Today, we have our first video post of this year's 30 Days of Ontario Beer. We wanted to continue with the thread started by David's post on beer cellaring, that focuses on the "how-to" of craft beer.
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Wine and cheese can be a cliched combination. On top of that repetitivess, it's also worth taking into account that in some cases it's beer that makes the better partner for the varied group of dairy products.
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Craft beer is made carefully, from quality ingredients, on a small scale. All of those factors mean that it costs much more to produce a pint of your local brewery's pale ale than one of the macrobewery's fizzy, international lager. That said, there are times when a bar wants to clear inventory or say [...]
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Let's start by clearing-up something for those in the audience who are under 25: drinking beer is not a hobby. On the other hand, making beer, collecting beer, and appreciating beer, those are hobbies. As is often the case, one of the first questions asked by newcomers to a particular past time is: "what [...]
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Shawinigan is a bit of a curious place. On the shores of the mighty Saint-Maurice River, it has built a historical identity as a hard-working industrial city by making the most of its natural landscape with paper mills and hydro-electric power plants. But along the the way it has done this with a sly, [...]
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As the craft beer industry in Ontario has grown and matured, so has one of its premier annual events. Brewers Plate moved this year to the Barbara Frum Atrium of the CBCs Front Street headquarters. The eager and engaged crowd was given the opportunity to sample some of the province's best brewed beverages.
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Like much of the craft beer world in Toronto tap takeovers seem to be progressively changing. From humble beginnings as an opportunity for a brewery to showcase all of its half-dozen or so beers at once, we've moved to much larger and varied selections that include special one-offs and collaborations.
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A foot of snow on the ground is no reason to stop us from getting together for a few pints of limited edition beer. In fact, there are two beer events in the next week that test the rule that summer is the time for great beer focused activities.
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