The Bar Towel

velovampire wrote:

Torontoblue wrote:

grub wrote:ordinary landlord,

Where did you get that from, yer barsteward?!?!?!?!?!?!?

homebrew?

Yup, its our Landlord clone but we knocked the ABV down a bit to ordinary bitter levels. It's a fine drink!!

Last night:

Robert the Bruce
Dreadnaught IPA
Alpha King
Pride and Joy
Artic Panzer Wolf IPA
Gumballhead

No prizes for guessing where I am!

Hoptical at Smokeless Joe's. Excellent, excellent beer. Interesting to compare to Duggan's No. 9 IPA and Mill St. Tankhouse. It struck me as sort of mid-way between those two in character. Complex and showing one of the best APA-style hoppings I've encountered.

Gary

A draft Bass, something I hadn't had in many years. It was served so fresh it left lace rings on the glass, and a stream of bubbles rose from the bottom albeit the glass was a typical sleeve.

Whether in bottle or keg draft, it has a particular taste, one that, at least by current craft beer standards, is "different". It has a malty, butterscotch sweetness against flavours best described as appley and oaky. Not too many hops, from what I could see. It's tasted like this ever since the early 70's (when I first tried it).

In terms of continuity of brand names, Bass is one of the last vestiges of the great 1800's pale ales. It was the repute of England for fine pale ale, having enjoyed great success in export markets included the fabled India trade.

I was trying to "parse" the flavours, and a couple of things occurred to me. First, it is pretty similar to Worthington White Shield, which is the bottle-conditioned form of this beer, at least as I knew it in England in the 1980's and 90's. So that is an automatic authenticity right there. Second, while not something I'd have a second pint of, it was very drinkable, and even better with the meal it accompanied.

I don't know if it bears any resemblance to the beer famed in the era of the Raj, but I enjoyed trying it again.

Gary

Tankhouse
Just like the first guy 5000 posts ago!

Trois Mousquetaires Sticke Alt

Picaroons

Summer
Melon Head
Best Bitter
Irish Red

Bruton Bianca - wow!

gold crown kings pils x 2
White Birch Berliner Weisse
Breughel La Geuze de Kamouraska
Smuttynose Big A IPA

this is probably close enough to the final lineup for the day:

surly cynic
homebrewed ordinary landlord
lost abbey serpent's stout
bruery orchard white
homebrewed ris
golden carouls carouls d'or grad cru of the emperor 2006
st bernardus abt 12 60th anniversary edition
westvleteren 8
rochefort 10
westvleteren 12
homebrewed bourbon cherry quad
rogue imperial stout 2004
great lakes blackout stout 2008
great lakes barrel aged blackout stout 2008
firestone walker 12
firestone walker 13
homebrewed tribute
homebrewed killa gorilla 2009
applewood meade

hmm... i'm considering going down to the cellar for one more... but maybe it's time to call it a night...

La Trappe Dubbel and Urthel Hop-It at Sin and Redemption after the AGO.

Flying Monkey Netherworld at Simple Bistro over dinner.

And a Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter and an Old Rasputin at home.

G.M. Gillman wrote:Whether in bottle or keg draft, it has a particular taste, one that, at least by current craft beer standards, is "different". It's tasted like this ever since the early 70's (when I first tried it).

Gary, I'm assuming you've drank Bass on cask? How does it compare?

I find your comment that it has always tasted this way to be interesting. I just assumed it has been dumbed down over the years.

All of the bottles and draft Bass I have tried have had a metallic taste that I did not enjoy. I have always assumed this has to do with freshness, as I get the same from Marstons Pedigree, and to a lesser extent, Boddingtons. It is a goal of mine to one day try all of these beers fresh on cask.

Watching CFL with 2 great session Pales....LOB Pale and Saranac Pale....easy drinking with sufficient flavour. Great with Nachos

grub wrote:this is probably close enough to the final lineup for the day:

surly cynic
homebrewed ordinary landlord
lost abbey serpent's stout
bruery orchard white
homebrewed ris
golden carouls carouls d'or grad cru of the emperor 2006
st bernardus abt 12 60th anniversary edition
westvleteren 8
rochefort 10
westvleteren 12
homebrewed bourbon cherry quad
rogue imperial stout 2004
great lakes blackout stout 2008
great lakes barrel aged blackout stout 2008
firestone walker 12
firestone walker 13
homebrewed tribute
homebrewed killa gorilla 2009
applewood meade

hmm... i'm considering going down to the cellar for one more... but maybe it's time to call it a night...

I think you forgot the homebrewed Iced Wee Heavy.

Lagunitas Hop Stoopid