Celebrating Canada Day with the Brewer’s Backyard
The Canada Day edition of the Brewer's Backyard is quickly approaching on Tuesday, July 1st at the Evergreen Brick Works from 11-4pm. Entitled the Group of Seven, this one will feature the Brewer's Backyard's first-ever cidery participant, Spirit Tree, as well as breweries Great Lakes, Oast House, Left Field and Nickel Brook. On the [...]
AHA National Homebrewers Conference Preview: Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Bar Towel is proud to present our inaugural preview of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) National Homebrewers Conference, taking place from June 12th to 14th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This article will cover highlights of the conference as well as some beer and cultural destinations in the city of Grand [...]
Load Up on Great Beer at the Brewery Market
The Brewery Market is returning to Ottawa this coming Saturday, May 24th with our next event, entitled Carb Loading, honouring the marathon race weekend taking place across the city. This edition will feature six breweries from the Ottawa region and beyond: Beau's All-Natural, Beyond the Pale, Cassel, Whitewater, Ashton and HogsBack. All together there [...]
Queen Victoria’s Secret Returns on Monday
Queen Victoria's Secret, the third annual Brewer's Backyard on Victoria Day, returns on Monday, May 19th from 11am-4pm at the Evergreen Brick Works. As is with tradition, the exact beer and food menu won't be revealed until the event begins, but it will include beer from Sawdust City, Oast House and Amsterdam, along with [...]
Toronto Beer Week Early Bird Deadline is Today
The early bird deadline for bars and breweries to participate in Toronto Beer Week (at a discounted rate) is today, Friday, May 16th. Toronto Beer Week, which will take place from September 12th to 20th this fall, is one of the city's preeminent craft beer celebrations. Now in its fifth year, Toronto Beer [...]
Brewery Market Ottawa Returns Tomorrow
The weather indicates that winter isn't over, but spring is definitely here for the Brewery Market. On Saturday, April 26th from 12-6pm, the Brewery Market returns to Ottawa at Hintonburg Park with our first event, the Drink of Dreams. Tomorrow's event should be a smash hit, with upwards of 20 beers [...]
Great Friday is Tomorrow!
Great Friday, our next edition of the Brewer's Backyard, arrives tomorrow from 12-6pm at the Evergreen Brick Works. This one is extra-special as we kick off the weekend this time around, and we're thrilled to be welcoming Junction Craft, Mill Street and Double Trouble to pour some delicious beer, and Bricks [...]
Denver Craft Brewers Conference Preview, Part Two – Our Seminar Picks
The Colorado Convention Center, home to this year’s CBC. Photo courtesy Visit Denver. The Bar Towel is proud to once again present our annual preview of the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), taking place from April 8th to 11th in Denver, Colorado. Part One of our preview covered our picks [...]
Craft Brewers Conference Preview, Part One – Denver, Colorado
A view of downtown Denver. Photo courtesy Visit Denver. The Bar Towel is proud to once again present our annual preview of the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), taking place from April 8th to 11th in Denver, Colorado. Part One of our preview covers our picks for some of the [...]
Bar Towel on the Road: Salt Lake City, Utah
Just one of the many beautiful views from the mountains around Salt Lake City. One wouldn’t think at first blush that Ontario and Utah have much in common. The state of Utah and the province Ontario are separated by 3,000 kilometres, but there is an unexpected connection. Both jurisdictions [...]
The Brewery Market Returning in 2014
The Brewery Market, after a successful multi-event run last year, returns to Ottawa in 2014 with four dates this year. This year the Brewery Market will be moving to a new location (but still nearby in the neighbourhood) at Hintonburg Park. Events this year will be taking place on the following [...]
Brewer’s Backyard Returns on Family Day
The 2014 season of the Brewer's Backyard kicks off on Family Day, Monday, February 17th with an event entitled Goldibocks and the Three Beers. The event will feature four breweries, each bringing three beers: Indie Alehouse, Amsterdam, Great Lakes and Nickel Brook. The breweries will be bringing beers that range from [...]
Beer Advent Calendars
For the second year now I've acquired the Craft BeerAdvent (TM) Calendar. In 2012 it was an interesting mix of European brews. A few of them I had already had, but most of them had never been available here. The anticipation and surprise was really awesome, I felt like a kid [...]
A Great Year at the Brewery Market and Brewer’s Backyard
We're a bit late with this post, but we wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in our phenomenal Brewery Market and Brewer's Backyard season in 2013. This year was our best yet, with five dynamite events in Toronto at the Evergreen Brick Works and three amazing ones in Ottawa at Parkdale [...]
Join us at the Brewery Market on Sunday
After an awesome final Brewer's Backyard of the year this past Monday, we wrap up our Brewery Market series in Ottawa for the year on Sunday, October 20th. This year the Brewery Market was a huge success, tripling our events from last year. Across all three events we welcomed all breweries [...]
Join us at the Brewer’s Backyard on Monday
Our final Brewer's Backyard of the year is coming up on Thanksgiving Monday, October 14th and promises to be another good one as usual. Entitled "Torontoberfest", this is our take on Oktoberfest, featuring beers of the season, along with some great complementary food. We're happy to welcome Beau's back to our [...]
Win Tickets to Mill Street Oktoberfest
Our friends at Mill Street Brewery are having a number of special Oktoberfest-themed events at their Beer Hall, and we've got a contest to give away two free tickets to their Oktoberfest Party on October 17th! The Oktoberfest Party on the 17th at the Beer Hall will feature beers from Mill [...]
Cask Days 2013
Canada’s Largest Annual Cask-Conditioned Craft Beer Festival Returns for its 9th Year Evergreen Brickworks October 19th – October 20th, 2013. Cask Days has evolved into one of the most coveted craft beer events in North America. Along with featuring over 200 cask-conditioned ales from over 100 Canadian microbreweries, highlighted this year at [...]
Toronto Beer Week Back on Tap Tonight
Toronto Beer Week, a week-long celebration of craft beer in the city, kicks off its fourth edition tonight with a preview event at the Premium Beer Experience at the Berkeley Church on Queen Street East. The Bar Towel is a proud partner of Toronto Beer Week, having been involved with the event [...]
Toronto Bourbon Week Coming on September 27th
OK, this isn't exclusively about beer, but The Bar Towel is also behind a new initiative in the city, Toronto Bourbon Week. This is Toronto's first week-long celebration dedicated to bourbon, with seven events taking place over seven days, at seven different locations around the city, some of which having a [...]