The Beer and Cocktail Show
Taking place at the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place on May 11-13, 2006, The Beer & Cocktail Show promises a "sparkling mix of fun and excitment spiced with the unique blend of the world's famous alcohol distributors". Ontario's beer scene will be represented by Brick, Church Key, Cool, County Durham, Great [...]
Hamilton Food & Drink Fest
Experience an exciting variety of wines, beers, and culinary sensations created by some of the Hamilton, Halton & Niagara Regions' most popular restaurants, breweries, & wineries at the Food & Drink Fest, taking place March 23-25 at the Hamilton Convention Centre. Breweries scheduled to appear at the festival include Church-Key Brewery, [...]
Mill Street on the move
As discussed on the Bar Towel Forum back in November, Toronto's Mill Street Brewery will soon be moving to a new location in Scarborough. In the Feb/Mar issue of Great Lakes Brewing News, Robert Hughey gives a bit more info about the move and related plans. He reports that the new [...]
King PilsBock
The fine folks at King Brewery have just released their newest beer, a 7.4% alc/vol lager called PilsBock. Kegs and bottles of this limited edition brew are now arriving at various locations around town - including Volo and beerbistro - and it will be officially available in the next week or [...]
Hair Of The Dog at Volo
Now available at Volo (587 Yonge St., Toronto) is the long-awaited shipment four beers from the renowned US brewery Hair of the Dog - Fred, Adam, Rose and Ruth. It's been quite some time since any HOTD products were available in Ontario, and Volo is the only place in the city [...]
Brewmaster On The Don
The Toronto Festival of Storytelling 2006 in conjunction with The City of Toronto Historic Museums is presenting a series of events under the name Fabled City which feature storytellers who have created new stories that reflect Torontos past. One event in particular may be of interest to Bar Towel readers: FABLED [...]
Jon Filson on Anchor Steam
Following on the theme of his Pilsner Urquell piece from a couple of weeks ago, Jon Filson devotes this week's Suck It Back column to another style-defining classic, Anchor Steam. Keeping his generally non-beer-saavy audience in mind, he gives a quick history of Anchor Brewing, explaining their role as one of [...]
Michigan Winter Beer Festival & Other Out-Of-Town Fests
If you're up for a road trip this weekend, consider heading down to the Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival. Your friendly neighbourhood News Editor visited the MBG's Summer fest a couple of years ago, and can vouch for the great quality of the event and the beer being offered. Here [...]
No Winking Judge Fest this Spring
Word has come to us that The Winking Judge (25 Augusta St., Hamilton) will not be holding their popular Spring Beer Festival this year. The Fall installment is still on, however, and will be happening on the first weekend in October.
Toronto Wine & Cheese Show
While the event name may not mention it, there will be some fine beer available to be sampled at the Toronto Wine & Cheese Show, taking place on March 24-26, 2006 at the International Centre (6900 Airport Road, Mississauga). Brewers and import agents on hand will include Black Oak, Church-Key, Esprit [...]
The Embassy Bar
Located along the increasingly popular Augusta Ave. strip in Kensington Market, The Embassy Bar (223 Augusta Ave.) is a friendly neighbourhood pub owned by a couple of British ex-pats. The food is sourced primarily from vensors in the Market, and the draught list is focussed on Ontario & Quebec micros, with [...]
Beer Can & Collectables Show
The Trillium Chapter of the Brewery Collectables Club of America (BCCA) announces the 21st annual Horst Wendland Memorial Buy/Sell/Trade Show on October 14, 2006 - 10AM to 3PM. This Show is the annual highlight for the many collectors of beer cans and related breweriana. The location is the Hardball Cafe located [...]
New Beer List at The Rhino
When it opened 15 years ago, The Rhino Bar & Grill (1249 Queen St. W.) was pretty much the only place in Parkdale to get a decent pint. Over the last few years, a lot of competition has come along to challenge the beer supremacy of this west end watering hole [...]
The Bar Towel in The Toronto Star
Today's edition of the Toronto Star features an extensive article on The Bar Towel by Star beer writer Jon Filson. The story is based on a recent round table interview with site founder Cass Enright and a quartet of Forum regulars. Bar Towellers, like the gang of Stonecutters on The Simpsons, [...]
Pepperwood Beer-of-the-Month for February
The beer-of-the-month for February at Pepperwood Bistro (1455 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington) is a Rye Ale. These one-offs generally don't last long, so get out there quickly if you want a taste. Discuss this topic in the Bar Towel Forum
beerbistro February Newsletter
The latest e-newsletter from beerbistro has hit inboxes, and includes information about their Valentines beer-lovers dinner, their February Beer School series, their Belgian & Mussels Fest, and a sneak peek at March’s spotlight on stouts & porters. To receive future editions via email, send a blank email to beerbistro@rogers.com with the [...]
Chaucer’s Pub in London
BarTowellers in the southwestern part of the province have a new beer destination in the form of Chaucer's Pub (122 Carling St., London - next to Marienbad Restaurant). Manager Milos Kral has taken an interest in building a solid beer list featuring some of the finest imports available in Ontario, and [...]
The Strand severs ties with Amsterdam
Word has come out that The Strand - the bistro-style restaurant that opened a couple of years ago in the former Denison's location at 75 Victoria St. - have severed their ties with Amsterdam Brewing and are awaiting the arrival of a new liquor license as they had to change from [...]
Jon Filson on Pilsner Urquell
While his Suck It Back column in the Toronto Star tends to focus mainly on local beer news and reviews, this week's installment sees Jon Filson giving some ink to a world classic - Pilsner Urquell. He offers a quick impression of the beer, but most of the short article is [...]
New On Tap at C’est What for February
In their February e-newsletter, C'est What (67 Front St. E., Toronto) mentions that they have added Niagara's Best Blonde, Trafalgar Downrigger Bock, and Black Oak Pale Ale (dry-hopped cask version) to their draught list. No word on which beers were replaced by these new selections, but based on the tap list [...]