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Kish84
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Post by Kish84 »

It's mine and John's (JB84) birthday weekend, which could last till Wednesday if we make it, so far:

Friday:
Alesmith XPA
Stone 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA
De Molen Kopi Loewak Coffee Stout
FiftyFifty 2010 Imperial Eclipse Stout (Hiram Walker / Christian Bros)
Dieu du Ciel 6e Soir
Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin

Saturday:
McLean's Pale Ale (cask @ the Wooly)
Wellington County Dark Ale (cask @ the Wooly)
BarTowel 10th Anniversary Belgo-Casscadian
couple Central City Red Racer IPA's throughout the night
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous
Southern Tier Iniquity
Mikkeller Drink’in the Sun 11
Tröegs Perpetual IPA
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Marzen (on tap)

Not sure what's on deck for tonight yet.

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cratez
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Post by cratez »

Yesterday at Brewery Vivant:

Brewery Vivant Triomphe Belgian IPA (draught)
Brewery Vivant Farm Hand Ale (draught)
Brewery Vivant Big Red Coq Hoppy Belgian Ale (draught)
Brewery Vivant Heavy Handed Double Chocolate Stout (draught)

Then at the 9th Annual Founders Harvest Party:

Founders Harvest Ale (draught)
Founders Berserker 37 (draught)
Founders Honey Harvest (draught)
Founders Breakfast Stout (bottle)
Founders Pale Ale (draught)

Had an awesome time with nicktbm and our significant others. The Harvest Party was absolutely wild and it's obvious that craft beer has deeply permeated the local culture here. Today we're going to the Bagel Beanery for lunch (thanks for the reco, grub!), International Beverage for some bottles, Graydon's Crossing for dinner, then back home to Canada!
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SteelbackGuy
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Post by SteelbackGuy »

Kish84 wrote:It's mine and John's (JB84) birthday weekend, which could last till Wednesday if we make it, so far:

Friday:
Alesmith XPA
Stone 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA
De Molen Kopi Loewak Coffee Stout
FiftyFifty 2010 Imperial Eclipse Stout (Hiram Walker / Christian Bros)
Dieu du Ciel 6e Soir
Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin

Saturday:
McLean's Pale Ale (cask @ the Wooly)
Wellington County Dark Ale (cask @ the Wooly)
BarTowel 10th Anniversary Belgo-Casscadian
couple Central City Red Racer IPA's throughout the night
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous
Southern Tier Iniquity
Mikkeller Drink’in the Sun 11
Tröegs Perpetual IPA
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Marzen (on tap)

Not sure what's on deck for tonight yet.

You guys are crazy.
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Post by SteelbackGuy »

cratez wrote:Yesterday at Brewery Vivant:

Brewery Vivant Triomphe Belgian IPA (draught)
Brewery Vivant Farm Hand Ale (draught)
Brewery Vivant Big Red Coq Hoppy Belgian Ale (draught)
Brewery Vivant Heavy Handed Double Chocolate Stout (draught)

Then at the 7th Annual Founders Harvest Party:

Founders Harvest Ale (draught)
Founders Berserker 37 (draught)
Founders Honey Harvest (draught)
Founders Breakfast Stout (draught)
Founders Pale Ale (draught)

Had an awesome time with nicktbm and our significant others. The Harvest Party was absolutely wild and it's obvious that craft beer has deeply permeated the local culture here. Today we're going to the Bagel Beanery for lunch (thanks for the reco, grub!), International Beverage for some bottles, Graydon's Crossing for dinner, then back home to Canada!

Nice.


Safe trip back to Can-Duh!
If you`re reading this, there`s a 15% chance you`ve got a significant drinking problem. Get it fixed, get recovered!

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Post by SteelbackGuy »

Starting things up with Creemore Urbock.

Gonna switch it up to the Keller after that and then it is Red Racer for the rest of the night.
If you`re reading this, there`s a 15% chance you`ve got a significant drinking problem. Get it fixed, get recovered!

viggo
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Location: Toronto, ON

Post by viggo »

Getting tanked on caesars
Fuckin' magnets... How do they work?

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Post by phat matt »

Had a few cans of yeungling black and tan. Now I am on to a bear republic black bear stout. Very nice beer. Love the americans hops with the roast of the malts.

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andrewrg
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Post by andrewrg »

Red Racer.

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Cale
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Post by Cale »

an off bottle of Mad Tom
Fuller's 1845
Welly RIS

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Post by Belgian »

Rhino:
Asparagus Head Hawaiian Style Pale Ale
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years

Only:
Great Lakes French Ginger Saison
Amsterdam Wee Heavy
In Beerum Veritas

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Post by icemachine »

A stiff pour of Cragganmore to the memory of Dan Wheldon, one of the best pilots Indycar has seen. RIP Dan.
"Everything ... is happening" - Bob Cole

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icemachine wrote:A stiff pour of Cragganmore to the memory of Dan Wheldon, one of the best pilots Indycar has seen. RIP Dan.
But he got some fuckin' pussy I'll bet ya. Cheers.
In Beerum Veritas

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cratez
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Post by cratez »

Today at Graydon's Crossing:

Arcadia Whitsun Wheat Ale (cask)
North Peak Diabolical IPA (bottle)
SteelbackGuy wrote: Nice. Safe trip back to Can-Duh!
Back safe and sound. How's the UrBock this year? Is it worth grabbing?

iguenard
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Post by iguenard »

My last Garisson Winter Warmer
My last Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball

I need to head down to New York State soon!

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Kish84
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Location: Kitchener

Post by Kish84 »

Continuing the Bday weekend with JB84 and friends:

a bunch of Red Racer throughout the day

Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
Lindemans Faro
Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
(those were for the ratebeer "all styles" award, or whatever the f$@% its called, however, we still need a malt liquor, which would have been completed today if the lcbo didn't close at 5)
(A little help if possible, what is more drinkable, OE or Colt 45, is there a better option?? )

AleSmith YuleSmith Imperial Red Ale
AleSmith Old Numbskull
AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

In the "Please don't be upset, we didn't use it all up" category.
We did a 2:1 AleSmith Speedway Stout - ST Pumking Blend...GLORIOUS!!
And then we finished the rest of the Speedway and Pumking. Pumpkin Stouts should be more common.

We also finished a bottle of Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix throughout the night (highly recommended if you like scotch, surprisingly the same price here as in Buffalo. A big thanks to Greg for the great review of it a few months back)

A bunch of black sambuca shots....probably not the best of ideas, especially the ones we lit on fire...

We continue tomorrow as that's the actual party. Anyone that wants to join is welcome, just message me, it'll be in Kitchener.

On a side note, one of the best parts of today was enjoying the beers with friends who don't usually drink craft beer. John and I have done this on occasion, but not so far as to have offered up something like AleSmith. The beer was very well recieved, but unfortunately, there's absolutely nothing in Ontario that could compare to what was had that I could recommend .

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