Kichesippi Buys Scotch-Irish Brands
Following on the heels of their purchase of Heritage Brewing last month, Kichesippi Beer Co. owners Paul and Kelly Meek have purchased the trademarks and brands of Scotch-Irish Brewing as well. Scotch-Irish was originally founded by brewmaster Perry Mason, who brewed his beers under contract at Heritage Brewing for several years [...]
A Night With Le Trou Du Diable
HMH Negotiants & barVolo Presents A NIGHT WITH: LE TROU DU DIABLE Saturday, February 19th, 2011 @ barVolo (Main Event Starts at 7:00pm) If you haven't heard of these guys before - you will after this one. Flying in from Shawinigan, Quebec, Micro-brasserie Le Trou Du Diable will be taking over [...]
BC Beer – January Releases
Lighthouse Brewing Company just released the third brew in their Small Brewery-Big Flavour series: “Deckhand Saison is a rich, golden, Belgian farmhouse style beer. Pilsner and Vienna malts added with flaked wheat gives this beer a soft malt character while the unique attributes of a true Belgian yeast strain add spicy, [...]
The Malt Exchange Links Brewers and Farmers
Writer and local food advocate Signe Langford has announced the launch of The Malt Exchange, a new initiative she is spearheading to help craft breweries in Ontario connect with local farmers and supply them with spent grain from brewing to use as animal feed. The first partnership initiated by the program [...]
Muskoka Scales Back Pilsner Light, Plans New Brands
In a recent tweet, Brock Shepherd of Burger Bar, a craft beer friendly restaurant in Toronto, stated that Muskoka Cottage Brewery was killing off Pilsner Light, a brand that they launched last spring. Canadian Beer News contacted Muskoka for confirmation or clarification of this claim, and brewery representative Mike Laba provided [...]
HopHead – Stefan Buhl
I've enjoyed Tree Brewing's Hop Head for many years and I was ecstatic when they first released their Double Hop Head. Now it's back for it's 3rd round and it was just bottled last week. Luckily, Tree Brewing is my new local and I had a chance to sit down with [...]
King Brewery Sold to Beer Barons
PRESS RELEASE: Today, Beer Barons announced the acquisition of the award-winning King Brewery. Based in Nobleton Ontario, King Brewery has been in operation since 2002. The Brewery operates a state of the art decoction brew house unique to Canada, and delivers ultra premium lagers that rival the best in the world. [...]
The Bar Towel GPS Beer Maps
The Bar Towel loves to travel. What better way to experience great beers from other cities and countries, than to go and visit? And when we visit places we always bring along our trusty GPS to guide us on our beer travels. This way we're never too far from a good [...]
Spotlight: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is no longer considered a “micro” brewery (they're currently the 6th largest brewery in America), but they're certainly still a leader in the Craft brew industry. Its been over 30 years since they started brewing their Pale Ale, but it's still considered THE template for a [...]
Dieu du Ciel! Beer Dinner at beerbistro
Dieu du Ciel!, one of Canada's top breweries, and beerbistro, one of Canada's top beer restaurants, are joining forces for a mega beer dinner on February 8, 2011 from 6-10pm. Known for its extravagant and memorable beer dinners with breweries such as Dogfish Head, Allagash and BrewDog, beerbistro's Dieu du Ciel! [...]
Volo Closing Out the Year With a Bang
Bar Volo's got some serious winter (and other) beers lined up this week to keep everyone toasty as we get closer to 2011: Holiday Heavy Hitters Monday, December 27th, 2010 (4pm-2am) Mill St. Barley Wine 2010 Black Oak Ten Bitter Years Double IPA Scotch Irish Jon By Imperial Stout 2010 Grand [...]
Utopias Lottery Coming Up
In what might be the first offering of its kind in Ontario, the LCBO will offer the hotly-anticipated Sam Adams Utopias by way of random draw. The LCBO has 70 bottles (710 mL) of Utopias and it will sell for $114.95 per bottle. In order to ensure fairness for consumers, the [...]
BC Brewing in 2010
It was a good year for beer in British Columbia. BC brewers picked up 25% of the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards, including “Brewery of the Year” for the Central City Brewery. Now there's clearly some heavy hopping on the west coast, but BC brewers have shown they're capable of crafting a [...]
FORGET THE NOG …TRY SOME BOG
Snowflakes, candy canes, Christmas trees, Santa …and bogs??? When thinking of the winter festive season, one may not readily picture images of a bog, but that was the inspiration for Bog•Water - the winter seasonal beer from BEAU’S All Natural Brewing Co. In designing the beer, BEAU’S wanted to conjure up [...]
A Perfect Winter Beer
Eisbock is one of the legendary styles of Ontario craft brewing - which would be quickly known by those who have been drinking in the province for a while. For those who might not know, there was a brewery once called the Niagara Falls Brewing Company. At the time, although I [...]
CABA goes BOOM at BEAU’S
BEAU’S All Natural Brewing Co. Is proud to present the 2010 edition of its CABA CABA HEY series of beers “Boomerweiss Weissbier” a collaborative effort from BEAU’S and ‘Home Brewer Of The Year’ John Baine from Dundas, Ont. Thanks to this unique partnership between the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association (CABA) & [...]
2010 Northwest Brewing News Readers Choice Awards
The Northwest Brewing News will be presenting their 2010 readers choice awards this weekend. I'm generally skeptical of opinion polls (which often suffer from a small sample size), but I think this one provides a reasonable representation of BC: Best Brewery, British Columbia - Phillips Brewing Company, Victoria Best Brewpub, British [...]
CASK! December Social: Saturday December 4th
Calling all lovers of cask ale! This Saturday join fellow afficianadoes of the good stuff at the Victory Cafe. The event will take place upstairs from 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. and will feature the following brews from the F&M brewery on cask: Harvest Pale Ale, IPA and Oatmeal Coffee Stout. There will [...]
Bar Towel / Blue Monk Bus Trip Featured in Buffalo News
The Bar Towel’s recent bus trip to the Blue Monk in Buffalo, NY, which saw over 50 Ontarians make the trek for beer, was featured today in the Buffalo News. Written by Andrew Z. Galarneau, News Food Writer for the Buffalo News, the article discusses the emerging trend of “beer tourism” [...]
More warming brews for BC…
Lighthouse Brewing will be releasing the second edition of their “Small Brewery - Big Flavour Series” this week. Following the Shipwrecked Triple IPA, they're continuing the nautical naming theme with Navigator Doppelbock (nice inclusion of the 'ator suffix as well). Watch for future releases at the better Private Liquor Stores. Phillips [...]