Tag Archive for ‘homebrew’
Ontario Brewing Awards launches homebrew competition
The Ontario Brewing Awards are looking to give some recognition to homebrewers this year with the 1st Annual Homebrewer’s Award competition. Sponsored by Baysville, Ontario-based Lake of Bays Brewing, the winner of the competition will get the chance to brew a full-scale commercial batch of their winning entry at Lake of Bays’ brewing facility. The… Read More ›
Beery greetings from Northern Canada
The Beer In Canada office has been a mess lately. Beer bottles galore have been making their way back to The Beer Store for return and refund. Beeraphernalia, including a neat Labatt 50 mirror I found in a pawn shop, several funny beer signs, two big totes worth of beer glasses, at least a dozen… Read More ›
Review: Beau’s DoubleWide Double IPA
Beer: DoubleWide Double IPA Brewery: Beau’s All Natural Brewing (Vankleek Hill, Ontario) Style: Double India Pale Ale Alcohol: 8% ABV DoubleWide Double IPA is the latest in the Beau’s CABA CABA Hey! series of collaborations between Beau’s brewers and the best-of-show winner of the annual Great Canadian Homebrew Competition, which occurs every spring. The 2011… Read More ›
Beau’s to launch third CABA collaboration with homebrewer Brad Clifford
For many homebrewers, the Holy Grail is the opportunity to brew in a professional environment and see your name on a beer label. Beau’s All Natural Brewing of Vankleek Hill, Ontario has, for the third year in a row, awarded that honour on a member of the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association (CABA), and the brewery… Read More ›
Learn2Brew Day brings out 14 homebrewers running brewing demos
Amsterdam Brewing played host again for the annual Learn2Brew Day, which takes place every year on the first Saturday of November. Run by homebrew club Southern Ontario Brewers (SOB), the day-long event brings together homebrewers to demonstrate basic and advanced brewing techniques. Fourteen homebrewers showed up with their various brewing setups (and yours truly tagged… Read More ›
Happy hangover day, Toronto
You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. Yes, all good things come to an end, and the second annual Toronto Beer Week officially wrapped up last night (although I still see plenty of beer events in the city for today popping up on my Twitter feed). I closed out the week… Read More ›
Learn to brew at Brew Time in Hamilton, Ontario
Are you curious about homebrewing? Do you live in or near Hamilton, Ontario? If you answered “yes” to both of those questions, then mark September 18th on your calendar and make plans to check out a day of homebrewing instruction and discussion with the Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy Enthusiast Ring (HOZERs) homebrew club at Hamilton’s Brew… Read More ›
Report: CABA’s Great Canadian Homebrew Conference 2011
Spearhead Brewing took centre stage at the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association‘s Great Canadian Homebrew Conference on June 18th. The GCHC featured talks from founder Dimitri Van Kampen and brewmaster Tomas Schmidt, each of which focused on extreme brewing and the challenges of starting up an extreme craft brewery. Taking place at the Rhino in Toronto,… Read More ›
Report: Brewing Under the Stars at Stout Irish Pub
The Stout Irish Pub in Toronto was packed full of beer lovers on the Monday night of Ontario Craft Beer Week 2011, and representatives from three breweries and a local homebrew club were on hand to answer questions about the brewing process and jointly brew a stout on the patio using Great Lakes Brewery‘s pilot… Read More ›
Ultra-low tech lagering and the homebrewer
As with most homebrewers, the idea of brewing a lager scares the crap out of me. The greater need for temperature control, which must include the ability to drop the beer’s temperature to the low single digits in Celsius during secondary, isn’t something I’m exactly equipped to handle with my homebrewery setup. However, I came… Read More ›