LCBO Spring Release Announced
The end of May sees the LCBO's Spring beer release - here are the brands that will be available: Brussels White Hook Norton Haymaker St. Peter's Summer Ale Hop Back Summer Lightning Edelweiss Weissbier Hefetrueb Fruli Strawberry Beer Fuller's London Pride Belhaven Classic Choice Fruit Beer Floris Ninkeberry Gardenbeer Mahr's Brau [...]
New Bar Towel Pub Walk
After quite some time, we are proud to present our latest Pub Walk, to the Blue Meaney! You can view the Pub Walk here.
Stout & Porter Release
The LCBO's latest seasonal beer release, Stouts and Porters, is beginning to hit the shelves. Here are the beers in the release: Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout Young's Double Chocolate Stout O'Hara's Celtic Stout Victory Storm King Imperial Stout St. Peter's Old Style Porter Burton Porter
Beerbistro Information Page Launched
We are proud to announce the launch of an exclusive page dedicated to Toronto's new beer cuisine restaurant, beerbistro on The Bar Towel. On the new page you can learn about the beerbistro, download a PDF of their full beer menu, and find out about their upcoming "Beer School" tastings. Check [...]
Beerbistro and Blue Meaney Now Open
As originally reported on the Bar Towel here, both the Beerbistro and the Blue Meaney are now open. It is great to see two new Toronto establishments with a strong beer focus come onto the scene. You can read some impressions from the Bar Towel's forum members on the Beerbistro here [...]
LCBO Winter Warmer Promotion Announced
In mid-November the LCBO is releasing their Winter Warmers beer promotion. The following beers are included in the promotion: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale George Gale Prize Old Ale XO Beer Unibroue La Terrible Adnams Suffolk Strong Bitter Barbar Winter Bok Leute Bokbier Rogue Yellow Snow Ale Cochonnette (Vapeur Cochonne) Weltenburger [...]
New Beers at the LCBO
The LCBO will be adding a few new beers to their permanent porfolio in the coming months. Please see below the new beers: Kostritzer Schwarzbier - already released McAuslan Apricot Wheat - already released Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier - available in December Fuller's London Porter - available in December Paulaner Salvator - [...]
New Toronto beer bars on the horizon
Things are heating up on the Toronto beer bar scene this fall. The beerbistro, a beer cuisine restaurant concept that originally attempted to get off the ground in 2002, is back and officially on. It is being led by chef Brian Morin, formerly of the Esplanade Bier Markt, and Stephen Beaumont, [...]
New French and Belgian beers arrive
A selection of new French and Belgian beers have arrived in select Toronto bars and restaurants courtesy Esprit Agencies. Remember that these are not available for purchase at the LCBO. Smokeless Joe now offers from La Choulette: Ambree, Blonde, Peche, Framboise, Brune, Biere des Sans Culottes and Tour d’Ostrevant; from Achel: [...]
New Look for the Bar Towel
You may notice a slightly different look for the home page of the Bar Towel. We've implemented a new publishing system, in the hopes of reinvigorating the news page to offer the latest beer related news in the GTA. Unlike the past where the Bar Towel News page primarily focused on [...]
Beer Celebrations in Yorkville
This weekend Yorkville is celebrating it’s 150th anniversary with a number of events, including some beer festivities on September 20th. A number of local microbreweries are featuring their beers at local establishments, including Amsterdam, Wellington County, Hockley Valley, Church Key and Black Oak. There will also be beer cuisine served at [...]
LCBO Autumn Beers are coming
The LCBO's latest seasonal release, Autumn Beers is set to hit the shelves soon. Here are the beers in this release: Spitfire Premium Ale Bishop's Finger Ale Rogue Dead Guy Ale Bombadier Ale Fuller's ESB Propeller Extra Special Bitter Alexander Keith's Celebration Amber Ale Pumpking Ale Deuchars IPA Monty Python's Holy [...]