Beer News
Beaver River IPA from Beau's is Back!
Gold medal award-winning IPA has bold-yet-balanced blend of hops with citrusy, earthy hop aromas, complemented by bready maltiness and caramel flavours VANKLEEK HILL – (Mar. 23, 2015) Beau’s Brewery has brought back …
So-so news on the political front
I know it's early, and we're *this close* to March break, so I'll forgive you if you haven't heard, but Martin Regg Cohn broke a pretty big story for The Star this morning. You can read it here: …
Happy International Women's Day
From the whole crew down here at TorontoBeerBlog.com, we'd like to wish everybody a big huge happy International Women's Day. I know not a small number of women who are huge superstars, but for the sake of this blog, I'd …
Muddy York Brewing Co. Ready to Launch in Ontario Next Week
Toronto, ON – Muddy York Brewing Co. is pleased to announce that they will be supplying licensees with their first offering, Muddy York Porter, next week. An official launch date of January 29th, 2015 will see this beer …
My Obligatory The Beer Store Critique.
I've said in the past that news about alcohol sales in Ontario is cyclical, but every time a story breaks the wave pushes a little further up the beach. If that's the case the leaked agreement before Christmas flooded …
The Great Sam Adams Debate
While big brewers aren't bad for being successful, and small bars aren't bad for aiming to be unique, I have no time for blind hipsterism. If you are a good little craft beer fan, you probably followed the moderate …
Old News: The LCBO is The Beer Store's bitch
If you've been following along the usual social media channels today, you will likely have seen a good deal about the leaked document outlining the operational agreement between The LCBO and BRI Inc (the fancy name for …
Too Much News
Wow, stop blogging for a few weeks to actually do something to earn income, and you find yourself with a not small backlog of news, samples, and events. Let's get to this: I Call It Uncanny A few beers are now available …
Should I Shave or Should I Grow
Update! Well, in the end, like a leafs game, it was a blow out. In total, we raised nearly $650 for the Nicaragua trip, and grow won with a very comfortable $500. Turns out people really do like the lumberjack look! So …
New Beau’s “Ballot” Pale Ale rewards voting action in Toronto’s Ward 19
PUBLIC Inc. & Beau’s All Natural Brewing’s initiative celebrates young voter turnout in Trinity-Spadina at post-election events featuring Ballot, a “democratically elected” beer [caption id="attachment_4252" …
Beau's Oktoberfest is This Weekend!
So I know I've been posting the press releases etc, but allow me just a minute to tell you exactly why I will drive 4.5 hours east on Friday, just to join a party the likes of which I could probably find closer to home. …
ONTARIO CRAFT BREWERS HOST THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE & SUPPLIERS MARKETPLACE
“Industry Event of the Year” features 30+ Speakers/Presenters/Experts 45 Craft Brewing Industry Suppliers in Marketplace & Special Guests, Scottish Craft Brewers on a “Learning Journey” TORONTO (September 26, 2014) – …
Shock-Top is Made by the Biggest Brewer in the World.
Despite what (apparently) 75% of you think, Shock-Top is produced by an international brewing conglomerate. Actually, the biggest one there is, Anheuser-Busch/InBev (ABIB). Surprised? Maybe. Do you care? I'm sure readers …
Steam Whistle's Authentic Oktoberfest Party
Steam Whistle Brewing brings Oktoberfest’s authentic experience to Canada and invites beer lovers from across the country to clank their steins and celebrate the largest festival in the world. Steam Whistle will be …
Autumn LCBO Craft Beer Release – Stouts and Porters
With the constantly improving seasonal releases from the LCBO, it's no surprise the Autumn Release is full of fantastic Stouts and Porters to warm up to this fall. I'm going to go ahead and assume that you know that …
4 Shocking Ingredients in EVERY BEER
Every day, millions of people world wide enjoy a nice cold beer. We all assume that the brewers of those beers have our safety and best interests at heart BUT DO THEY? Some recent investigating by this reporter has …
Beau’s Fall Seasonal Beer Night Märzen Returns to LCBO
[caption id="attachment_4157" align="alignright" width="130"] Beau's Night Marzen is back at the LCBO[/caption] OTTAWA – (September 2, 2014) All the bounty of harvest season has returned, and so has Night Märzen, a …
Toronto Festival of Beer is Here!
I'm guessing if you're the type of person who reads this type of blog, you probably already knew this, but Toronto Festival of Beer starts today! If you're already in the know and are just like "come on, Schryer, just …
B-Side Brewing Label releases first single today, Kissmeyer Nordic Saison
OTTAWA – (July 24, 2014) B-Side Brewing Label, Ontario’s “record label, but for beer!” is releasing a new beer today, a Nordic Saison from brewing artist Kissmeyer Beer. This is the second beer release under the brewing …
Bee The Name
Cat Lady. Long Dark Voyage to Uranus. Long Dong. Cockpuncher. Shawinigan Handshake. There are some pretty epic beer names out there. And now you have a chance to add to that list! Since 2011, The Royal York (yeah, that …