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Over the last few days at Belga Cafe, Brasserie Beck, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Pizzeria Paradiso, and Monk's Café:
Ommegang Abbey Ale (bottle)
Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale (draft)
DC Brau The Corruption IPA (can)
Stillwater Cellar Door (bottle)
Ommegang Fleur De Houblon (draft)
Laughing Dog De Achste Hond - Peach (draft)
Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale (draft)
Monocacy Humulus Lupulus Rex (draft)
Russian River Blind Pig IPA (draft)
Monks Café Flemish Sour Red Ale (draft)
Russian River Pliny the Elder (draft)
Dogfish Head Ta Henket (draft)

The Blind Pig was drinking ridiculously bright and fresh and all that good stuff, but I'll mostly remember it as the first beer I had after getting engaged! :D
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Post by Craig »

I had a Chimay 150 last night, which was downright outstanding. Still very fresh, lively and fragrant. I'm super glad I picked up a few of them.
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Post by Grey »

At Loose Moose:
Boneshaker
Hops & Robbers

Right now at the bar at Bar Hop:
GLB Opa
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At City Tavern, Tria Washington Square, and Khyber Pass Pub in Philadelphia:
Yards Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist Ale (sample)
Yards Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce (sample)
Yards Thomas Jefferson's Tavern Ale (sample)
Vanderghinste Oud Bruin (bottle)
Sly Fox Oktoberfest Lager (draft)
Buxton Black Rocks (draft)
Freigeist Abraxxxas (draft)

Right now:
Sly Fox Pikeland Pilsner
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GLB Canuck---tasting the best ever IMO, super fresh Sept 11 date

St Bernie Wit---has taken a regular spot in my fridge, my go to meal accompaniament beverage---delish!
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Last night at Hungry Brew Hops

F&M Harvest Lager
F&M Harvest Ale
Stone Hammer Disco Dunkel (cask)
Stone Hammer Road to El Dorado APA (dry hopped Cask)
Stone Hammer Dark Ale (Cask)

Nice enough little feature, had a good time talking with their reps Lee and Neil. My favourite of the night was the El Dorado, but the Disco Dunkel was really well done as well.
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At Good Dog Bar, Tria Taproom, Eulogy Belgian Tavern, and Varga Bar:
Yards General Washington Tavern Porter Bourbon Barrel (draft)
AleSmith X Extra Pale Ale (draft)
Stillwater Autumnal (draft)
Samuel Adams Imperial Pilsner (draft)
The Duck-Rabbit Porter (bottle)
Allagash Hugh Malone (draft)
Victory Wild Devil Ale (draft)
Yards Cape of Good Hope (draft)

Right now:
Sierra Nevada Porter
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La Chouffe Houblon Chouffe. Nice big 750ml bottle - it is 'just' one of the general (?) listed products now, but it stands out IMO as one of the LCBO's most appealing belgie ale offerings.

Very nice!
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^Agree100%, totally outstanding, love it!
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last night sharing bottles -

trou du diable dulcis succubus
cantillon fou foune
mikeller beer geek breakfast stout
bruery smoking wood (rye)
brouwerij de molen rasputin buffalo trace BA
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Rounding out our D.C./Philly trip at Standard Tap:
Stoudts Oktoberfest (draft)
Victory D’town Draft Gose (sample)
Sly Fox O'Reilly's Stout (draft)

Then grabbed a case of goodies at The Foodery next door. Definitely one of the best beer stores I've come across in terms of selection, and I was very impressed with the number of singles available and the fact that nearly all of the beer is fresh and refrigerated.
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had one of the breakfast stouts from last years lcbo release.. still sooooo much coffee flavour going on
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last night: southern tier pumking (meh), st-ambroise oatmeal stout (always good)
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spinrsx wrote:had one of the breakfast stouts from last years lcbo release.. still sooooo much coffee flavour going on
Good to know, I've still got a four pack in the cellar and was starting to worry about it, due to some peoples comments
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spinrsx wrote:had one of the breakfast stouts from last years lcbo release.. still sooooo much coffee flavour going on
They go well mixed in pancakes. We tried that with Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast a few years ago. Tasty!
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