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Toronto Festival of Beer 2013 Thursday Contest
Another day, and more TFOB tickets! Today is looking like a beautiful day, so show me something beautiful and beery, for your chance to win four passes to the Sunday Session, featuring Easy Star Allstars and Big Sugar. …
Toronto Festival of Beer 2013 Wednesday Contest
It's hump day, and what better way to get over the crest than to win yourself four tickets to Toronto's Festival of Beer this Sunday? Just the thought of you, Steam Whistle box hat on your head, beer in one hand, food in …
Toronto Festival of Beer 2013 Tuesday Contest
A new day, and a new batch of four Sunday tickets for Toronto Festival of Beer! In addition to the excellent beers and food, this year we will be entertained by Easy Star Allstars and Big Sugar! Today's tickets can be …
Toronto Festival of Beer 2013 Monday Contest
Well, as always, the good folks at Toronto Festival of Beer have hooked me up with passes to give away here on the old bloggy. Look for contests every day this week. Today, we're giving away two (two!) pairs (pairs!) of …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — And Les Murray!
Today, Fred and Chris are joined by Les Murray, president of the Toronto Festival of Beer! They chat beer fest, and drink Creemore Mad and Noisy Sunny and Share Saison, and Anchor Brewing Liberty Ale.
Lawnmower Arm Saison — Great Lakes Brewery
I think I had Lawnmower Arm Saison before. I'm not really sure, but it sounded familiar. But when I was at the Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke this week, and I saw it, as a barrel-aged, on sour cherries, incarnation, I …
Saison de la Canneberg — Great Lakes Brewery x Cassel Brewing
I love this. Here is what I know about this beer: Nothing. I haven't even texted Lackey for any insight. I'm pretty sure Saison de la Canneberg translates to "Cranberry Saison", but that's all I've got. I know Great …
Sunny and Share Citrus Saison — Mad and Noisy Brewing
Well, you might remember when I wrote about Mad and Noisy Hops and Bolts IPL a while back. If so, you will probably be as excited as I was to hear that Creemore is back at it, now with their Sunny and Share Citrus …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Beau's Opa's Gose
Just in to the LCBO, today Fred and Chris drink Opa's Gose from Beau's All-Natural Brewing. It's salty. Especially when you dump salt into it.
Orange Peel Ale — Great Lakes Brewery
One of my earliest craft-beer memories from my journey into better beer, was seeing a tap handle that was an orange. I don't know why I was so enamoured by it, but I was. It was, of course, the tap handle for Great Lakes …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
Today, Fred and Chris get into some of Black Oak's anniversary beer, Ten Bitter Years Double IPA. They also show off their new custom-made bbBarFly bottle openers.
Friday Beer Break With Fearless Fred — Steam Whistle Pilsner
Today, Fred and Chris were joined by Marina from Steam Whistle, and a $3.2k solid gold bottle opener (seriously). Talking Toronto Festival of Beer, box hats, beer delivery and Willy Wonka.
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Spearhead Brewing
This week, Fred and Chris are joined by Dimitri van Kampen, of Spearhead Brewing, and he's brought some cool beers: Hawaiian-style Pale Ale, Morrocan Brown Ale and Big Kahuna Double IPA. Check it out below.
Friday Beer Break With Fearless Fed — Sawdust City Barrel-aged Ol' Woody
This week on the old beer break, Fred and I got into FOUR different bottles from Sawdust City. They are presenting their Ol' Woody Alt at Toronto Festival of Beer in a barrel-aged demo. So they've aged their excellent …
Crazy Canuck Pale Ale — Great Lakes Brewery
Well here's (I think) a TorontoBeerBlog.com first: I'm re-reviewing a beer. Actually it's really not that big a deal, particularly when the beer in question is Crazy Canuck Pale Ale, and the people who make it is Great …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Alexander Keith's Hop Series
In today's episode, Fred and his faithful sidekick venture into bigger waters, and sample the Alexander Keith's Hop Series Ales; both the Cascade and Hallertau varieties. Listen live every Friday between 4:30-5pm and …
Wizard Wolf Session Ale — Bellwoods Brewery
If you've ever asked me about beers and quality, one thing that I will often bang on about, is that fresh is best (at least in most cases). So when I dropped by Bellwoods Brewery this morning to chat about some summer …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Left Field Brewery
Chilling with Fred, and drinking both Eephus and 6-4-3 IIPA from our friends at Left Field Brewery. About The Brewery Know that feeling you get on opening day, after a walk-off home run or a suspenseful no-hitter? That’s …
Friday Beer Break with Fearless Fred — Beer Academy Maibock
Very happy to be back doing a weekly beer break with my friend "Fearless" Fred at 102.1 The Edge. For our first week back, we drank some excellent Maibock from the crew at The Beer Academy.
My Summer Beer List — Week One — Wheat Beer
[caption id="attachment_2142" align="alignright" width="336"] Robson Street Hefeweizen - Granville Island Brewery[/caption] As the weather warms up, every beer blogger and their cousins are compiling lists of their …