Golden Tap Awards Voting Closes; Party Up Next
The 2008 Golden Tap Awards voting closed on the weekend, setting a new high in voting for the sixth consecutive year. Up next will be the gala event to announce the winners of the voting awards and the Editor's Circle awards, which will take place on Saturday, August 23rd at beerbistro, [...]
Golden Tap Awards Voting Closes Soon
Just a quick reminder that the Golden Tap Awards voting closes tomorrow, August 9th. So get your vote in if you haven't already! All winners will be announced at a gala event at beerbistro on Saturday, August 23rd. More details will be announced shortly. You can vote for the Golden Tap [...]
Pepperwood Beer of the Month for August
Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) released their Feature Beer for August this weekend. Pepperwood Summer Ale is described by brewmaster Paul Dickey as "A light refreshing beer with a hint of lemongrass, sure to be refreshing on the patio". In addition, Pepperwood's Ontario Craft Brewer guest tap will [...]
Bier Markt King West
Prime Restaurants, the company behind Esplanade Bier Markt, Fionn MacCools and numerous other pubs and restaurants, will soon be opening their newest location, Bier Markt King West. As with the original Esplanade location, Bier Markt King West will feature European-inspired cuisine with a strong Belgian influence, including mussels, flatbreads, fondues, steak [...]
Cameron’s Cask Night – Thursday July 31st
Cameron's Brewing have announced the details of their next cask night event. Here are the full details taken from their latest newsletter: Following last months very popular Orange Cream-sic-ALE by Cameron's brewer Adam, this months Camerons Lets Drink the Cask Night will be on Thursday July 31th, from 6:00 - 8:00pm [...]
Toronto’s Festival of Beer Ticket Giveaway
This year's edition of Toronto's Festival of Beer at Historic Fort York is just over a week away, and your time to get tickets is rapidly running out, as are the tickets themselves - Friday and Saturday are already sold out. The folks behind the Festival have provided Bar Towel with [...]
Cole’s IPA Festival
Veteran Buffalo beer bar Cole's (1104 Elmwood) will be holding their 4th annual IPA Festival on Saturday, August 16th. The fest runs from 1 PM to 5 PM, and the $25 admission charge gives you access to 25-30 different IPAs and Double/Imperial IPAs, plus food. Tickets will be available at the [...]
Church-Key Brewing to Enter the Pub Business
In an announcement last week on his website and Facebook group, John Graham of Church-Key Brewing announced that the brewery will be taking over the ownership of The Stinking Rose Pub in Campbellford from original owners Ron and Dianne. The Stinking Rose was already a big supporter of Church-Key brews, and [...]
LCBO Summer Craft Beer Tastings
As part of the LCBO's current International Beer Expo promotion, a number of members of the Ontario Craft Brewers will be holding tasting events at LCBO outlets around the province. A full list of tastings has been posted to the OCB website, and info can also be found at the International [...]
Upcoming Beer Events
Here's a handy guide to the beer events taking place in Toronto and surrounding areas in the coming weeks and months: Events in Toronto: Thu Jul 29 2008 - Hopscotch: Whisky, Scotch and Beer Dinner - Mill Street Brewpub - CANCELLED Thu Jul 31 2008 - Craft Beer Festival & Summer [...]
Ask for CASK!
At this past weekend's Summer Ale Cask Festival at the Victory Cafe, a newly formed beer advocacy group made their first public appearance with an information and recruitment table. Called CASK!, the group is dedicated to raising awareness of local cask conditioned ale and to promote it to a wider audience. [...]
Beer Retail Revolt Brewing in Ontario
The past couple of weeks have been interesting ones in the Ontario beer scene, as a series of articles in the Toronto Star have led to a lot of vitriol being directed towards The Beer Store, the province's beer retailing oligopoly which is owned by Molson, Labatt and Sleeman. The original [...]
Golden Tap Awards 2008 Voting Launches
The Golden Tap Awards, which recognizes the best achievements in beer in Ontario, has launched voting for 2008. Now in its sixth year, the Golden Tap Awards allows the public to vote for their favourite breweries, pubs, beers and brewpubs across Ontario. A Bar Towel "Editor's Circle" committee also determines special [...]
Beer List for Victory Summer Cask Ale Festival
The list of beers to be available at the Victory Café's Summer Cask Ale Festival on Sunday, July 13th have been announced: Summer Ale, Granite Brewery Hop Head, County Durham Brewing Co. Hop Bomb IPA, Black Oak Brewery Granite IPA, Granite Brewery Plowmans Ale, Grand River Brewing MacLeans Pale Ale, F&M [...]
Hogtown Hoedown
C'est What is teaming up with Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar and other local restaurants, farmers, breweries, and wineries to present the first annual Hogtown Hoedown in Market Lane Park (next to the St. Lawrence Market North Building). The festival spans two days with two different events. A gala multi-course charity dinner [...]
Ruggerfest: Amherstburg International Rugby Tournament and Beer Festival
Ruggerfest August 1-4, 2008 Centennial Park Amherstburg, Ontario The town of Amherstburg, Ontario will be the host of a new, international rugby tournament, commencing August first of 2008, and running until the fourth of August, 2008 in H. Murray Smith Centennial Park. This festival will be a first for the County [...]
Hart House Craft Beer Festival & Summer BBQ
Hart House Craft Beer Festival and Summer BBQ Thursday, July 31st, 2008. 7pm 12am Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto $30 per person ($20 U of T Students), Admission restricted to 19+ Tickets available at
Buffalo Brewfest 2008
7th Annual Buffalo Brewfest August 23, 2008 - 2:00 6:00 PM HSBC Arena, Buffalo $20 presale, $25 at the door Please join us August 23rd as we proudly carry on our tradition of helping worthy causes by indulging in our love of quality beer from some of the world's best [...]
New Beers and Local Wine Festival at C’est What
Here's an excerpt from the latest newsletter from C'est What (67 Front St. E.) mentioning some changes to their beer line-up: Nickel Brook Ice Bock is a completely new selection while Black Oak Pale Ale returns along with Wellington SPA. In cask we have added F&M Stonehammer Dark and have a [...]
Toronto’s Festival of Beer Satellite Events
The organisers of Toronto's Festival of Beer (August 7th-10th at Fort York) have announced their line-up of pre-festival satellite events for this year. Tickets for all events are on sale now, and each ticket purchased also includes free admission to Toronto's Festival of Beer for the Bowmans Ball on Thursday, August [...]