The Bar Towel

I grabbed a few bottles of each on Saturday from the Brewery and sampled them later in the afternoon.

They are nice, interesting beers, but not particularly fruity...

The strawberry in particular has a very, very suble fruit flavor, almost non existant. I think if you sampled this without knowing it had fruit added, you might not even notice, I think it's based on their Amber recipe, a well balanced,very drinkable beer.

The cherry was a little more fruity, but still not an out and out typical fruit beer.

I spoke with the brewer, he said they had around 100 bottles of each left, out of the limited edition 500 bottles.

I understand the next seasonal release will be a couple of stouts, one of the smoked (can't remember the other...)

He also explained they are getting 2 beer engines in, should be ready for the winter and they'll always have 2 'real ales' on tap, something traditional, and then one of their fun/seasonal brews...

All good news for us West-enders... If any Mississauga / Oakville / Burlington based Bartowelers would be interested in getting together at Trafalgar one night for a pint, let me know, let's try to organize something on a Thursday or Friday night...

I had tried these as well...I was told they were in the experimental-feedback mode with them....did not know if they would become a standard seasonal offering.

I found the Strawberry brown ale to be the better of the two and I think I'd buy a bomber or two if it was a rotating offering...the 200ml bottle at 2 bucks is really a lame marketing ploy that will gain the brewer no return patronage. IMHO.