A Public Service Announcement — Tempest Imperial Stout
A free lesson in the art and artistry of opening a (waxed) bottle of Amsterdam Tempest Imperial Stout.
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — King Dark and Stockyards BBQ
Today, Fred and Chris drink a world-class schwartzbeir, King Dark Lager, and eat some of the best BBQ in Toronto, from The Stockyards Smokehouse and Larder.
urBock — Creemore Springs Brewery
Bock beers have a well earned reputation as wonderful, if not occasionally misunderstood, beers. Glorious Maibocks help us welcome back warm days and outdoor drinking in the spring. Sturdy bocks and doppelbocks keep as …
Vanilla Porter — Mill Street Brewery
As fall seems to have officially hit here in Toronto, it's no surprise that I find myself with a fridge full of classic cold weather brews. This one, from Mill Street, is a classic for drinkers at their brewpub or new …
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 …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Northwinds Corduroy Rye Pale Ale
On today's break, Chris and Fred have a conflict of interest, drink a great Rye Pale Ale, and discuss..... beer.
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Muskoka Harvest Ale
This week, Chris and Fred drink Muskoka's excellent Harvest Ale, and talk about other styles of fall seasonal beers.
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, …
Autumn Hop Harvest Ale — Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Fall is a great time for beer drinking. Sweet Oktoberfest Marzens that you drink by the litre, pumpkin beers with their earthy rich flavours, and a range of "harvest ales" that range from spiced warmers, to hoppy pale …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Kensington Tilt
Today, Fred and Chris talk about Tilt from Kensington Brewing Co, as well as fall/winter seasonal beers, and the new beers at the LCBO this season. Also, ignore the reference to Beau's Oktoberfest. We got delayed a week …
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 …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Cask Days/The Granite
Sorry for the long lay-off on posting these. Firstly, one of our key producers in the beer breaks left Corus, and it took a bit of time to get realigned and back on track, then this video came out on Friday, and I was …
Nama Cho — Ontario Spring Water Sake Company
Wait a second, why are you reading a review about a rice wine on TorontoBeerBlog.com? Right? I mean, come on, it's WINE. Well friend, let me take a moment to defend myself: What is wine? It's a fermented drink made from …
Barrel-aged Saison — Black Oak Brewery
One of my favourite perennial beers is Black Oak's Summer Saison. A wicked good saison, with lots of bright citrus notes and classic Belgian spices from the yeast, it's a heck of a beer. So I was obviously pretty excited …
Spiegelau IPA Glass
When you drink, how many senses do you think you use? One, just taste? Two, taste and smell (remember that "taste" is limited to sweet, salty, sour and bitter, descriptions like "hoppy", "caramel", "herbal" etc are …
The Wayward Son — Radical Road Brewing Co.
There was a time when I would have said that this beer had one of the most attractive and interesting packages. I mean, a real champagne bottle, very minimally labelled, in a beautiful stained-glass motif box? Just …
Oaktoberfest —Black Oak Brewing Co.
While Bavarians are in full Oktoberfest swing, and the massive tents of Munich are full to overflowing with joyful celebrants, we are just starting to get our dose of German and German-style Oktoberfest beers here in …
Beer Bubbles — Throwing my stick on the pile
Wow. Every few months, we get a "scandal" in the craft brewing world, and geeks get all in a tizzy and opinions get thrown around and people become overnight experts, then it blows over and we all have beer together. …
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 …
Budweiser Crown — Anheuser-Busch/InBev
People drink with their eyes. They drink with the memories too. Even a fairly old and stale Guinness can still taste decent to me, because it sparks memories of incredible Guinness. Similarly, it can be hard for me to …