Beer News
A beer for quitting time
Steven Slater is my kind of guy. A career flight attendant, who had just nursed his mother through her last days, something he had done for his father before, he knew when to call it quits. After landing at JFK airport …
Look out Sapporo and InBev! Here comes..... Duvel?
I just read on Stephen Beaumont's blog, that De Koninck has been sold, which is good news indeed. The company was feeling the heat of the economy, and was in need of some help. And so they have sold their assets to …
60% and counting
Nearly days after James from BrewDog confirmed the sale of 12 bottles of 55% beer, called "The End of History", packaged in stuffed dead animals, there's a new biggest beer: "Start the Future", from Holland's 't …
Commemorating an event the right way
So, those of you who follow this type of thing, will likely already have heard that the Okanagan Springs Brewery had a fermenter blow-up. No injuries, but a lot of something that is a bit more then wort, and not quite …
Cheers to Germany and Podolski!
I just came across this article, after reading a post over at Saint John's Wort. If you don't know BrewDog, look into them. I posted a note about them producing "Sink The Bismark" a while back, but they have upped the …
Toronto Beer Week
A few months ago, while at the cask social at Volo (or maybe it was a Beau's event, I can't recall), I had been in a discussion about Toronto Beer Week. I had happily confirmed that Castro's would do an event, and looked …
Happy Birthday Ceili!
A very warm Happy Birthday to Ceili Cottage who turned one yesterday. Here's to years of happiness, success, and more Oyster-related world-records.
Beer for your Mum
The Granite Brewery & Restaurant once again proves to be one of the coolest places in Toronto. Cheers to Ron and the crew at the Granite. We'll have to see if the Schryer's get time to take Bentley's mum in for a brew.
CASK! Social Pub Crawl. This Weekend
From the good folks at CASK! Social: Cask Ale Crawl 2010 Building on the success of last year’s cask ale crawl, which won a Golden Tap Award, this year’s event will take place during the weekend of May 7th – 9th 2010. At …
Best. Strike. Ever.
Today in Copenhagen, 250 workers walked off the job at the Carlsberg Brewery, not over pay issues, not because they lost their dental plan, not even for health and safety issues. No, they walked off the job, because the …
Free Beer! (if you turn 19)
I just came across this at Greg Clow's blog, Beer Beats and Bites. Apparently the Granite brewery, in celebration of their 19th anniversary in Toronto, is offering a present for anybody else turning 19 this year. Come in …
New Bottled Beers at Volo
Just saw on Facebook, Volo has got some new bottles in, and coming in. Bottles from The Meantime Brewery in London England are now in and being served, and bottles from The Garrison Brewing Co. in Halifax Nova Scotia …
Moosehead and Sam tie the knot
Forgive my spelling, I'm posting this live. Listening to Jim Koch confirming the agreement between Moosehead and the Boston Beer company, just announced by Andrew Oland. Moosehead will now be distributing Sam Adams and …
Oh those crazy Scots
The world has a new strongest beer. In an on-going battle with a German brewer, Schorschbrau, Scotland's BrewDog has unleashed the cleverly named "Sink the Bismark", the world's strongest beer (for now), weighing-in at …
Bottles and cans, so just clap your hands
Seventy-five years ago this month, something big happened. The noble beer can made it's first appearance on shelves in Richmond, Virginia. It had taken a while; beer had a funny habit of reacting badly with the aluminium …