Bar Towel Introduces New Publishing System
The Bar Towel is proud to announce its move to a new publishing system for Ontario beer news! The new system (WordPress) should allow for a cleaner interface and more functionality to come. Comments and feedback are welcome - e-mail any thoughts to cass@bartowel.com. If anyone is following Bar Towel news [...]
Duggan’s Brewery Now Open
The much-anticipated Duggan's Brewery, operated by Michael Duggan, former head brewer at Mill Street, has opened. The new downtown brewpub is located in the former Denison's location at 75 Victoria Street, near Yonge & Adelaide. The pub opened with a lineup of house-brewed beers and a full menu. Beers available at [...]
Volo Cask Days – Final Details
The final confirmed beer lists and other details on the week of events that make up this year’s Cask Days at Volo have been announced. In addition to the main ticketed event on Friday October 30th and Saturday October 31st, the 5th annual edition will also include Pre-Cask Days sessions focused [...]
Black Oak Oaktoberfest & 10 Bitter Years
Etobicoke's Black Oak Brewing has a new seasonal beer available now, and another limited edition beer to follow next month. Black Oak Oaktoberfest is an unfiltered organic Oktoberfest beer made using all German ingredients. It's now available on draught at select locations in Toronto including beerbistro, C'est What, The Embassy, Twisted [...]
Upcoming Beer Events in Toronto & Elsewhere
There are a slew of beer events coming up in Toronto, as well as a couple happening elsewhere that will be worth the trip. Here's the full list: Thu Oct 8 - Great Lakes Project X @ Great Lakes Brewery (Etobicoke) Thu Oct 8 - Mill Street Brewmasters Dinner @ Mill [...]
Grand River Beer Dinner at Golden Kiwi
The Golden Kiwi in Cambridge is hosting a dinner on Oct. 3rd at 7pm featuring the beers of Grand River Brewing. One of the entree servings will be served with a Black Cherry Pils that brewer Rob Creighton has done as a trial batch and which will only be available at [...]
Collaborative Beers Coming From Great Lakes, Camerons and Church-Key
Great Lakes Brewery (Toronto), Camerons Brewing (Oakville) and Church-Key Brewery (Campbellford) have announced that they will be working together on a pair of collaborative brews. Crafted by John Bowden of Great Lakes, Jon Graham of Camerons, and John Graham of Church-Key, the first of the beers will be a fresh hop [...]
Railway City Dead Elephant Ale
Railway City Brewing in St. Thomas have just released their first seasonal beer, Dead Elephant Ale. Named in honour of Jumbo, the world famous elephant that was killed on September 15, 1885 by a freight train, the beer is described by the brewery as follows: A full bodied golden Pale Ale [...]
Vankleek Hill Oktoberfest 2009
Beau's All-Natural Brewing is partnering with acclaimed restaurateurs to create a unique Oktoberfest celebration in picturesque Vankleek Hill on October 3rd from 11am to 9pm at the Vankleek Hill Fairgrounds. The event will raise money for the Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society, and will feature Guest of Honour, actor George Wendt (Norm [...]
HOPS! Beer Benefit Event for Oakville Historical Society and Oakville Museum
HOPS! - an afternoon of beer tasting to benefit the work of the Oakville Historical Society and the Oakville Museum - will take place on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM at the Studio Theatre, Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. Attendees will learn about the rich [...]
Wellington Brewery Realists’ Party
The Wellington Brewery invites everyone to their 9th Annual Realist Party happening on Saturday September 26th, 2009. The event will feature food, beer samples, brewery tours, and a free decaled Wellington Brewery mug (while supplies last). The Realist party is an annual customer appreciation party where beer lovers can have the [...]
C’est What 21st Annual Fall Festival Of Craft Breweries
C'est What (67 Front Street East) will be holding their 21st Annual Fall Festival Of Craft Breweries on Friday, October 2nd from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. While the line-up is far from complete, there are going to be two notable entries: C'est What Big Butt, the newest seasonal ale made [...]
Dieu du Ciel! Launch Party at Volo
HMH Beer Negotiants would like to invite you to spend an evening with Microbrasserie Dieu Du Ciel! on Saturday October 3rd. 2009. The DDC founders and brewers will be present to celebrate the release of their Peche Mortel (Imperial Coffee Stout) and Corne Du Diable (American IPA) into the LCBO. The [...]
Volo Cask Days 2009 – Details Announced
Some details for Volo Cask Days 2009 have been announced, along with several pre- and post-Cask Days events. Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 Cask Days 2009 Tickets go on sale @ time TBC - prices TBA October 26th-27th-28th, 2009 Pre-Cask Days 2009: Traditional English Ales (20 Pins) Three day event during regular [...]
Feast of Fields 2009
Organic Advocates, a non-profit organization that supports organic food awareness, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its Feast of Fields event at the Kortright Centre for Conservation in Vaughan on Sunday, September 13 from 1 to 5 pm. The event will feature food and drink from 100 vendors including 40 chefs, organic/local [...]
Trafalgar Hop Nouveau
Trafalgar Brewing is set to become the first brewery in Ontario to sell a fresh hop ale via the LCBO. The beer, to be called Hop Nouveau, will be brewed this coming weekend using hops picked the same day. It will be available at select LCBO outlets on or around September [...]
Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale Returns
Great Lakes Brewery have just bottled up the first batch of their autumn seasonal Pumpkin Ale, and have put it on sale at their brewery store (30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd., Etobicoke), with a limited release at select LCBO outlets planned for later in September. As in previous years, the beer is [...]
Camerons Celebrates the Power of 9
Long known for their unique 9 packs, Camerons Brewing is celebrating "The Power of 9" on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 (09/09/09) with a special sale at their brewery store. For one day only, from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, all merchandise in the store will be marked down to $9.99, including [...]
Upcoming Seasonals at Mill Street Brewpub
Mill Street Brewery have three seasonal beers set to be released soon at their brewpub in Torontos Distillery District. On September 19th, they will be tapping the first keg of this years Oktoberfest Märzen, an annual seasonal described as a classic golden malt-accented 5.5% alc./vol lager. Following in early October will [...]
Upcoming Beer Events in Toronto
You might expect the number and frequency of beer events to slow down now that the summer is almost over, but that's definitely not the case, as there are several dinners, tastings and other events on the horizon. Here's a quick run-down of a few of them: Wednesday, September 9th Allagash [...]