Brewfest 2009 at Capers Brasserie
Capers Brasserie (272 Front Street, Belleville) will be hosting Brewfest 2009, an evening of microbrews and ciders, on Thursday June 25 from 7pm - 10pm. Come sample locally produced beer and ciders, as well as featured brews from Premier Brands (importers of Warsteiner and Bavaria) and a special selection of international [...]
First Annual Fathers Day BBQ at Cameron’s Brewery
Camerons Brewing (1165 Invicta Drive, Oakville) will be opening their doors on Sunday June 21st from 12noon - 5pm for their First Annual Fathers Day Brewery BBQ. Stop in for brewery tours, grade A burgers from Whole Foods Markets, educated tastings with Brewmaster Jason Britton and brewery fresh Camerons. Bring your [...]
Upcoming Ontario Beer Events
The Bar Towel Ontario Beer Events Calendar has just been updated with a bunch of events taking place this summer throughout the province. Here's a quick list of what's coming up: Sat Jun 13 - Great Canadian Homebrew Conference and Competition - Rhino Bar & Grill, 1249 Queen St W, Toronto [...]
Pepperwood Beers of the Month for June
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) have announced the details of their special beers of the month for June: Pepperwood Monthly Feature Ginger-Lime Summer Ale Available Friday, June 5th. Loosely based on a Cream Ale style, this beer is neither dominated by malt nor hops. A generous amount [...]
Black Creek Historic Brewery
In what may be a first for Canada, a functioning historic brewery styled after those in use in the 1860s has been built at Black Creek Pioneer Village, and will be opening to the public next month. Run in partnership with Pioneer Brewery Ltd., a new company created by the owners [...]
Great Lakes Orange Peel Ale & 6th Annual Charity BBQ
Great Lakes Brewery have announced the release of this years edition of their popular summer seasonal, Orange Peel Ale. Brewed using five specialty malts, five varieties of hops, and plenty of fresh oranges and orange peel, Orange Peel Ale is available now at the brewery in 650ml bottles, and it should [...]
C’est What Spring Festival of Craft Breweries
C'est What's 5th annual Spring craft beer festival takes place on Friday May 22, 2009 from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. There will be over three dozen of the best brews Canada has to offer in sample sizes at a loonie each. Some of the beers on tap just for the [...]
May Tasting at Castro’s Lounge
Castro's Lounge (2116 Queen St. East) will be hosting their next monthly beer tasting on Sunday, May 17th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Here are the details: If nobody has invited you to their cottage, and you don't own one yourself, don't despair. Join us at Castro's Lounge this Sunday, [...]
LCBO Summer 2009 Release & Other New Releases
The following beers are planned to be included in the LCBO's Summer, 2009 seasonal beer promotion. The official release date for these beers is late May. Note that the prices listed below are estimates and are subject to change, as are all other details about the release, including the beers included. [...]
Ontario Brewing Awards 2009 Winners
The Ontario Brewing Awards for 2009 were presented today at Esplanade Bier Markt. Here's the full list of winners: NORTH AMERICAN LIGHT LAGER GOLD: Cool Brewing Stonewall Light SILVER: Flying Monkeys Antigravity Light PEOPLE'S CHOICE: Cool Brewing Stonewall Light PILSNER GOLD: Steam Whistle Pilsner SILVER: King Pilsner PEOPLE'S CHOICE: King Pilsner [...]
Black Oak Brewery Grand Opening
Ken Woods from Black Oak Brewing has sent us the following info about the grand opening of the new Black Oak facility in Etobicoke: The Black Oak Brewing Company is finally having a Grand Opening You are invited to attend a private event at the new brewery. Be a Black Oak [...]
Ontario Cask IPA/Pale Ale Challenge: Round 2
Volo (587 Yonge St.) have announced details for Round 2 of their Ontario Cask IPA/Pale Ale Challenge. On Saturday May 23rd and Sunday May 24th starting at 12 noon each day, the following 10 beers that won in the first round will be served in a blind tasting format: Granite Hopping [...]
April Tasting at Castro’s Lounge
Castro's Lounge (2116 Queen St. East) will be hosting their next monthly beer tasting on Sunday, April 19th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Here are the details: "Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! .. Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!" If you haven't died laughing yet, you obviously [...]
Ontario Brewing Awards 2009
On Tuesday April 14th, 2009 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, the Bier Markt Esplanade (58 The Esplanade), LN, NOW Magazine and BET365 come together to celebrate Ontarios finest beers with the 6th Annual Ontario Brewing Awards. Awards will be given in various beer style categories, and many of the winning [...]
Black Oak Grand Opening Party
Black Oak Brewery will be holding an official grand opening party for their new brewery in Etobicoke next Saturday. Here are the details direct from brewery president Ken Woods: The Black Oak Brewing Company is finally having a Grand Opening You are invited to attend a private event at the new [...]
Cask Ale Crawl Beer List Finalised
Toronto's first ever Cask Ale Crawl, presented by CASK!, takes place this weekend at six pubs around the city - Cest What (67 Front Street East), Granite Brewery (245 Eglinton Avenue East), Mill Street Brewpub (55 Mill Street, Building 63), Rhino (1249 Queen Street West), Victory Café (581 Markham Street) and [...]
Beer Dinner with Kevin Brauch at Fynn’s of Temple Bar
Fynn's of Temple Bar (489 King Street West) will be presenting a beer dinner on Monday April 27th with host Kevin Brauch of The Thirsty Traveller and Iron Chef America fame. This will be Brauch's second dinner at Fynn's, and it will feature four food courses each paired with a different [...]
Pepperwood Beers of the Month for April
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) will be releasing West Coast Pale Ale their Feature Beer of the month on Friday, April 3rd. A Dry Stout will follow later in April as their Cask Ale of the month. The date the cask will be tapped is to be announced. [...]
Cameron’s March Cask Night
Cameron's Brewing have announced the details for the March edition of their monthly "Let's Drink the Cask" night. Here are the details... This months Camerons Lets Drink the Cask Night will be on Thursday March 26th from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Please note that we only have 40 spots remaining, so RSVP's [...]