The Bar Towel

What great news to start the week, Peche is still one of my all time favourite Canadian beers. I can't even remember the last time it showed up in the LCBO, it's got to have been years. LCBO listing says 473ml can for Peche - that's a big one! I missed that! Five bucks is a pretty solid deal for a ...

What great news to start the week, Peche is still one of my all time favourite Canadian beers. I can't even remember the last time it showed up in the LCBO, it's got to have been years.

Their nitro ESB is stellar, definitely an underrated brewery. They've had some really awesome homage beers over the past year, including riffs on Dave's Pale Ale and Dogfish Head 60 Minutes. This is a reminder that I need to get out there more often.

I swear Rogue Dead Guy Ale was still kicking around here until just recently, it seems to show up on and off. Definitely a beer I enjoy when it shows up, because honestly, how many breweries offer a year-round flagship maibock? Definitely a few others mentioned here that are bringing back fond memor...

So I managed to grab the 4-pack that includes tripels from Shacklands, Folly, Brock and Meuse. So far I've tried Shacklands and it's a solid 4/5 from me. Nice phenols, fruitiness, dry; strong but well balanced. I found the malt veered into a caramel/toasty territory, it seemed quite dark, almost du...

So I managed to grab the 4-pack that includes tripels from Shacklands, Folly, Brock and Meuse. So far I've tried Shacklands and it's a solid 4/5 from me. Nice phenols, fruitiness, dry; strong but well balanced. I found the malt veered into a caramel/toasty territory, it seemed quite dark, almost dub...

The Guinness Extra Stout appearance is notable, especially with the Labatt version still available, afaik. Will be interesting to A/B. Meanwhile, we need Guinness FES and the West Indies Porter, these show more the true Guinness palate. Or the strong European version. I mention some in a post recen...

Stone returns! https://www.lcbo.com/en/stone-fear-movie-lions-double-ipa-29593 And Destihl comes to Ontario! Would not have guessed that. https://www.lcbo.com/en/destihl-haze-of-the-dead-hazy-double-ipa-29592 Nice to see Stone back, I hope it means Arrogant Bastard might return as well. We've alrea...

The Int'l Tripel Day was actually started by a local guy, @craftbeerdays (I follow him on Instagram). To his credit he's got a lot of breweries participating this year and releasing tripels specfically for the occasion. It's probably easiest just to link the website, he's got a pretty exhaustive lis...

Still one of my favourite straight up porters.

I grabbed some as well. Certainly an amazing value for two bucks, no doubt. A little sweet for my tastes for session drinking, but for the price I'll probably be keeping it on hand.

Despite living in Oshawa I only had their beers a few times, perhaps I should've visited more. They were generally above average, some being quite good. The location really isn't that great though, so I wonder how Lightcaster will fare. It's a shame no one can get something to work downtown, that ar...

Is anybody else reading this and feeling like we're either scared to find out what bars still exist or we are grieving? I mean, we know there was COVID attrition and commercial rents (or any real estate) has destroyed so many great places in our own communities but also elsewhere. I guess shit happ...

I got a bad bout of covid back in November, then got sick two more times in as many months since. I ended up not drinking for pretty big stretches, and since (finally) getting better overall, have found myself wanting to drink less; almost like a reset. It also perfectly coincides with the decision ...

OMG, another double post. What the heck. I'm at work right now....and I am NOT drinking. :D Sureeee... haha That one you linked looks like the bottle I occasionally get from TBS after returning empties and I do recall it still says 'brewed in Canada' on the bottle. Based on the LCBO listings, looks...