The Bar Towel

Anyone know for how long Volo's closed?

My understanding is they're adding about 10 additional taps and 3 more casks...gonna be awesome!

Any possibility for more seating? I love volo, but their space is far to limited to support their popularity.

The new concept is no table service and limited food options. So, yea. Not sure if they're hoping most people to stand or if they're adding more seating, but considering the spirit of the new concept at best you should hope for more bar seating.

Interesting. Not sure if I posted this anywhere before but I've noticed in a couple of places in the States (notably San Diego) table service is increasingly less common at beer bars. Seeing that SD sets quite a few trends as it relates to beer its unsurprising to see this emerge here too.

the new bar+taps are looking pretty sexy (at least what you can make out via b+w instagrammed photo):

Any possibility for more seating? I love volo, but their space is far to limited to support their popularity.

I believe the idea is to open up the bar area for more standing (ie less seating). Not really sure, given the limited space they have, where you think they might put more seating.

grub wrote:the new bar+taps are looking pretty sexy (at least what you can make out via b+w instagrammed photo):

That's damn sexy

icemachine wrote:

grub wrote:the new bar+taps are looking pretty sexy (at least what you can make out via b+w instagrammed photo):

That's damn sexy

Yep - grub, do you know where they're putting the extra cask engines?

Impressive stuff...

http://blog.barvolo.com/post/3726821155 ... r-7th-2012

Tap List for Friday, December 7, 2012

House Ales Swag Out Stout (Imperial Stout Aged In Jack Daniel Barrels)
House Ales Mutt’s Nuts (English Barley Wine)
Oast! Barn Raiser (Country Ale)
Great Lakes Karma Citra (American IPA)
Amsterdam Boneshaker (American IPA)
Muskoka Twice As Mad Tom (American Double IPA)
Dieu Du Ciel! Derniere Volonte (Belgian IPA)
Le Trou Du Diable Butuese (Belgian Triple)
Le Trou Du Diable Scheive Tabarnak (Belgian Pale Ale)
Les Trois Mousquetaires Oktoberfest (German Marzen)
Hopfenstark Boson D’ Higgs (Smoked Rauch. Saison)
Indie Ale House Barnyard Belgian IPA
Indie Ale X House Ales Dark Wheat Rises (Imperial Dark Wheat)
Bellwoods Fall Saison (Brown Saison)
Bellwoods Toil & Trouble (Belgian Dubbel)
Black Oak Nutcracker Porter (Spiced Porter)
Dieu Du Ciel! Rosee D’Hibiscus (Belgian Wit With Hibiscus Flower)
Amsterdam Divination #1 (Beer/Wine Hybrid)
Great Lakes Audrey Hopburn (Belgian IPA)
Great Lakes Vanilla Espresso Imperial Stout (Imperial Stout)
Nickelbrook Bolshevik Bastard Aged In Pinot Noir Barrels (Imperial Stout)
Beau’s All Natural “And Boom Goes The Gose” (German Gose)
Grand River Russian Gun (Imperial Stout)
Sawdust City City Skinny Dipping w/ Friends (Cinnamon & Vanilla Stout)
King Pilsner (Czech Pilsner)
Spirit Tree Hard Pub Cider

Cask Conditioned

House Ales RUN ESB (Black Extra Special Bitter)
House Ales Fordless Robust Porter (English Porter)
Beau’s All Natural “Shane’s Addiction” (Belgian Black IPA)
Black Oak Cinnamon Nutcracker Porter (Spiced Porter)
Sawdust City Red Rocket Stout (Coffee & Cayenne Pepper Stout)
Granite “Darkside” (Black IPA)

JeffPorter wrote:Yep - grub, do you know where they're putting the extra cask engines?

not sure, but i believe the new tap setup is more taps in less space than they occupied before, so it could just be more room around where the old engines were... perhaps some on each side. there was a bunch of dead space that could be put to use.

nickw wrote:Impressive stuff...

http://blog.barvolo.com/post/3726821155 ... r-7th-2012

Tap List for Friday, December 7, 2012

House Ales Swag Out Stout (Imperial Stout Aged In Jack Daniel Barrels)
House Ales Mutt’s Nuts (English Barley Wine)
Oast! Barn Raiser (Country Ale)
Great Lakes Karma Citra (American IPA)
Amsterdam Boneshaker (American IPA)
Muskoka Twice As Mad Tom (American Double IPA)
Dieu Du Ciel! Derniere Volonte (Belgian IPA)
Le Trou Du Diable Butuese (Belgian Triple)
Le Trou Du Diable Scheive Tabarnak (Belgian Pale Ale)
Les Trois Mousquetaires Oktoberfest (German Marzen)
Hopfenstark Boson D’ Higgs (Smoked Rauch. Saison)
Indie Ale House Barnyard Belgian IPA
Indie Ale X House Ales Dark Wheat Rises (Imperial Dark Wheat)
Bellwoods Fall Saison (Brown Saison)
Bellwoods Toil & Trouble (Belgian Dubbel)
Black Oak Nutcracker Porter (Spiced Porter)
Dieu Du Ciel! Rosee D’Hibiscus (Belgian Wit With Hibiscus Flower)
Amsterdam Divination #1 (Beer/Wine Hybrid)
Great Lakes Audrey Hopburn (Belgian IPA)
Great Lakes Vanilla Espresso Imperial Stout (Imperial Stout)
Nickelbrook Bolshevik Bastard Aged In Pinot Noir Barrels (Imperial Stout)
Beau’s All Natural “And Boom Goes The Gose” (German Gose)
Grand River Russian Gun (Imperial Stout)
Sawdust City City Skinny Dipping w/ Friends (Cinnamon & Vanilla Stout)
King Pilsner (Czech Pilsner)
Spirit Tree Hard Pub Cider

Cask Conditioned

House Ales RUN ESB (Black Extra Special Bitter)
House Ales Fordless Robust Porter (English Porter)
Beau’s All Natural “Shane’s Addiction” (Belgian Black IPA)
Black Oak Cinnamon Nutcracker Porter (Spiced Porter)
Sawdust City Red Rocket Stout (Coffee & Cayenne Pepper Stout)
Granite “Darkside” (Black IPA)

As an aside - that Winey Bastard by Nickel Brook is intense!! I thought Pinot Noir barrels wouldn't do much to that stout, but it did. It's interesting, but not the easiest thing to drink.

Bad news guys. First taps are gonna be Miller High Life and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Apparently they dropped a bunch of money. Bloody hipsters...

Edit: Video of the announcement

JeffPorter wrote:As an aside - that Winey Bastard by Nickel Brook is intense!! I thought Pinot Noir barrels wouldn't do much to that stout, but it did. It's interesting, but not the easiest thing to drink.

and they actually blended it back with about 10% fresh stout to soften it a little. I loved it last week at the amsterdam brewstache event, but admittedly only had a quarter pint. definitely funkier/winier than the one I made with Iain that was pouring at cask days, but damn tasty.