The Bar Towel Announces Appointment as Agent for Garrison Brewing
The Bar Towel, through its partner corporation Cecktor Limited, is proud to announce that it has been appointed the exclusive agent in Ontario for Garrison Brewing Company of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Beginning immediately beer lovers are able to participate in a private order to purchase full cases of the following: The [...]
Details Announced for Volos Ontario Cask IPA/Pale Ale Challenge
Volo (587 Yonge St.) have announced more details for their Ontario Cask IPA/Pale Ale Challenge, which is taking place on Sunday April 5th from 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM. There will now be 18 ales available, as opposed to the originally announced 16, including the following: Durham Hophead IPA * Grand [...]
Innis & Gunn Launch at Chancey Smith’s in London
On Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009, Chancey Smith's (130 King St,. London) will be hosting an exclusive dinner to launch Innis & Gunn Blonde Ale for the first time in North America. I&G brand ambassador Neil Innis Sharp will be in attendance, and the menu will feature the following: Cured and Roasted [...]
Two CASK! Events in April
CASK! is pleased to announce two exciting cask ale events happening in Toronto next month: Cask Ale Crawl Friday, April 3rd - Sunday, April 5th, 2009 various locations around Toronto Gather your friends and join the Cask Ale Crawl - an informal trail around six of Torontos best cask ale pubs. [...]
Great Lakes Green Tea Ale Launch Party
Great Lakes Brewery will be holding an event later this week to celebrate the release of their newest seasonal beer, Green Tea Ale. The party is taking place at the Dominion on Queen (500 Queen Street East) on Thursday, March 12th starting at 6:00 PM. There will be lots of samples [...]
Pepperwood Beers of the Month for March
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) released their Feature Beer of the month on Friday, March 6th, and will be releasing a Cask Ale of the month on Monday, March 16th. The Feature Beer is Chipotle Ale, previously available at the Pepperwood Beer Fest last month. The Monthly Cask [...]
March Tasting at Castro’s Lounge
Castro's Lounge (2116 Queen St. East) will be hosting their next monthly beer tasting on Sunday, March 15th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Here are the details: Beware the Ides of March!!! If the soothsayer spoke of your death, and you believed him, what would you do? Probably drink a [...]
Robert Simpson Brewing Company becomes Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Interesting goings-on up in Barrie, where the city's only microbrewery, Robert Simpson Brewing Company, has changed its name to Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery. Here's the announcement from the Ontario Craft Brewers website: Once upon a time, we were The Robert Simpson Brewing Company, but we're morphing into The Flying Monkeys Craft [...]
Stout Stand-Off at The Abbot on the Hill
On Tuesday, March 17th starting at 5:00 PM, The Abbot on the Hill (1276 Yonge Street) will be marking St. Patrick's Day with a Stout Stand-Off. For $20, attendees will be served blind samples of Guinness and Murphy's - as well as a bowl of Irish Stew to pair with them [...]
Two New Beers from Amsterdam Brewery
Amsterdam Brewery has just released two new beers - one new year-round beer, and one special seasonal. The new brew in their regular line-up is Big Wheel Deluxe Amber, which is described as "combining the boldness of a pale ale with the smoothness of an easy drinking lager". It's brewed with [...]
Ontario IPA / Pale Ale Cask Challenge at Volo
Volo (587 Yonge St.) will be hosting a monthly series of tasting events through the spring and summer to find Ontario's best cask IPA or Pale Ale. The first will take place on Sunday April 5th starting at 11 AM, with 16 different IPAs and Pale Ales available for tasting. Attendees [...]
Grand River News: Stout and Porter Tasting & Beer Dinner at The Golden Kiwi
Grand River Brewing have some details to share about two events that they have coming up. The first is on March 10th, and it's the final a series of three beer tastings that have been held at the brewery this winter, with this one featuring Stouts and Porters. Included will be [...]
Cameron’s February Cask Night
Cameron's Brewing have announced the details for the February edition of their monthly "Let's Drink the Cask" night. Here are the details... January's Cask Night was one of the more interesting casks yet. The Cask was a Rauch Bier - a German style 'smoke' beer. The beer had a strong smoke [...]
Two Events at Volo
Volo (587 Yonge St.) will be holding two events in the next couple of weeks: Double Chocolate Cherry Stout Lateral Tasting Thursday, February 26th - 4:00 pm Meet the makers Adrian Popowycz & Ken Woods from Black Oak Brewery, and enjoy a lateral tasting of Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout [...]
beerbistro Announces Bail Out Plan
beerbistro (18 King St. East) is offering guests their own Economic Stimulus Package: each day of the week, at least one table of guests will be randomly selected to receive a bail out, meaning that beerbistro will buy them their drinks and meal. Everyone is feeling the economic crunch these days [...]
February Tasting at Castro’s Lounge
Castro's Lounge (2116 Queen St. East) will be hosting their next monthly beer tasting on Sunday, February 22nd from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The tasting will have a Family Day theme. Host Chris Schryer will introduce attendees to his family, or more specifically, beers that represent various people in his [...]
Great Lakes Green Tea Ale
Great Lakes Brewery have just released their newest seasonal beer, Green Tea Ale. Sold in their custom 650ml stenciled bottles, Green Tea Ale is now available at the Great Lakes retail store, and will be part of the LCBO spring beer release, on shelves the first week of March. Brewed with [...]
Upcoming Events at Abbot On The Hill
The Abbot on the Hill (1276 Yonge Street) has two events happening next weekend: Sat Feb 21st: Charles the V's Birthday Notorious and colourful ruler Charles the V influenced the world of beer with his unusual preference for beer over wine - uncommon for a medieval aristocrat. The Het Anker Brewery [...]
Pepperwood Beerfest
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) will be holding their annual Pepperwood Beerfest on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The list of participating breweries includes Amsterdam, Barley Days, Beaus, Black Oak, Camerons, Denisons, F&M Brewery, Grand River, Great Lakes, Mill Street, Niagara, Nickel Brook, [...]
Birrificio Brùton
Wine import agency Stem Wine Group have announced the addition of Italian artisanal brewery Birrificio Brùton to their product portfolio. Brùton is based in Maremma (southwest Tuscany), and is owned by the son of a well known winemaker from the region. Stem have three Brùton beers available via private order: Brùton [...]