The Bar Towel

Agitation by Common Good- really solid west coast. Citrusy, piney, firm bitterness but had the malt to balance it; lands somewhere in profile amongst the Ontario classics like Boneshaker, Mad Tom, Lone Pine. Essentially nailed all the markers you'd want in the style.

That always struck me as such a botched opportunity though. This hyper local, community focused market partners with an international conglomerate instead of one of our many local breweries.

My mom and sister went to Nfld last summer and brought back a couple beers. It was probably already on the radar, but the stuff from Quidi Vidi was solid. They make the gimmicky Iceberg beer, but they've got a lot more than that. Also the location looks absolutely stunning. Tried one from Dildo Brew...

Hah, wow I missed that last bit. I guess cask ale doesn't count as craft? lol

When I was first getting into craft beer I absolutely loved the festivals. I didn't mind paying more to get access to a bunch of breweries and to try a bunch of stuff all in one fun evening. Over time they've become less and less appealing to me, but I think that's saying more about me and where I ...

I tried the Easy Tiger NA lager they had a few weeks ago, it was pretty good. Interestingly the can said "brewed in London for Town" or something to that effect, so it appears their NA stuff is contract brewed. Curious who's brewing it.

Amazing, I've been holding out hope they'd expand delivery to Durham Region. Free for the month of April too. GLB's pricing is just so good that it makes up a large chunk of what I drink these days, so this is excellent news.

I can say I never lined up for a beer release, could never be bothered. Very little I'll line up for, more so now than ever. Meant I was late to the party trying some things though, i.e. I'd never had BCBS until the year the LCBO switched to the online release (2020, 2021?) Not sure what would get m...

Old Galt was a neat place, but man every time I went there it felt really, really expensive. I'm not sure that business model is viable in Ontario. Which is a shame, because other than the prices on the beers that place was really cool. This kind of sums up how I feel about bottle shops in Ontario....

I started reading without paying attention to the dates and was thinking, I don't remember the LCBO bringing in 96/97 Boon. Then I realized that's a 22 year old post- I was 16 at the time, so that's why I don't remember. Wasn't into lambics yet lol.

For any folk in Durham or passing through, Town has an non-alcoholic lager right now and it's really good. It's simple, pretty much drinks like an American light lager, but it's convincing and doesn't have any strange flavours. Hoping NA releases become a regular occurrence from them if they can pu...

Great scoop! I would buy the heck out of Two Hearted if it showed up around here.

For any folk in Durham or passing through, Town has an non-alcoholic lager right now and it's really good. It's simple, pretty much drinks like an American light lager, but it's convincing and doesn't have any strange flavours. Hoping NA releases become a regular occurrence from them if they can pul...

Finally tried Peak to Peak this weekend, was impressed. Solid WC, by far one of the better new releases from Collective Arts in a while.

Extreme diehard fans only lol