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Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

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Well, my experience at Regal (full name, Regal Beagle) was just fine. Beer was excellent, good burger, and no complaints with the service. They had Tankhouse and Organic Lager and one other craft beer, enough to whet my interest.

Sometimes I like to visit pubs that aren't resolutely beer focused. Another I enjoy occasionally is Paully's, on Yonge, for its Wednesday quiz night.

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Post by TheSevenDuffs »

Ballast Point Victory at Sea.

Very good but falling a little short of the hype IMO.

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Post by cannondale »

homebrew Abbey Single (draught)
warming on the counter...Unibroue 17
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Post by markaberrant »

Hopworks (HUB) Organic IPA - pretty solid west coast IPA, has held up reasonably well, these guys are one of my favourite new-to-me breweries, everything I have tried from them has been very good.

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Post by boney »

markaberrant wrote:Hopworks (HUB) Organic IPA - pretty solid west coast IPA, has held up reasonably well, these guys are one of my favourite new-to-me breweries, everything I have tried from them has been very good.
Definitely agree. I quite like their Black IPA and Rise Up Red.

I don't know about Sask, but Alberta started getting Fish Brewing Reel Ales series beers about the same time as the HUB stuff and all are equally as pleasant. Nice to be getting some nice US brews up in Western Canada as of late.

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Post by markaberrant »

boney wrote: Definitely agree. I quite like their Black IPA and Rise Up Red.

I don't know about Sask, but Alberta started getting Fish Brewing Reel Ales series beers about the same time as the HUB stuff and all are equally as pleasant. Nice to be getting some nice US brews up in Western Canada as of late.
Yeah, we have the Fish beers here now. We also had them 3-4 years ago when they first came to Alberta. Other than a few of there basic organic ales, they had been mostly absent from the CAN market the last few years. Good to see them back, though I do miss the Poseidon Imperial Stout and Old Woody strong ale.

The HUB coffee stout and DIPA (Ace of Spades) are also top notch. Pretty good price point on the HUB beers too, especially considering their quality.

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Last night over some boardgames:

Red Racer IPA
Amsterdam Wee Heavy
Dominus Vobiscum Triple
Amsterdam Boneshaker

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Post by cratez »

Last night at APK Live and Gambrinus Bistro & Cafe:

Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb Atomic IPA (draught)
Lindemans Gueuze Cuvée René (bottle)
Grand River Plowman's Ale (draught)
Dieu du Ciel! Chaman (bottle)
Hacker Pschorr Anno 1417 Kellerbier (draught)
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Porter Baltique

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Blonde de Chambly

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17.

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Who fucking cares.

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Post by Derek »

Old Viscosity. What a phenomenal brew. I think it's more of an old ale than an Imperial Stout... reminds me of Grand Rivers Russian Gun... but bigger.

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Post by Wray77 »

Hoppy homebrew at a wedding just outside of Portland Oregon. I should have got the recipe.

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