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Weisse Beer Pairing with Michael Hancock at The Monk's Table - Toronto Beer Week
My last day of Toronto Beer Week was looking promising: a dinner with Michael Hancock, Black Oak beers at Volo, possibly Guinness and oysters at Ceili, and who knows what else? Due to poor time-management on my part, I …
One-off Stand-off at The Victory Cafe - Toronto Beer Week
Another night in Toronto Beer Week, and more events to entice and entertain. So much so, that my friend Josh drove down from Kenora Uxbridge, to come along. So off we headed to The Victory Cafe to drink some one-offs …
BrewDog Dinner with James Watt - Toronto Beer Week
Indeed, one of the most anticipated events of the inaugural Toronto Beer Week was a tasting dinner lead by James Watt, co-owner of BrewDog, one of the most progressive breweries around. So off I went to beerbistro, as …
$4 Pints at Volo - Toronto Beer Week
After eating more seafood then a Nova Scotia Fisherman at Starfish, I hopped up to Volo to vote on the IPA cask challenge final and enjoy some $4 pints. At this point I must say: I go to Volo somewhat frequently. I've …
Malts and Molluscs - Toronto Beer Week
I'm a fan of the band, U2. I used to say "big fan", but then I met some big fans of U2, and realized I wasn't one. I've got a pretty large selection of their music, and have attended concerts. The first concert I …
Toronto Beer Week Launch - Mill St Brew Pub
So after a good bit of planning and anticipation, Monday September 20th finally dawned (though I was still asleep) and with it, brought Toronto Beer Week! The opening event was the ceremonial cask-tapping at the Mill St …
Pre Toronto Beer Week - Saturday Night
So, yesterday was a busy beer day, despite the fact that Toronto Beer Week still doesn't actually start until tomorrow. Volo was having a Dieu du Ciel! party, and I celebrated my 30th birthday a few weeks early, to take …
My Schedule for Toronto Beer Week
[caption id="attachment_719" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Toronto Beer Week"][/caption] So I posted my planned schedule in my calendar, but I'm just so damned excited about Toronto Beer Week, I wanted to type …
St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout - McAuslan Brewing Inc.
So the McAuslan brewery, in Montreal, makes a variety of beers, most of which are difficult, at best, to find in Ontario. St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout is available at a few locations around Toronto, but most people will …
LCBO - Fall Release - Today, Tuesday September 14th
So I had meant to get this written sooner, but with a best-friend house-guest, my time is less available then normal. Anways, last Thursday I was able to pop by the LCBO offices to get a sneak-taste of the Fall and …
St. Arnold's Dinner - The Monk's Table
So, as a way to help build some hype around Toronto Beer Week (September 20-26th), and also just because they're so damn cool, Adam and the Monk's table hosted a dinner for media folks to celebrate St. Arnold, patron …
La Belle Crawl - Super Marche Rahman
So, after a mighty big sandwich, the only thing left to do was make a pick-up of beers that we would be difficult (at best) to get back in Ontario. The weird thing for most Ontarians, is not just that you can buy beer at …
Beau's Festivale Plus Sticke
[caption id="attachment_692" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Beau's Festivale Plus Sticke"][/caption] Well, I said it, and I meant it. It's official, Beau's Festivale Plus is available tomorrow, one day only, at a …
ESB - La Vache Folle - Microbrasserie Charlevoix
Charlevoix is another one of those awesome micros from Quebec we're just begining to see here in Ontario, mostly due to the efforts of Ralph and family at Volo and HMH Negotiants. I actually got this bottle from Matt …
Wind & Sale Dark Ale - Barley Days Brewery
Barley days, despite sharing names with my bigger dog (Barley), is a brewery I know little about, and have little experience with. I've had their Harvest Gold Pale Ale at a tasting, and while it was tame, it was …
La Belle Crawl - Schwartz's Deli
Okay, so you may or may not know this, but I'm a vegetarian (strictly speaking, I'm a peskaterian, I eat seafood). But I'm also a trained chef, and a big food geek. As well, I spent a lot of my time in highschool in the …
La Belle Crawl - Dieu du Ciel!
Ummm, okay, here's the thing: Dieu du Ciel!, it's like a beer Mecca. If you don't know, they make a huge variety of incredible beers, lots of Belgian styles, but also heaps of new-school brews, from badass AIPAs to BIPAs …
Pilsner - Mill St Brewery
Another of the brews that Mill St released this summer (or at least pushed), to try to expand the brand back into the "craft" market. Looking at the label is interesting. They've created a "vintage" style label, green …
La Belle Crawl - Beau's All Natural Brewing
[caption id="attachment_635" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Bad picture snapped from my dash while driving"][/caption] After a quick stop in Cornwall or somewhere to buy some Doritos and soda to quell rumbling …
La Belle Crawl - Introduction
Okay, first off, sorry this took so damn long to get to. The evening of this crawl (okay, it was a drive, but whatever), I came down with a crazy fever, caused, it turned out, by an antibiotic-resistant chest infection, …