Volo Spring Cask Situation
The fine folks at Volo (587 Yonge St.) are holding a sequel of sorts to last fall's extremely successful Cask Ale Festival, although as they note on their website, this will be a smaller and more casual affair: Volo Spring Cask Situation - May 27-29 - "Its not a festival, it's [...]
Southern Tier Jah-va at Volo
Another new addition to the beer menu at Volo - Southern Tier Jah-va Imperial Coffee Stout. This well-reviewed stout checks in at 11% alcohol and is available now in 650 ml bottles.
C’est What Spring Festival of Small Breweries
C'est What's 2nd annual Spring Festival of Small Breweries will be taking place on Friday, May 26th. Expect the usual fine selection of Ontario craft brews to be available for $1 per sample.
County Durham Hop Addict
County Durham Brewing has just released their newest beer, a Pacific Northwest style Pale Ale dubbed Hop Addict which clocks in at around 70 IBU with an alcohol content of 5.3%. It is now available on tap at Smokeless Joe (125 John St.). Discuss this topic in the Bar Towel Forum
Beer and Cheese Tastings – April 27 & May 11
Cheese Culture - aka sommelier Tonia Wilson and cheese specialist Julia Rogers - will be hosting a pair of delicious and educational evenings of beer and cheese later this spring: Belgian-style Beer and Cheese April 27, 2006, 7 pm Belgian-style brews feature innovative fermentation processes, and additions of fruit, herbs and [...]
Phillips at Volo
Now available at Volo (587 Yonge St.) are three beers from Phillips Brewing of Victoria, BC. Joining the previously available Amnesiac Double IPA are Original IPA and the unique Black Toque India Dark Ale. Discuss this topic in the Bar Towel Forum
Heritage Maple Bush Beer
Ottawa's Heritage Brewing have announced the latest beer in their seasonal series will be Maple Bush Beer. Due to be released later this spring, the beer will be brewed using maple sap fresh from the forests of Lanark County, as well as smoked malt to "add a touch of the woods [...]
Cask Ale Launch Party at Victory Cafe
The Victory Cafe (581 Markham St.) is happy to report that their new hand pump is now operational, and the first real ale on offer is a dry-hopped version of F&M Maclean's Pale Ale. To celebrate the occasion, everyone is invited to a launch party on the evening of Wednesday April [...]
LCBO Spring Release
The LCBO Spring 2006 seasonal beer release has started to appear on store shelves around the province. Here are the beers included in this promotion: Liefmans Goudenband Weltenburger Kloster Asam-Bock Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA Trafalgar Bock Mort Subite Gueuze J Biere de Garde de Blonde au Gingembre Discuss this topic [...]
Brewery Collectibles Show & Sale – April 22
The Golden Horseshoe Breweriana Collectors present their Spring show & sale of Canadian brewery memorabilia - bottles, cans, labels, openers, coasters, etc. - from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday April 22, 2006 at Dominion On Queen, 500 Queen Street East in Toronto. For more information, contact Larry at (416) [...]
Event Reminder – Toronto Wine & Cheese Show
Just a reminder that the Toronto Wine & Cheese Show takes place this weekend (March 24-26, 2006) at the International Centre (6900 Airport Road, Mississauga), and while the name doesn’t mention it, there will be plenty of beer available. Breweries on hand will include Amsterdam, Black Oak, Church-Key, Cool, Creemore Springs, [...]
Church-Key Biere de Garde
Church-Key Brewing has announced the release of their newest beer, Church-Key Biere de Garde. This 7% abv farmhouse ale is the first example of the style brewed in Ontario, and has been made using hops from Prince Edward County and Northumberland County barley. It is currently available on draught at Volo [...]
Headstrong Munich Lager
Premier Brands - the Canadian license holder for Headstrong Pale Ale - have taken the unique move of using the brand for a new beer that is not brewed at the original home of Headstrong, Montana's Big Hole Brewing. Headstrong Munich Lager is their new offering, and like the Pale Ale, [...]
Jon Filson on Sinha Stout
As you might expect given this coming weekend's celebration of a certain Irish saint, Jon Filson's Suck It Back column this week is devoted to stout. But rather than the "stout = Guinness = stout" line that most mass-media beer writers tend to drag out this time every year, Filson suggests [...]
Cask Ale coming soon at Victory Cafe
After several months of planning, the Victory Cafe (581 Markham St.) will soon be adding cask conditioned ale to their already excellent tap line-up. The engine is due to be installed by the end of the March, and the first real ale on offer will be Maclean's Pale Ale (dry-hopped). Watch [...]
News from Amsterdam Brewery
Amsterdam Brewery is now offering their Irish Stout in bottles, and they will be releasing this year's batch of their seasonal Spring Bock next Monday, March 13th. Both are available at the retail outlet at their new brewery, located at 21 Bathurst St. near Front St., open Mon-Sat 11 AM-11 PM [...]
Pepperwood Beer-of-the-Month for March
The beer-of-the-month for March at Pepperwood Bistro (1455 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington) is a Pepper Ale. One taster has described it as having "good heat, with a similar base beer to their dry hopped bitter". Discuss this topic in the Bar Towel Forum
New On Tap at C’est What for March
In their March e-newsletter, C'est What (67 Front St. E., Toronto) let's us know that they have added 5 new beers to their tap list - Muskoka Honey Brown Lager, Stratford Porter, Trafalgar Celtic Ale, Walkerville Lager, and a casked & dry-hopped version of their own Mild Brown Ale. (Presumably they [...]
NOW’s Pub & Bar Guide
This week's issue of NOW Magazine features their annual Bar & Pub Guide. In addition to listing 150 of Toronto's bars by neighbourhood, the section includes several themed sidebars including "Good For What Ales Ya", a beer bar round-up that includes Smokeless Joe, C'est What, beerbistro, Esplanade Bier Markt, Only Café [...]