The Bar Towel

There has been a few threads recently on Ottawa. The Clocktower Brewpub has not been to popular with other posters, but I rather like it. The food is not great, but the beer is pretty good and I've always found the staff nice. It's on Bank by the highway. I would walk there on a warm night and cab b...

Yes, one step at a time. They still think Sunday openings and AirMiles are revolutionary; give 'em time

I had a few the other night too. Fantastic. I like the fact that the spicing is subtle and not overboard like too many others of the style are tempted to do. Drinks well, plays with food well and does not anesthetize the palette; typical classy Black Oak touch! Please find shelf space in nearby reta...

It's a step in the right direction. but the real solution is the refrigerator case. The best way to introduce fresh beer to the unitiated is to keep it fresh!

Well I had a great trip (except the 24 hours of flying). Thanks for the suggestions. Here is what I can report back on beer: Brewerkz is a great pub, highly recommended. Scott is making great beer and even importing some Canadian beer for the bottled list. The imports follow the Belgian school, most...

The TBS will claim that the listing fee helps cover logistics such as collecting empties. That causes some open questions: - Now that the government pays them to do this, have they offest those logistics costs? - I have never looked, but I wonder if Molbats has these logistics costs put on TBS tally...

The average BNN viewers I know all default to generic import beers because they are convinced factory made crap from elsewhere is better than factory made crap from Canada. Perhaps the premium price has supported this idea in their minds. From a marketing perspective, beer lovers like us rank with e...

They mention brewing in Corktown. Wasn't there a story recently that they had moved production to Scarborough? Also, "East Toronto's first commercial brewery in 100 years"? Where was Don Valley Brewing located when they were in operation? Excuse me for not knowing, I just enjoyed the Imper...

Some good points here. including the right for good businesses to make money at what they do. We wouldn't have much choice it it all was a charity! Kudos to Ralph at Volo for such a beer friendly operation and a good location. I'm actually not that big a fan of the food, though. It's o.k...but not r...

I'd hate to have to see all that good beer poured in the harbour.

Awesome! I'm looking forward to checking these out first hand. Brewerkz looks right up my alley. I'll be there in June and I will give you all an update. Thanks again. BTW - it's sad that so many 'official' Singapore tourist sites don't mention any decent beer related places. I can only hope our tou...

I have seen many great beer suggestions given to travelers on this site before. I guess it's my turn to ask! Any suggestions on beer appreciation in Singapore? All I know of from those parts is Tiger Beer. Anybody know about the local brewing scene? Places to go etc.? From my research, it does not l...

The choir has this one memorised!

A&E - at least it's not 'Americas Worst Shark Week Beer Disasters Narrated by Barbara Striesand'

Yes, time to visit the brewpub now that the weather is getting warm enough to deal with the crummy public transit to to/from the 'district'. Or maybe I'm just being a wuss...:roll: I sure hope the business success Mill St. is experiencing emboldens them to bottle more of their goodies. The ESB and ...