What Brew Will You Be Ringing In The New Year With?

Ceecee · Post by **Ceecee** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:45 am

Droogy wrote:i have a bottle of the '11... never got the '12. don't think it ever came to the lcbo this year... or am i

Not at the LCBO this year (it was the Vintage Ale's year). I picked my '12 RIS at Broue Ha Ha.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:41 pm

Will probably be at Volo and I think they are pouring the West 12 then

Publican · Post by **Publican** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:40 pm

Koningshoevan La Trappe Tripel. Will also have the Unibroue Terrible

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:10 pm

Debating between Alesmith Horny Devil and Old Numbskull

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:23 pm

JerCraigs wrote:Debating between Alesmith Horny Devil and Old Numbskull

im going with Speedway

Droogy · Post by **Droogy** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:29 pm

Managed to get some of the BA Stalin's Choice this morning at GLB so I'll save that for tonight....

J343MY · Post by **J343MY** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:54 pm

Droogy wrote:Managed to get some of the BA Stalin's Choice this morning at GLB so I'll save that for tonight....

I wonder if the bottles they released today are from the same batch they released in the summer. Let us know how it is drinking now. I had one bottle in the summer and felt it need a bit more time. I have one left that I have been debating about opening sometime soon.

Soods · Post by **Soods** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:19 pm

They said it was the 2011 batch, so maybe it's the same one you've got.

Torontoblue · Post by **Torontoblue** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:52 am

Ninkasi/21st Amendment 'Allies Win The War' to see in the New Year, and then Iron Horse Brewing's Mocha Death as the first beer of 2013.

MetalHead · Post by **MetalHead** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:22 pm

I had a bottle of DeuS (Brut Des Flandres). Seemed appropriate.

G.M. Gillman · Post by **G.M. Gillman** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:14 pm

We were in the Niagara area recently for some R&R, and I decided to try two beers when there. One was called Bicentennial Ale, this was at the excellent Angel pub in Niagara-on-the-Lake and is one of the house brands. I asked the server about it and she said just that it was brewed in Toronto. From the taste I couldn't hazard a guess who made it. It was very similar to a good English bitter (the straw-coloured type) except chilled and fizzy. Went very well with fish and chips.

The other beer was First Draft, the ale, not the lager. It's from the craft brewery connected to the Niagara Teaching College's brewing school, I understand it makes two bottled beers under this name, ale and lager, but left the lager for another time.

This was very decent with a strong pineapple estery quality and some good malt and hop, probably a good beer to acquaint mass market lager fans with something different but not turn them away at first sip. Nice bottle too with an attractive fired-on retro-style label.

Gary