Golden Tap Awards Beer Lineup Revealed
The beer lineup for today’s Golden Tap Awards has been revealed, and it’s one of the best of all-time. The Golden Taps will feature beers from across the province, with all tap lines at beerbistro changed over just for tonight. The event will feature 22 different beers on tap, all from [...]
Golden Tap Awards Announced on Saturday
Voting has closed, and now it's time to reveal the winners! The 10th anniversary Golden Tap Awards will be unveiled on Saturday, September 22nd at the closing-night party of Toronto Beer Week at beerbistro. The event, which is open to the public and is free admission, will feature an all-Ontario craft [...]
Final Days to Vote in Golden Tap Awards
We're approaching the ending of the voting for the 2012 Golden Tap Awards! If you haven't gotten in your votes now is the time to do so - voting will close on Monday, September 17th. You can cast your votes in as many categories as you'd like at the Golden Tap [...]
Toronto Beer Week Tapped in the City
On Friday, September 14th the third edition of Toronto Beer Week touches down with beer celebrations across the city. Until September 22nd Toronto will be filled with beer events - from tastings, dinners, launches, contests, festivals - everything a beer lover could ask for. This week's Toronto Beer Week also features [...]
Toronto Beer Week Pub Crawl – September 17th
Pub Crawls! We love doing them, and the 3rd Annual Toronto Beer Week (September 14-22) provides us with another opportunity to sit down with our friends to plan a collaborative pub crawl…this time we’re going to “Rock The Danforth!” On Monday September 17, starting at 5:45pm, our good friend Troy Burtch [...]
Rogue Beer Dinner and Tap Takeover at beerbistro – September 19th
beerbistro has announced that they will be hosting a pairing dinner and tap takeover event to celebrate the Ontario debut of draught beer from Oregon's Rogue Brewing. Taking place on Wednesday September 19th as part of Toronto Beer Week, the dinner will be hosted by Stephen Beaumont, and will feature 10 [...]
Vote for the 10th Annual Golden Tap Awards!
We are proud to announce the voting for the 2012 Golden Tap Awards. Now in its tenth year, the Golden Tap Awards are the only craft beer awards event where the general public decides the majority of the awards. Until September 17th, you can vote for your favourites across a number [...]
Brewer’s Backyard Beer Jam – August 12th
The latest edition of the Brewer's Backyard goes tomorrow, Sunday August 12th at the Koerner Gardens of the Evergreen Brick Works. Entitled The Beer Jam, this Brewer's Backyard complements Evergreen's Wild Blueberry Festival with a celebration of fruit beers. Mill Street Brewery is a part of the Brewer's Backyard for the [...]
Details Announced for 1st Annual Great Ontario-Hopped Craft Beer Competition
In recognition of the recent formation of the Ontario Hop Grower’s Association, a non-profit association of 28 organic and conventional growers in the province, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has announced plans for the 1st annual Great Ontario-Hopped Craft Beer Competition(GOHCBC). Open to commercial brewers and students [...]
BC Beer: July 2012 Releases
Whistler Brewing has a new wheat beer for the summer called the Pineapple Express. As many brewers are running at full capacity for the summer months, this seems to be last of the new 'seasonal' releases... but there's still some new products hitting the shelf. Pacific Western has introduced a new [...]
Greg Nash – Halifax Brewmaster
Halifax is a great town, with a really great pub scene. Cass reported on a few of the establishments back in 2006. Two noteworthy additions are the Hart & Thistle and the Rockbottom Brewpub, both under the hand of Greg Nash. Nash trained at the American Brewers Guild and then spent [...]
Brewery Market and Brewer’s Backyard This Weekend
We're celebrating Canada Day with a double-shot of Brewery Market and Brewer's Backyard this weekend. First up is a special Brewery Market 'on the road', in partnership with the Griffin Gastropub in Bracebridge. This event, called The Battle of Wits, is a fun Ontario wheat beer competition, featuring Amsterdam, Bellwoods, Mill Street, Indie Alehouse, Muskoka, Beer Academy, Hop [...]
BC Beer: June 2012 Releases
The summer solstice is upon us and BC has a brand new lager hitting the shelves: Creemore Springs! That's right, while Ontario has been enjoying this craft lager for 25 years, British Columbians finally get a taste as well. Creemore was one of my seasonal staples for many years, so I [...]
2012 Canadian Brewing Awards – BC Winners
This year the BC brewers took home 40% of the Canadian Brewing Awards, and once again the Brewery of the Year is Central City Brewing Company. There’s always some interesting discussion around these awards, and it has already started in the forums. Has BC reached its climax? Are other provinces rising [...]
Ontario Craft Beer Week Launches Tomorrow
Ontario Craft Beer Week, the signature week-long celebration of beer organized by the Ontario Craft Brewers, kicks off tomorrow (June 17th) and runs until June 23rd. Now in its third year, OCB Week will be hosting over 100 events in over 40 communities across the province. And there’s a ton to [...]
The Brewer’s Backyard Launches Today
Today marks the launch of a new beer event series in Toronto - the Brewer's Backyard. This six-event series will be taking place at the Koerner Gardens of the Evergreen Brick Works and will feature different craft breweries from Ontario and food vendors and trucks. The first event, entitled Queen Victoria's [...]
BC Beer: May 2012 Releases
With the May Two-Four upon us, there's a couple of unconventional wits to enjoy with the outdoors. First up is the Flying Tanker White IPA, which is a hybrid of the Wit and IPA styles. Vancouver Island Brewing told the Alberni Valley news that “Flying Tanker IPA is the first bottle [...]
Craft Brewers Conference Preview, Part Two: Our Seminar Picks
Just your typical beer selection at a CBC reception. As we discussed in Part One of our preview, the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is always a great opportunity to sample the host city’s beers, bars and breweries (this year it’s San Diego, California). But the core reason brewers from [...]
Canadian Beer News Dinner Series Continues This Friday April 27th
The next installment in the Canadian Beer News Dinner Series is set for this Friday, April 27th at 6:30 PM, and it promises to be a fantastic night of amazing food and beer. The dinner will feature a selection of outstanding international beers from importers Roland + Russell paired with the [...]
Craft Brewers Conference Preview, Part One: Breweries and Bars of San Diego
Last year we were happy to preview the Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco with a look at some of the best beer spots and our picks for seminars. Well, that time is back upon us and we’re eagerly looking towards this year’s version, which is taking place once again in [...]