Wheat Beer Promotion at Prime Pubs
In celebration of the summer season, the Prime Pubs chain of Irish-themed restaurants - including Fionn MacCool's (Toronto), Slainte (Hamilton), Tir Nan Og (Kingston), Darcy McGee's (Ottawa) & Paddy Flaherty's (Sarnia) - are holding a wheat beer promotion. The featured beers include Hoegaarden White, Hoegaarden Forbidden Fruit, Hoegaarden Grand Cru, Blanche [...]
Ontario Brewing Awards Winners
The winners of the third annual Ontario Brewing Awards were announced today during an awards presentation event at the Esplanade Bier Markt. And the winners are… […]
Ottawa Business Journal on Scotch-Irish/Heritage Deal
This week's edition of the Ottawa Business Journal features an article on last month's sale of the Scotch-Irish brands to Heritage Brewing. Click here for the online version of the story.
Ontario Brewing Awards 2006
The 3rd annual Ontario Brewing Awards will be presented at the Esplanade Bier Markt on Wednesday May 31st. The public portion of the event will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 PM and will feature Roger Mittag from Thirst for Knowledge Inc. presenting awards for Best Lager, Best Pilsner, Best Cream [...]
New Arrivals at Volo
Not only will Volo have six mystery casks tapped this weekend (Sat May 27 to Mon May 29) for their Spring Cask Situation, but they've also got a slew of other new/returning beers available or coming soon... New/Returning on Tap Church Key Pale Ale Church Key Riot Act Imperial Stout Scotch [...]
Canadian Brewing Awards 2006
The winners list for the 2006 edition of the Canadian Brewing Awards has been announced, and plenty of Ontario breweries are represented. Big congratulations go to Magnotta Brewery which was named Brewery Of The Year, with medals being won by five of the six products they had entered in the competition. [...]
Beer Articles in The Globe & Mail
It's been quite a weekend for beer in the mainstream press. In addition to the slew of articles in the Toronto Star and their associated regional papers that we reported earlier, The Globe & Mail has two beer features in their Saturday edition: Beer Wars: Tempest in a pint glass A [...]
Beer Articles in Torstar Newspapers
Over the last couple of days, several newspapers in the Torstar chain have been running a series of stories on the state of the beer industry in Ontario & Canada. Here are links to the full set of articles: Beer and loathing in Canada's breweries A feature article that takes a [...]
Stephen Beaumont on Sleeman
Beer scribe Stephen Beaumont has written two online articles regarding the potential sale of Sleeman. The first appeared on May 13th on drinks blog On The House, where Beaumont a regular contributor. The second followed on May 16th on his own World of Beer. Follow the links above to read the [...]
News From The Ontario Craft Brewers
The Ontario Craft Brewers marked their first anniversary today with a press and media event at the Summerhill LCBO. Joined by such dignitaries as Minster of Economic Development and Trade Joseph Cordiano and Public Infrastructure Minister David Caplan, the OCB hosted a tasting of many of their products, outlined the progress [...]
Cafe Brussel Closing
We've received the sad news that Toronto's original Belgian eatery Café Brussel (124 Danforth Ave.) will be closing their doors for the final time on Saturday, May 27th. Café Brussel was one of the first restaurants in the city to feature Belgian beers, bringing them in as private imports before they [...]
The European Experience at Esplanade Bier Markt
As part of their 4th annual Brewmaster Series, the Esplanade Bier Markt is presenting the following beer and food pairing event: The European Experience Wednesday, June 7th - 6:30 PM An evening of discovery: Beers of character with classic styles from Belgium and Germany are paired to a four-course dinner. A [...]
Michelle’s Beach House
Recently opened at 1955 Queen St. E. in The Beach neighbourhood is the fittingly named Michelle's Beach House. Owned by the same Michelle who is behind Michelle's Brasserie, the Beach House offers a similar beer list, with the tap line-up currently featuring Church Key Riot Act, Delirium Tremens, Denisons Dunkel and [...]
Jacob Richler on “Fine dining a la biere”
In this weekend's edition of the National Post, food critic Jacob Richler writes about a beer dinner that he recently attended at North 44 along with Innis & Gunn rep Dougal Sharp. The article - which you can read here - makes it clear that Richler holds to standard attitude that [...]
Sleeman For Sale?
In a statement released yesterday, Sleeman Brewery revealed that it has hired BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. as a financial adviser and was exploring "strategic options", including "offers to acquire shares or assets of Sleeman, a recapitalization review or business combination." This followed on reports earlier in the day that InBev - [...]
Great Canadian Homebrew Conference
Great Canadian Homebrew Conference June 10th, 2006 - 1 PM to 9 PM The Rhino Bar and Grill 1249 Queen Street West, Toronto Beer and cheese tasting, brewing demonstrations, and much more. The Rhino Bar and Grill and the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association will be going all out for an afternoon [...]
Greg Clow on Where to Find Good Beer in Toronto
Bar Towel news editor Greg Clow has joined the writing staff at Gremolata, a website dedicated to Toronto's food and drink scene. His first article there has been dubbed Where to Find Good Beer in Toronto by publisher Malcom Jolley, and it is a quick primer to some of the highlights [...]
Heritage Maple Bush Lager at Volo
Maple Bush Lager, the latest seasonal release from Heritage Brewing, is now available at Volo. The brewer describes it as "a springtime special with maple sap fresh from the forest. A smoked malt adds a touch of the woods to this maple flavoured brew."
Granite Brewers’ Banquet – Real Ale for the Summer Season
The Granite Brewery have announced the final details for their next beer dinner: Brewers' Banquet - "Real Ale for the Summer Season" Saturday June 3, 2006 Featuring 5 great cask ales! Nick Pashley will host the festivities Menu Granite Spent Grain Bread With MacLean's Pale Ale Dry Hopped Summer Salad With [...]
Volo Spring Cask Situation – Update
The upcoming mini cask festival at Volo has increased in scope from four to six brewers. Here is the latest update: The six brewers participating in the Volo Spring Cask Situation (May 27-29) have been confirmed: Scotch Irish, Church Key, Durham, Black Oak, Granite and Mill St. All six have promised [...]