The Brewers Plate 2009
Green Enterprise Toronto, Local Food Plus and Slow Food Toronto present The Brewers Plate A Local, Sustainable Spring Feast Celebrating Independent Brewers, Chefs and Food Artisans Friday, April 17, 2009 - 6:30 to midnight Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle $90 + GST & service charge ($96.86 total) [...]
The Art of Beer at Niagara Arts and Cultural Center
The Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (NACC) in Niagara Falls, NY, will be presenting their 3rd Annual Art of Beer Festival on Friday, February 27th, 2009. The Art of Beer, which is a beer and food tasting event with live music, has proven to be the NACCs premier annual fund raising [...]
Victory Café Winter Cask Ale Festival – Beer List Announced
The complete list of beers to be available at the Victory Café Winter Cask Ale Festival on January 31st has been announced: Nickel Brook Cuvee '08, Better Bitters Brewing Company Winter Ale, Great Lakes Brewery Neustadt 180, Neustadt Springs Brewery StoneHammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout, F&M Brewery Hopping Mad, Granite Brewery Blak [...]
John By Lateral Tasting at Volo
Volo (587 Yonge St.) will be hosting a lateral tasting of Scotch-Irish John By Imperial Stout on Wednesday, January 21st starting at 4 PM. The beer will be available in three different serving formats: cask, draught and in bottles. They will be available in 4oz tasters as a sample trio while [...]
Belgian Beer Tasting at Castro’s Lounge
Castro's Lounge (2116 Queen St. East) will be hosting a beer tasting this Sunday, January 18th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The tasting will feature 8 different Belgian and Belgian-style beers, and is accompanied by an optional meal of mussels and frites. Cost is $30 for the tasting, and an [...]
Scottish Food and Beer Pairing at The Abbot on the Hill
The Abbot on the Hill (1276 Yonge Street) will be marking Robbie Burns Day with a three course Scottish Food and Beer Pairing on Saturday January 24th. The Scottish draught beers available will include: Belhaven Wee Heavy Belhaven Best Cream Ale Belhaven Twisted Thistle The Fare for the evening will be: [...]
F&M Stonehammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout
Guelph's F&M Brewery will soon be releasing its first seasonal beer, Stonehammer Oatmeal Coffee Stout. Concocted by brewmaster George Eagleson, it will be about 5.5% abv and available in keg and cask form only starting in mid-January, just in time for the Victory Winter Cask Festival. The beer was brewed using [...]
Pepperwood Beers of the Month for January
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) will be releasing their Feature Beer of the month on Friday, January 2nd, and a Cask Ale of the month on Friday, January 16th. The Feature Beer is Scottish Export 80 Shilling brewed in honour of Robbie Burns. Brewmaster Paul Dickey provides the [...]
Artisanal Brewers at Todmorden
Artisanal Brewers at Todmorden Papermill Gallery at Todmorden Mills Museum, 67 Pottery Road A celebration of Todmorden Mills artisanal beer making history from the 1820s. Choose from eight pairings of craft beer produced by Ontario brewers and cuisine created by local Toronto restaurants. Take home a souvenir tasting glass. Saturday, February [...]
Cole’s Rare Beer Festival & Barley Wine Festival
Cole's (1104 Elmwood, Buffalo) will be holding two mini-festivals this winter: Cole's Rare Beer Festival will take place on Saturday, January 24th & Sunday, January 25th. As with the recent Buffalo Cask Ale Festival, this will be a free admission, pay-as-you-go event. The beers available will include the following (with more [...]
Grand River Beer Club & Newsletter
Starting in January, Grand River Brewing in Cambridge will host several comparative beer tastings discussing different styles of craft beers. Tuesday January 13, 2009 will feature Winter Warmers Tuesday February 10, 2009 will showcase India Pale Ales Tuesday March 10, 2009 will present Stouts and Porters The meetings will be co-hosted [...]
Robbie Burns Banquet at The Granite
The Granite Brewery (245 Eglinton Ave. E.) will be holding their annual Robbie Burns Banquet on two nights in January. Here at the details from their latest newsletter: Friday, January 23, 2009 at 7 pm & Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 7 pm $50 per person (includes all taxes and service [...]
Pepperwood Beers of the Month for December
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) will be releasing their Feature Beer of the month on Friday, December 5th, and a Cask Ale of the month on Friday, December 19th. The Feature Beer is a Winter Warmer with the following notes from brewmaster Paul Dickey: "Winter warmers are a [...]
Cameron’s Announces Details for December Cask Night
Cameron's Brewing have announced the details for the December edition of their monthly "Let's Drink the Cask" night via a post on their blog. Here's what they had to say... Let's Drink the Cask' Night on Thursday November 27th was a great success. We had a great turn-out of loyal faithfuls [...]
Great Lakes Launches Hops for Hunger
Great Lakes Brewing has partnered with the Daily Bread Food Bank to help those in need this holiday season. From December 1st through 22nd, Great Lakes will donate a portion of the weight of all beer purchases in food to the Daily Bread Food Bank (at their retail store only). For [...]
Brewmaster’s Dinner at Holiday Inn Kitchener
Nickel Brook and Cameron's will be featured breweries at the Kitchener Holiday Inn and Conference Centre (30 Fairway Road South, Kitchener) for their annual and renowned Brewmaster's Dinner on Friday December 19th from 7pm to 10pm. The evening features 6 gourmet courses prepared by Chef David Goodwin. Each course is paired [...]
Castle on King Closing
Sad news for fans of good beer in Kitchener-Waterloo and surrounding area, as the Castle On King (1508 King Street East, Kitchener) will be closing on Friday, December 12th. Owners Harold & Deanna had been attempting to buy the building from the owner, but failed to reach a deal, and can [...]
Fuller’s Beer Dinner at The Abbot on the Hill
To mark the debut of Fuller's Chiswick Ale in Canada, The Abbot on the Hill (1276 Yonge St.) will be dedicating their usual Monday night tasting menu on Monday December 8th to the entire Fuller's family of beers, with five courses of gastro pub fare paired up with five premium English [...]
Notes On An Afternoon with Nick Pashley
To celebrate the release of the newly revised edition of his book "Notes on a Beermat: Drinking and Why It's Necessary", author Nick Pashley will be presenting a reading/talk and book signing at Volo (587 Yonge Street) on Sunday December 7th at 2:00 PM. Copies of the book will be available [...]
Victory Café Winter Cask Ale Festival
Following the success of its first cask ale festival this past summer, The Victory Café (581 Markham Street) will be hosting a Winter Cask Ale Festival on January 31st, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 7:00 PM. This festival will feature a broad selection of winter ales covering many different styles to [...]