The Bar Towel

... and while they're at it get a damn Oktoberfest marzen ferkrissake... Another year without an Octoberfest at the LCBO. I don't think this year's timing of the Dead Guy Ale is coincidental; just as in the past when Pendle's Witches Brew, Hobgoblin, and Black Wych were trotted out in September, th...

A while back I suggested that people simply pick up a case of beer and place it in a more appropriate spot if the original location was not to their liking. My next suggestion is that people randomly select some of these Euro-lagers - can or bottle - and give them a good shake before returning them ...

My wish list includes a Scotch thistle, Kasteel, and Brauhaus Bonnsch (my avatar) or T Zelfde.

If anyone knows a relatively painless was to get one's mitts on these - aside from Global Beer - I'd appreciate the info.

I've tried ordering from Global Beer in the past but they always have trouble processing both my credit cards. Did you ever have this problem? Yes absolutely. They just wouldn't pass some security thing. I had to call the guy up (He sounded Dutch) and he said he couldn't do anything if the third pa...

Who cares? I want some of their Scotch Ale.

UK brewers Young's & Company and Charles Wells are to merge, leaving Young's free to sell its historic Ram brewery site in Wandsworth for an estimated GBP100 million. The new company, Wells & Young's, will be based at Charles Wells' site in Bedford. Young's chief executive, Stephen Goodyear ...

sstackho wrote:...And the iconic Sleeman Brewing is up for sale....

Sleeman is iconic? When did that happen?

Richler knows food, but it gets pretty embarassing when he talks about beer.
He's been known to praise some pretty mediocre beers.

Michael Vaughan has long been a critic of the VQA: ... it gets worse - because while the VQA does provide a guarantee of authenticity, not all VQA wines schmeck! In other words, it’s not just possible, but in fact, very likely that you can find a cheaper, non-VQA wine that will taste better than som...

Kriek in a can?

How about a little bit of civil disobedience?

If you don't like where a beer is displayed, pick up a case and plop it where you think it should be.

One man can't make a difference, but if nothing else it'll make you feel better.

(I know you're talking about the ale but) UC Rebellion Lager was the first micro I ever had. The smell and taste were a universe away from Blue and Ex.

It pretty much knocked me out - I had to have a nap after finishing it.

The original UC Rebellion Lager was a hell of a beer.

... If I'm running InBev, I'm crunching some serious numbers and looking for a way to get out of brewing in Canada entirely... Except that Molson and Labatt's put a lot of effort into indoctrinating the country to believe that Canadian beer, theirs in particular, is quality stuff. So if Molson's an...

The first beer book I ever read was Ian Bowering’s In Search of the Perfect Brew . A pretty good read, but I soon soured on Bowering because of what I perceived as his weak writing skills and some ideas of his with which I couldn't agree. I really devoured Jamie MacKinnon’s The Ontario Beer Guide wh...

Steve Beaumont wrote:... Now that I think about it, I have it in my mind that the Gaffel was once upon a time brought to Ontario, but I may be dreaming...

The LCBO had Gaffel Kölsch and Hannen Alt back around '93.