fluffhead77 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) http://www.sloshspot.com/photos/blog/full/photo_1238263133.png Edited August 4, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Finally got the chance to try the Hoptical Illusion and I am sold. At last a great tasting almost IPA here in Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Is that IPA available through the beer store POG? I'm also a IPA fan.Last one I had that I sort of enjoyed (and hadn't heard of before) was from The Great Lakes Brewing company called "My Bitter Wife" IPA. A friend brought a half-dozen to our poker night two weeks back and gave me one.Has anyone gave that one a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 (edited) Never seen it at the Beer store... found it at my local LC today.It definitely has a distinct American microbrew feel to it...similar to a Sierra Nevada or other IPA's but less abv at 5%. Edited August 6, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Another IPA fan here. Lately I've been enjoying the Devil's Pale Ale (666) from Great Lakes. I'm also drinking the Headstrong IPA fairly regularly.P.S. I've seen Hoptical Illusion at The Beer Store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 this thread is giving me the yeuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Two of my favorite beers at the momenet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 I've seen the green one at the LCBO. I will pick it up next time I'm there. I'm currently enjoying a Galt Knife Old Style Lager from Grand River Brewing in Cambridge, ON... bottled on July 16th. It's very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 I picked up* a six-pack of from Halifax yesterday, along with a bottle of Mill Street's "Schleimhammer Roggenbier" This unfiltered, medium copper rye beer was not brewed for almost 500 years because it was outlawed by the Bavarian Purity Law (the Rheinheitsgebot). Our Schleimhammer Roggenbier is an authentic reproduction of this ancient beer with rich fruitiness and a clean, dry, quenching finish. I can't find any info on it on Mill Street's website. I'll be trying both over the next day or so. Aloha, Brad * At the bit LCBO at Rideau & King Edward in Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Brad, that Roggenbier is one of my favourite new-beer-trys of that last couple years. So delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 14, 2010 Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Also, read on OttawaFoodies that Mill St has been looking at the former Mill Restaurant on the Ottawa River near the Portage Bridge as a possible brewpub site. Have no idea if this is true or not, but someone on the foodies site reported that so I'm passing it along....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Stop everything! Saranac Pale Ale is now available at the LCBO on Rideau. Whoa! P.S. I love that Mill Street rumour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Another great IPA I found in LCBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Stop everything! Saranac Pale Ale is now available at the LCBO on Rideau. Whoa!P.S. I love that Mill Street rumour. Great beer (Mill St. and Saranac Lake Pale). However, beware of Mill St. the pub. Their flagship pub in the Distillery District in Toronto borders on suck due to poor management and even poorer beer and food pricing. But the worst thing about Mill St. pub is their policy to pour a piss-poor pint/half-pint, where bartenders are told to leave a head as big as two fingers width from the top of the glass. When you are paying close to $7 a pint and getting huge foam, it sucks and you feel ripped off... and you'd be right. I know this to be true since my wife and a number of her friends worked there and I have been at the pub many many times. I stick to bottles now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 why have you been many many times if it borders on suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think I bought that Southern Tier IPA a little while back. Extra tall 6-pack box right? 7% alcohol? If that's the one I'm thinking of, I wasn't a huge fan. Good beer taste but too much alcohol taste too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 why have you been many many times if it borders on suck It didn't always suck. It started out as a great pub. Their policy changed though sometime in the last two years. I continued going there because Vicki along with several friends continued to work there; they'd pour me good pints, but I was "special". And the pub itself is located in one of the nicest and most interesting parts of the city... plus they have their own beer store, which isn't a rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Has anyone else tried the Natural Blonde pale ale from the Kichesippi Beer Company? I had it at The Elmdale House Tavern in Ottawa a while back, and liked it a lot. It's not too malty, and nicely (not overly) hoppy. It's not available in bottles yet, just on draft in Ottawa bars, and in kegs from the brewery.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Beau's is releasing a one-day-only beer on Thursday, Sept. 9. http://www.beaus.ca/beer/wild_oats/festivale_plus No. 4 • Festivale Plus Sticke Alt AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH! Brewers of Alt Beer in Düsseldorf will occasionally, and secretly, brew a special, extra malty, extra hoppy version of their beer and only announce it the day before its release. It’s known as ‘sticke’ – German slang for ‘secret’ Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. is happy to attempt an Ontario recreation of this happy event, by brewing an amped up version of FestivAle – our summer seasonal beer which recently won a GOLD medal at Mondial de la Biere in Strasbourg, France. Festivale Plus will be available TOMORROW (Thursday September 9th) in a limited amount at the brewery and select restaurants and bars, which hopefully will sell out in one day in keeping with the ‘sticke’ tradition. Check below for a complete list. Festivale Plus is brewed with lots of extra malts, lots of extra hops – including a first wort hopping, and aged extra-long on oak. "As Beau's continues to grow, we get to have more and more fun.†says Steve Beauchesne of BEAU’S All Natural Brewing Company, â€This is a great example of a crazy idea come to life." Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) I can't find any American IPA's anywhere around here (Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton).I just found out the LCBO discontinued Dog Fish Head.Sad day. Any luck in the rest of Ontario? Edited September 9, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I've seen the green one at the LCBO. I will pick it up next time I'm there.I'm currently enjoying a Galt Knife Old Style Lager from Grand River Brewing in Cambridge, ON... bottled on July 16th. It's very nice! After seeing this at the LCBO and remembering your post, I gave it try. I enjoyed it, but don't know how often I would buy it. Funny thing was, later the same night I was in Paris,ON to see Doug Feaver play and the bar he was at served this (and another, I forget) on tap. $6 a pint and it was worth it. I really enjoyed it on tap. :chug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSloth Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Thoroughly addicted to this...... and don't plan on dealing with my problem any time soon. Supposedly not nearly as good when it comes out of the can so get the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 There is an LC in the beaches on Queen between woodbine and coxwell that has the best microbrew and American IPA sellection that I have seen in quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 Thoroughly addicted to this...... and don't plan on dealing with my problem any time soon. Supposedly not nearly as good when it comes out of the can so get the bottle. Agreed. Great beer and still my starter for poker night. Yeah, stick to the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 I just picked up a 6 of Saranac Pale Ale.It's no Dog Fish Head, but it'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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