The Bar Towel

Brasserie Mille Îles IPA Américaine
Microbrasserie Le Castor Vin D’Orge
Microbrasserie La Memphré Double Menton

Three very good beers from Quebec. I’ve long been enthused about the scene in this province.

Highlights from Mondial.

Lawson’s Finest Liquids Double Sunshine. World Class.
Lawson’s Finest Liquids Triple Sunshine. World Class.
Lawson’s Finest Liquids Fayston Maple Imperial Stout. Exceptional.

Bodebrown Stone Cacau IPA. Excellent.

Prison City Shawdank Redemption DIPA. Excellent.

Revival Brewing Company Extra Thirsty Imperial IPA. Exceptional.

BrewLab Cervejas Expérimentais RIP Imperial Porter. Exceptional.
BrewLab Cervejas Experimentais Aristocrat English Barleywine. Exceptional.
BrewLab Cervejas Experimentais Cascadian Wood Storm American Wild Ale. Exceptional.
BrewLab Cervejas Experimentais Haze Baze IPA. Excellent.

Some five-dollar pours of BW Bring Out Your Dead at The Only Cafe after 6 PM, dayumm...

Over the last little while:
Robinson's Trooper Red 'N' Black Porter
Storm Stayed Shook - Milkshake Kettle Sour
Great Lakes Dos Llaves - Lager Mexicana
Ommegang Game of Thrones: King In The North
Great Lakes Loral Lager
Rainhard & Muddy York Turf Wars Sour IPA
Rainhard Four On The Floor German Pilsner
Great Lakes Professor's Pale - Prud'homme (draft)
Rainhard & Mosaic City Strange Unity IPL
New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale
Great Lakes Juno Beach First Wave Lager
Great Lakes Furthermore...You Forgot To Mention Bigfoot
Fuller's ESB (draft)
Collective Arts IPA No. 10 (draft)

Over the past few days:

Revolution Cafe Deth. (Good stuff, but big as hell)
Burdock Blau Plum.
Town Radwagen (awfully sweet. Couldn’t finish the pint)
Russian River Pliney the Elder. (Classic)
Bellwoods Glitterverse. (Not their best, not their worst)
Big Spruce Rum Ra Ra Rasputin (infected gusher)
Godspeed Oi! (Typically good Godspeed)

Had Bellwoods Bring Out Your Dead a number of times at Only Cafe.
It wasn't served freezing cold, and it's so great on tap. So world class.

And had that Iron Maiden Trooper Porter, fun to try but it's highly skippable,

The New 10°Lezak Lager at Godspeed is also incredible tasting even with the slightly lower gravity. Same Czech imported ingredients as the Svetly Lezak 12°premium lager.

Belgian wrote:Had Bellwoods Bring Out Your Dead a number of times at Only Cafe.
It wasn't served freezing cold, and it's so great on tap. So world class.

And had that Iron Maiden Trooper Porter, fun to try but it's highly skippable,

The New 10°Lezak Lager at Godspeed is also incredible tasting even with the slightly lower gravity. Same Czech imported ingredients as the Svetly Lezak 12°premium lager.

The Robinsons Iron Maiden Trooper Porter made me “Run To The Hills.” One and definitely done. Unfortunate, because Old Tom Strong Ale from the brewery is excellent and I tried the Iron Maiden beer based on that experience.

At Bellwoods Hafis, WVRST Union Station, Bar Hop & Bar Hop Brewco:
Bellwoods White Picket Fence Batch 4 (draft)
Burdock IPA (draft)
Clifford Porter (draft)
Granite Best Bitter Special (cask)
Left Field Southpaw Southern Hemisphere IPA (draft)
Muddy York Major Small Best Bitter (draft)
Chimay Triple (draft)

Over the week at home:
Indie Alehouse Spectre Dry Hopped Saison
Indie Alehouse Raw IPA
Indie Alehouse & Dageraad The Ardennes Table Saison
Junction Craft West End Phoenix: Double Or Nothing
Junction Craft New England IPA
Caribru Lager
Bellwoods Farmageddon – Niagara Riesling Grapes

Black Bellows Brewing Company Himalaya White IPA.

Collective arts life in the clouds IPA
Collective arts project number 8 IPA (Simcoe + Moutere + Columbus hops)
Collective arts SOUR brewed with peach, passionfruit and raspberry.

Sour is solid. Both IPA really good, but these should really be drank fresh, not a month or two old. Sediment in the Clouds, haha. The 8 is incredible. I love you CA!

Edit Haha, Beyond The Pale YUMMY same deal - still very tasty, yet in decline with some nasty chunkies in the can. Do not do this!! Actually this product has vanished from Toronto, apparently it was outselling the other beers they had? Not selling enough Aromatherapy? We don't really need YUMMY with Collective Arts around, sure but I still miss it here.

Gouden Carolus Cuvee van de Keizer Blauw 2012

Still caramelly, prune and fig sweet rich and powerful stuff. Could age another 4-10 years IME

Fairweather Modus sour ipa-excellent stuff as always from Fairweather.
Anderson Brut ipa- really nice and dry, crispy. Possibly better than the CA brut ipa. Still miles behind Merit’s brut ipa for the best one I’ve had. Still chasing the dragon on that one.
Lots of cans of Barncat Space Juice-typical barncat greatness. Juicy/creamy/tropical/glorious all st the same time. Only 6 cans left
CA surround sound- I’m loving this series in all its versions. Always top notch.
Great Lakes, over my dad body Pilsner- a really nice easy gocouple no drink. Perfect for yard work/mowing the lawn etc. It’ll be in my fridge as long as it’s around.

At bier markt, I retried a favourite Boon Kriek. To my disappointment, it it now a sweet lambic with not nearly the complexity I rememer it having. I will have to remember to avoid their regilar lineup now.

At Wvrst, I had a glass of Cascade Kriek. Good, but could be more complex. So far I liked Cascade's apricot beer the most, which may surprise some. However, my palate seems to miss some of the funkiness often found in sour beers. I also had some Pilsner Urquell and Godspeed's czech lager. I don't know which I like more. Both are great.

Cascade almost always comes across that way to me. Aggressively sour, but in a clean way compared to other brewers. I tend to like that a little less, but I can respect it was their intention to make it that way and it obviously works for lots of other people.

Yesterday on a trip to Kingston.

Stone City Distortion Red Kettle Sour with Raspberries
Stone City Untitled Double Dry Hopped IPA #7
Stone City Every Direction Spelt Farmhouse Ale
Bellwoods Jutsu American Pale Ale
Ashton Nitro Stout
High Road Foggy Bro IPA
Nickel Brook Triple Cherry Funk Saison

and the first pour of Great Lakes Imperial NEIPA, which was outstanding.