The Bar Towel

Bench Brewing Purchases Niagara Cider Company

I had their Ball's Falls Session IPA at the Grimsby Peach King Jr. C hockey game last night; it was great.

2006 - seems like ancient history: https://www.bartowel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18110 "5) Mail your completed forms to:" :D Feels like we were all way more excited about the possibility of beery things back then....spoiled by what we have locally. For sure, it's a whole different world ...

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 li...

According to an email l got from Henderson Brewing, March 3 is International Tripel Day. Who knew? (not me). They are promoting their Rube Goldbeer. I've had it, considered it good, but in no way consider myself a judge of the style (or of many other styles for that matter. :wink: ) To those of you ...

Craig wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:55 am What was that one we kept making fun of way back when? I vaguely recall them being around High Park or Roncesvalles or something, but I can't find the thread.

http://www.bartowel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8913

GLB has posted a nice history of the brewery as they celebrate their 36th anniversay.

https://www.greatlakesbeer.com/36-years ... a5be52d48f

NA beer. A variety of opinions on this, as I would have expected. For me right now, I am not much interested. To a certain degree, it's a mental thing, as in, I'm either going to have a beer, or I'm not. So I suppose then, that what am I really saying is that NA beer isn't really beer, it's somethin...

Lot's of good discussion here so far; thanks to all for your comments. "The hop waters are very very tasty drinks…but I feel That for me personally they don’t scratch that itch of a beer. Doesn’t quite taste enough like a beer." - sofakingdrunk Good to hear. I don't expect anything other t...

Congrats.

G.M. Gillman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:21 pm Didn't tilt phone but I see now picture is right orientation. Not sure why, but all good.

The technology has learned what you want.

Collective Arts 2020 Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter 500 mL, 11.5% alc I' am posting this because, well, it's the purpose of this thread, and this beer is awesome. But also...to show that I can successfully submit a single, unedited post after consuming this. :D And the irony is not lost on me t...

We have a good discussion on gout in another thread (thanks Matt for that), but I thought I would start a more general discussion. Consciously, or sub-consciously, I sometimes contemplate how much alcohol I consume, usually convincing myself that all is good. I'm not sure when I first heard of "...

Cass, did you not learn from the "France" thread?

Turn your camera 90 degrees.

Sounds like a cool place. I don't come into the city much, but I'll have to keep it in mind.

OMG, another double post. What the heck. I'm at work right now....and I am NOT drinking.