The Bar Towel

In Grand Rapids today with a fun update. I noticed yesterday a few people taking beers from a brewery across the street to a park seating area. I thought to myself, "that's a bit weird, usually patios aren't separated from taprooms or bars by an entire street." Turns out Grand Rapids made ...

S. St. Jeb wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:23 pm Just try to make sure we don't have to turn our head sideways to look at them.

A'hem. Thinking of you Gary Gillman.

I think portrait works ok and landscape doesn't, or perhaps it's the other way around. I'll figure it out

seangm wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:22 pm Awesome! Looking forward to the recap and video, enjoy your time in GR!

Thanks! On the road bright and early tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Will probably post some pics mid-drinking

matt7215 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 1:28 pm

Craig wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:43 am

Macdonald decided to reach out to his future business partner on an online beer forum they were both a part of to congratulate him and see if he’d like to trade beers.

Could it be?

this is the place it all started

This is really cool to hear.

oh yes i know, thats what makes this list so funny every year And with there being another directly competitive national awards (Canada Beer Cup), they'll only both become more fragmented and not representative of what they claim. But as the MC of the event on the weekend, seeing happy folks like M...

matt7215 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:26 am always good for a laugh

Remember they only give awards to those who pay to enter.

Kind of a weird one, getting licenses to serve on-premise. When was the last time you ate on premises at a 7-11? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/7-eleven-liquor-licence-ontario-locations-beer-wine-agco-1.6862251 Partial quote: The 7-Eleven convenience store chain sidestepped a formal review b...

That sucks. Never like to see places close up.

JerCraigs wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 9:46 am

seangm wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 1:03 pm The Mitten which is in an old firehall and did "pizza flights";

I'm gonna need to hear more about "pizza flights"!!!

Looks pretty good!

S. St. Jeb wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 10:23 pm

Cass wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:14 am Hopefully the Kensington location becomes something again, nice to have a brewery to visit down there.

And it seems it will be so.

Kensington Brewing Company Reopening Toronto Location Next Month

Thanks for the tip! Good that something is going back in the space.

Here I was thinking it wasn't so long ago I was in GR but damn, that was 5 years ago. Some spots we enjoyed (apart from the obvious ones) were Brewery Vivant, cool location in an old church; The Mitten which is in an old firehall and did "pizza flights"; and Creston, a smaller brewery in ...

So the Grand Rapids tourism people have stepped up and are helping out for a Quick Beer trip in Grand Rapids next week, which is pretty awesome.

Anyone have any particularly good personal recommendations?

Jordan St. John maintains probably the most comprehensive list of contract breweries in Ontario. From the looks of the list though, it doesn't list where they actually brew - as it may be multiple locations.

https://saintjohnswort.ca/ontario-brewery-map/

There were a number of changes to alcohol laws early in the pandemic. I _think_ I recall this being one of them. Over 11.9% is taxed higher and I don't think you need a distiller licence if it's still classified as beer (or I could be misremembering and Bellwoods has a distillers licence?). I've se...

Evidently in mid-June there will be some kind of Collective Arts pop-up at Union Station. https://torontounion.ca/union-market-press-release/ Union Market will open in phases over the next few months. Phase one, now open, includes The Alley, Lena’s Floral Designs, Manotas Organics, My Olive, Chocola...