Tag Archive for ‘Ontario’
Powell Street, Great Lakes take top Canadian Brewing Awards honours
Top honours at this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards went to Powell Street Craft Brewery and Great Lakes Brewery — from British Columbia and Ontario, respectively. Toronto’s Great Lakes walked away with the Brewery of the Year Award, while at the same time Vancouver’s Powell Street picked up the Beer of the Year Award for its… Read More ›
Fourth Ontario Craft Beer Week kicks off Father’s Day
It’s finally starting to shape up to be a decent spring, and with that comes a busy season of beer festivals, beer pairings, outdoor beer events and, of course, beer weeks. Two years ago, the number of craft beer weeks across the Great White North was limited to only three such series of events, but… Read More ›
Phillips assembles cross-Canada beer collaboration around Canadian Brewing Awards
Phillips Brewing is taking advantage of the upcoming Canadian Brewing Awards ceremony being held in Victoria. The British Columbia brewery is planning a cross-Canada beer collaboration project with other breweries from B.C., Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Phillips is calling it “the first national beer collaboration,” and it will involve 25 breweries… Read More ›
Ontario Brewing Awards winners announced
Last night at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, there were a lot of smiles and happy people. And it’s not just because they were drinking beer. No, the Ontario Brewing Awards were handed out last night. Here’s the list of winners: North American Light Lager Gold: Cold Stonewall Light Silver: Laker Light Bronze: Stonehammer Light… Read More ›
Liberty Village Brewing launches first beer
One of Toronto’s newest breweries is releasing its first beer. Liberty Village Brewing unveiled 504 Pale Ale as its first offering. The brewery will be having a formal launch party at 25 Liberty on Wednesday, April 24. According to Liberty Village Brewing, 504 Pale Ale is an American-style pale ale that was brewed and dry-hopped… Read More ›
Goose Island beers head to Ontario
Being acquired by one of the big macro-breweries has its perks. The marketing machine and the sheer amount of cash behind the big breweries help their acquired smaller breweries get a much stronger distribution in places they likely couldn’t have reached on their own. Now Goose Island Brewery, Chicago’s 25-year-old brewery acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev… Read More ›
Railway City Brewing to unveil new beer for Oxford Renaissance Festival
Railway City Brewing is going back in time — in a fashion. Few details are available yet, but the St. Thomas, Ontario-based brewery has announced it has partnered with the Oxford Renaissance Festival to provide an as-yet-unnamed draught beer for the upcoming June festival. For Ontario Ren fest fans, this kind of deal may ring… Read More ›
Waterloo Brewing wins gold medals from Monde Selection
The folks at Waterloo Brewing must be celebrating right now. The craft brewing division of Brick Brewing took home three gold medals from Monde Selection, the International Institute for Quality Selections in Belgium. Waterloo Dark, Waterloo IPA and Waterloo Amber were all up to snuff when it came to Monde Selection’s quality criteria, and now… Read More ›
Brewers Plate 2013 to pair Ontario craft beer with chef-prepared food
Brewers Plate Toronto is gearing up for another night of craft beer paired with food prepared by several of the city’s local chefs. The event will take place next week on April 17 at the CBC Barbara Frum Atrium. This year, money raised from the event will go toward supporting Not Far From The Tree,… Read More ›
Beau’s latest Wild Oats series beer will be weissbier
Beau’s All Natural Brewing of Vankleek Hill, Ontario will be launching the next beer in its Wild Oats series on March 28. The brewery described the upcoming Wag the Wolf as a “hop-forward 6% ABV weissbier.” As usual, Beau’s likes to step over the edge when it comes to its Wild Oats series beers. This… Read More ›