Bar Towel Announcement!

The_Jester · Post by **The_Jester** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:50 pm

Excellent news. Congratulations!

I've long wanted to try Garrison's Imperial Pale Ale!

And their Black Lager. Hint hint.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:55 pm

Congratulations!

Order submitted.

I'd love to try the black lager...

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:36 pm

The_Jester wrote:Excellent news. Congratulations!

I've long wanted to try Garrison's Imperial Pale Ale!

And their Black Lager. Hint hint.

I'm not sure the black lager is in production anymore. Wasn't the baltic porter its replacement?

Pub Style · Post by **Pub Style** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:52 pm

I'm not sure the black lager is in production anymore. Wasn't the baltic porter its replacement?

You got it. The Grand Balitc Porter was released this winter in place of the Black Lager. I still have two bottles from last years batch cellaring. I cracked one open this year and it was just as nice.

The Grand Baltic Porter actually won a gold medal with a 94/100 score at the World Beer Championships back in February.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:02 pm

I see Garrison is now a banner sponsor.

Sounds like a great brewer. Will check it out Cass.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:04 pm

Derek wrote:Congratulations!

Order submitted.

I'd love to try the black lager...

Once you go black..................

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:22 pm

Cass,

The order form states that the IPA will be cases of 12x500ml. Are Garrison changing the bottle size as the product is listed on both the NS and NB liquor store sites as being available in a 650ml bomber.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:16 am

Excellent news! Congrats, Cass.

Pub Style · Post by **Pub Style** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:15 am

The order form states that the IPA will be cases of 12x500ml. Are Garrison changing the bottle size as the product is listed on both the NS and NB liquor store sites as being available in a 650ml bomber

Jon, Garrison just switched to 500ml bottles for all their seasonals and for their IMPA.

Bobbyok · Post by **Bobbyok** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:20 am

Pub Style wrote:
The order form states that the IPA will be cases of 12x500ml. Are Garrison changing the bottle size as the product is listed on both the NS and NB liquor store sites as being available in a 650ml bomber
Jon, Garrison just switched to 500ml bottles for all their seasonals and for their IMPA.

And by JUST, he means JUST. This is the first I've heard of it from here in Halifax. They've been doing the seasonals in the 500 ml, but the ImPA is a new thing.

Bobbyok · Post by **Bobbyok** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:22 am

This is one of the coolest things I've heard of in a long time as a move towards changing the bureaucracy (or at least finding out more about how it works). Well done Cass and everyone else involved.

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:02 am

This is really cool Cass, congratulations. First step to global beer domination by Bar Towelites. I think everyone here has always wanted to get into the industry in one way or another, way to actually do it!

$ · Post by $ » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:45 am

Any chance you can give us an overview of your experience in doing this? It would be interesting to hear about dealing with the AGCO and with a brewer.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:52 am

Thanks guys for the kind words. I'm definitely excited about this, and glad to see the enthusiastic response.

To answer some of the questions:

- It is Imperial Pale Ale, not IIPA, that was my mistake in the original post and fixed. As Troy mentioned, it will be in a 500ml bottle.

- Anyone in the GTA will need to pick up their order at the private ordering HQ which is at Yonge / Queen's Quay. Outside of the GTA the LCBO will ship to your local store. Strange but this obviously benefits people outside of Toronto.

- Transparency is important to me with this one, its fundamental to the whole venture. The banners are unpaid and I created them using Garrison's graphics. They're to help fill the private order, especially after the news slips down the discussion page.

- I will be documenting my experiences on Free Our Beer (www.freeourbeer.org). I'll try to write the first one shortly about what it took to get to this point. I'll let everyone in the forum know when there are new posts to read.

Anything else, just shout.

shintriad · Post by **shintriad** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:24 pm

This is great. I fully support this venture. Hoping to split a case of Garrison with some friends!

Next up: Bar Towel Brewery? I'd totally get behind that.