Victory Summer Cask Ale Festival
Victory Summer Cask Ale Festival Sunday July 13th 2008 12:00 7:00 P.M. The Victory Café, 581 Markham Street, Toronto The Victory Café is hosting a cask ale festival on the patio this July as part of Pedestrian Sundays, the summer street festival in Mirvish Village, Toronto. The aim of this [...]
Matt OHara of Beau’s Brewing in Car Accident
In a message sent to members of the The Beau's Army Facebook group this afternoon, Beau's Brewery co-founder Steve Beauchesne announced that their brewmaster Matt O'Hara was in a bad car accident last week, and is facing a 3-to-6 month recovery time. Those wishing to send cards or other "Get Well [...]
LCBO Summer Beers Release
The Summer Beers seasonal release has started to hit the shelves at selected LCBO outlets. Here are the beers included in the promotion: Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Hefeweizen-Mix (2.5% - $1.95/330 ml - LCBO 63511) Great Lakes Orange Peel (5.3% - $4.95/650 ml - LCBO 615633) Wells Bombardier Burning Gold (4.7% - $TBA/568 [...]
Steelback Is Back
Yesterday afternoon at Mirto Restaurant in downtown Toronto, the relaunch of Steelback Brewery was announced by CEO/owner Jonathon Sherman, president Ian MacDonald and brewmaster Jayne MacGillivray. The new Steelback is being launched after several months of restructuring with a streamlined portfolio of five beers - Steelback Lager, Light, Draught, Tiverton Honey [...]
Returns for Leukemia Research Bottle Drive
On Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, March 25th, all 441 retail locations of The Beer Store will be holding Returns for Leukemia Research, a bottle drive collecting funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. Customers returning beer, wine and spirit bottles will be invited to donate all or a [...]
Ontario Craft Brewers Newsletter for May, 2008
The May, 2008 newsletter from the Ontario Craft Brewers has come out, and it includes info about the following: The Craft Your Own Brew contest, with the grand prize being the chance to create your own beer with an OCB brewmaster, followed by a party with 20 of your friends to [...]
Cameron’s Cask Night for May
Cameron's Brewing have announced that this month's Cask Night will take place at the brewery (1165 Invicta Drive, Oakville) on Thursday May 29th from 6pm to 8pm. As always, the night will feature a one-off cask of a beer brewed especially for the event, and this month, food will be provided [...]
New Beers at C’est What
Just in time for their Spring Festival of Small Brewers next Friday, C'est What have announced a few changes to their tap and bottle line-up: The Granite Best Bitter has moved to cask and returning the our list are Church-Key Cranberry Wheat, Ephemere Pomme (Unibroue), and Great Lakes Orange Peel Ale. [...]
C’est What Spring Festival Of Small Breweries
C'est What's next semi-annual beer festival takes place on Friday, May 23 from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. There will be the usual and unusual, thirty-five to forty examples of the best beer Canada has to offer in sample sizes at a loonie each. Beers confirmed so far include: Amsterdam Pomegranate [...]
Great Canadian Homebrew Conference 2008
Great Canadian Homebrew Conference June 7th 2008 Time: 10:30 - 4:00 pm (Doors open at 10:00) Rhino Bar and Grill (1249 Queen Street West) What goes together after a long Canadian winter better than a sunny patio and a refreshing wheat beer? This year the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association (CABA) Great [...]
The Beer Lovers’ Tour Company Celebrates 10 Years
2008 marks the 10th anniversary of The Beer Lovers’ Tour Company, the folks behind the Old Toronto Beer Tour and other beer travel events. Below is the press release announcing their plans for 2008, including trips to the Creemore Copper Kettle Festival and the Chambly Beer Festival, as well as a [...]
New Local Brews
Several new local brews now available on various taps around town: At the Granite Brewery, the season's first keg of Summer Ale will be tapped on May 12th. This 4.0% golden ale is a great session beer for the warmer weather. At Volo, you'll find the debut keg of Grand River [...]
Southern Tier on Bar Towel Radio
We're proud to announce a new episode of Bar Towel Radio, an interview with Phin DeMink and Paul Cain of Southern Tier Brewing from Lakewood, New York. Phin and Paul were in Toronto recently to celebrate the pending release of their Southern Tier IPA at the LCBO. Get it from Bar [...]
Ontario Brewing Awards 2008 Winners
The winners of the Ontario Brewing Awards 2008 were announced earlier this week. The full press release, including the list of winners, appears below: TORONTO, ONTARIO: May 7, 2008 . They excel in the beer industry, exemplify creativity and are determined to succeed. They are the winning brands of the fifth-annual Ontario [...]
Import Report
There are a few new imports on the shelves (or soon to be) at the LCBO and The Beer Store - here's a quick round-up: Carlsberg is now available in Canada as an imported version for the first time in 40 years. Brewed domestically by Moosehead/McAuslan for the past 4 years, [...]
Ontario Brewing Awards 2008
The 5th annual Ontario Brewing Awards will be taking place on Tuesday, May 6th at the Esplanade Bier Markt (58 The Esplanade). Hosted by Roger Mittag, the awards will be announced during a media event from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, followed by a public event from 5:00 to 6:00 PM where [...]
Nickelbrook Cuvée ’07
Burlington's Nickelbrook Brewery have announced the details of their newest offering: Beginning Saturday May 03, Nickelbrook Brewery is releasing a new special edition for sale at our retail outlet. Nickelbrook Cuvée '07 Spiced Strong Ale 'People's Choice' Winner for Specialty Beer at the 2008 Ontario Brewing Awards!! 7.75% A.B.V. 17 I.B.U. [...]
Great Lakes Brewery Events
Etobicoke's Great Lakes Brewery have two fun events coming up: Great Lakes Brewery Orange Peel Ale Release Party Thursday May 15th @ The Victory Cafe Join us as we celebrate the launch of Orange Peel Ale for another year! Available on draught since early April, it will be hitting LCBO shelves [...]
REMINDER: Southern Tier IPA Launch Events
Just a reminder about the two Southern Tier launch events taking place this weekend. There are still tickets available for the dinner, and the Volo event is now free (except for the beer, which you'll have to buy). Hope to see you there! The Bar Towel is pleased to announce that [...]
Cameron’s Cask Night for April
Cameron's Brewing have announced the details of their "Let's Drink The Cask" Night for April: Following last month's infamous Dark Cherry Lager Cask, this month's Cameron's 'Let's Drink the Cask Night' will be on Thursday April 24th, from 6:00 - 8:00pm Cameron's Cask Nights are a casual and intimate monthly event [...]