ollie Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Anyone seen Bone Shaker in Ottawa recently? I can't find it anymore and fear it might have been a limited run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 i saw one last night as i stood alone in front of the mirror wearing nothing but a horse's head and mismatched socks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 It's not on a limited run, Ollie. I believe they're keeping that around. However, If you still can't find any around the holidays, let me know and I'll bring some up from TO for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Rossolee brought over a bunch of bombers from Great Lakes Brewery. They often release "Project X" beers- limited run stuff that is usually very interesting and tasty.This month is their Movember edition so the bottles were called "Burt's Stache" with a swarthy image of Burt Reynolds. They had a black IPA and a Kama Citra which is a crazy hopped American style IPA using lots of Citra Hops. Both were high test (over 9%, I think). He also brought a few Belgian stlye Bombers from GLB as well.Tasty stuff, only available at the brewery. Well worth the trip, if you can make it out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 worth a #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossolee Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Just picked up a load of Fresh Hop and Harvest beers(Great Divide, Southern Tier, Sierra) stateside Can you say pre Sisters Euclid show ales!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Rossolee brought over a bunch of bombers from Great Lakes Brewery. They often release "Project X" beers- limited run stuff that is usually very interesting and tasty.This month is their Movember edition so the bottles were called "Burt's Stache" with a swarthy image of Burt Reynolds. They had a black IPA and a Kama Citra which is a crazy hopped American style IPA using lots of Citra Hops. Both were high test (over 9%, I think). He also brought a few Belgian stlye Bombers from GLB as well.Tasty stuff, only available at the brewery. Well worth the trip, if you can make it out that way.My friend picked these up also and we will be having some of them tonight. We went to the project x at wvrst and it was great. So can't wait to try these beers. I think my favorite at project x was the aubrey hopburn Belgium ipa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's not on a limited run, Ollie. I believe they're keeping that around. However, If you still can't find any around the holidays, let me know and I'll bring some up from TO for you.Thanks dude, I'll post an update on the stock situation around then. I was wondering if it was just a limited run in Ottawa though. Happens quite often that we get a decent beer at the LCBO and then it's gone a few months later never to return. e.g. Victory Hop Devil Ale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 yeah what's up with that!? i get hooked on something tasty and then they stop selling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 WENCY LEUNG (Globe & Mail) After four months of experimentation and countless litres of beer wasted, Jason Stratton and his business partner Patrick Dore never anticipated just how popular their final brew would be.Within two weeks of opening their miniature brewery in July, the creators of North Vancouver's Bridge Brewing Company sold out of their specialty North Shore Pale Ale, which they offer directly to customers in refillable growler jugs. They have been struggling to keep up with demand ever since."We are constantly under pressure," Stratton says, noting they are once again down to the last keg and a half of their signature golden, hoppy ale and will likely run out by this weekend.Due to their minuscule output of roughly 400 litres per batch or less, the struggle to meet demand is a common challenge for so-called "nanobreweries" like Bridge Brewing Company, which represent an increasingly popular niche in beer production.Microbreweries, the small-scale alternative to conventional big-name beer brands, have become exceedingly trendy in recent years. In the United States, according to the Brewers Association, the total number of microbreweries has jumped to 922 from 615 in 2010. In Ontario alone, a 2010-2011 annual report by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario recorded a 52.7-per-cent surge in sales of craft beer from the previous year. But lately, serious beer drinkers have been getting acquainted with their even smaller, pint-sized cousins.Operating at a small fraction of the scale of microbreweries, nanobrewers are taking home brewing beyond their kitchens and garages and into the commercial realm, creating and selling only a few kegs at a time. And thanks to a growing thirst for exciting, one-of-a-kind, locally brewed concoctions, nanobreweries are sprouting up across the country."People just know that it's a labour of love and people are just willing to support the small guys now," says David Bowkett, founder of the soon-to-open Powell Street Craft Brewery in east Vancouver.He expects that his first run of pale ale, porter and IPA, all painstakingly brewed in 350-litre batches, will be ready for sale by mid-December.Like many nano operators, Bowkett started out as a home brewer, making a few litres at a time as a hobby. And to some extent, brewing continues to be an interest of pure pleasure for him; Bowkett has kept his day job as an architectural technologist, brewing batches on weekends. (Similarly at Bridge Brewing, Stratton, who is an accountant, continues to work for a Vancouver company, while Dore works as an executive concept chef.) Most nanobreweries barely break even for the first couple of years, Bowkett says, explaining he didn't launch his venture merely to make money. Yet even if it is no get-rich-quick scheme, nanobrewing can make good business sense. For one thing, launching a nanobrewery is much cheaper, and therefore far less risky, than starting up a microbrewery that typically generates hundreds of thousands of hectolitres of beer per year.In Antigonish, N.S., for instance, where Terry Piercey is setting up a nanobrewery upstairs from his bar, the Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery, his entire system cost roughly $6,000. By comparison, Piercey says, the cheapest micro-brewing system he could find would have set him back more than $120,000.His set-up is admittedly tiny. It consists of a couple of 50-litre kegs converted into kettles that are heated with propane. But he anticipates it will be able to produce about 40 litres of beer per batch, once he gets it running in the new year - enough to put a regular house beer on tap.As a pub operator, Piercey believes that making his own beer will help set his establishment apart, as in England, where many pubs cultivate a loyal following with house brands. Besides, he says: "We have a full kitchen and we make lots of food, so it's like, why not just add a little brewery and make the beer as well?" Another major advantage is the ability to experiment, without wasting huge volumes if a recipe proves unsuccessful.At the Toronto bar Get Well, brewer Brad Clifford creates a new beer almost every week from the in-house brewery, ranging from stouts to IPAs. He has created a "saison," a Belgian-style beer that has a spicy, peppery flavour, and just this week, he's experimenting making an IPA with rye."We just love beer and wanted to make good beer because there's not a ton out there," says Get Well's co-owner Jeff Barber. With a nanobrewery, he says, "we can be . . . a little more free and creative with what we're doing." In a small back room, surrounded by simmering kettles and metal tanks, Clifford is like a gleeful chemist, adjusting the temperature of his mash and measuring its sugar content.One of his finished products, an American pale ale he calls "Pinball Wizard," has a complex tropical fruit aroma, a hint of citrus and a malty body. It's utterly delicious - it's not hard to understand why Clifford has lost his taste for commercial brews. "I'm a beer snob, pretty much," he says.For the nanobrewers interviewed for this story, obtaining approval to sell their products was not an enormous hurdle; all said the process of applying for a licence was not prohibitively onerous.But the operations require plenty of work. It takes just as much effort - if not more - to create 50 litres of beer as it would take to brew 500 litres.Bowkett, who plans on selling his beer at local bars, private liquor stores and directly from his Vancouver brewery, bottles his brew with a small machine that only seals two bottles at a time."It's a long day to do a full batch of beer," he says. "The whole process is very labour intensive. There's nothing automatic about it really." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Hooray!Ladies and Gentlemen, it brings us great pleasure to announce that we open to the public for the first time today at 10AM. We’ll have both 32oz and 64oz growlers of all 4 of our beers available for sale until 9PM this evening. If you want a look at our lineup you can find it at http://beyondthepale.ca/Beers.htmlAloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'm looking forward to trying some of Beyond the Pale's brews. If anyone is coming from Ottawa to the GTA anytime soon, let me know and I'll pay you to mule me a growler or 4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'll bring backa few for ya, 'bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 bet you say that to all the bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asparagus Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 While all four brews are good, I think that the Super Guy is one of the best beers I've tried in awhile, which is probably trouble considering it's 9.1% ABV. You'd never suspect that it's 90 IBUs, or that strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thanks B! Looking forward to it.My brother is coming for a visit next weekend so I asked him to pick up a few growlers to sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) I got there about 6:45pm today, and all they had left were small ones of the Pink Fuzz, and big ones of the Rye Guy. It looks like they're off to a good start. Aloha, Brad Edited November 30, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Big first day! Thanks to everybody who came out and apologies for running low at the end of the day. We ended up putting out as many growlers in one day as we projected for our first week. Long night of bottling ahead!Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Boneshaker is back in Ottawa! I just picked up a sixer at the LCBO on Richmond. Comes with a combo opener/keychain too!Also available is the Best of Beau's 4-pack (Screamin’ Beaver Oak-Aged Double IPA, Farm Table Belgian Pale Ale, Patio Saison, Matt’s Sleepy Time Belgian Imperial Stout) for $24 as well as the new seasonal Bog Water.Enjoying an Imperial Super Guy right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Boneshaker is back in Ottawa! I just picked up a sixer at the LCBO on Richmond. Comes with a combo opener/keychain too!Also available is the Best of Beau's 4-pack (Screamin’ Beaver Oak-Aged Double IPA, Farm Table Belgian Pale Ale, Patio Saison, Matt’s Sleepy Time Belgian Imperial Stout) for $24 as well as the new seasonal Bog Water. Awesome! Thanks for the update. Enjoying an Imperial Super Guy right now! Agreed, that stuff's amazing. I went to BTP today, and there was a line-up getting tastes and buying bottles and merch. I checked with Shane, and found out a couple of things: first, as long as they stay sealed, the bottles will stay fresh indefinitely, because they use a bottling machine that pressurizes the beer; second, once opened, you really need to finish them right off: if you recap them and put them back in the fridge, you might get another day of fresh beer, but you'll probably end up with the flatness. (This changed my order from a big one of ISG to a small one: I had a feeling that if I finished off a growler of it [@ 9.1 % ABV] in one sitting, the "sitting" would soon become a "lying down"...) Shane also said they've been bottling 24 hours a day, and he had just started a double-batch of the ISG. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Sold out for today. Apologies to anybody who was planning to come between now and 8. We'll be open again tomorrow from noon to 5.:thumbup:Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Today is the last chance to get our beer until next Friday. We were overwhelmed with the response. Thank you for the support!We're open from noon to 5 today and will have Rye Guy, Pink Fuzz, and the Darkness available.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Boneshaker is back in Ottawa! I just picked up a sixer at the LCBO on Richmond. Comes with a combo opener/keychain too! They had it today (two or three six-packs) at the Fairlawn Centre (Carling & Fairlawn, across from Carlingwood Mall), and I grabbed one, with the keychain. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Boneshaker is back in Ottawa! I just picked up a sixer at the LCBO on Richmond. Comes with a combo opener/keychain too! They had it today (two or three six-packs) at the Fairlawn Centre (Carling & Fairlawn' date=' across from Carlingwood Mall), and I grabbed one, with the keychain. Aloha, Brad[/quote'] Had a dry-hopped boneshaker on cask last night at C'est What...it was delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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