem to have really adept hands at barrel aging and sour styles. There were no less than 11 different sours or Berlinerweiss that I found and drank. There may have been more that I didn't find due to language barriers, but I did my best to hit everything sour that I could.

Dissapointments included American hoppy beers and the Brazilian beers. I was expecting more on both accounts and was left a little cold. Nothing truely bad, but could be done better.

Overall, an excellent experience. I will be back.

Here's what I drank at the fest on Wed-Thur.....

Belle Gueule Anniversarie 2013
Hopfenstark 7 Sisters Alclone
Hopfenstark Loulou Porter
Hopfenstark Berlin AlexanderPlatz
Hopfenstark Berlin AlexanderPlatz Epilogue
Hopfenstark Post Colonial IPA-on cask
Dieu du Ciel! Solstice d"Ete
Benelux Anniversarie 2013
Belelux Sabotage
Cervejaria Bodebrown Hop Weiss
Cervejaria Wals Saison Caipria
Way Beer Double APA
Allagash Curieux
Elysian Mortis
Gigantic IPA
Maui Big Swell IPA
New Holand Incorrigible
Smuttynose Noonan Black IPA
Stone Sublimely Self Rightous
Stone Arrogant Bastard
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Birra Baladin Xyauya Barrel
Birra del Borgo Equilbrista
Birra del Bordo Anfora
Birrifico Grado Plato Joyeux Anniversarie
Corce di Malto Vecchia Romlin
Corce di Malto Piedi Neri Brune
Du Lac Saint-Jean Tant Trichotante Chardonnay
Le Cheval Blanc Sour Mash Brett/Cerise
Le Saint-Bock Calice....on Randal with Amarillo and Simcoe hops
Le Saint-Bock Apocalypse
Dogfish Head Singel Barrel Peche Myces
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Chainbreaker White IPA by Deschutes

Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues

Bow Bugger Pale Ale by Beer Revolution

IPA by Hopworks Urban Brewery

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Black Butte XXIII by Deschutes
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In Victoria for a week, first night began with:

Ninkasi Spring Reign (nice hopped pale ale, earthy and spring like)
Townsite Brewing Said the Ale (clean, complex malts, hoppy Belgian ale)
Parallel 49 Hopnotist (hop bomb, IIPA, all Mosaic)
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Post by Craig »

I had a good night last night.

Barhop:
Indie alehouse Sweep the Leg wheat wine
Beaus Walloon Dragon BIPA

(break for dinner)

Monk's Table:
Grimbergen Dubbel

Volo:
Great Lakes Old Man Johnson IPA
Shacklands Farmhouse Saison (Shackland is a Junction brand or rebranding or something. Anyone know what the deal is there?)
2008 Rogue Imperial Porter
2008 Stone Old Guardian barley wine


The 2008 Rogue Imperial Porter was only 15 bucks for a 750 mL bottle. It actually worked out cheaper than getting most of the stuff they had on tap.
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