The Bar Towel

Last night:

Cascade Sang Noir
New Glarus Black Top

Drinking a Boneshaker bottled August 1 all in the name of IPA day

Split the De Molen Bommen & Granaten with the better half last night. Really sweet, really fruity. I don't buy the claim of 15.2%. A nice dessert.

Currently having a Mikkeller Coffee IPA and I'm shocked at how fresh tasting it is. If it wasn't for the price I'd grab some more on Saturday. Coffee is pretty light but definitely adds something. Smashbomb and GD Rumble to follow for this arbitrary day.

Last night
60min, Hop Devil, and Resin

So far to this evening
Stone Ruination
Lakefront IPA
Will crack into a Resin or 90 min IPA next.

Today at Fat Head's Saloon in Pittsburgh, PA:

East End Big Hop Harvest Ale (cask)
Yards General Washington Tavern Porter (draught)
Fat Head's Head Hunter IPA (draught)
The Duck-Rabbit Brown Ale (draught)

Then at Piper's Pub:

Tröegs Sunshine Pils (draught)
Yards Extra Special Ale (draught)
Tröegs The Mad Elf Holiday Ale (draught)

Pretty hammed now...I'm off to bed!

Last night:

Hill Farmstead Jimmy (unreal!)
Mikkeller Geek Brunch Weasel - Calvados
Westbrook IPA

Last night at Only, Nickel Brook Green Light Berliner Weisse - I have no idea if they add Woodruff syrup AKA the "grun" serving style in Berlin but I doubt it - this tastes like a pure, sour and un-sweetened Berliner (or 'Amber Light' style if no woodruff "Green" or raspberry 'Red Light" flavoring is added.)

It needs to warm up to get some sour-fruit flavor balance but it's a real nice sipper.

I like Nickel Brook Le Paysan Saison a lot too -- it seems like a good dry Saison sells out fast and bars can barely keep it on tap anywhere in Toronto.

where abouts on the bottle is the bottling date? I didn't see one on my bottles

PeenSteen wrote:Drinking a Boneshaker bottled August 1 all in the name of IPA day

Sweet Potato - Castros, white it's there!

Alley Kat Indigo Dragon DIPA - Almost, almost as good as Red Dragon, the best of this series.

Green Flash West Coast IPA - great to see this fantastic IPA in Alberta, and it's pretty fresh; bottled May 21st 2012

De Ranke Noir De Dottignies - I just don't get the love/hype for De Ranke. I keep buying them to try, but they are just mediocre, IMO.

Common Brewers Baltic Porter - A fantastic baltic porter....in a can.

spinrsx wrote:where abouts on the bottle is the bottling date? I didn't see one on my bottles

PeenSteen wrote:Drinking a Boneshaker bottled August 1 all in the name of IPA day

its small and on the upper part of the neck of the bottle

Yesterday at Kaya, Smokin' Joes, The Library, and OTB Bicycle Cafe:

Victory Bavarian Spalt Select IPA (draught)
Sly Fox Royal Weisse (draught)
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA (draught)
Smuttynose Wheat Wine (draught)
Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s India Pale Ale (draught)
Victory Braumeister Pils (draught)
Tröegs Troegenator Double Bock (bottle)
East End Pedal Pale Ale (draught)
Mission Shipwrecked Double IPA (draught)

And a shit load of water in between!

On a beer oddesey today. First Nickel Brook Brewery, then Great Lakes, then Amsterdam, then to finish up at Volo. All on public transport. My backpack is very heavy and I am super sweaty, but I'm enjoying the following at Volo...

Hopfenstark Saison Station 55
Beaus x Trou du Diable Fous Allies
House Ales Animal Farm The Sheep

boney wrote:On a beer oddesey today. First Nickel Brook Brewery, then Great Lakes, then Amsterdam, then to finish up at Volo. All on public transport. My backpack is very heavy and I am super sweaty, but I'm enjoying the following at Volo...

Hopfenstark Saison Station 55
Beaus x Trou du Diable Fous Allies
House Ales Animal Farm The Sheep

Do they got the growler station going at Nickelbrook?

Last night I had one of Matt7215's pomegranete lambics (I think that's what it was, magnificent as usual), right now, enjoying an oak aged mead.

phirleh wrote:Do they got the growler station going at Nickelbrook?

Not that I saw. First time to the brewery, so I may not have known where to look. I meant to ask at the counter, but I got side tracked drinkign samples and it slipped my mind. .