Beer Event
Collective Arts & The Alliance: Unity Makes Strength
In a craft beer scene where there are dozens of really excellent beers being made by a variety of breweries, both bricks and mortar and contract, it is difficult to do something to stand out. It is also daunting to think …
New Year's Eve at Amsterdam
Maybe it's much too early in the game But I thought I'd ask you just the same What are you doing New Year's Eve? So, got any plans for NYE? I do, I'll be at a cottage, drinking beer and heating a sauna for the …
The Rhino Fall Beer & Cider Festival 2013
From the biggest cask beer festival in North America last week, we now hit two wonderful small/local fests. The first is tomorrow, Sunday October 27th, and is hosted at The Rhino with Canadian Beer News (and I'm guessing …
Cask Days 2013 Pictorial Survival Guide
It's Cask Days eve! I hope you have hung your steins by the window with care, in hopes that St. Ralph, soon will be there. Seriously though, if you like beer and are in the GTA, chances are you're going to Cask Days, …
Mill St Oktoberfest
How are you? I know, Oktoberfest season is a marathon. This is the part where the pros push through, and the weekend warriors fall back. Lets kick that wall down! Mill St has a shiny new Beer Hall, and a great line-up of …
Brewer's Plate 2013
So, sorry for the delay, but last week was actually pretty crazy. Lots of evenings out, and sleepy mornings. At any rate, last Wednesday was Brewer's Plate, one of my favourite beer events of the year (as noted in my …
Why The Brewer's Plate Matters
I like what I call the Rule of 3. I first learned about it through a style of gardening/farming called Permaculture (actually, Permaculture is much much deeper than just gardening and farming, but that's how I met it). …
Community Clean-up a Gala Event
The Red Carpet is buzzing. Flashbulbs popping, interviewers shouting questions, fans waving signs and asking for autographs; it feels like early September at TIFF. Except this is late November, and the people walking …
Harbord vs Annex Clean-up Live Blog
It's 9:30, I've just walked up the red carpet at the Bloor St Hot Docs Cinema. While later we'll be swarmed in screaming fans and paparazzi, right now the crowd is more reserved. People from neighbouring communities, …
Oktoberfest at Beau's All Natural Brewing, Vankleek Hill
In writing 101 or whatever school-related cliche you prefer, you learn to hook your reader in the first sentence, by introducing your topic and piquing their curiosity. I'm not going to do that (obviously, at this …
Chris and Fred's Beer Pageant — Wrap-up
Well, the first annual Beer Pageant is in the books. After what seems like months of preparations and drinking, it all came down to last Friday night. With a last minute change of venue, and scrambling for judges, we …
Iron Brewer 2012
Quick, you have a bag, and in it there are 3 types of base malts, 8 specialty malts, 6 types of hops, 5 types of yeast, and 4 "specialty" items. What kind of beer are you going to make? Utilize the smoked wheat flakes …
Brewer's Plate 2012 - I was totally there
So I'm a tad bit embarrassed that I'm only getting to this now. If you've been following along, you will remember I posted a while back about Brewer's Plate. The awesome food and beer event at Roy Thompson Hall for …
10 Bitter Years XI - Black Oak Brewing Co.
Every year, in Munster Indiana, there is a migration of sorts. While it doesn't have the drama of David Attenborough narrating the migrations of the Serengeti, it may well be the largest migration of beer geeks in the …
Brewer's Plate 2012
If that title doesn't have you immediately looking up this year's Brewer's Plate (it's here, by the way), perhaps my review of the night from last year is in order. Okay, back with me? Have you headed over to the …
Project X - Great Lakes Brewery - January 12 2012
So Project X is not really a new thing. Indeed, I've talked about it various times on this very blog. If you don't know, every month, Great Lakes Brewing Co. hosts an amazing party called Project X. The idea is, people …
Canadian Beer News Dinner Series - Beau's and Doug McNish - December 6th 2011
I got a note from Greg Clow, of Canadian Beer News a few days back, about an exciting series he will be presenting coming up. Below is the official press release, but allow me a moment to editorialize: Greg is a well …
FastLane Annual August Patio Party - Molson Coors
In the business of the past weekend with Toronto's Festival of Beer as well as Ben's birthday, I got an email inviting me to Molson Coors hosted party. It's an opportunity for young professionals to get together, do some …
Toronto's Festival of Beer - Digging through the details
Monday morning. Sky is blue, there's a lovely breeze off the lake as I walk the dogs after breakfast. To be honest, I'm actually feeling in pretty good form. A little rough around the edges, a few cobwebs, sore legs and …
Toronto Festival of Beer - Contest
So, what are some of the flagship beer events in Toronto? Certainly, Toronto Beer Week made some serious waves last year, in it's inaugural session. Speaking of which, Session99 followed up on the successes of that …