Comments on: NYE & TNP – OMG! http://www.beerboozebites.com/2009/12/31/nye-tnp-omg/ Craft Brews, Quality Spirits, Tasty Treats, and Other Random Musings Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Toronto Beer Week – Day 2: Eatin’ and Yappin’ | Beer, Beats & Bites http://www.beerboozebites.com/2009/12/31/nye-tnp-omg/#comment-369 Toronto Beer Week – Day 2: Eatin’ and Yappin’ | Beer, Beats & Bites Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:06:34 +0000 http://beerbeatsbites.com/?p=697#comment-369 [...] had the opportunity to try TNP last year, and provided some thoughts back then, but this was my first experience with STB, and I found it to be… interesting. Here’s [...] [...] had the opportunity to try TNP last year, and provided some thoughts back then, but this was my first experience with STB, and I found it to be… interesting. Here’s [...]

]]> By: Al http://www.beerboozebites.com/2009/12/31/nye-tnp-omg/#comment-368 Al Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:20:56 +0000 http://beerbeatsbites.com/?p=697#comment-368 Great round up Greg, glad to have been with you on many of those adventures (or at least trapped at the US border whilst you enjoyed some brews!) Here's to 2010 Slainte Great round up Greg, glad to have been with you on many of those adventures (or at least trapped at the US border whilst you enjoyed some brews!)
Here’s to 2010

Slainte

]]> By: Taste T.O. – Food & Drink In Toronto » Beer of the Week – BrewDog Punk IPA http://www.beerboozebites.com/2009/12/31/nye-tnp-omg/#comment-367 Taste T.O. – Food & Drink In Toronto » Beer of the Week – BrewDog Punk IPA Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:55:24 +0000 http://beerbeatsbites.com/?p=697#comment-367 [...] In the last year alone, they’ve had two run-ins with the Portman Group, a UK drinks industry watchdog. The first was over the drug connotations of Speedball, the name originally used for a strong ale that’s since been renamed Dogma, and the second was over an 18.2% imperial stout called Tokyo* that Portman claims “does not promote a positive message of safe and responsible drinking”. Being savvy businessmen, the BrewDog boys milked these for all they were worth, and got a lot of press as a result. They also thumbed their noses at Portman and other naysayers with two new beers: a low-alcohol (1.1%) but extremely hoppy ale called Nanny State; and the bizarrely named Tactical Nuclear Penguin, a barrel-aged Imperial stout that they pushed to 32% using a form of freeze distillation, making it the strongest beer in the world (and one that I was lucky enough to try a couple of weeks ago). [...] [...] In the last year alone, they’ve had two run-ins with the Portman Group, a UK drinks industry watchdog. The first was over the drug connotations of Speedball, the name originally used for a strong ale that’s since been renamed Dogma, and the second was over an 18.2% imperial stout called Tokyo* that Portman claims “does not promote a positive message of safe and responsible drinking”. Being savvy businessmen, the BrewDog boys milked these for all they were worth, and got a lot of press as a result. They also thumbed their noses at Portman and other naysayers with two new beers: a low-alcohol (1.1%) but extremely hoppy ale called Nanny State; and the bizarrely named Tactical Nuclear Penguin, a barrel-aged Imperial stout that they pushed to 32% using a form of freeze distillation, making it the strongest beer in the world (and one that I was lucky enough to try a couple of weeks ago). [...]

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