Brewery Market Returns to Ottawa on August 25th
The Brewery Market is making its return to Ottawa this weekend, with another event taking place at Parkdale Park on Sunday, August 25th. This time around the Brewery Market will feature brewers Beau’s,Big Rig, Turtle Island and Nickel Brook. Beau’s will be pouring Lug Tread, Night Marzen and their new Spruce Moose. Big Rig will be pouring their Gold, Double IPA, Hefeweizen and Rasberry Ale. Newcomers to [...]
Golden Tap Awards 2013 Voting Opens
The Golden Tap Awards, which has been recognizing beer achievements in Ontario since 2003, has launched voting for its 11th edition. The Golden Tap Awards ask beer lovers from across the province to vote for their favourite beers, breweries, bars and brewpubs - with no nominees - whatever their favourite is [...]
The Brewery Market Returns to Ottawa on July 7th
The Brewery Market returns to Ottawa after a successful debut last fall, on Sunday, July 7th at Parkdale Park in Hintonburg. This marks the first of three Brewery Market events in Ottawa this summer, this one entitled the Capital Mashup. Tied to the Toronto Brewer's Backyard of the same name, the [...]
The First Capital Mashup coming on Canada Day
The next of our Brewer's Backyard series of beer tasting events is taking place this holiday Monday, Canada Day, July 1st at the Evergreen Brick Works. This event is a special one, as for the first time there will be exclusive collaboration beers between three breweries from Toronto and Ottawa, to [...]
Crannóg Ales & Left Fields Farm
I spent the last weekend camping at the Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, which was the perfect opportunity to finally check out Crannóg Ales. When they opened in 2000, they were Canada's first Certified Organic farmhouse microbrewery. The farm and brewery are integrated so well that they produce almost zero waste. The [...]
Queen Victoria’s Secret Featuring Canadian Brewery of the Year
On holiday Monday, May 20th, the Brewer's Backyard is hosting Queen Victoria's Secret, a special beer and food tasting event where the specifics of the menu are revealed only at the start of the day. Queen Victoria's Secret marks the first anniversary of the Brewer's Backyard, as it kicked off the [...]
Amsterdam Brewery & Great Lakes Brewery Collaboration a First in The LCBO
MEDIA RELEASE Amsterdam Brewery and Great Lakes Brewery Collaboration a First in The LCBO (Toronto, ON, April 24, 2013) – The Amsterdam Brewery and Great Lakes Brewery, two of Toronto’s oldest independently owned and operated craft breweries, are set to release their award winning collaboration beer – “Maverick & Gose” in [...]
Morgans/Great Lakes Brewery Earth Day Beer Dinner!
Come celebrate Earth Day with Great Lakes at Morgans on the Danforth with an intimate candlelight beer dinner. Join us for a four course, four beer wonderfully paired meal that will be a night to remember! We’ll be turning down the lights and bringing out the candles for the event. Brewery [...]
Craft Brewers Conference Preview, Part Two: Our Seminar Picks
He must be thinking about the beer issues of the day. The Bar Towel is proud to present our annual preview of the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), taking place from March 26th to 29th in Washington, DC. Part One of our preview covered our picks for some of the [...]
Craft Brewers Conference Preview, Part One: Washington, DC
Yep, the White House. The Bar Towel is proud to present our annual preview of the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), taking place from March 26th to 29th in Washington, DC. Part One of our preview covers our picks for some of the beer bars and cultural highlights to see in the city, and [...]
Toronto Beer Week 6 Month Pub Crawl – March 13th
It's still a bit chilly outside, and it's still 6 months to go until Toronto Beer Week, so what better time to have a pub crawl! Reviving a tradition that we started a couple of years ago, we're going to host a pub crawl on Wednesday, March 13th to some of [...]
Bar Towel On The Road: Vermont
The Bar Towel is happy to bring back a classic feature, “On The Road” reports, detailing (non-comprehensive) beer experiences from destinations outside of Ontario. In this article: a recent excursion to central Vermont, including Burlington, Waterbury and Montpelier. View from the top of the Stowe ski area. It was [...]
BC Brewing in 2012
When I moved to BC in 2010, I intended to report on this vibrant brewing scene and post all of the interesting new beer releases. It quickly became apparent that there were far too many, so I started putting them together in monthly updates. It has been a few months since [...]
Brewer’s Backyard Returns on January 6th
The Brewer's Backyard returns for its 2013 season on January 6th with its first event, Brew Year's Day. This event, first put on in January 2012, is a celebration of winter with exclusively strong, robust and winter warmer-style beers. It marks the largest number of breweries at a single Brewer's Backyard [...]
Westvleteren 12 causing a beer frenzy in Ontario
The pending limited-edition retail release of the world famous Westvleteren 12 in Ontario is causing a "beer frenzy" amongst local beer aficionados. The release, consisting of a six-pack of the beer plus two branded glasses, is selling for $76.85 at the LCBO in selected stores only. The news that Westvleteren 12, or [...]
GLB December Project X – Ugly Sweater Edition
We are pleased to announce our December Project X plans! The Ugly Sweater Edition! Join the Great Lakes Brewery crew for an epic night to celebrate the festive season on Thursday December 13th at The Monarch Tavern for our Ugly Christmas Sweater party! That's right, dust off that sweater your Aunt [...]
GLB November Project X – 2nd Annual Movember Edition
Hey Bar Towel, Great Lakes Brewery has registered for Movember and pledged to grow our moustaches for 30 days to raise funds and awareness for men’s health. This year, we honour the great men who have grown before us and, as Movember and Sons, pay respect to the simple truth “knowledge is power, [...]
Countdown to Cask Days
The countdown to Cask Days is on, with only a couple of days left until the big event at the Evergreen Brick Works. If you're too excited to wait until Saturday, Bar Volo is hosting a couple of pre-events - tonight features a cask takeover by Half Pints of Winnipeg, Manitoba, [...]
Brewer’s Backyard Oktoberfest with Beau’s and WVRST on Monday
The Brewer's Backyard is hosting its final event of the year on Monday, October 8th - Oktoberfest! We'll be featuring the beers of Beau's All-Natural with some of their delicious treats from their recent Oktoberfest in their hometown of Vankleek Hill. We'll have favourites Lug Tread and Night Marzen, plus new [...]
2012 Golden Tap Award Winners Announced
Last night at the closing night party of Toronto Beer Week, the 2012 Golden Tap Awards were announced. The awards, now in their 10th year, recognize the best achievements in beer in Ontario, as voted upon by the general public. The 2012 winners were: Best Microbrewery in Ontario: Beau's All-Natural Brewing [...]