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- cratez
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Over the last few days at home:
Grand River Pugnacious Pale Ale
Shipyard Smashed Blueberry
Weihenstephaner Kristallweizen
Tree Hop Head Black India Pale Ale
Birrificio del Ducato New Morning
Great Lakes 25th Anniversary Robust Porter
Grand River Pugnacious Pale Ale
Shipyard Smashed Blueberry
Weihenstephaner Kristallweizen
Tree Hop Head Black India Pale Ale
Birrificio del Ducato New Morning
Great Lakes 25th Anniversary Robust Porter
"Bar people do not live as long as vegan joggers. However, they have more fun." - Bruce Elliott
Mill Street's Ambre de la Chowder: I first had this the other day on tap at The Only (after a pint of decent yet unmemorable FM Stereovision) and LOVED it. It was like a banana elixir. Drinking a bottle from the sampler pack at the moment and it's still pretty good but doesn't have the same impact as the draught. I called the brewpub directly in the hopes of buying a bunch (being as taken as I am) but alas it's only available in the sampler pack.
(And WRT The Only: do yourselves a favour and, at some point, stroll a bit east at hit The Fuzzbox for their East Coast donairs. I went in for one and ended up ordering a second - it was just that good. The guy that runs the place is super nice and was genuinely curious about my take on the food and whether I enjoyed it.)
Tree's Black IPA, consumed last night: definitely my fav of the release but I agree that it drinks more like a hoppy porter. I wish this was a regular listing. My only other reference point for black IPAs (beyond Netherworld of which I'm not a big fan) is Sublimely Self-Righteous (which was, admittedly, sublime).
(And WRT The Only: do yourselves a favour and, at some point, stroll a bit east at hit The Fuzzbox for their East Coast donairs. I went in for one and ended up ordering a second - it was just that good. The guy that runs the place is super nice and was genuinely curious about my take on the food and whether I enjoyed it.)
Tree's Black IPA, consumed last night: definitely my fav of the release but I agree that it drinks more like a hoppy porter. I wish this was a regular listing. My only other reference point for black IPAs (beyond Netherworld of which I'm not a big fan) is Sublimely Self-Righteous (which was, admittedly, sublime).
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cratez - how's the smashed blueberry? I'm curious about this one, but kind of skeptical...
@ home - St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale - it's a little muted, but the pumpkin spiciness is still there!
@ home - St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale - it's a little muted, but the pumpkin spiciness is still there!
"What can you say about Pabst Blue Ribbon that Dennis Hopper hasn’t screamed in the middle of an ether binge?" - Jordan St. John
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- Torontoblue
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- Location: Edmonton via Toronto via The Wirral
Finally gotten a record deck, an olden but golden Hitachi HT-324, and playing my vinyl for the first time in 8 years; such a sweet sound!!
Whilst suppin'
Alley Kat Yellow Dragon DIPA - bottle. Too sweet.
Howe Sound King Heffy - Bottle. Just sublime!!
Baird Brewing Kurofune Porter.
Whilst suppin'
Alley Kat Yellow Dragon DIPA - bottle. Too sweet.
Howe Sound King Heffy - Bottle. Just sublime!!
Baird Brewing Kurofune Porter.
Nice! I've got a Harman Kardon T20 turntable. Got it about 5 years ago and haven't really downloaded or bought CD's since. The warm sound of vinyl still can't be beat.Torontoblue wrote:Finally gotten a record deck, an olden but golden Hitachi HT-324, and playing my vinyl for the first time in 8 years; such a sweet sound!!
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- markaberrant
- Seasoned Drinker
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- Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:28 pm
- Location: Regina, SK
I've been running a Rega P2 for about 10 years, done a few upgrades as well. Since then, I've bought maybe a dozen CDs. My only break from vinyl was 88-92, as my foolish preteen mind wanted rap cassettes and new country CDs (YUCK!!!). I keep my collection fairly lean, usually right around 800LPs, I'm not a hoarder so only keep the best of the best, and give the rest away. Heading out garage sale-ing in about an hour to look for more. Found some lab grade water yesterday for a good price to help with cleaning LPs on my record cleaning machine.boney wrote:Nice! I've got a Harman Kardon T20 turntable. Got it about 5 years ago and haven't really downloaded or bought CD's since. The warm sound of vinyl still can't be beat.
Yes, I am a vinyl guy.