The 2013 version of Ontario Craft Beer Week launches on Father's Day weekend. For its fourth year the week-plus has an event list that has climbed into the hundreds. To help sort through the tap takeovers, beer dinners, and day-long festivals we've put together a brief preview that features some of our favourites from past [...]
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Today, for the ninteenth day of our 30 Days of Ontario Beer feature, I have an unusual method for a post. I'm going to cover a pub crawl (that part is quite ordinary) but in real time. Starting at 7 PM tonight I'll be tweeting highlights from the OCB Week sponsored Danforth Pub Crawl.
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They're racy, complex in flavour and have that good kind of funk you find in many of the world's best cheeses. These are sour beers, a unique style that borrows some of the most intriguing aspects of wine for a drink that's unlike any you've had before.
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The LCBO statistic that beer drinkers are most likely to notice is that last year their sales in the Ontario craft beer category rose by 45% and led all other categories in growth. Sales aside, we think there is some excellent and delicious beer coming out of Ontario's smaller brewers and that's why we [...]
Continue Reading →With over 100 taps featuring a selection of imported and local craft beers West 50 Pourhouse and Grille is the perfect place for a beer lover to spend an afternoon. It's also a fitting place to host a beer tasting. Last Thursday as part of OCB Week [...]
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