Beer News
Top Chefs Turn up the Heat at Toronto's Festival of Beer
TORONTO, Ont. (July 18, 2014) – The 2014 Toronto's Festival of Beer is turning up the heat with its celebrity chefs at this year's Beerlicious Grilling Experience. The creative minds behind some of the trendiest …
Because Beer Craft Beer Festival
How does this sound: Sun setting over a beautiful harbour; rowers practicing while sailboats tack across the bay. You're standing on a lawn that gently slopes towards the water, holding a grilled cheese sandwich and a …
Beau’s Announces Dates, Headliners for 2014 Oktoberfest
OTTAWA – (July 10, 2014) Tickets will go on sale Thursday August 7 for the 6th Annual Vankleek Hill Oktoberfest, presented by local craft brewery Beau’s All Natural. The two-day festival and signature fundraising event …
Steam Whistle Expands Its Delivery Fleet
If you've always wanted one of Steam Whistle's ultra-cool retro delivery trucks to deliver beer directly to your house, your wait is over. Pretty well anybody who lives or works in Toronto knows Steam Whistle's amazing …
Wellington Brewery Takes Home Medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship
GUELPH, ON - For the third year in a row, Wellington Brewery picked up medals at the U.S. Open Beer Championship this past weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The U.S. Open Beer Championship is an international competition that …
Top 4 Fan-Favourite Beers Chosen for 2014 Best of Beau’s Mix Pack
Holiday mixer 4-pack will include a lavender-infused gruit, a coffee-infused amber ale, a Gold-medal-winning vanilla porter, and an American-Style IPA OTTAWA – (July 4, 2014) The votes are tabulated for the brands that …
Left Field to open new brewery
Hey, remember last spring when I shared news about a new brewery in the east end? Left Field was being started by husband and wife Mark and Mandie Murphy, and they would be contract brewing their amazing three beers, …
On Deadlines
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." — Douglas Adams Yup, deadlines are a tough one, especially when they're self-imposed deadlines. I set myself one, and watched it fly by this past …
The Canadian Craft Beer Cookbook by David Ort — Reviewed
I own a lot of cookbooks. I'm a chef by training and I've been given a great many. It's funny, though, as I — like many other professional cooks and bakers I know — don't really "use" cookbooks. We read through them with …
The Gang Fight
Nothing beats an old fashioned rumble. The good news is, nobody is calling the cops. For the rest of this week, I'll be blasting through eight beer reviews in a new format. A street fighter format, but with less …
Steam Whistle's Oktoberfest
As confusing as this is to most North Americans, most of Oktoberfest actually happens in Munich during the last bit of September. It's a 16 day festival that ends on the first weekend in October. So don't be surprised as …
Digging out of the news heap
So, every so often, I realize that I've totally neglected the blizzard of news releases and facebook events and whatever else people use to try to get the attention of a group of highly inattentive beer bloggers. So …
Maverick and Gose
It's official: the LCBO will see it's first collaborative-brew from Ontario brewers (having had Brooklyn/Schneider's Hopfenweisse), with the release of Amsterdam/Great Lakes Maverick and Gose. What's extra crazy, is it's …
The Monday Wrap
Well now, it's Monday morning. How was your weekend? I had my last Friday night hockey followed by drinks at the Monk's Table, Saturday was the epic Beaunly (more on that in a moment), and yesterday was nicely chill. I …
Well hello again
Hey there beer people in Toronto! Not sure if you noticed, but I've been gone for nearly two weeks. Indeed, I was off in Nicaragua (more on that in a moment) and while I'm not too pleased with the 40C difference in …
Left Field Launch Party at 3030
If you were one of the 600 or so people who read my post on Left Field Brewery over the past few days, you might be excited to know, the launch party has been announced!
So You Think You Want To Own A Pub?
[caption id="attachment_3114" align="alignright" width="280"] This is not The Duke of Bendale Inn[/caption] Let me tell you about my bar. It's called The Duke of Bendale Inn. It's in an old Georgian home, with a large …
Left Field Brewery Launches
I mentioned in my Saturday post, but Ontario has hit 100 Craft brewers who are operating, or have at least applied to by licensed to produce beer in Ontario. Possibly, Left Field was the brewery that broke through the …
The Should Have Been Friday, Saturday News Post
Well, I had the best of intentions, I really did. I had a bunch of great news items and events to post yesterday. Then I didn't. The good news, is I'm doing it now. And it's not too late! So if you're just getting back …
Snowy Friday
Yes, it's true, here in Toronto, it's snowing like we're in Canada or something. Shut the place down! The good news is, we still have beer. And in case you don't — despite predictions to the contrary — the world is not …