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Change comes slowly but inevitably, and in Toronto that means condominiums. The stretch of Yonge Street between Bloor and College, that final ungentrified stretch of smut peddlers, head shops, and bootleg vendors is going upscale bringing with it the promise of one-bedrooms from the mid 200’s. I can’t lie that […]

The End of Bar Volo and The Beginning of Bars ...

September 26, 2016 in Bar Volo by admin

Cask Days is this weekend and for Toronto beer drinkers, that’s an event that is more or less Christmas. This year’s specialties are from California, with nearly 40 beers to choose from. There are also 22 beers from England. As if that were somehow not enough, there are 22 ciders […]

Two historical beers you should try at Cask Days

October 23, 2014 in Accounting for Taste / Bar Volo tagged Cask Days / Dring and Fage / Fort Rouille / Helliwell Brewery / Spruce Beer / toronto by admin

I want to point something out to you, and it will seem obvious in retrospect: Toronto’s Amsterdam Brewery is running a tap takeover at Bar Volo on February 2nd. It sold out completely in about 4 hours. The first rating on Boneshaker IPA on Ratebeer.com is May 2010. That was […]

Amsterdam Tap Takeover @ Bar Volo

January 23, 2013 in Bar Volo / The Ontario Beer Revolution tagged amsterdam brewery / Bar Volo / Barrel Aging in Ontario / Iain McOustra / Iain McOustra's Giant Noggin by admin

For those of you that have just joined the craft beer scene in the last couple of years, it’s worth pointing out that Bar Volo wasn’t always a beer bar with a light menu. At one point in the late 80’s, it was an Italian restaurant. After a while it […]

Beer And Food Tuesday: Carbonara Alla Morana

November 20, 2012 in Bar Volo / Beer and Food tagged Aecht SCHLENKERLA Rauchbier / Cameron's RPA / Granville Island Lions Winter Ale / Ralph Morana / Spaghetti Carbonara by admin

At some point in the middle of the last month, probably during a week when there were midterm exams, I was surprised by an email about the Ontario IPA Challenge. I knew it was coming up, but usually Volo sort of organizes their events independently and it seemed a little […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: The Inevitability of ...

April 1, 2012 in Bar Volo / Niagara College / Shameless Plugs tagged Austin Roach / Bar Volo / Niagara College / Ontario IPA Challenge / St. Roach IPA / St.John's Wort Llama Milld by admin

One of the problems with writing a national column has to do with the fact that it becomes pretty difficult to justify reporting on events that are purely local. Sometimes, I’ll see upcoming events that I want to plug, but it’s just not feasible due either to timeline constraints or […]

Beer 4 Boobs

March 17, 2012 in Bar Volo / Shameless Plugs tagged Bar Volo / Beer4boobs / Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation / craft beer and charity / female brewers / toronto by admin

Before I started writing about beer, I worked a job at a publishing company. It was not a particularly fulfilling job, but one of the perks that it had was location. It was located right down the street from Bar Volo. I suppose that at this point, I’ve probably been […]

So You Want To Be A Brewer: House Ales/St.John’s Wort ...

February 28, 2012 in Bar Volo / Shameless Plugs tagged Bar Volo / Gin and Juice / House Ales / Jason Tremblay / Ralph Morana by admin

In Ralph Morana’s ever expanding quest to take over the beer world, Cask Days 2011 has to be seen as a massive success. That being said, it wasn’t without gambles. Any time you move a beer festival to an outdoor location, you face a number of variables that are beyond […]

Cask Days @ Hart House

November 2, 2011 in Bar Volo tagged Bar Volo / Cask Beer Toronto / Cask Days / George Eagleson: Urban Cowboy / Giuliano Morana / Ralph Morana / Sam Corbeil / Tomas Morana by admin

It’s the end of October, and while for your average pub-goer it’s an excuse to scrape together a last minute costume (“I’m a psychopath. We look just like everybody else.”) for beer nerds it can mean only one thing: Bar Volo’s Cask Days. This is going to be sixth annual […]

Cask Days 2010 – IT BEGINS!

October 29, 2010 in Bar Volo tagged Bar Volo / cask days 2010 / Ontario / The Ontario Beer Revolution / Trafalgar Korruptor / Trafalgar Ultimatum by admin

Bar Volo has acquired quite a reputation for itself. Between the annual Cask Days festival, the rotating tap selection and continued importation of rare and interesting bottles, it has managed to rank 61st in Beer Traveler Magazine’s 150 Perfect Places to Have A Beer. I can tell you right now […]

Bar Volo – Your Friendly Neighborhood Nanobrewery

June 29, 2010 in Bar Volo tagged Bar Volo / beer / Biergotter / Eric Ecclestone: Local Badass / nanobrewing / Russ Burdick by admin

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