The Bar Towel

Last night on College St

At Red Sauce
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale

At Cloak & Dagger
Cameron's White Oat Savant
Junction Craft ESB (cask)
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour

Matador 2.0 El Toro Bravo - showing stock at several Beer Stores. From TBS description: "El Toro Bravo is a 10.1% imperial strength Dark Ryle Ale aged on a bed of Spanish Cedar. Peppery brown with dark, oxblood lights, this stout-hearted ale breeds sweet, toffee malts & crisp, drying rye wi...

I definitely tasted the sweet malt, but it wasn't too pronounced. I also thought it had a bit of mint to it which was really nice.

The good: Pecorino Crotonese Oka L"Artisan Balderson aged cheddar The bad: Chimay à la Bière I couldn't resist picking this up to pair with some Chimay beer one evening. It did not go over well with me or any of my friends. Its bitterness/sourness was overwhelming. Also it stunk so bad I had to...

It is probably mostly a mental thing, but I just find it satisfying to have a really fresh (less than one month old) IPA. I did mention my RR cans were damn tasty at 2 months old. I was just hoping the new tall can shipment would hit the shelves a little fresher.

Grey wrote: ...the bottom of the cans say Prod. Jan 21 2014.

I was a bit disappointed that it took two months for these cans to hit the shelves. I'd like to try a really fresh batch.

But it's still damn tasty and a good value for sure.

The Project X batch, which I loved, had 30 IBU and came in at 7% ABV. Will have to pick up one to see how much it's changed. I enjoyed the 7% Project X batch too, the one I had was barrel aged. This one is not ("bourbon soaked"?), I didn't taste any bourbon in it. Not nearly as intense as...

matt7215 wrote: IMO it has the biggest, most expressive hop aroma in the province. it really feels more comfortable in a snifter then a pint glass in its current form

Agree, I had it in a tulip. To me the aroma was much like the almost stale Red Racer I got from the LCBO, which was pretty great.

They are putting the production date on the cans now. Currently drinking some dated 01.14.14 and it's quite tasty and smells great!