The Bar Towel

havnt done this in a while

does not include retired beers

beer styles only (no cider or meade)

1 - Flying Monkeys BNL Imperial Chocolate Stout
2 - Bellwoods Witchshark Imperial IPA
3 - Great Lakes Brewing 25th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA
4 - Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
5 - Denisons Weissbier
6 - Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb Atomic IPA
7 - Muskoka Twice As Mad Tom IPA
8 - Great Lakes Brewing Karma Citra (single hop)
9 - Amsterdam Tempest Imperial Stout
10 - Great Lakes Brewing 25th Anniversary Robust Porter

Not a bad list. I'd get rid of both flying monkeys beers and add Bellwoods Saison and Hellwoods.

I'd personally include Cameron's RPA in their somewhere, definitely over Smashbomb and Hellwoods over the Flying Monkeys BNL collaboration.

true, Camerons RPA would be a good swap for Twice as Mad Tom i think.

I would ditch Twice as Mad and add Headstock.

Haven't had Denisons Weissbier in a year or two. Probably time to revisit I don't remember it at all.

Certainly doesn't match up with my top 10, but all in all what I'd expect to see there. Was completely unaware BNL was getting that much love. Early buzz around + the price made me skip it.

The BNL was well made. Good cold weather sipper despite the fact you risk diabetes if you're not sharing the bottle.

2 years ago:

1) Denisons Weissbier
2) Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout
3) Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
4) Wellington Imperial Russian Stout
5) Durham Hop Head
6) Denisons Dunkel
7) Black Oak Hop Bomb
8 ) Black Oak Nutcracker
9) Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
10) Durham Hop Addict

How time flies!

Flying Monkeys have great beers and a great streak of new releases, but with the BNL they jumped the shark. That is just undrinkable, IMO.

Tapsucker wrote:Flying Monkeys have great beers and a great streak of new releases, but with the BNL they jumped the shark. That is just undrinkable, IMO.

Everyone I've ever drank BNL with has been disappointed. Honestly, it's one of the worst craft beers I've ever drank. The worst beer I've drank in the last two years without a doubt, and I've had some odd tasting homebrew in that time. I really, really, really, cannot understand how it rocketed to the top, because it just tasted like coco powder and play-dough the two times I've had it.

/rant

The Great Lakes stuff all goes higher up the list if you use the averages rather than the Ratebeer score (they have fewer total ratings).

groulxsome wrote:

Tapsucker wrote:Flying Monkeys have great beers and a great streak of new releases, but with the BNL they jumped the shark. That is just undrinkable, IMO.

Everyone I've ever drank BNL with has been disappointed. Honestly, it's one of the worst craft beers I've ever drank. The worst beer I've drank in the last two years without a doubt, and I've had some odd tasting homebrew in that time. I really, really, really, cannot understand how it rocketed to the top, because it just tasted like coco powder and play-dough the two times I've had it.

/rant

Yeah, I cracked one at the cottage during the holidays and between five of us we didn't feel like finishing it. We resorted to pouring the dregs on our pancakes in the morning. It seemed like a good idea, but just ruined the pancakes.

I think chocolate and beer are an awesome pairing, but not in the same bottle.

Tapsucker wrote:I think chocolate and coffee and beer are an awesome pairing, but not in the same bottle.

Amended, and agreed 100%

[quote="groulxsome"][quote="Tapsucker"]Flying Monkeys have great beers and a great streak of new releases, but with the BNL they jumped the shark. That is just undrinkable, IMO.[/quote]

Everyone I've ever drank BNL with has been disappointed. Honestly, it's one of the worst craft beers I've ever drank. The worst beer I've drank in the last two years without a doubt, and I've had some odd tasting homebrew in that time. I really, really, really, cannot understand how it rocketed to the top, because it just tasted like coco powder and play-dough the two times I've had it.

/rant[/quote]

I think it's 'alright'. The aroma when opening the bottle is great but makes me think the taste will be more chocolatey than it is. For me the tempest is a much better overall beer.

.......interested to see what people oppinions would be now.