The Bar Towel

Round 2 at Milos':
Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb IPA (draft)
Great Lakes Harry Porter (draft)
Indie Alehouse Rye So Sour (sample)
Nickel Brook Headstock IPA (draft)
Wellington Chocolate Milk Stout (draft)
Alvinne Phi Blond Sour Ale (sample)

spinrsx wrote: Lost abbey at an ontario bar?

A share among friends

Last night at Bar Hop:
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale x 2 (draft)

Drinking bright and fresh with a massive piney, resinous, and grapefruity hop character and a bold, tongue-scraping bitterness that's barely balanced by some dark fruit, caramel, and lightly jammy flavours. Definitely nothing comparable to this locally, though Jump The Shark was a decent take on an ASA. Very happy to see this available in Ontario.

rodenbach 2012 vintage right now. so good

recently:
creemore springs premium lager
creemore springs traditional pilsner
fresh nickel brook headstock
new holland the poet
old tomorrow canadian pale ale

At Barhop last night
Stone arrogant bastard
Karma citra
Robohop

Bam hoppy night to me!

@ bar hop:

stone ipa
glb x bar hop hanlan's point
glb robohop
indie ale house red tape

Bellwoods bounty hunter and Hellwoods

Over the weekend at Beertown London and The Morrissey House:
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale (draft)
Cheshire Valley Mildly Amusing (draft)
Southern Tier IPA (bottle)

And some gatherings in London:
GLB Canuck Pale Ale
Petrus Aged Pale
GLB Karma Citra IPA
GLB Long Dong Pilsener
GLB RoboHop Imperial IPA
Amsterdam Cruiser All Day Pale Ale

In Sarasota, FLA

Over the weekend, on draught, at The Tavern on Main and The Shamrock:
Fat Head's Headhunter IPA
Bell's Hopslam IIPA
Lagunitas Sucks IIPA
Lagunitas IPA
Ballast Point Dorado IIPA

Daily from the can ( and it's very fresh )
Cigar City Jai Alai IPA and Invasion APA

At beerbistro:

Stone Arrogant Bastard with the Seared Cod (turns out to be a $30 appetizer more than an actual so-called plate, unfortunately...)

Stillwater Saison with Pulled Pork Primanti sandwich (heck of a nice $15 meal and fantastic beer I would not want to miss.)

Karma Citra drinking extremely well. ^ Out of Stone IPA this time. People are drinking that stuff like crazy it seems.

hopdevil wrote:Cigar City Jai Alai IPA

Drinking my last can. Canned on Dec 31, but still tasty as ever.

past 7 days:
Goose Island IPA (on tap)
Sawdust City Skinny Dipping Stout (on tap)
Great Lakes/Bar Hop Hanlan’s Point (on tap at Bar Hop... I wish this was available in cans all year round)
Railway City Black Coal Stout
Bellwoods Skeleton Key (probably the best imperial stout I've ever had, my last bottle, I should have bought more)
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Wellington Imperial Russian Stout

A quick 'safety meeting' at work last night, and tried my fellow cork dorks on the following beers:

Hofstettner Grantbock 2011

Harviestoun Orach Slie

Deschutes The Dissident 2014

2 of our suppliers supply the barrels for both the Harviestoun & Deschutes beer, so that was a nice little link to get the cork dorks to try beers they normally wouldn't entertain.

The Granitbock was the overall 'best' by the wine crowd, with The Dissident splitting them 50/50.

Bottle of Bellwoods Gotham. Very nice...

Stone IPA (at Against The Grain), first rate, and then bought Centurion from Highlander Brew Co. from the Beer Store adjacent. Very good, with a marked European lager note accented with spruce tips harvested near the brewery. Very fresh and worth buying 6.

Gary

@cest what last night
karma Citra--freshly tapped...unbelievably great IPA, fresh IPAs with Citra are right in my wheelhouse
left field Eephus--decent enough
grand river--curmudgeon --really disappointing--no hops all malt
bell city's Lenoir Belgian IPA --meh...