Mike Duggan's New Brewery

[Garthicus]

I've had nothing but superb visits here, food A1, Beer A1, Service A2. I nearly threw a pint over my face by accident when I expected the weight of a pint and it wasn't one. However, it's not a problem, they certainly don't advertise 'pints'.... don't get me wrong, I'd rather pay a little extra and get an actual pint. I'm a pint man damn it.

[Bobsy]

Went by last night with half a dozen friends, and the Czech pils and weisse proved to be a big hit with them. #6 ESB has been tapped and is temporarily replacing the German pils. ESB isn't a style I like all that much, but I think this one is fairly well done. I followed it up with a porter and the weisse, which seemed to have a bit more banana in it than previous visits. A typical glass costs around $4.78, and a half is $2 something.

As midlife said, still no growlers.

[Belgian]

I nearly threw a pint over my face by accident when I expected the weight of a pint and it wasn't one.

LOL Very funny visual. "Man sues brewpub over facial injury"

But I love this place - so many styles, mostly great IMO. Very competetive, and I'm wondering what will happen to Three Brewers if their customers start coming here instead? 5-dollar servings, and far superior beer...

[GregClow]

I'm wondering what will happen to Three Brewers if their customers start coming here instead? 5-dollar servings, and far superior beer...

I don't think 3 Brewers has much to worry about. Their target market is tourists, not beer geeks. You don't open a place that size in that area and expect beer nerds to be all that supports you.

[Belgian]

I'm wondering what will happen to Three Brewers if their customers start coming here instead? 5-dollar servings, and far superior beer...

I don't think 3 Brewers has much to worry about. Their target market is tourists, not beer geeks. You don't open a place that size in that area and expect beer nerds to be all that supports you.

For sure, 3B know their business & it's a great location for tourism.

I'm just thinking there will be some spill-over effect if Tourists are faced with a waiting line. I see a lot of non-beer nerds at Duggan's - a very mixed set.

[midlife crisis]

I went for the first time since the arrival of the new glassware, and brought a group of friends who are enthusiastic beer drinkers but not necessarily craft beer lovers. The first thing one of the guys asked upon receiving his beer was "that's not a pint, is it?"

The whole thing is faintly ridiculous and I don't see why a place with such positive goodwill in the beer community would engage in a silly attempt to deceive its customers with these puny glasses. The description on the menu of the beer sizes is "Full" and "Half". Full and half what? If there is no intention to deceive (i.e. if full and half *pint* is not being inferred), then the menu should say something like: "Full (16 oz)" and "Half (8 oz.)".

Also, the short pours were quite extreme in a couple of cases and seemed to be magnified by the smaller glasses.

I don't mean to be entirely negative about a place that is obviously a great new addition for Toronto beer drinkers, and I'll keep patronizing it, but I do find the glass situation objectionable.

[Derek]

I was there on wednesday & their refridgeration was down, so they were only serving a few brews. The porter & hefe were quite good.

I loved the curry fries... the pulled pork wasn't my thing. The sauce was way too watery, yet the thick pieces of pork were dry!

[jcc]

I loved the curry fries... the pulled pork wasn't my thing. The sauce was way too watery, yet the thick pieces of pork were dry!

I haven't had the pulled pork since before Christmas, but quite enjoyed it as it didn't seem to be pretending to be pulled pork in the traditional sense. I don't recall it being dry, but definitely was next to no smoke flavour. Since it was so different than what I associate as pulled pork I quite enjoyed it.

Generally I am not impressed with what passes as pulled pork in Toronto. Usually the meat is either dry, over sauced, smoke free or some combination of all three. However, I do BBQ a lot at home, so this probably skews my view a bit.

[Belgian]

It frustrates the bartenders... glass pours settle short because of the extreme foaming. They are just trying to cope.

Hopefully they will get this sorted out, because the beers are great.

[JesseMcG]

I loved the curry fries... the pulled pork wasn't my thing. The sauce was way too watery, yet the thick pieces of pork were dry!

I haven't had the pulled pork since before Christmas, but quite enjoyed it as it didn't seem to be pretending to be pulled pork in the traditional sense. I don't recall it being dry, but definitely was next to no smoke flavour. Since it was so different than what I associate as pulled pork I quite enjoyed it.

Generally I am not impressed with what passes as pulled pork in Toronto. Usually the meat is either dry, over sauced, smoke free or some combination of all three. However, I do BBQ a lot at home, so this probably skews my view a bit.

I'm no pulled pork expert, but I'd strongly recommend trying it at House on Parliament. My fiance had it recently and I thought it was awesome. The food there is always awesome, and really well priced. Breakfast is killer.

HOP is really small and is definitely a spot for the locals in Cabbagetown, so it gets and stays really busy... the craft beer lineup is really limited but they always have something from Wellington on tap, and they most often have one of Great Lakes special offerings as the guest tap... it's the Winter Ale at the moment. Otherwise they have Stella, Bass, Guinness, Red Leaf, etc. Not sure about the bottles.

[Belgian]

Generally I am not impressed with what passes as pulled pork in Toronto. Usually the meat is either dry, over sauced, smoke free or some combination of all three. However, I do BBQ a lot at home, so this probably skews my view a bit.

I'm no pulled pork expert, but I'd strongly recommend trying it at House on Parliament..

Will check that out.

What do you think of the beerbistro pulled pork?

(I guess learning to cook "the ultimate" of any dish makes you more critical...)

[JerCraigs]

What do you think of the beerbistro pulled pork?

Its possibly the best I have ever had. My wife and I are both pulled pork addicts and it is better even than some of the BBQ places I have been to. Granted, I prefer the acidity of beerbistro to the sweet and smokey character at some places.

Duggan's pulled pork was ok when I had it before Christmas, but its not really to my taste. I did like the (same?) sauce on the ribs I had there recently though, which were fall of the bone tender and very good.

[JesseMcG]

Generally I am not impressed with what passes as pulled pork in Toronto. Usually the meat is either dry, over sauced, smoke free or some combination of all three. However, I do BBQ a lot at home, so this probably skews my view a bit.

I'm no pulled pork expert, but I'd strongly recommend trying it at House on Parliament..

Will check that out.

What do you think of the beerbistro pulled pork?

(I guess learning to cook "the ultimate" of any dish makes you more critical...)

Honestly I still haven't tried the pulled pork at BB, even though I hear it's legendary. I've only eaten a proper meal there probably 3 or 4 times. I mostly pop in to have some drinks with an order of frites on the side to share. Everything I've eaten there has been awesome... I bought the cookbook and made the lamb burgers... my god, incredible.

[mintjellie]

I wasn't too impressed with beerbistro's pulled pork. It was decent, but mom cooks better.