New Breweries Around Ontario
There's been a flurry of activity in Ontario's brewing scene in the last couple of months, with several new breweries opening recently or soon, including: Grand River Brewing - Based in the old Galt Knife Company building in Cambridge, Grand River is owned by Bob Hanenberg with beers developed and brewed [...]
Black Creek Brews Fest – Event Announcement & Ticket Giveaway
The Black Creek Brews Fest, a celebration of Ontario's rich brewing heritage and today's craft brewers, will take place at Black Creek Pioneer Village on August 25th and 26th, 2007. Some of Ontario's finest microbreweries - including Church-Key, Great Lakes, Robert Simpson and more - will be on hand to share [...]
Golden Tap Awards Announced
Last night at a gala event at beerbistro, the 2007 Golden Tap Awards were announced. These were the winners: Best microbrewery in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) - Mill Street Best microbrewery in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - Church-Key Best beer brewed in the GTA - Mill Street Tankhouse Best [...]
Golden Tap Awards Winners to be announced August 18th
The Golden Tap Awards voting has closed, and now it is time to announce the winners! On Saturday, August 18th at beerbistro in Toronto, the winners will be announced at a special event which is open to the public, free to attend and will feature an exclusive Ontario craft beer festival. [...]
Creemore Springs on Bar Towel Radio
We're happy to announce our latest Bar Towel Radio episode, an interview with Karen Gaudino, director of sales and marketing at the Creemore Springs Brewery in Creemore, Ontario. Creemore is one of Ontario's most well-known breweries and our show covers their latest happenings and what things are like at the brewery [...]
LCBO Premium Beer Festival
The LCBO Premium Beer Festival will be taking place on Thursday, July 26th to Saturday, July 28th at the Summerhill LCBO (10 Scrivener Square, just south of Summerhill subway station). The fest will feature 46 different beers - including 19 Ontario brews - being poured over the course of the three [...]
The King St. Crawl
This Thursday July 26th, the folks behind Torontos Festival of Beer are presenting The King Street Crawl, a beer sampling event scattered across 11 different bars and restaurants on King Street West between Spadina and Bathurst, including Venice Resto-Bar, Shoeless Joes, Crush, Brassaii, Fionn MacCools, 2Cats, 577 Lounge, Bar Wellington, KiWe [...]
Cameron’s 10th Anniversary Party
Cameron's Brewing Company are marking their 10th anniversary this year, and they're inviting everyone to help them celebrate with a bash at the brewery on Saturday, July 28th. Here's how they describe the agenda for the day: Our doors will open at 12 noon for brewery tours, some grub and chit [...]
Results of the 1st Annual Canadian International Beer Championship
The First Annual Canadian International Beer Championship was held on July 7th, 2007 in conjunction with the Barrie Brews & BBQ Festival. The event was a BJCP Sanctioned Competition overseen by brewer and BJCP Master Judge Paul Dickey, and the entries were consolidated in similar styles for the awarding of medals [...]
King Brewery on Bar Towel Radio
We're happy to announce our latest Bar Towel Radio episode, a live discussion with Phil DiFonzo, brewmaster at the King Brewery in Nobleton, Ontario. King is a lager-only brewery responsible for the King Pilsner, Dark Lager and Pilsbock. Get it from Bar Towel Radio's home page or subscribe to the feed [...]
Great Lakes Project X
John from Great Lakes Brewery recently
GTA Party Contest
We're going to have another contest, this time at the Golden Tap Awards party itself, in conjunction with Lucy Saunders and beerbistro. When you vote for your favourite beer at the GTA party (the "Best of the Fest"), you'll have a chance to win one of five copies of Lucy Saunders' [...]
New Bar Towel Radio Episode
We're happy to announce our latest Bar Towel Radio episode, a chat with Peter Lopaty, president of Esprit Agencies, one of Ontario's leading beer importers. Get it from Bar Towel Radio's home page or subscribe to the feed here.
OCB Brewer for a Day Contest
The Ontario Craft Brewers in conjunction with the LCBO are holding a “Brewer for a Day” contest. Winners will spend a day at one of 21 participating Ontario craft breweries, and will learn about the art of brewing first hand from the brewmaster. The full announcement and contest details appear behind [...]
Trafalgar Summer Newsletter
Oakville’s Trafalgar Ales & Meads recently sent out their seasonal bulletin with news about new mead flavours, buck-a-beer specials, and new beers at their brewery & tied house. The full newsletter follows behind the cut… […]
Beer To The Extreme with Stephen Beaumont
As part of their Tasting Club series of food & drink events, the new Leslieville arts & events facility Coupe Space (998 Queen Street East) will be presenting a unique beer tasting hosted by Stephen Beaumont. Dubbed "Beer To The Extreme", the event will take place on Monday July 9th from [...]
Golden Tap Awards Contest Added
We've added a contest to the Golden Tap Awards - by voting you could win one of two pairs of tickets to Toronto's Festival of Beer, being held on August 11th-13th at Fort York. Vote now for the Golden Tap Awards for your chance to win!
Beer News Round-Up
Grand River Brewing, a new brewery in Cambridge featuring beers developed and brewed by industry veteran Rob Creighton, have tapped the first kegs of their Galt Knife Old Style Lager at the Kiwi in Cambridge, the Castle in Kitchener, the Arms in Guelph and the Shepherds Pub in Elora. Growlers and [...]
Golden Tap Awards 2007 Voting Launches
We're proud to announce the launch of the voting for the 2007 Golden Tap Awards. We're very excited about this year's event - there are eight categories to vote upon and there will be a great awards event on August 18th. You can vote for this year's awards and find out [...]
New Bar Towel Radio Episode
We've got a new Bar Towel Radio episode today, a live chat with George Milbrandt, publican of C'est What, one of Toronto's oldest and strongest supporters of local craft beer. Get it from Bar Towel Radio's home page or subscribe to the feed here.