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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A Volo News Bulletin - Cask Days (Week) Line-Up

My God! Volo just doesn't know how to slow down! And thank god for that. Here is the latest news about Cask Days, Toronto's - Ontario's - Canada's, premier Cask event that will span an entire week this year. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

PRE-CASK DAYS 2009 : TRADITIONAL ENGLISH ALES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH - WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28TH, 2009
Pale Ale - Durham's Signature Ale / Magnotta Pale Ale
Bitter - Granite’s Best Bitter Special
E.S.B - Chesire Valley ESB / Durham ESB / Maclean's Battle X ESB / Mill St. ESB
I.P.A - Durham Triple X IPA / Granite’s IPA
Brown - Hockley Valley Traditional Dark Ale
Mild - Grand River Mill Race Mild
Porter - Scotch Irish Black Plain Porter / F&M Porter
Stout - Durham’s Blakkat Stout
Strong Ale - Wellington Iron Duke
Old Ale - Granite’s Peculiar
Barleywine - Granite’s Gin Lane
To Be Announced - Duggan’s & St. Andre

PRE-CASK DAYS 2009: FINAL FOUR I.P.A. RE-CAP
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 2009 FROM 4:00PM - 2:00AM
1st Place Mike Duggan No. 9 IPA
2nd Place Durham Hop Addict IPA
3rd Place Granite Hopping Mad IPA
4th Place Scotch Irish Sgt.Major IPA

CASK DAYS 2009 TICKETS GO ON SALE!
TUESDAY,OCTOBER 13TH, 2009
Tickets will begin to go on sale at 4:00pm at bar Volo.

PRE-CASK DAYS 2009: TRADITIONAL ENGLISH ALES
MONDAY OCTOBER 26TH - WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28TH
No Tickets Required, Between 4:00pm-2:00am
All Servings will be 1/2 ($4.50) and Full Pints ($6.50)
No Taps will be served during these sessions.

PRE-CASK DAYS 2009: FINAL FOUR RE-CAP
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29TH, 2009
The final four beers in the Ontario Cask IPA Challenge will revisited for a second tasting. No Tickets Required. During regular hours. All Servings will be 1/2 ($4.50) and Full Pints ($6.50)

CASK DAYS 2009: FIRST TASTING
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2009
Session One 4:00pm - 8:00pm $15.00 (100 Tickets)
Session Two 9:00pm -1:00am $15.00 (100 Tickets)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2009
Brewer’s Breakfast (A) 10:00am - 3:00pm $35 (25 Tickets)
Session Three (B) 12:00pm - 3:00pm $10 (35 Tickets)
Session Four 4:00pm - 8:00am $10 (100 Tickets)
Session Five 9:00pm - 1:00am $10 (100 Tickets)

CASK DAYS 2009: WRAP-UP
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2009 FROM 12:00PM - 9:00PM
No advance tickets will be required for this session. With 2009
Cask Days No Admission at Door. Without Glass $10.00.

CASK DAYS 2009: $5.00 MONDAY NIGHT PINT NIGHT
MONDAY,NOVEMBER 2ND, 2009
All remaining casks will be sold for $5.00/per pint.

Ontario North East
Scotch Irish Brewing Company - Black Plain Porter With ?
Heritage Brewing* - To Be Announced
Beau 's All Natural Brewing - To Be Announced
County Cider Co.* - Waupoos Cider
Barley Days Brewery - To Be Announced
Church Key Brewing Co. - Mead / To Be Announced
Publican House Brewery* - McHenry Red Ale
Durham Brewing Company - To Be Announced

Ontario North
Lakes of Muskoka Cottage Brewery* - Harvest Ale
Hockley Valley Brewing Co - To Be Announced
Flying Monkey Brewery* - To Be Announced
King Brewery - To Be Announced
Magnotta Brewery - To Be Announced

Ontario North West
Thornbury Village * - Peeler Cider
Neustadt Springs Brewery - To Be Announced
Maclean's Ales* - Old Grumpy Old Ale
F&M Brewery - To Be Announced
Wellington Brewery - Iron Duke Strong Ale
Grand River Brewing Co. - Highballer Pumpkin Ale

Ontario South West
Railway City Brewing - Dead Elephant Ale
Stratford Brewing Co. - Empire Strikes Black
Niagara’s Best Brewery - To Be Announced
TAPS Brewing Co.* - To Be Announced
Nickel Brook Brewing Co - Wooden Nickel IPA
Trafalgar’s Ale’s and Mead’s - To Be Announced
Cameron's Brewing - To Be Announced

Ontario (Toronto)
Mill St. Brewery - To Be Announced
Granite Brewery - To Be Announced
Duggan's Brewery - Be Announced
Amsterdam Brewing Co. - To Be Announced
Great Lakes Brewing Co. - To Be Announced
Black Oak Brewing Co. - To Be Announced
Chesire Valley Brewing Co.* - Ginger Lime Ale
St. Andre Brewing Co. - To Be Announced
Black Creek Brewery - To Be Announced
Premier Brands - Headstrong Pale

Guest (Quebec)
Brasserie Benelux* - Amate Reserve American Brown
Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! - Corne Diable IPA / Peche Mortel / Penombre Black IPA
Brasserie Hopfenstark - Post Colonial IPA

Guest (England)
Fullers Smith & Turner
London Pride Pale Ale / Extra Special Bitter / India Pale Ale / Red Fox Red Ale
* First Appearance at Volo Cask Days

CASK DAYS 2009 MAIN EVENT SERVINGS
1/4 PINTS 5 Ounces $2.00 1 Tickets
1/2 PINTS 10 Ounces $4.00 2 Tickets
FULL PINTS 20 Ounces $8.00 4 Tickets

ALL MAIN CASK DAYS 2009 SESSIONS ARE 19+. THESE ARE ALL NON-SMOKING EVENT. $2.00 FROM EACH ADMISSION TICKET WILL BE DONATED TO COLON CANCER.

ALL BEERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

1 comment:

Rob said...

Hot damn!

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