Upcoming CASK! Events
CASK!, the local cask ale appreciation group, will be presenting two events in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, November 18th, they're teaming up with C'est What (67 Front St. E.) for CASK! Challenge, a tasting event will compare the relative merits of hand-pulled cask ale and the more typical gas dispensed [...]
Holiday Gift Packs at the LCBO
The following items are planned to be included in the LCBO's Holiday Beers/Gift Packs release for 2008. A few of them have started appear on shelves already, and the rest should follow soon. Note that all info, including prices and package contents, is subject to change. Bah Humbug ($3.40 - LCBO [...]
Bar Towel 10th Anniversary Party – November 4th
Next Tuesday, November 4th, marks the 10th anniversary of the original domain name registration of BarTowel.com, leading to the site that you know today. To celebrate, we're having a casual pub night and Bar Towel meet-and-greet at the Victory Cafe (581 Markham Street) starting at 6pm in the upstairs bar. There [...]
Pepperwood Beer of the Month for November
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) will be releasing their Feature Beer for November on Friday, November 7th. Pepperwood Dunkelweizen is described by brewmaster Paul Dickey as being "a moderately dark, spicy (clove), fruity (banana) , malty, refreshing wheat-based ale. Reflecting the best yeast and wheat character of a [...]
Cameron’s Cask Night – Thursday October 30th
Cameron's Brewing have announced the details of their next cask night event. Here are the full details taken from their latest newsletter: Last month's Cask Night was simple, yet delicious creation. The cask was named L-Squared because it was a balanced mix of our Cameron's Lager and our Dark 266 Lager [...]
Volo Cask Days 2008: The Extended Version
As anyone who attended Volo Cask Days 2008 this past weekend can attest, it was a fantastic event with a helluvalot of casks to sample from. There were so many, in fact, that even six sessions over the course of the weekend couldnt drain them all, and a number of them [...]
OCB Discovery Pack No. 2 To Be Released
The Ontario Craft Brewers have announced that their second Discovery Pack sampler will be released to more than 170 LCBO outlets across the province starting in early November. Beers in this new six-pack will include: Robert Simpson Confederation Ale, Mill Street Tankhouse Ale, Trafalgar Elora Irish Ale, Black Oak Nut Brown [...]
Bar Towel Radio – Live from Volo Cask Days
Today we're doing something different - quick, raw, "live" interviews from the Brewer's Brunch at Volo Cask Days. Listen to the interviews here.
Trafalgar Announces “Vote With Your Throat” Results
As a reminder to everyone that they should get out and vote tomorrow, here's an announcement sent out earlier today by Trafalgar Brewing announcing the results of their popular "Vote With Your Throat" campaign: PRESS RELEASE: VOTE WITH YOUR THROAT BEER POLL FINAL NUMBERS LIB RED LAGER: 36% OLD TORY LAGER: [...]
Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour
On Saturday, October 17th, the Beer Lovers' Tour Co. will be hosting their first Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour. A country day-tour of discovery, the Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour explores the historic beer-brewing counties of Grey and Wellington. Starting and ending in Toronto, beer lovers will enjoy a day that [...]
Granite Brewery Launches Hopping Mad
The Granite Brewery (245 Eglinton Ave. East) have added a new beer to their line-up of ales. Dubbed Hopping Mad, this strong pale ale checks it at 6% alcohol with a strong hop character, but also enough malt to keep it balanced. It will be available at the Granite on a [...]
Roland + Russell Signs Nørrebro Bryghus & Nøgne Ø
It appears that the recent trip taken by import agents Roland + Russell to the Copenhagen Beer Festival was fruitful, as they've recently announced the addition of two Scandinavian breweries to their portfolio. Norway's Nøgne Ø and Nørrebro Bryghus from Denmark are both well-regarded breweries who have played a key role [...]
Ontario Beer News Round-Up
We've been a bit lax in getting news posted here in the last couple of weeks, and the press releases and announcements have been piling up. There are several that deserve full news posts on their own, so those will be coming soon, but in the meantime, here's a round-up of [...]
beerbistro to Reopen Next Week
After several weeks of repairs stemming from the explosion of a sprinkler head and subsequent flood on September 14th, beerbistro will be reopening on Thursday, October 9th (updated from the originally announced date of Tuesday, October 7th). The full newsletter announcing the reopening, as well as their plans for the next [...]
The Publican House Opens for Business
After several years of red tape, renovations and more, the Publican House Brewery (300 Charlotte Street, Peterborough) will officially open for business today at 1:00 PM. For the initial weekend, they will only be selling take-away 1.9 L growlers and delivering draught kegs to other bars and restaurants. But as of [...]
C’est What Fall Festival – Update
C'est What have updated the list of beers that will be available at their 20th annual Fall craft beer festival, which takes place on Friday October 3, 2008 from 5:00 to 10:00. Unfortunately, the highly anticipated beers from Quebec's Hopfenstark Brewery didn't clear the LCBO processing in time, so they won't [...]
Scotch-Irish Corporal Punishment at the LCBO
Donna Warner at Heritage/Scotch-Irish Brewing has written to let us know that Scotch-Irish Corporal Punishment will soon be available at the LCBO in single bottles. One thing to note, however, is that the name of the bottled version will be Corporal's Bitter Brown Ale, and the label image will not include [...]
Canadian Brewing Awards Winners for 2008
The 2008 Canadian Brewing Awards were handed out last Thursday evening at a special event hosted by beer writer Stephen Beaumont and presented by TAPS Magazine at The Richmond. This was the largest year yet for the awards, with 239 beers entered from over 50 breweries across the country. Even with [...]
Vote With Your Throat at Trafalgar
With the federal election a couple of weeks away, Oakville's Trafalgar Brewing has brought back their popular "Vote With Your Throat" campaign, and have rebranded several of their beers to represent each of the major parties. The four beers - Old Tory Lager, Lib Red Lager, Worker's Brown Ale and Debatable [...]
Pepperwood Beer of the Month for October
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) will be releasing their Feature Beer for October on Friday, October 3rd. Pepperwood Pumpkin Ale is described by brewmaster Paul Dickey as being "like a slice of pie in your glass. An orange hue, with a full bouquet of pumpkin pie spices makes [...]