Beau’s Celebrates 5th Birthday with Beer-to-Energy Project
Just in from Beau's; as if they were sickeningly awesome already. Yeah, let's go solar. By the way, the Festivale Plus Sticke Alt that is part of this series is insanely good. “Green Futures” Program will help beer …
Garrett Oliver - Brooklyn Brewery
So, many of you will know that last week was Ontario Craft Brewer's Week (OCB Week). A variety of publicans and brewers across Ontario hosted events celebrating our brewing culture, and introducing people to new and …
Hawaiian Style Pale Ale - Spearhead Brewing Co.
As you've probably heard if you follow these types of blogs in Toronto, Spearhead Brewing has launched their first beer, their Hawaiian Style Pale Ale, just in time for OCB week. It was this time last year (actually, …
IPA Impériale - Microbrasserie du Lièvre
My wife goes out for a bachelorette (or a hen party, if you prefer), and what do I do with my solo evening in? Watch Ronin? Play guitar for 5 hours straight? Sit on the balcony smoking a cigar and reading a book? Ogle a …
Detroit Special Export - Detroit Brewing Co.
As annoying as it is when family goes someplace nice and doesn't take you with them (I haven't been taken on a family vacation since I was 15, or about half my life), it is nice when your Mum stops on her way back from …
Johnny Simcoe A.P.A. - Great Lakes Brewery
I almost feel like it's silly mentioning, but I guess you can't say it enough. I love Great Lakes Brewery. Mike Lackey at Great Lakes is producing some amazing wonderful beers. Now with Adrian (formerly of Black Oak) …
Things you need to know today - Beer News - June 15th 2011
Not surprisingly, there is a lot of beer news in and around Toronto. It's summer, go figure. I'm likely going to miss some things here, so I'll edit and revise and generally make things right, but feel free to remind me …
Somersby Cider Launch - The Monk's Table
It's really worth mentioning upfront, that by day, I am under the employ of The Monk's Table. As a web/social media guy, I sorted out their website and keep up their social media channels. I only mention this, as I have …
Molson M - Molson Coors Brewing Co.
MMMMMMMmolson M. If I had a TV, I think I would have gotten really sick of seeing the Molson M ads. As it was, I only saw a lot of them, while in bars, etc, and generally without audio. Here's what I know about Molson M: …
You Deserve a Carlsberg
[caption id="attachment_1425" align="alignleft" width="342" caption="Fancy new "European" bottle"][/caption] Ah Carlsberg; creators of some of my favourite beer ads. Aside from being the primary sponsor of the UEFA Euro …
Summer Orange Honey Ale - Rogue Ales
Another one of the Rogue featured beers the LCBO brought in is Rogue's Summer Orange Honey Ale (I reviewed their Chipotle Ale a few days ago). I felt a nice "summer" ale was just the thing for this lovely hot summer day …
Beau's Screamin' Beaver IPA available today
Just in for our friends at Beau's, good news if you're a fan of big bad ass double IPAs. “Screamin’ Beaver” biggest beer yet from Beau’s Oak-aged Double IPA with 9.9% abv. and 99 IBUs is big, bold and delicious OTTAWA — …
Chipotle Ale - Rogue Ales
So it turns out the LCBO at Queen King and Spadina has a passionate beer guy on staff, who works hard to bring in an extra cool beer selection, in addition to the regular beers. He has just recently brought cases of a …
Spearhead Brewing Company Pours Its First Pint
This just in from the crew at Spearhead Brewing. You've probably heard of them, at this point. It was about this time last year that I met Dimitri and heard about his plans. A few weeks ago I got to try the Hawaiian Pale …
LCBO Summer Release
Fell behind on this one, but a lot of the LCBO stores are still sorting out inventory anyways, so this is probably just in time. The full listing of beers is available in a fair few places (Bartowel, for one), so I won't …
Barley's Angels Toronto - May 25th 2011
Just got a note from Mirella Amato, of the Toronto Chapter of Barley's Angels regarding an event tomorrow night. BA is a group committed to involving women in the enjoyment of craft beer by creating environments where …
India Pale Ale - Black Creek Historic Brewery
This past Friday, I was invited up to Black Creek Pioneer Village, in Toronto's north-end of the city, next to the main York University campus, to visit their historic brewery. Despite an insane long-weekend induced …
Dernière Volonté - Dieu du Ciel!
So the rapture is happening anytime now. Apparently. So, just in case, I thought it appropriate to review a relevant beer. Two obvious choices would the either La Fin du Monde or Maudite by Unibroue, but that's sort of …
Interview with Bill Coleman - Cameron's Brewing Company
Things seem to be in a constant state of change in the brewing scene here in Ontario. More and more breweries are trying new and exciting brews, they're growing, not just in portfolio, but in physical size too. New faces …
Stuff you need to know today - May 20th 2011
So it's a long weekend here in Canada, for many of you, you're hours away from three solid days of bliss. Some of you are working this weekend. Either way, here's some good beer juju for you to start out your Friday. …