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Bar	Märt	Märt Comment	Paul	Paul Comment	General Comment	Winner
Annie's Bar & Grill	Moosehead Draught	Thai Grill-type start. 3 taps, only one works. Had to take it. It is Moosehead...what can I say?	Labatt Blue	Great clientele - the absence of teeth only adds to the character. I like the call of Blue - the light papery finish works well. And as the locals tell me, it's a "good choice".	Annie's Queen & Parliament location is well-suited to the atmosphere of the bar.	Labatt Blue
Dominion House	St. André Vienna Lager	Colour matches bar. Nice hoppy, comfortable flavour - matches bar. Though, gents next to us took girl's leftover food - without her offering.	Mill St. Organic	Hmm...got first pick, went with local choice; Mill St. made not two miles from here. Sadly, I think this beer answers the question why there are preservatives in beer. But really, the flavour problem lies in the hopping. Not really balanced well.	Why is photography now the new art? Any fu*!-ing idiot takes 40 pictures with a digital camera, culls the 2 great ones and opens a gallery. C'st What, here, Academy of Spherical Arts...I need to print a shot, sell it at Enno's for $150 and buy murraythebastard.com outright.	St. André
Degrassi House	Mill St. Stock Ale	Saw "Stock" and I could not choose anything but. Frankly, it does not taste great. Plus, this place is kinda' nice which makes it taste worse. Tastes stale but the beer is fresh!! Wait - I get it now - the taste is reminiscent of vomit. Yes, vomit.	Mill St. Wit (seasonal)	See, this is the problem with Mill St. They're honest brewers but they're honestly not so good. Having said that, the weisbeer is an exception: fresh, cloven, and frankly, refreshing. I'm glad I didn't hit the stock ale.	We were not going to stop but when we saw Degrassi House, memories of Snake, Wheels and Joey inspired us to stop.	Mill St. Wit
Murphy's Law	Harp Lager	Tasting good! Just off our longest walk and the lager's refreshment is well appreciated. Maybe not a classic Irish order but I stand by it all the more for it.	Kilkenny	I think that a stronger, deeper, more medicinal ale is called for after a marathon of a walk. The smoothness of the pour matches the smooth gait that saw off the shitty streets of Paris in 4 hours, the dirty old town of Florence in 3 and the sweet golden avenues of Dublin in 5 days over 2 years.	Hitting vastly changed home turf. Wistful memories may impede scientific beer selection.	Kilkenny
Scratch Daniels	Carlsberg	Typical for typical bar.	Stella Artois	You know what? It's a bit off. The fact that I was just bribed with hard liquor helps Matsoo's cause.	n/a	Carlsberg
Castro's Lounge	Chimay Red	Delicious, strong, confident. If I had Moules Frites, the world would be mine. I miss Belgium - but not achingly.	Wellington County Ale	The toughest call to-date. Mine: smooth, a bit sweet, revolutionary in the house of Castro. His: sharp, pretentious, Belgian and thick. The pretentious has it, methinks. No shame to the county though; immaculately suited to the suite.	Over 4 hours and about 7 km later, we have finished our journey. Final score was 3-3.	Chimay

Bar Science II - Queen Street between Yonge and the Beaches

24-Sep-2005