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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.
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
recently:
creemore springs premium lager
creemore springs traditional pilsner
fresh nickel brook headstock
new holland the poet
old tomorrow canadian pale ale
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
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
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
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.
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.
@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...
Everytime I learn something new I forget something old...like that time I learned to make wine and then forgot how to drive...
