The Bar Towel

Their beer hasn't been good enough so far to get me soak and wet in January lining up to get it.

pushkinwow wrote:

Kekumba wrote:Suppose I'll be there Saturday at 12pm then. Curious how many people will show up right around opening for this.

Agree - I am definitely interested in being there but not sure I am dedicated enough to get there early and wait. May see some of you guys there

I'll sure try to get there. I may have been lucky, reading some posts in here, but I havent had anything poor from them at all.

Quite the contrary. Last time I was there, the beers were being served at cellar temperature, and the body and aromas benefited quite a bit from this.

Just to be clearn, I haven't had anything "poor" either. Just nothing that would encourage me to either suffer or be inconvenienced in order to acquire more. If this was released during the week when I can get to it easily enough, I'd pop by.

I admire what they are trying to do, and they seem like a really cool group of people.

Took a chance and went by 15 minutes before open, was the second person there. About a dozen or so people by noon.

The beer is actually quite good. Great roasted malt and the alcohol is well incorporated, not hot at all.

quite the commute for beer from london uk

Bytowner wrote:Took a chance and went by 15 minutes before open, was the second person there. About a dozen or so people by noon.

The beer is actually quite good. Great roasted malt and the alcohol is well incorporated, not hot at all.

Huh, hadn't caught that. Wishful thinking I guess.

Just tried Rye Guy for the third time. No quality issues here. Super fresh, tropical fruit. NOT AT ALL LIKE ANY OTHER SIMILARLY FLAVOURED BEERS, ESPECIALLY NOT LIKE OTHER WELL-REGARDED SIMILARLY FLAVOURED BEERS.

**Edited to avoid the wrath of the comparator police.

heady topper being mentioned in same thread as BTP.. I need to try this rye guy

Whoops, forgot about this today. They say they sold all 100 bottles in 90 minutes, though, so good for them.

Didn't make it out today.

But did just polish off my Rye guy growler that I picked up. It's not Heady Topper, it's good though. I would love for it to be a little less than 6.7%. So I can sit down and drink it all night and not feel guilty.

But I'm having a Yellow Snow right after and it's brighter and more vibrant on the hop profile.

I know Shane loves his hops and he's bringing it with Rye Guy.

spinrsx wrote:heady topper being mentioned in same thread as BTP.. I need to try this rye guy

It's not the same beer, but I feel it's a very similar flavour profile.

anything remotely close to heady sounds good to me

Bytowner wrote:

spinrsx wrote:heady topper being mentioned in same thread as BTP.. I need to try this rye guy

It's not the same beer, but I feel it's a very similar flavour profile.

Bytowner wrote:Took a chance and went by 15 minutes before open, was the second person there. About a dozen or so people by noon.

The beer is actually quite good. Great roasted malt and the alcohol is well incorporated, not hot at all.

Must have seen you there...was the guy in the very bright pants

Picked up two bottles but have yet to have a chance to open one up. Maybe this weekend. Excited for the BA version in a couple of months.

Bytowner wrote:

spinrsx wrote:heady topper being mentioned in same thread as BTP.. I need to try this rye guy

It's not the same beer, but I feel it's a very similar flavour profile.

Sounds like hyperbole to me I would be interested to see if anyone who is not from Ottawa has tried this and finds it comparable to HT We all have our local biases, so I am not picking on you. I have admitedly not tried anything from these guys so they could be the next Hill Farmstead for all I know...

TheSevenDuffs wrote:Sounds like hyperbole to me I would be interested to see if anyone who is not from Ottawa has tried this and finds it comparable to HT We all have our local biases, so I am not picking on you. I have admitedly not tried anything from these guys so they could be the next Hill Farmstead for all I know...

There's nothing magic about HT. It's a well-made beer that's even better because the only real supply means it's always fresh. It's just hops, malt, and water.

I have no problem referencing the HT hop profile (or any other beer people might have had) to describe other beers. It doesn't say anything about the quality of the other beer, just what kind of flavours are present.

The last Rye Guy I tasted had similar juicy, tropical hop aromatics as HT. It doesn't mean it's the same as HT. It doesn't mean it's as good as HT. Good grief.

Bytowner wrote:

TheSevenDuffs wrote:Sounds like hyperbole to me I would be interested to see if anyone who is not from Ottawa has tried this and finds it comparable to HT We all have our local biases, so I am not picking on you. I have admitedly not tried anything from these guys so they could be the next Hill Farmstead for all I know...

There's nothing magic about HT. It's a well-made beer that's even better because the only real supply means it's always fresh. It's just hops, malt, and water.

I have no problem referencing the HT hop profile (or any other beer people might have had) to describe other beers. It doesn't say anything about the quality of the other beer, just what kind of flavours are present.

The last Rye Guy I tasted had similar juicy, tropical hop aromatics as HT. It doesn't mean it's the same as HT. It doesn't mean it's as good as HT. Good grief.

So it could be better?