Victory Cafe Announces Date for Summer Cask Festival

It seems that each time the owners of the Victory Cafe host a cask festival, all the beer runs dry. The pub attracts a wide range of individuals for the festivals, including many local residents of the area who support the pub at any opportunity they get presented with. This can make events at the Victory a little more exciting then other beer festivals as you get to meet new people every time, and share stories over fresh pints of locally produced cask ale.

Last years summer cask ale festival was very successful, so successful that it led to a winter festival, which saw long line-ups and all the beer consumed in less than six hours. It would be a no brainy to continue offering Ontario citizens the chance to head to the Victory to learn, and taste, more cask ale.  Which brings me to the press release I received from the delightful Maz, one of the owners of the Victory (see below).

Sunday July 12th has been chosen as the date to hold the next festival and it appears there will be sixteen casks for ticket buyers to work their way through. The festival will start at 12pm and run until the casks are drained. Admission to the one day festival is as follows, and tickets can be purchased at the festival entrance:

$12 – admission, souvenir glass, two half-pint beer tickets, plus one food ticket
$8 – admission, souvenir glass, and two half-pint beer tickets
$4 – additional food ticket
$3 – additional beer ticket

For more information on the festival, you can contact Maz at maz@victorycafe.ca or (416) 894- 6105.

Victory Summer Cask Ale Festival
Sunday July 12th 2009
12:00 noon
The Victory Café, 581 Markham Street, Toronto

This year’s Victory Café Summer Cask Ale festival will be held on Sunday July 12th
starting at noon until supplies last. Continuing the theme of the Victory’s previous cask
festivals, this event is a celebration of local traditional cask conditioned ales and aims to
introduce new people to these wonderful beers. The Victory Café welcomes anyone who
is interested in sampling good quality local cask ale.

There will be sixteen cask ales on offer, all from local brewers. Two casks each of the
most popular ales will be available to better ensure that everyone has a chance to enjoy
them. The full list of beers will be announced at a later date.

Beer samples will be offered by the half-pint measure, purchased with a beer ticket
available at the festival. A selection of tasty food will also be available with the purchase
of a food ticket.

Tickets can be purchased at the festival entrance:

$12 – admission, souvenir glass, two half-pint beer tickets, plus one food ticket
$8 – admission, souvenir glass, and two half-pint beer tickets
$4 – additional food ticket
$3 – additional beer ticket