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JeffPorter
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PeenSteen wrote:
JeffPorter wrote:Cracked my JD Tempest and thinking of all you guys at volo right now! :wink:
tomorrow
Riiiight...well...now I feel dumb (and a little more intoxicated than originally planned)...so now what am I going to crack tomorrow for you guys?

I do have one more bottle of the stuff...
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sprague11
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Belgian wrote:Bellwoods Monogamy Nelson Sauvin - sexy, sessionable stuff.
Absolutely. I really like the monogamy series. this one is far too drinkable.
"A good light beer is one that doesn't taste like piss!" - Frank d'Angelo

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Post by phirleh »

Went to the early Amsterdam/Volo shindig:
-Decalogue (1) - Golden Ale 100% fermented with Brett
-Sleeping Giant
-Downtown Brown on cask
-Full City Tempest

Loved them all, the Brett one really stood out, the coffee Tempest was excellent, and I was glad to try the Sleeping Giant since I missed the bottle sale. Saw a few BTer's there, the patio was warm if you could triangulate your position between two heaters. Good times.
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Post by munrets »

Stopped in at The Ceili Cottage to try Beau's pumpkin gruit but it sold out yesterday, so settled on the Durham ESB on cask.

Back home: Bellwoods Roman Candle. Very nice. Had a super fresh Witchshark last night and there was something missing - a little too hot.

Now onto Hennepin and trying to find the new My Blood Valentine SOMEWHERE online. The new Frightened Rabbit is tiding me over while I search...

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Post by Soods »

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. 3 years of it. Winter 2010-11, Winter 2011-12 and Winter 2012-13.

Ranked them as follows:
1) 2010-11
2) 2012-13
3) 2011-12

Not sure what happened with the 2011-12 other than it was the one I didn't get from the LCBO. The older vintage had smoothed out the rougher edges around the fresh ones.

Still all in all, it was very drinkable in each year.

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Belgian
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Post by Belgian »

munrets wrote:Stopped in at The Ceili Cottage to try Beau's pumpkin gruit but it sold out...
The Only Cafe has Beau's Gruit today.

There I had Beau's There Gose The Dynamite & Burnt Rock Smoked Porter. The Gose was more like a tasty lemony witbier with some salt, and the porter while smooth & delicious.

Sunday -- $5.00 pints w/ tax in.
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Post by zombi69 »

Though I'm not a huge fan of malt barley ales, this Salt Springs Winter Ale is certainly very delicious! Has anyone tried any of their other brews? Thoughts?

velovampire
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Post by velovampire »

munrets wrote:trying to find the new My Blood Valentine SOMEWHERE online.
I'm sure you've found it by now, but in case you haven't (and you mean legally), it's here: http://www.mybloodyvalentine.org/Catalogue.aspx

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zombi69 wrote:malt barley ales
:-? :-? :-?

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Post by matt7215 »

J343MY's coffee vanilla porter

some Bellwoods I aquired today on deck

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Post by Belgian »

Beau's Walloon Dragon Black IPA
Beau's Oiseaux de Nuit pumpkin Gruit

Now Bellwoods Witchshark - bottled four days ago, holding up OK.
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Post by liamt07 »

Belgian wrote:Now Bellwoods Witchshark - bottled four days ago, holding up OK.
You've waited far too long to consume that, surely it's fallen off by now.

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Post by nickelass »

Bellwoods Saison
Girardin Gueuze
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Post by Belgian »

liamt07 wrote:
Belgian wrote:Now Bellwoods Witchshark - bottled four days ago, holding up OK.
You've waited far too long to consume that, surely it's fallen off by now.
It's almost a barley wine at this point, the hops are long vanished into a thin seam of residual bitterness and the malts have rounded into a cake-like breadiness that is nicely set against the warming alcohol.

^ I should get paid to bullshit that good.
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Post by groulxsome »

Just getting around to popping my growler of Shackland's Pale Ale. Now I wish I had more than one growler of it, I don't know how I'm going to resist just drinking it all...

I know at least one person on here knows what hop/hop combo is providing that amazing aroma, anyone know what it is?

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