Tonight - Great Lakes Project X

The January edition of Great Lakes Brewery's Project X takes place tonight  and there will be a number of special beers on hand to sample from, including one of the Toronto Beer Week HomeBrew Competition winning beers that was commercially brewed at Great Lakes.

Kama Stoutra Indian Imperial Stout won a gold medal at the 2011 TBW HomeBrew Competition and moved onto the final rounds for additional prizes. One of those prizes was the opportunity to brew the beer on a larger scale at Great Lakes with brewer Mike Lackey, which Zach Weinberg, who brewed the beer, won.

Weinberg of Toronto Brewing (homebrew supply store) wowed the final judges of the competition as they were amazed at how complex the beer was with all the spices used in its creation (madras curry, cayenne pepper, cumin and toasted coconut). Together, Lackey and Weinberg brewed the beer at Great Lakes back late November and tonight it is ready to be released to Project X members.

Here is the video of the two men talking about the beer. Weinberg also provides a brief description of the beer.




Here is the complete list as taken from Great Lakes Facebook page - In bottles - varying quantities:
Feature - Kama Stoutra
IPAs - Karma Citra, I saaz her standing There
Saisons - No Chance With Miranda, The Ginga Ninja, Same Ol' Citrasaison, Saison du Pump, Rye did the Chicken?
Porters - Currently Incarcerated, Harry Porter
Big Beers - Vanilla Imperial Stout, Apocalypse Later, Barley Wine, A Waste of Men.....
ALSO- Sour Mash, Belgian Rouge, Black Wit.

Amsterdam Bottles Smoked Porter - Winning Entry From Toronto Beer Week Homebrew Competition

The first ever Toronto Beer Week (TBW - held back in September) held a Homebrew Competition that attracted homebrewers from across Canada.

Kyle Teichert, from Egmondville, ON, wowed the judges with his Smoked Porter recipe, going on to win the judging.

Toronto's Amsterdam Brewing Co. offered to brew the winning entry on a commercial scale, and yesterday, December 16, 2010, the Smoked Porter was bottled and will be available for purchase from the brewery very shortly. There are only a couple of kegs floating around - 1 is heading to Toronto's Burger Bar in Kensington and 1 to Chancey Smith's in London, ON

Teichert, who isn't big on words, had this to say about winning the first annual competition. "It was unexpected because I had just started homebrewing. It was great to see my beer brewed here at Amsterdam and I think it's great for homebrewers. Also, it's neat to know people will be drinking my Smoked Porter. Thanks to Amsterdam and the TBW organizers."

Amsterdam's Blake van Delft said, "It's been a fun experience doing this beer and I think people are really going to enjoy it (Smoked Porter)."

Here are some pictures that were taken yesterday during bottling.

Smoked Porter - Winning entry submitted by Kyle Teichert of Egmondville, ON

Jamie Mistry (Amsterdam Brewmaster) & Teichert - about to enjoy a taste

Bottles about to be filled with the Smoked Porter

The Smoked Porter gets capped

After capping the Smoked Porter receives a cold shower

Coming off the bottling line and into boxes

One of Amsterdam's barrel projects - Brown Royale. There is also a barrel of the Smoked Porter kicking around the brewery

Way Overdue Toronto Beer Week Thoughts

Toronto Beer Week (TBW) was just wrapping up exactly one month ago today and here I am behind the eight ball with a very late post on the subject - My Pro's and Con's.

I believe I've mentioned it here before, but before going on, and for the sake of transparency, I should state again that I was/am on the Executive Committee for TBW and one of its co-founders.

A Humble Start
Beginning back in March of this year, a number of individuals starting discussing the idea of holding the first Beer Week in Toronto but it wasn't until a trip to the Craft Brewers Conference in Chicago that John Bowden, Cass Enright and myself actually started to get serious about it. We talked to some Ontario brewery representatives who were present in Chicago and we talked with some British Columbia brewers to see how the Vancouver Beer Week was shaping up (VCBW took place in May, after the Craft Brewers Conference). Upon returning to Toronto the TBW talk heated up and a committee was formed to start the process of getting the event up and running. We believed Toronto was ready for it and could handle a full week of beer events.

After months of meetings, hitting the pavement and working on logistics, our committee brought beer to the forefront in Toronto from September 20th to the 26th. It was the main focus in the city. The mainstream media (Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, National Post, NOW) all jumped on board and provided us with great coverage. There was also great support from online media (blogTO, beer and food bloggers) that we were ecstatic about.

Here are some of my Pro's and Con's

Pro's
Passports - The TBW Passports were a great success from our point of view. There were many licensees, breweries and drinkers that commented on the passports with overwhelmingly positive remarks. Each passport, in case you couldn't get your hands on one, featured a map of Toronto on one side that was highlighted with each participating licensee and brewery and the other side featured small bio's of each participating business.

These passports can be used for pub/restaurant suggestions as they cover the city. So, if you're heading to the west end and you're not sure where to find a good bar with a good craft beer selection, use the passport to see what's in the area.

Licensee Participation - This was key for the success of the week. When we were planning TBW we set a goal of signing up a minimum of 30 licensees - we ended up with almost 50! The response from the publicans surprised even us in the beginning. And after the week was complete, those we've followed up with were more than happy with the turnout their establishments received.

Troy, Fred (Charlevoix), Daniel (Garrison), Cass Enright

Quality of Events - The Ontario Craft Beer Week (June 2010) featured a number of events throughout the province but I felt that many of them lacked substance. Don't get me wrong, there were a number of very good and well organized events during their week, but TBW events had a lot of meat on the bone. New beers, brewers in attendance, beer dinners with international breweries, tastings with beer educators and writers, festivals and much more. There were events for everyone, across the whole city.



The TBW Logo - It will define the week. You see that logo and you are immediately reminded of the week.

TBW Homebrew Competition - Rob Symes, another individual on the Executive Committee (myself, Symes, Enright, and Bowden) developed the TBW Homebrew Competition, organized the judging, got great prizes and worked with Amsterdam Brewing Co. to get them to brew the winning entry on a commercial scale in February. He did an amazing job for a first year competition and the homebrewers responded by entering over 90 beers!

Con's
......I'm still trying to think of something.

No, in all seriousness I felt that the week went better than even our committee expected it to go. The people of Toronto, once we got our message out to the public, wanted this. The support from the public was unbelievable. We heard so many stories of licensees seeing new faces, getting returning customers, and at one place in particular, the cask ale continuing to run dry every other day.

One con that I personally have is the TBW website. I was the person that created and maintained the website this year. We used a free service and I believe it showed. The events had to be entered manually everyday, in the same format, and the application we were using provided me with numerous headaches when entering in information. Next year we'll have a 'real website'.

Thanks
I would also like to thank our great sponsors who provided artwork, advertising and more. Thanks to NOW Magazine, TAPS The Beer Magazine, Bar Towel.com, Industry Images, Canada Coaster, Igniter and Axis Gear.

And a very special thank you to the Honourable Steve Peters (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario) who tapped the Mill Street cask to kick-off TBW - to Adam Grant of the Monks Table: A Gourmand House for hosting the TBW Media dinner in August to help spread the word! - and to Mill Street brewery for hosting the media launch.

Toronto Beer Week - Day Five

Wow, this week is flying by. Many of the licensees I've spoken with over the last four days have been extremely happy with the turnout of their events, which is great news for us at Toronto Beer Week.

What are you going to get up to today/tonight?

C’est What
67 Front Street East
5:00 – 10:00 pm
22nd Annual Festival Of Craft Breweries, $1 per sample for most beers.

10:00 – 1:00 am
Indie Beats & Beer, Free admission
Adam Faux spins indie-centric tunes about beer and drinking.

The Monk’s Table
1276 Yonge Street - (416) 920-9074
7:00pm
The Luxuries of Life - Hosted by Toronto Star Beer Expert Josh Rubin
A Five Course Tasting Menu paired with the highest calibre European imports available

Bar Volo
587 Yonge Street
10:00pm
Collaboration Cask Night - 4 barVolo / Biergotter House Conditioned Casks will be released. @10:00pm w/ Les Trois Mousquetaires

Trevor Kitchen and Bar
38 Wellington Street East
4pm - Close
Beer and Food Pairings
All week long we'll be running a bar feature, an order of kobe beef burgers and a pint of Mill St. Tankhouse Ale or a Salt Cured Foie Gras Club Sandwich and a bottle of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA for $23.

Betty’s
240 King Street East
French Canadian Night – Blanche de Chambly and poutine tasting with a chance to win something big…

BQM
Ossington & Diner on Queen West
Burger and Beer Promotion – For the entire week, at both BQM locations, you can enjoy a Bacon and Blue Cheese Burger with a Blanche de Chambly for $10.

Bier Markt
600 King Street Wes & 58 The Esplanade
Big Bier & Ze Big Brat - $19 plus HST
Oktoberfest comes a little bit earlier - Enjoy a 10 inch Thüringer bratwurst with all ze trimmings (Bavarian bread dumplings, Weissbier kraut) paired to your choice of (22 oz) Erdinger Weissbier or (22 oz) Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier.

The Only Café
972 Danforth Avenue
A McAuslan Brewery Guided Tasting – Join Ian Starke of Montreal’s great McAuslan Brewery where you can sample their seasonal Pumpkin Ale: $10

Cloak & Dagger
394 College St
Finger Food Friday presented by Creemore Springs - Come indulge your hunger and thirst. Free food sampling
all day with purchase of any Creemore product. $12.00 Pitchers and $4.00 Pints. Prize Giveaways.

Spirits Bar & Grill
642 Church Street, 416 967-0001
6:30pm
Nightly sampling - Sample beers from Guelph’s Wellington Brewery

The Paddock
178 Bathurst Street
Discover Europe with McClelland Premium Imports - Learn about McClelland's European Portfolio and take a Blindfolded tasting of Affligem blonde, Fruli, Erdinger's Dunkel & Weissbiers, Delerium Tremens and Stiegl, in 8oz glasses, and Guess correctly to get a chance to win a grand prize package for only $21!

Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Avenue
5pm
Cask Night at the TRANZAC - We will be tapping casks of cask conditioned real ale from Great Lakes Brewery - don't miss out! Check our calendar for concert listings.

Dakota Tavern
249 Ossington Avenue
6:00 - midnight
Steam Whistle Friday - Enjoy a crisp, refreshing Steam Whistle Pilsner along with a moist Ontario fish sandwich. Great value. Then, from 10:00pm to 2:00am, music from Bradleyboy with Tarantula, $7 cover.

beerbistro
18 King Street East
4:30 - 6:00pm
German Beer Tasting - Join Brewmaster Bill White for an informal sampling of Weihenstephan Hefeweiss and Dunkel. Come discover these unique German Wheat Beers from The World's Oldest Brewery.

Highway 61
1620 Bayview Ave
6 pm
Mystery Cask Unveiled - We will be finally unveiling a delicious Belgian Dubbel made at Great Lakes by their own John Bowden and Highway 61's, Matthew Clappison. In an attempt to gain favour with the Highway 61 staff we have left the naming of this cask entirely up to one lucky member, who will reveal the name at 6 pm sharp! Don't miss this one because it will never be made again!

Gladstone
1214 Queen St W
6:30pm- 9:30pm
Cask Tapping: Featuring Great Lakes Brewery Johnny Simcoe American Pale Ale tapped by GLB rep who will answer questions about the brewing process and cask beers ($6.00 a pint or pair with a Cheese Plate for $13.95, or 2 pints and Cheese Plate $23.95). Cheese Plate: Monforte Toscano (Stratford, Ontario); Baluchon, (Quebec); 4 year old White Cheddar (Ontario)

Smokeless Joe
125 John St
Railway City Double Dead Elephant Tapping

La Palette
492 Queen St W
Bar Brawl! - Try any three draughts in a flight (4 ounces each) and the chef will pair it with an amuse-bouche (a made-to-order snack) for $9. Also featuring a week-long beer inspired menu.

Bryden’s
2455 Bloor St W
Tower of Power - Double IPA Madness on tap! Featuring Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife, Black Oak 10 Bitter Years, and Flying Monkey’s Smashbomb IPA

Gladstone
1214 Queen St W
Beer Inspired Dinners: Featuring Muskoka Harvest Ale & Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
- Roasted Onion and Muskoka Harvest Ale soup $5.95
- Cheddar Cheese Rarebit savoury cheese toast served with apple-fennel slaw $9.95
- Mill Street Tankhouse Beef Carbonnade Belgian beef and beer stew served with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and market fresh vegetables $14.95
- Chocolate Cream Ale mousse whipped cream $6.95.
- Paired with Mill Street Pints for $5.00

Parts & Labour
1566 Queen St. West.
Nightly food pairings with Duggan's Brewery #9 IPA. Also serving Duggan's Brewery #5 Lager

Allen's
143 Danforth Ave
Noon - $25
A Stand Up Lunch and Tasting with Robert Hughey - Noted beer writer, connoisseur and inner-city hop-grower, Robert will lead a tasting of four beers paired with specially-chosen selections from Allen’s menu.
Crispy Shrimp with Cayenne Aioli paired with Cheshire Valley ESB - Allen’s Manhattan Capon Wings with King Pilsner - Miniature Lamb Hamburger with MacLean’s Pale Ale - Chocolate Guinness Cake with Duggan’s Nº 8 Porter

Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave - Kensington Market
9 - 11pm - $20pp
Pale Ale Tasting & Comaprison – Lake of Bays Brewing Co. - Owner and Brew Master Darren Smith will host a tasting of his beer and explain the brewing process. In addition he will host a pale ale comparison with Black Oak Pale Ale, St. Ambroise Pale Ale and Highlander Brew Company's Pale Ale

Veritas
234 King St E
Lunch & Lounge
Beau’s and a Banquetburger - Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale Pint served with our Classic Banquet Tillsonburger with House Double Smoked Maple Bacon and Aged Cheddar $23

Pound and a Pint - Muskoka Cream Ale Pint served with a pound of our Chili Hot Wings $18

Dinner menu
3 course dinner $35 - with optional beer pairing $45*
Appetizer - St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale Battered Fish & Chips *with ½ pint of St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale
Main - Black Oak Nut Brown-Braised Water Buffalo on Garlic & Chive Spun Mashed Potatoes *with pint of Nut Brown
Dessert - Mill St. Coffee Porter Ice Cream with Shortbread Cookies *with bottle of Mill St. Coffee Porter

The Rhino
1249 Queen St W
7pm
Cost: $10.00 for CABA members, $20.00 for non-members, which includes one year membership to CABA.
Evening With the Brewery - Co-sponsored by the Canadian Amateur Brewer’s Association (CABA) & the Rhino. Meet Mitch LaGoy, brewer at the Rohrbach Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, as he takes us into fall with an Imperial Pumpkin Ale. The Rohrbach Brewing Company has been brewing award winning handcrafted ales and lagers in Rochester for over a decade that are served at over 100 “certified tap houses” throughout Rochester and upstate New York.

The Local
396 Roncesvalles
7pm
Muskoka Harvest Ale Tasting - Sample Muskoka Cottage Brewery’s newest seasonal with their sales rep

Grapefruit Moon
968 Bathurst St
Beau's tractor pull! Win a gorgeous Beau's kolsch glass! Organic Burger special: Cheddar and bacon burger paired with pint of Beau's Lugtread Ale.

Crooked Star
202 Ossington Ave
Great Lakes Weekend: Featuring the newest Great Lakes seasonal, Pumpkin Ale, paired with seasonal food specials.

Toronto Beer Week - Day Four

Here are today's events. What a week already!


C’est What
67 Front Street East
9:30 - 11:30 pm
Music & Beer, $6 or free if wearing Toronto Beer Week shirt.
Monica Schroeder – alt-pop singer-songwriter.

The Monk’s Table
1276 Yonge Street - (416) 920-9074
7:00pm
Hancock and the History of Weiss beer
Michael Hancock regales about the noble history of the Wheat Beer during a three course prix fixe with food pairings by Adam Grant

Bar Volo
587 Yonge Street
7:00pm - Close
A Night With Black Oak Brewery - Every Black Oak Beer on Tap(All year round/seasonals) + 2 Special Casks + Brewers/Founders

Kilgour's Bar Meets Grill
509 Bloor Street West (416) 923-7680
1:00pm
Lunch with Grand River Brewing: Enjoy special recipes that incorporate Grand River's Hannenberg Pils and Mill Race Mild and wash them down with the same beers.

Rhino
1249 Queen St W
6pm
Adventures Of The Gourd: Harvest Beer Festival - Fresh from the Harvest will be two local pumpkin beers, both available in cask and keg- Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale & Grand River Highballer Pumpkin Ale. Experience the interpretations of two different brewers and discover the nuances of keg versus cask! Then check out the 2010 Muskoka Harvest Pale Ale in combination with the award winning “10 Bitter Years Pale Ale” from the Black Oak Brewery. Brewmaster, beer writer and beer aficionado, Bill White, will share his extensive knowledge and passion for beer as he guides us on our journey with beers from Church Key, Denison’s and Scotch Irish rounding out our travels. Bon voyage! Come and help us crown the “King of the Gourds”.

Highway 61 Southern BBQ
1620 Bayview Ave.
Harvest Moon Festival - Free
Come one, come all and celebrate this year’s Harvest Moon with an OCB Taster Flight of Harvest Ales and a live performance from the Sleeping Ruse (A Tribute to Neil Young)!

Trevor Kitchen and Bar
38 Wellington Street East
4pm - Close
Beer and Food Pairings
All week long we'll be running a bar feature, an order of kobe beef burgers and a pint of Mill St. Tankhouse Ale or a Salt Cured Foie Gras Club Sandwich and a bottle of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA for $23.

Betty’s
240 King Street East
Wellington Brewery Tasting – Various beers from Guelph’s Wellington Brewery will be in the spotlight. Work your way through the samples, taking notes along the way.

BQM
Ossington & Diner on Queen West
Burger and Beer Promotion – For the entire week, at both BQM locations, you can enjoy a Bacon and Blue Cheese Burger with a Blanche de Chambly for $10.

Bier Markt
600 King Street Wes & 58 The Esplanade
Big Bier & Ze Big Brat - $19 plus HST
Oktoberfest comes a little bit earlier - Enjoy a 10 inch Thüringer bratwurst with all ze trimmings (Bavarian bread dumplings, Weissbier kraut) paired to your choice of (22 oz) Erdinger Weissbier or (22 oz) Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier.

Spirits Bar & Grill
642 Church Street, 416 967-0001
6:30pm
Nightly sampling - Sample beers from Toronto’s Steam Whistle Brewery

Amsterdam Brewery
21 Bathurst St.
4pm - 8pm
Amsterdam Oktubafest - Amsterdam Brewing Co. will be releasing their Fall Seasonal Series Beer'Oktoberfest' in conjunction with Toronto Beer Week and Caplansky's Deli.

The Paddock
178 Bathurst Street
9pm (10pm Jazz)
Creemore Springs Tasting with live jazz music at to drink the beer down with style.

Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Avenue
8pm
Mill St. Showcase - Come join us for an exclusive tasting session, featuring Mill St.'s new Lemon Tea beer. Live music all night long.

Dakota Tavern
249 Ossington Avenue
6:00 - midnight
Cameron's Thursday - Tonight's beer and food combo features Cameron's Auburn Ale paired with beef short ribs smothered in a special Auburn Ale flavoured barbeque sauce. On stage at 8:00pm, Baby Eagle and Shotgun Jimmie, $10 cover. 10:00pm Jetset Motel with Mark Bragg (cover TBA).

Kilgours
509 Bloor St. West
6pm - 9pm
Oysters and pints of Creemore Lager and Kellerbier for $5

Smokeless Joe
125 John St
Great Lakes Morning Glory Breakfast Stout Tapping

Toronto Beer Week Ladies Night
7:00pm Duggan's Brewery, 75 Victoria Street
8:15pm beerbistro, 18 King Street East
9:30pm Trevor Kitchen and Bar, 38 Wellington Street East
Calling all women who appreciate flavour. Join us for a casual meander around 3 local bars, enjoying craft beer and camararderie along the way. Oh, and men are welcome too! Free Toronto Beer Week t-shirts for the first two females to show up.

The Gladstone Hotel - Melody Bar
1214 Queen St West
7pm - 9pm
Horizontal Tasting with Mill St. Brewery - The better part of the Mill St. lineup will be on offer this evening.

La Palette
492 Queen St W
Bar Brawl! - Try any three draughts in a flight (4 ounces each) and the chef will pair it with an amuse-bouche (a made-to-order snack) for $9. Also featuring a week-long beer inspired menu.

Bryden’s
2455 Bloor St W
Tower of Power - Double IPA Madness on tap! Featuring Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife, Black Oak 10 Bitter Years, and Flying Monkey’s Smashbomb IPA

Parts & Labour
1566 Queen St. West.
Nightly food pairings with Duggan's Brewery #9 IPA. Also serving Duggan's Brewery #5 Lager.

Fermentations!
201 Danforth Ave.
(416)778-9000
7:00-8:00 pm
Beer School – The One Class You Can Pass! - Classic Belgian Wit Beer
What's with that cloudy yellow beer? Come and learn about the brewing of the once forgotten but now popular classic recipe for Belgian Wheat (Wit) Beers and the other countries' version of the wheat ale, while our brewmaster puts together our best version of Pierre Celis's revived recipe. No charge for watching and learning.

Whelans Gate
Thursday September 23rd
7:00 - 9:00pm
Sampling Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion

Gladstone
1214 Queen St W
Beer Inspired Dinners: Featuring Muskoka Harvest Ale & Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
- Roasted Onion and Muskoka Harvest Ale soup $5.95
- Cheddar Cheese Rarebit savoury cheese toast served with apple-fennel slaw $9.95
- Mill Street Tankhouse Beef Carbonnade Belgian beef and beer stew served with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and market fresh vegetables $14.95
- Chocolate Cream Ale mousse whipped cream $6.95.
- Paired with Mill Street Pints for $5.00

Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave - Kensington Market
7pm - $10pp
Gluten Free Beer Tasting with Nickle Brook Brewery - We will be tasting Nickle Brooks GF beer as well as New Grist and La Messagère. There will be Gluten free menu items available as well.

Veritas
234 King St E
Lunch & Lounge
Beau’s and a Banquetburger - Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale Pint served with our Classic Banquet Tillsonburger with House Double Smoked Maple Bacon and Aged Cheddar $23

Pound and a Pint - Muskoka Cream Ale Pint served with a pound of our Chili Hot Wings $18

Dinner menu
3 course dinner $35 - with optional beer pairing $45*
Appetizer - St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale Battered Fish & Chips *with ½ pint of St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale
Main - Black Oak Nut Brown-Braised Water Buffalo on Garlic & Chive Spun Mashed Potatoes *with pint of Nut Brown
Dessert - Mill St. Coffee Porter Ice Cream with Shortbread Cookies *with bottle of Mill St. Coffee Porter

Duggan’s Brewery
75 Victoria Ave
Oktoberfest Party with George Kash - German styled beers and food! Sample our #3 German Pils, #4 Kolsch, #13 Weiss and #19 Bock. We also have a special Oktoberfest menu on til Sat Oct 2nd

The Only Café
972 Danforth Avenue
A Great Lakes Brewery Cask Tasting –Great Lakes will be tapping a cask at the bar. 6pm start time - $10

Grapefruit Moon
968 Bathurst St
Wellington Tasting, featuring 25th Anniversary brew, Silver Wheat. Also featuring Amsterdam's Oktoberfest.

Crooked Star
202 Ossington Ave
7pm
Wellington Night: Enjoy fresh oysters with pints of Wellington County, Trailhead Lager or Wellington Best Bitter Cask Ale for only $4.50 a pint.

Toronto Beer Week - Day Three

Troy, Rob Symes (TBW), James Watt (BrewDog), John Bowden (TBW)

I made it out to beerbistro for the BrewDog dinner last night and had the chance to interview James Watt (co-founder of BrewDog) before-hand, adding to the overall awesomeness of the evening. The dinner was exceptional, the beers were terrific, and James didn't disappoint anyone in the crowd as he was very open and ethusisatic when addressing the sold out room.

After the dinner, belly full of beer and rich food, I rolled down the road to C'est What for the Beer Writers In The Round event. We had a great turnout! Bigger than I thought we would get. A bunch of us (beer writers) sat around talking about beer and sharing our own personal beer experiences for two hours, and during the cab ride home I thought to myself that it would be great it the lot of us could do that every six months or so; sit around with some beers and chat.

Anyways, here's what you'll find happening throughout Toronto tonight (27 events). I plan on stopping by the Victory Cafe and Kilgour's myself!

Nick's Pub Crawl

3-6pm

Celebrate what would have been Nick's mother-in-law's 80th birthday with a pub crawl led by Nick Pashley, author of Notes on a Beermat and Cheers.

3pm: Harbord House, 150 Harbord St.;

4pm: Victory Cafe, 581 Markham St.;

5pm: Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.;

6pm: Kilgour's, 509 Bloor St. West.

Ideal for those going to either the Kilgour's Black Oak event or the Victory's Beau's/Nickel Brook event.

C’est What
67 Front Street East
9:30 - 11:30 pm
Movies & Beer - Commfest Global Community Film Festival, Free admission, donation requested.
No Good Reason And The Mountain Music Project: A Musical Odyssey from Appalachia to Himalaya

The Monk’s Table
1276 Yonge Street - (416) 920-9074
7:00pm
Malt Magic - Hosted by Stephen Beaumont - Premium beer and spirit pairings with decadent chocolates and gourmet cheeses
Decadent chocolate platters from BOXX Chocolates

Bar Volo
587 Yonge Street
4:00 - Close
Ontario IPA CASK Challenge Final

Cowbell
1564 Queen Street West - (416) 849-1095
Muskoka Beer Dinner: A four course beer dinner featuring four beers from the Muskoka Cottage Brewery, including their new batch of Harvest Ale. Four courses, four beers, all paired for only $40. Call to make reservations. **See full menu by clicking here**

Kilgour's Bar Meets Grill
509 Bloor Street West (416)923-7680
6:00pm till close..
Ken's Kask at Kilgour's: Join Black Oak's Ken Woods and beer author Nick Pashley over a pint of Hop Bomb on cask, while it lasts.

Trevor Kitchen and Bar
38 Wellington Street East
4pm - Close
Beer and Food Pairings
All week long we'll be running a bar feature, an order of kobe beef burgers and a pint of Mill St. Tankhouse Ale or a Salt Cured Foie Gras Club Sandwich and a bottle of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA for $23.

BQM
Ossington & Diner on Queen West
Burger and Beer Promotion – For the entire week, at both BQM locations, you can enjoy a Bacon and Blue Cheese Burger with a Blanche de Chambly for $10.

Victory Cafe
581 Markham Street
6:00pm
ONE-OFF STAND - OFF
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company and Nickel Brook Brewery will be offering several one offs and some of their regular seasonal beers , including Nickel Brook’s Trillium Pale Ale, Uniek Sour Cherry Ale, Marzen German Red Lager and new Gluten Free Pale Ale. $20/ticket - includes 2 pints or four 5oz samples and food. RSVP only to info@victorycafe.ca

Bier Markt
600 King Street Wes & 58 The Esplanade
Big Bier & Ze Big Brat - $19 plus HST
Oktoberfest comes a little bit earlier - Enjoy a 10 inch Thüringer bratwurst with all ze trimmings (Bavarian bread dumplings, Weissbier kraut) paired to your choice of (22 oz) Erdinger Weissbier or (22 oz) Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier.

beerbistro *SOLD OUT*
18 King Street East
6pm / $25pp / tickets now on sale - (416) 861-9872
The Bar Towel Lost Abbey Tasting - Hosted by Bar Towel founder, Cass Enright, featuring 4 Lost Abbey beers (Carnevale, Red Barn, Avant Garde, and Lost and Found) along with Port Old Viscosity and Port Older Viscosity. Brewer Matt Tweedy will be on hand to guide you through the beers, and share his experiences working at the brewery.

The Only Café
972 Danforth Avenue
7pm
Big Rock Alberta BBQ - Join Kevin Healy of Big Rock Brewery who will be grilling up an Alberta Steak dinner that will be paired and a pint of Big Rock for $20. Limited seating. Guests can expect a very special surprise from Big Rock as well!

BQM
354 Queen Street West
5pm
McAuslan Sampling - We will be sampling McAuslan Brewery products (St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout, St Ambroise Pale Ale and Griffon Red) and offering a "tasting trio" of the three for $5. (a generous 4 oz's of each)

Spirits Bar & Grill
642 Church Street, 416 967-0001
6:30pm
Nightly sampling - Sample beers from Toronto’s Mill Street Brewery

The Feathers Pub
962 Kingston Road
Creemore Night – Come and sample beers from Creemore Springs Traditional Brewery for $5 a pint.

Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave
Sausage Fest with Amsterdam - We'll be pairing Amsterdam Blonde and Oktoberfest beers with 2 types of sausage. $20pp includes 2-1/2 Pints, sausages, rye bread and sauerkraut! Or you can try them individually.

The Paddock
178 Bathurst Street
Spin The Bottle! - Spin our roulette wheel and find out which of our 30 bottled brews you'll drink for only $6.50 (tax incl)! Additional Prizes to be won through spinning!

Dakota Tavern
249 Ossington Avenue
6:00 - midnight
Welly Wednesday - Join us for Welly Wednesday where we will be featuring the full flavour of Wellington County Dark Ale paired with a succulent steak. Music on stage TBA.

The Painted Lady
218 Ossington
6pm
Brew Master and Beer Expert (Bill White) - Sample a Weihenstephaner Hefe Weiss or Dunkel (a dollar off their normal price) with a delicious food pairing from The Painted Lady and experience two unique beers from The World's Oldest Brewery.

Smokeless Joe
125 John St
Muskoka Harvest Ale Tapping

La Palette
492 Queen St W
Bar Brawl! - Try any three draughts in a flight (4 ounces each) and the chef will pair it with an amuse-bouche (a made-to-order snack) for $9. Also featuring a week-long beer inspired menu.

Bryden’s
2455 Bloor St W
Tower of Power - Double IPA Madness on tap! Featuring Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife, Black Oak 10 Bitter Years, and Flying Monkey’s Smashbomb IPA

Gladstone
1214 Queen St W
Beer Inspired Dinners: Featuring Muskoka Harvest Ale & Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
- Roasted Onion and Muskoka Harvest Ale soup $5.95
- Cheddar Cheese Rarebit savoury cheese toast served with apple-fennel slaw $9.95
- Mill Street Tankhouse Beef Carbonnade Belgian beef and beer stew served with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and market fresh vegetables $14.95
- Chocolate Cream Ale mousse whipped cream $6.95.
- Paired with Mill Street Pints for $5.00

Parts & Labour
1566 Queen St. West.
Nightly food pairings with Duggan's Brewery #9 IPA. Also serving Duggan's Brewery #5 Lager.

Fermentations!
201 Danforth Ave.
(416) 778-9000
7:00-8:00 pm
Beer School – The One Class You Can Pass! – English Bitters and Ales
Come and learn about the brewing of classic English Bitters and Ales while our brewmaster makes a classic English pub bitter according to the proper style guidelines using our freshly picked local organic hops from Prince Edward County. No charge for watching and learning.

Veritas
234 King St E
Lunch & Lounge
Beau’s and a Banquetburger - Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale Pint served with our Classic Banquet Tillsonburger with House Double Smoked Maple Bacon and Aged Cheddar $23

Pound and a Pint - Muskoka Cream Ale Pint served with a pound of our Chili Hot Wings $18

Dinner menu
3 course dinner $35 - with optional beer pairing $45*
Appetizer - St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale Battered Fish & Chips *with ½ pint of St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale
Main - Black Oak Nut Brown-Braised Water Buffalo on Garlic & Chive Spun Mashed Potatoes *with pint of Nut Brown
Dessert - Mill St. Coffee Porter Ice Cream with Shortbread Cookies *with bottle of Mill St. Coffee Porter

Grapefruit Moon
968 Bathurst St
8-10pm
Release the Flying Monkeys! Chat with the Flying Monkeys rep and sample their brews.

Toronto Beer Week Video Coverage

Global Television came out to our launch yesterday at the Mill Street Brewpub to watch Steve Peters, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, tap the official cask of Toronto Beer Week. They filmed the launch and spoke with a number of people in the industry and the segment aired last night during the 6pm news.

Click here to watch the video.

And here is a video shot by one of the Toronto Beer Week members on their handheld.

Toronto Beer Week - Day Two

I made it out to barVolo, the Granite Brewery and The Monks Table last night. Not bad for the opening day of Toronto Beer Week!

Tonight I'll be hanging out at the BrewDog dinner at beerbistro before heading down the street to C'est What for an event I'll be part of - Not Always In Good Taste: Beer Writers In The Round. It's going to be another great night.

Here are all the events taking place today.

C’est What
67 Front Street East
10:00 - 11:30 pm
Not Always In Good Taste - a beer writers-in-the-round, Free admission.
Writers include: Stephen Beaumont, Greg Clow, Nick Pashley, Ian Coutts, Steve Cameron, Troy Burtch, Robert Hughey, Aonghus Kealy, Josh Rubin

The Monk’s Table
1276 Yonge Street - (416) 920-9074
6:30pm
Raising the Bar - An Hour with Cass Enright, Founder of The Bar Towel
A sit down seminar about marketing and advertising that has raised beer from the layman’s gutter to the Nectar of the Gods

Cloak & Dagger
394 College St
5:00-10:00pm
Sausagefest: Get ready for it! All you can eat for only $12 including one 12oz drink.
Come get your fill on - 10 different kinds of sausages! Featuring Beau's All Natural Brewing Company


Bar Volo
587 Yonge Street
4:00 - Close
Ontario IPA CASK Challenge Final


Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave - Kensington Market


beerbistro
18 King Street East
6pm
BrewDog Beer Dinner - 6 course dinner, paired with beers from Scotland's most progressive brewery. Hosted by James Watt from BrewDog. Tickets are $90, and on sale Wednesday Sept 8th: Call (416) 861-9872


Trevor Kitchen and Bar
38 Wellington Street East
4pm - Close
Beer and Food Pairings
All week long we'll be running a bar feature, an order of kobe beef burgers and a pint of Mill St. Tankhouse Ale or a Salt Cured Foie Gras Club Sandwich and a bottle of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA for $23.


BQM
Ossington & Diner on Queen West
Burger and Beer Promotion – For the entire week, at both BQM locations, you can enjoy a Bacon and Blue Cheese Burger with a Blanche de Chambly for $10.


Bier Markt
600 King Street Wes & 58 The Esplanade
Big Bier & Ze Big Brat - $19 plus HST
Oktoberfest comes a little bit earlier - Enjoy a 10 inch Thüringer bratwurst with all ze trimmings (Bavarian bread dumplings, Weissbier kraut) paired to your choice of (22 oz) Erdinger Weissbier or (22 oz) Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier.


The Only Café
972 Danforth Avenue
A Black Oak Brewery Guided Tasting –Join Black Oak Brewing President, Ken Woods and Brewmaster Adrian Popowycz. Guest Tap: Black Oak Double Cherry Chocolate Stout: $10


The Local
396 Roncesvalles (416) 535-6225
7pm
A Harvest Cornucopia - Savour a fine local and seasonal menu paired with Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale. A brewery representative will be on hand to lead a tasting of their fall seasonal and discuss the brewing process. Attendees will have the option to pair the beer with a select menu with a locally sourced and seasonally focused menu. Oh yeah, and enjoy awesome local talent on stage!!


Spirits Bar & Grill
642 Church Street, 416 967-0001
6:30pm
Nightly sampling - Sample beers from Montreal’s McAuslan Brewery


Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave
Sausage Fest with Flying Monkey - We'll be pairing Smash Bomb and Netherworld beers with 2 types of sausage. $20pp includes 2-1/2 Pints, sausages, rye bread and sauerkraut! Or you can try them individually.


The Paddock
178 Bathurst Street
9pm - Midnight
Live Piano Music with Kevin Quain - Sponsored by Erdinger. Order both of our Erdinger Bottles, the Weissbier and Dunkel, for only $10 together.


Dakota Tavern
249 Ossington Avenue
6:00 - midnight
Creemore Tuesday - Enjoy a tasty Dakota Burger paired with Creemore Springs Lager. Excellent value. Later on stage, Dustin Bentall will be performing, $5 cover.


Gladstone
1214 Queen St W
Beer Inspired Dinner Specials: Featuring Muskoka Harvest Ale & Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
- Roasted Onion and Muskoka Harvest Ale soup $5.95
- Cheddar Cheese Rarebit savoury cheese toast served with apple-fennel slaw $9.95
- Mill Street Tankhouse Beef Carbonnade Belgian beef and beer stew served with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and market fresh vegetables $14.95
- Chocolate Cream Ale mousse whipped cream $6.95.
- Paired with Mill Street Pints for $5.00


Granite Brewery
245 Eglinton Ave East
Monday Sep. 20- Sunday Sep. 26 - All week daily draws. Enter your name in the daily draw for a chance to win a Granite growler and a great beer book. The names will then be entered in a final weekly draw for a 15L keg of Granite Ale (small print: you have to return the keg when it is empty!)


Granite Brewery
245 Eglinton Ave East
Monday Sep. 20- Sunday Sep. 26 - Toronto Beer Week Special Feature Menu - Our regular weekly special menu will be replaced with all food made with beer menu. Combine each special with a pint at a great price!


Highway 61
1620 Bayview Ave
6 pm
Meet Darren Smith, Lakes of Bay's President and Brewmaster - Come and joing us at Highway 61 where Darren Smith will talk about his brew and his brewery. We will also be sampling Lakes of Bay Pale Ale, throughout the night! Come check it out and stamp your passport!


Victory Cafe
581 Markham Street
Tuesday September 21 @ 6:00pm
Creemore Fest - $5 gets you a pint of unfiltered Creemore Urbock and a Soft Fresh Pretzel.


Smokeless Joe
125 John St
Stout Taste Off with a variety of Stouts - 12 oysters for $12


La Palette
492 Queen St W
Bar Brawl! - Try any three draughts in a flight (4 ounces each) and the chef will pair it with an amuse-bouche (a made-to-order snack) for $9. Also featuring a week-long beer inspired menu.


Bryden’s
2455 Bloor St W
Tower of Power - Double IPA Madness on tap! Featuring Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife, Black Oak 10 Bitter Years, and Flying Monkey’s Smashbomb IPA


BQM
210 Ossington Ave
7pm
Mill St Lemon Tea Tasting


Parts & Labour
1566 Queen St. West.
Nightly food pairings with Duggan's Brewery #9 IPA. Also serving Duggan's Brewery #5 Lager


Veritas
234 King St E
Lunch & Lounge
Beau’s and a Banquetburger - Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale Pint served with our Classic Banquet Tillsonburger with House Double Smoked Maple Bacon and Aged Cheddar $23

Pound and a Pint - Muskoka Cream Ale Pint served with a pound of our Chili Hot Wings $18

Dinner menu
3 course dinner $35 - with optional beer pairing $45*
Appetizer - St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale Battered Fish & Chips *with ½ pint of St. Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale
Main - Black Oak Nut Brown-Braised Water Buffalo on Garlic & Chive Spun Mashed Potatoes *with pint of Nut Brown
Dessert - Mill St. Coffee Porter Ice Cream with Shortbread Cookies *with bottle of Mill St. Coffee Porter

Toronto Beer Week!!

IT'S ON!!!

www.torontobeerweek.com

MONDAY
C’est What
67 Front Street East
7:00 - 8:30pm
Beerology - More Than Meets The Eye: $20, advance tickets at http://www.cestwhat.com/asp/events.asp?ID=1437
Join Mirella Amato for a blind tasting of nine different beers. Taste a range of beer styles side by side and learn what sets each apart.

The Monk’s Table
1276 Yonge Street - (416) 920-9074
7:00pm
Belgium Beer Fest with the White Knight - Please Reserve Seating Limited
Bill White Hosts a Five Course Extravaganza of Belgium Beer and Food Pairings

Bar Volo
587 Yonge Street
4:00 - Close
Pint Night: Top Ten Rated Ontario Beers on Tap (All $4.00) + Ontario IPA CASK Challenge Final Begins (My Bitter Wife v.s Smashbomb IPA)

Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave - Kensington Market
Oktoberfest Celebration! We will be serving a variety of sausages, Marzen styled beers, and some freshly hopped beers made with local hops.

Starfish Oyster Bed & Grill
100 Adelaide Street East - (416) 366-7827
Starfish Presents Malt & Molluscs Monday - Featuring Stephen Beaumont, a fun and arousing evening of beer discovery, bivalve slurping and tall and not-so-tall tales.

Highway 61 Southern BBQ
1620 Bayview Ave
First Annual Lager Taste Challenge- $25/ TICKET
Come out and join us for our first annual Craft Beer Lager Taste Challenge! Where we put your beer palate to the test with 5 different brews. The Top 5 connoisseurs will each be rewarded with great prizes – not to mention that every participate get a bite and a pint to start! So give us a shout if your feeling lucky at 416-489-RIBS (7427)

BQM
Ossington & Diner on Queen West
Burger and Beer Promotion – For the entire week, at both BQM locations, you can enjoy a Bacon and Blue Cheese Burger with a Blanche de Chambly for $10.

Bier Markt
600 King Street Wes & 58 The Esplanade
Big Bier & Ze Big Brat - $19 plus HST
Oktoberfest comes a little bit earlier - Enjoy a 10 inch Thüringer bratwurst with all ze trimmings (Bavarian bread dumplings, Weissbier kraut) paired to your choice of (22 oz) Erdinger Weissbier or (22 oz) Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier.

Spirits Bar & Grill
642 Church Street, 416 967-0001
6:30pm
Nightly sampling - Sample beers from Calgary’s Big Rock Brewery

The Feathers Pub
962 Kingston Road
Oysters With Oyster Boy!! – Price discount off Wellington Cask Ale and Silver Wheat Ale and Oysters with Oyster Boy!

Burger Bar
319 Augusta Ave
Cask Night - We'll be tapping our first Cask (of soon to be many) @ 7pm with David Bieman of Great Lakes Brewery

The Paddock
178 Bathurst Street
Paper Bag Night - Select drafts towers will be covered by paper bags and guests will be able to choose their pints randomly and guess which beer it is for $5!

Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Avenue
10pm - sign up early!
McAuslan Monday Night Open Mic - The TRANZAC's weekly open mic session, presented by McAuslan. Craft beer specials, prizes, and flights of McAuslan Ales all night.

Dakota Tavern
249 Ossington Avenue
6:00 - midnight
Mill Street Monday - Great value beer and food combos featuring Mill Street Organic Lager and Tankhouse Ale. Later on stage, check out the Rattlesnake Choir (pay what you can).

Gladstone
1214 Queen St W
Beer Inspired Dinner and Lunch Specials: Featuring Muskoka Harvest Ale & Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
- Roasted Onion and Muskoka Harvest Ale soup $5.95
- Cheddar Cheese Rarebit savoury cheese toast served with apple-fennel slaw $9.95
- Mill Street Tankhouse Beef Carbonnade Belgian beef and beer stew served with mashed Yukon Gold potatoes and market fresh vegetables $14.95
- Chocolate Cream Ale mousse whipped cream $6.95.
- Paired with Mill Street Pints for $5.00

Granite Brewery
245 Eglinton Ave East
New Beer Launch - A new beer will be introduced at the Granite in recognition of Toronto Beer Week. A special brew made in conjunction with the SOB’s (Southern Ontario Brewer’s) “Plan it for the Granite” HomeBrew Competition.

Granite Brewery
245 Eglinton Ave East
Monday Sep. 20- Sunday Sep. 26 - All week daily draws. Enter your name in the daily draw for a chance to win a Granite growler and a great beer book. The names will then be entered in a final weekly draw for a 15L keg of Granite Ale (small print: you have to return the keg when it is empty!)

Granite Brewery
245 Eglinton Ave East
Monday Sep. 20- Sunday Sep. 26 - Toronto Beer Week Special Feature Menu - Our regular weekly special menu will be replaced with all food made with beer menu. Combine each special with a pint at a great price!

Smokeless Joe
125 John St
Stout Taste Off with a variety of Oysters - 12 oysters for $12

La Palette
492 Queen St W
Bar Brawl! - Try any three draughts in a flight (4 ounces each) and the chef will pair it with an amuse-bouche (a made-to-order snack) for $9. Also featuring a week-long beer inspired menu.

Bryden’s
2455 Bloor St W
Tower of Power - Double IPA Madness on tap! Featuring Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife, Black Oak 10 Bitter Years, and Flying Monkey’s Smashbomb IPA

Toronto Beer Week Ladies Night

Maz Bereton of the Victory Cafe, and one of the Toronto Beer Week (TBW) Board Members, has organized a Ladies Night for TBW that is set to take place on the Thursday night (Sept. 23).

From Bereton: Calling all women who appreciate flavour. Join us for a casual meander around 3 local bars, enjoying craft beer and camararderie along the way. Oh, and men are welcome too! Free Toronto Beer Week t-shirts for the first two females to show up.

The 3 local establishments have been chosen and are listed below in the order they will be visited. This is a great way for the women of Toronto who enjoy the complexities of craft beer to get together to mix and mingle, meet new friends and visit 3 great places in the city.

7:00pm Duggan's Brewery, 75 Victoria Street
8:15pm beerbistro, 18 King Street East
9:30pm Trevor Kitchen and Bar, 38 Wellington Street East

Toronto Beer Week Events

A whole week has passed since I last updated the blog! Things have been very buys lately. The judging for the 8th annual Canadian Brewing Awards (CBAs) took place last weekend, over two days, and it was the largest competition in Canada to date. Over 390 beers were submitted by 76 Canadian breweries and the winners will be announced next Friday at the CBA gala.

TAPS Media, my employer, operates the awards, which eats up a lot of time in preparation. We had some great judges who were very dedicated to the two days and some great volunteers who helped wash glasses, ran beer trays to tables and helped with the tabulation of the scores.

I have been part of the CBAs for four years now (official pourer) and I can honestly say that the quality of beer produced in this country is terrific, and evolving at a healthy pace. I can remember the submissions from three years ago and last weekend's judging proved that much has changed in only a matter of years. Styles that weren't around in Canada three years ago, Kolsch for example, had numerous entries this year, as did Imperial IPAs and Kellerbiers. It was great to see.

Where am I going with this? Oh yes, when the office lights turn off for the night my attention turns to Toronto Beer Week, where as most of you know I sit on the Executive Committee, and let me tell you - It's a lot of work. We have been thrilled with the amount of events that have poured into our inbox. 99% of them have been posted on the TBW website (more posted this morning and listed here), and we expect just a few more to trickle in last minute.

Also, the response for the TBW Homebrew Competition has been phenomenal! We are going to hit 100 entries! 100. A group of us our getting together this weekend (between all the festivities that barVolo has planned with Dieu du Ciel) to start the judging. We never expected that the competition would be this successful, so we are extremely thrilled.

Anyway, head over to the TBW website and click on events. We have 120 events listed as of today at locals all over the city!!

Toronto Beer Week: September 20-26th

I'm pleased to announce the following news!  **Disclosure, I sit on the Executive Committee of the TBW and serve as a Board Member**


JUNE 26, 2010 - TORONTO – The team at Toronto Beer Week Ltd. is excited to announce that Toronto will have a week-long celebration of beer this fall. With over 15 North American cities (including Vancouver, San Diego, Chicago and Philadelphia) already hosting successful beer weeks, the time is right for Toronto to stage an event of our own. 

Toronto Beer Week (TBW) is a collective series of events dedicated to the celebration and advancement of the craft beer movement. TBW will showcase authentically brewed and flavourful beer, the talented brewers who create them, and the licensees who proudly support them. It’s all about good beer – no bland, mega beer permitted!

The event will kick off the day after the Toronto International Film Festival comes to a close, and will feature dozens of events held at some of the city’s finest restaurants, bars and pubs. Event examples might include:

- Beer dinners

- Feature cask ale tastings

- Brewing demonstrations

- Neighbourhood pub crawls

- Beer trivia evenings

- And much, much more

The TBW team will work with breweries and licensees to develop unique events that suit their independent character. We are working hard on some exciting ways to promote the Week and encourage awareness of the incredible beers that are now available in Toronto. Updates and more information can be found at www.torontobeerweek.com or on our Facebook page. 

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Toronto Beer Week Ltd. – TBW is a collectively owned organization involving some of Toronto’s most seasoned and passionate beer industry members. Our team includes publicans, brewers, media, marketers, and authors, all bringing their valuable experience and vision to create a significant event that reflects the best interests of all participants. 

For more information, please contact:

John Bowden

Executive Director, Toronto Beer Week

john@torontobeerweek.com

416.803.3669