Golden Tap Awards Voting Closes
Last night at midnight the voting for the 2010 Golden Tap Awards closed. Up next - announcing the winners! All winners will be announced at a special gala event at beerbistro at 18 King Street East in Toronto on Saturday, August 21st. The Golden Tap Awards recognizes the best in beer [...]
Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! LCBO Microbrewery Feature
Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! LCBO Microbrewery Feature August 15th - September 11th 2010 HMH Negotiants are happy to announce that Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! will be showcased in a LCBO microbrewery feature, which will bring five of their brands to over 25 LCBO locations across the province! The feature will begin [...]
GTA Craft Beer Dinner Tickets On Sale August 3rd
As part of this year's Golden Tap Awards, we will be hosting an all-Ontario craft beer dinner at beerbistro on Friday, August 20th. This dinner will be a seven-course tasting menu paired with some of the finest craft beers in Ontario - participating breweries include Beau's, Granite, Grand River, Denison's, Black [...]
MicroBrasserie Charlevoix in Ontario – July 16th to 18th
HMH Negotiants Presents MicroBrasserie Charlevoix in Ontario! Friday, July 16th – Sunday, July 18th, 2010 HMH Negotiants are very happy to announce that MicroBrasserie Charlevoix will be coming to Toronto on Friday, July 16th, 2010! The visit will commemorate the availability of Charlevoix beers in the province and introduce Ontario to [...]
Hops For The Hospital
On September 1, 2010, Chancey Smith’s (130 King Street, London) will be hosting a special charitable event featuring gourmet food paired with Ontario-made, craft-brewed beer. This event is called Hops for the Hospital and celebrates local healthcare, local food and local craft brewers – all in support of the highest-priority needs [...]
Ontario Cask IPA Challenge 2010: Round Two
The second round of the Ontario Cask IPA Challenge 2010 will take place at Bar Volo (587 Yonge St.) on Friday July 9th and Saturday July 10th starting at 4:00PM Friday. It will feature the 9 beers that advanced from the first round, and will be a blind public vote. Upon [...]
Phillips Brewing Co. Invades Ontario!
Phillips Brewing Co. Invades Ontario! Two Beers Now Available for Private Order! Attention Ontario hop heads and beer lovers alike. HMH Negotiants are stoked to announce that the west coast heavy hitter, Phillips Brewing Company out of Victoria, British Columbia is now being represented in the province! Starting off low-key with [...]
The Bar Towel Announces Picaroons Private Order
The Bar Towel, through its partner corporation Cecktor Limited, is happy to announce that it has been appointed the Ontario representative for Picaroons Traditional Ales of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Picaroons, brewed by the Northampton Brewing Company, is the second brewery partner of The Bar Towel Specialty Beer Imports / Cecktor Limited, [...]
Toronto Beer Week: Sept 20-26, 2010
The team at Toronto Beer Week Ltd. is excited to announce that Toronto will have a week-long celebration of beer this fall. With over 15 North American cities (including Vancouver, San Diego, Chicago and Philadelphia) already hosting successful beer weeks, the time is right for Toronto to stage an event of [...]
Ontario Beer Events for Summer 2010
As Ontario Craft Beer Week comes to an end with the Session festival on Saturday, it may feel like the best beer events of the summer are already behind us, but it's important to remember that there are still plenty of good things coming up in the next few months. Here's [...]
Golden Tap Awards Voting Opens
The Bar Towel is proud to announce the launch of voting for the 2010 Golden Tap Awards, a leading awards event recognizing the best craft beer achievements in Ontario. Now in its eighth year, the Golden Tap Awards is a democratic awards event, with all voting taking place online at www.goldentap.com [...]
Cass’ & Troy’s First Annual OCB Pub Crawl
Join Cass & Troy on a walking beer tour through the streets of Toronto Toronto, ON - Join Cass Enright and Troy Burtch on Wednesday June 23rd for their first annual Toronto Pub Crawl during Ontario’s first ever craft beer week hosted by the Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB). Enright, who founded [...]
Duggan’s #9 Coming to a Shelf Near You
That's right, folks, Duggan's #9 IPA is finally trickling into the LCBO system. The winner of Bar Volo's inaugural cask IPA challenge will be available in six-packs of 275ml bottles for $9.95. Here's the line on the beer from Beer Advocate and RateBeer. For availability check out the LCBO website or [...]
Session: A Craft Beer Festival
As part of Ontario Craft Beer Week, Jed Corbeil and Curt Dunlop of The Griffin Gastropub in Bracebridge will be presenting Session: A Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, June 26th from 12 noon to 8:00 PM at Sunnyside Pavilion in Toronto. Session will feature breweries from Ontario and elsewhere in Canada [...]
Ontario Craft Beer Week
June 20th marks the kick-off of the first ever Ontario Craft Beer Week, as brewers, bars and restaurants across the province celebrate great local beer. The week-long festival will feature a series of special events designed to expose consumers to the craft beer experience through tastings, brewery tours, cooking demonstrations, food [...]
Ontario MPPs Pick Their Favourite Craft Beers For 2010-11
Last week at Queen's Park, The Honourable Steve Peters, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, led MPPs, Queen's Park staff and selected guests in media in a third annual tasting of craft beers from across Ontario. 48 beers from 15 members of the Ontario Craft Brewers were available for sampling, [...]
Great Lakes May Update: Project X and Annual BBQ
Great Lakes Brewery have announced that May's edition of their monthly cask night Project X will have an "Island Fever" theme, and will celebrate the warm weather by featuring two refreshing cask-conditioned ales. Taking place on Thursday, May 13, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the brewery (30 Queen Elizabeth Boulevard, [...]
Great Canadian Homebrew Conference 2010
The Canadian Amateur Brewers Association (CABA) have announced the details of their Great Canadian Homebrew Conference 2010, taking place on June 12th 2010 at The Rhino Bar & Grill (1249 Queen St. West, Toronto). The full press release is attached below: CANADIAN AMATEUR BREWERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES RAY DANIELS AS GUEST SPEAKER [...]
Koningshoeven Beer Dinner at The Golden Kiwi
The Golden Kiwi (47 Dickson St., Cambridge) will be presenting a four-course beer dinner on Tuesday, May 11th, with each course paired with a beer from Dutch Trappist brewery Koningshoeven. Here are the full details and menu as provided by the Kiwi: TRAPPIST BEER DINNER with KONINGSHOVEN BREWERY Holland Tues. May [...]