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Single Malts from unusual places and some extra old blends may change your mind about what is the best kind of whisky. The tasting will commence at 7 p.m. Tickets are available in advance for $32.50 (all taxes and charges included) online. Our 18th Annual Festival Of Small Breweries on Friday September 29, 2006 put a special emphasis on the hop. With twelve of the thirty-seven brews showcased of the Pale Ale style. Used to add bitterness and preserve beer, hops are also known to have a pacifying effect. It was with the advent of hop use in beer that the expression "brewers droop" appeared in the English lexicon. It was a relaxed evening where conversation trumped most efforts at applying scientific rigor to the proceedings - 707 samples were rated out of the 2028 served. • The very hoppy, Hop Addict from Durham Brewing finished at the head of the pack with a median score of 42.5 out of 50. McAuslan's Raspberry Ale and C'est What's Hazelnut Coffee Porter (brewed by Bruce Halstead at Durham) were runners-up with scores of forty. Complete details are available online. Since we opened in 1988 it has been our mandate to showcase "True Local Flavour." We serve only Canadian craft brewed beer - thirty-five on tap and another twenty five in bottles. Check out the latest in draught and bottles. One of our renovation projects over the summer was a completely new cellaring system for the five cask ales that we offer. Our "real" ales are refrigerated at a cool cellar temperature of about eight degrees from cask to tap including the piston of each "beer engine". We have also installed an aspirating valve (also known as a "cask breather") so that the space at the top of each cask that is evacuated when beer is dispensed is filled with a mixture of 75% nitrogen and 25% carbon dioxide (the same mixture that pushes "nitro" tap beers like Coffee Porter and St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout). This prevents the beer from coming into contact with air and oxidizing. The 75/25 gas mix has a low enough carbon dioxide level to prevent it from carbonating the beer. By comparison, the mixture that is used for our more conventionally dispensed brews is 40% nitrogen and 60% carbon dioxide. These products need more carbon dioxide to maintain their higher level of "fizz". Aside from the technical improvements to the beer conveyance systems, the display on the bar is worthy of "kid-in-a-candy-store" status. What was our smoking room (until it was outlawed by legislation put forward by our own M.P.P.) has been transformed into more customer space. We've added another fireplace to this cozy room and a 42 inch high definition flat-screen plasma TV which is great for the big game or maybe your next business meeting or presentation. Wednesday November 15 with Special Guest Jess Graham. Show time 9:30pm, Admission is "first come, first seated." Tickets $6.00 Spirals and Mazes (2006) is Moulann's second full-length album. Recorded and produced by Toronto super-talents Adam King, Adam Messinger and Mark Pellizzer, this eclectic, downtempo gem is packed with thoughful arrangements and tasteful performances illuminated by a decadent serving of lush vocals. Saturday November 18. Show time 9:30pm, Admission is "first come, first seated." Tickets $6.00 |
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