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It's tough for bars to have special selections of beers in Ontario, since you basically need to get an importers license to do it. Then once you have the license, you actually have to go knocking on brewery doors all around the world to get product to sell. It's obviously a huge overhead for a single location to take on. The guys at Volo have been at this for a long time. They've got contacts all over the place, both with international sellers to get supply and with local bars they can resell to, which justifies the extra effort.
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At Tomlinson Tap Room and Lucas Oil Stadium:
Sun King Grapefruit Jungle IPA (draft)
Three Floyds La Noche Se Mueve (draft)
Black Acre Stop Light Belgian Blonde (draft)
Upland Oktoberfest Lager (sample)
Sun King Fistful of Hops - Orange (draft)

Also sampled a very tart and delicious "Red Wine Saison" but there was no brewer listed and BA/RB don't have any answers.
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At Thr3e Wise Men Brewery, Brugge Brasserie, HopCat Broad Ripple, and Broad Ripple Brewpub:
Thr3e Wise Men Snow Bunny Blonde (sample)*
Thr3e Wise Men Bulldog Brown (sample)
Thr3e Wise Men Two Lucy’s Blackberry Wheat Ale (sample)
Thr3e Wise Men Rocky Ripple Pale Ale (sample)
Thr3e Wise Men Hubbard & Cravens Porter (sample)
Thr3e Wise Men Golden Zoe IPA (sample)*
Thr3e Wise Men Centennial Martyr Double IPA (sample)
Thr3e Wise Men Beginner Weiss Sour Ale (draft)*
Brugge Brasserie Madeline La Framboise (sample)
Brugge Brasserie Belgian Witte (sample)
Brugge Brasserie Pooka Boysenberry Sour (sample)*
Outliers Blau Machen Pilsner (sample)
Outliers Buffalo Jacket IPA (sample)
Outliers Whitcomb Rye (sample)
Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback IPA (draft)
Flat 12 Pogues Run Porter (draft)*
Sun King / Rhinegeist Emergency Hop Kit IPA (draft)*
Broad Ripple Extra Special Bitter (sample)*
Broad Ripple Monon Porter (sample)*
Broad Ripple Lawn Mower Pale Ale (sample)
Broad Ripple Halloween Jack Pumpkin Ale (sample)

* Standouts

Right now:
Coffee at The Barking Dog Cafe
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At Twenty Tap:
Schlafly Tasmanian IPA (draft)
Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest (draft)
Stillwater / Against The Grain Rio De Sauvin (draft)
Goose Island Oktoberfest (sample)
Indiana City Shadow Boxer Oatmeal Stout (draft)

All good to great except for the Goose Island, which was far too sweet for my liking.
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At Upland Tasting Room, The Sinking Ship, and HopCat Broad Ripple:
Upland Sundial Farmhouse Ale (sample)*
Upland Pale Ale (sample)
Upland Champagne Velvet (sample)*
Upland Wheat Ale (sample)
Upland Dragonfly India Pale Ale (sample)
Upland Bottled Blonde (sample)
Upland Cherry Lambic (sample)*
Boulevard Pop-Up Session IPA (draft)*
Scarlet Lane Dorian Espresso Stout (draft)*
Schlafly Dry Hopped APA (draft)

* Standouts

Now heading to Kahn's Fine Wines for a bottle shop and Bell's Brewery for dinner on the way home.
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Hofbräu Dunkel - my gosh it's nice! Happy Oktoberfest, y'all…

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Foley brothers pieces of 8 iipa. A friend brought this back from Vermont. It looks like it's a one off,which is a shame because it's fucking awesome. Loaded with tropical flavours and perfectly balanced. The best iipa I think I've ever had
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Belgian wrote:Hofbräu Dunkel - my gosh it's nice! Happy Oktoberfest, y'all…

I'm having Hofbrau Original right now, I picked it up after going through quite a few Dunkels this week. The Original has a bottling date of August 4th 2015 (Bayview Village location), so I couldn't resist. If you liked the Dunkel, keep a look out for some extremely fresh Hofbrau Original.
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sofakingdrunk wrote:Foley brothers pieces of 8 iipa. A friend brought this back from Vermont. It looks like it's a one off,which is a shame because it's fucking awesome. Loaded with tropical flavours and perfectly balanced. The best iipa I think I've ever had
It's not good enough to just say it's awesome?
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S. St. Jeb wrote:
sofakingdrunk wrote:Foley brothers pieces of 8 iipa. A friend brought this back from Vermont. It looks like it's a one off,which is a shame because it's fucking awesome. Loaded with tropical flavours and perfectly balanced. The best iipa I think I've ever had
It's not good enough to just say it's awesome?
Fucking nope
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Enjoying a doppelbock taste-off with some buddies:

Paulaner Salvator
Augustiner Maximator
Doppel Hirsch Doppelbock
Miltenberger Doppelbock
Spaten Optimator
Ayinger Celebrator
Amsterdam Springbock
Les Trois Mousquetaire Doppelbock
Cameron's Deviator
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Post by Winter is Coming »

Sawdust City - 1606
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Provost Drunk wrote:Enjoying a doppelbock taste-off with some buddies:

Paulaner Salvator
Augustiner Maximator
Doppel Hirsch Doppelbock
Miltenberger Doppelbock
Spaten Optimator
Ayinger Celebrator
Amsterdam Springbock
Les Trois Mousquetaire Doppelbock
Cameron's Deviator
Too bad Andechs isn't there. I'm interested in hearing the comparisons.
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AugustusRex wrote: Too bad Andechs isn't there. I'm interested in hearing the comparisons.
I find Andechs incredibly sweet. It's a beautiful spot to drink beer, but haven't fallen in love with the beer itself.
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Winter is Coming wrote:Sawdust City - 1606
What did you think of this? I found my first bottle a little underwhelming
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