Toronto Beer Week

When I started writing about beer, it was because I was trying to establish some credentials in order to get into brewing school. I did manage, subsequently, to get into brewing school, but then there was a book deal. I found that commuting 5 hours a day to Niagara College […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: St. John Marzen

July 21, 2013 in Beer and Food / Ongoing Projects / Toronto Beer Week tagged brewing / St. John Marzen / The Beer Academy / The Feast Of St.John by admin

Did you know that the Toronto beer scene has more operatic members than a Romberg revival? It’s true. You’ve got Oliver Dawson, who runs the Old Toronto Beer Tour. You’ve got the world class Robert Pomakov who owns Opera Bob’s at Dundas and Ossington. You’ve got Mirella Amato, who […]

Toronto Beer Week Preview – History and Culture

September 11, 2012 in Toronto Beer Week tagged Hopera / Jason Kucherawy / Mirella Amato / Old Toronto Beer Tour / Oliver Dawson / Toronto Beer Quest by admin

Toronto Beer Week is fast approaching, and one of the marquee events, if the lineups from last year are to be believed, is the Barrel Bragging Rights afternoon at The Monk’s Table. The fact that it’s as popular as it is has to do with publican Adam Grant’s special genius […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: Beau’s/St.John’s Wort Karma ...

August 28, 2012 in The Ontario Beer Revolution / Toronto Beer Week / Uncategorized tagged beau's / Brown Trousers / Staghorn Sumac Beer / The Bartle by admin

Competition tends to bring out the worst in people and for all that brewers exist in a sort of brotherhood (siblinghood, so as not to exclude the brewsters) most of the time, there is a significant amount of smacktalk that surrounds events where there’s going to be a significant amount […]

Toronto Beer Week 2011 – Day One – Drinking Sumac, ...

September 17, 2011 in Toronto Beer Week tagged Barrel Bragging Rights / Chris Grimley is a jabroni / Josh Rubin / Mike Lackey / The Monk's Table by admin

Well, now. The results for the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards have been announced and that means one thing: I can talk about the results without the threat of hired goons coming around to dangle me off a seventh story balcony. I tabulated the scores and have therefore known the results […]

The 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards – Results and Analysis

September 25, 2010 in Accounting for Taste / Toronto Beer Week tagged amsterdam / canadian brewing awards / Central City Thor's Hammer / HMH negotiants / TAPS Magazine / unibroue by admin

There are, of course, certain topics that it’s difficult to touch on if you’re a white male upper-middle class beer blogger between the ages of 18-35. That’s a demographic that has historically dictated taste (Nuts and Gum; Together at last), but which is almost unilateral in its consumption of fizzy […]

Toronto Beer Week – LADIES NIGHT

September 24, 2010 in Toronto Beer Week tagged attempts at not being a misogynistic jerk / beerbistro / Ladies Night Pub Crawl / Toronto Beer Week by admin

DAY 2 Brew Dog Dinner @ beerbistro I get the feeling that there’s going to be a lot written about the Brew Dog Dinner, and that there are going to be a lot of pictures of identical plates and glasses and explanations of what was eaten and drunk. In point […]

Toronto Beer Week – Tuesday

September 22, 2010 in Toronto Beer Week tagged beer writers / beerbistro / Brew Dog / c'est what / tactical nuc by admin

DAY ZERO Like I mentioned earlier, I came home from the Canadian Brewing Awards with a large number of relatively interesting beers. I’ve noticed that some people have the ability to keep rare and interesting beers in their cellar for long periods of time. I marvel sometimes when people mention […]

Toronto Beer Week – Sunday & Monday

September 21, 2010 in Toronto Beer Week tagged Bilboquet / Central City / Shameless Publicity Grab IPA / Toronto Beer Week by admin

One of the best things about the events listing for Toronto Beer Week is the fact that there are a lot of events that are taking place that otherwise wouldn’t. Just the fact that there is likely to be an influx of interest in the subject tends to mean that […]

Toronto Beer Week – Beer Culture Events

September 14, 2010 in Toronto Beer Week tagged Bar Volo / beer / Beerology / black oak / Gimmicks / Josh Rubin / Michael Hancock / Mirella Amato / Toronto Beer Week by admin

Today I’m going to try and point you in the right direction when it comes to food pairing events. There are an ever increasing number of them being announced for Toronto Beer Week and they run the gamut from the relatively simple to the extremely complex, but there are only […]

Toronto Beer Week – Food Pairing Events Preview

September 9, 2010 in Toronto Beer Week tagged bier markt / burger bar / Cowbell / michael duggan / Monk's Table / punching a goose in the face / Toronto Beer Week / Trevor by admin

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