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The graduating class of the Niagara College Brewmaster program is organizing "Project Brew", a beer festival at the college on Sat April 11, 12-4 pm. The main purpose of the festival is to provide samples of the graduates' "final project" beers. In addition, a number of local bre...

For anyone interested in learning a bit more about some of the breweries on the West Coast, I have been writing about my recent visit to some of them on my blog "Student of Beer", starting at http://studentofbeer.wordpress.com/2013 ... o-brewing/

The following brewers will be there: Nickel Brook Brewery, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co., Thornbury Cidar, Chesire Valley Brewing Co., F & M Brewery (Stone Hammer), Great Lakes Brewing Company, Mill Street Brewery, Premier Brands Ltd., The Premium Beer Company, Sleeman Breweries, Spearhead Brew...

Contract brewed at Black Oak, then aged in single malt whisky barrels, followed by secondary fermentation in bombers with caged corks. I was given a sneak preview: smoky-peaty nose, a velvet smooth mouthfeel, Scotch ale maltiness with definite Scotch whisky overtones. If you are on my Santa list, y...

Contract brewed at Black Oak, then aged in single malt whisky barrels, followed by secondary fermentation in bombers with caged corks. I was given a sneak preview: smoky-peaty nose, a velvet smooth mouthfeel, Scotch ale maltiness with definite Scotch whisky overtones. If you are on my Santa list, yo...

I was a stay-at-home Dad for 11 years. Take to heart everything the other Dads have posted. Other suggestions: Develop a two-week rotation of simple easy-to-make dinner recipes. Eat healthy balanced lunches in front of your child. Work out a weekly schedule of housework and stick to it. Don't expect...

spinrsx wrote:what's a bottle of this go for? $

Correction to my previous post. The price of 10 Bitter Years is:

6-pack: $18
12: $33
24: $65

spinrsx wrote:what's a bottle of this go for? $

It is packaged in cases of 6, 12 and 24. Off the top of my head, $16.95 for a 6-pack?

For lovers of 10 Bitter Years, there is still some available at the brewery (75 Horner Ave, open M-F 9-5).

From Black Oak's website: 10 Bitter Years is Coming Back! Come to the brewery on Wednesday June 20th from 5pm-9pm to purchase your case of 10 Bitter Years ! (Or pre-purchase your beer and then pick it up another day!) Stay and try our five other limited edition craft beers brewed especially for OCB ...

Black Oak Brewery Board Games Night Wednesday May 16th from 6:30-9:30 pm. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Bring your favourite board game to Black Oak Brewery, play board game, drink beer, eat pizza. $10.00 at the door gets you 4 drink tokens and pizza! (DD's get in for $5 for pizza &...

Like any other start-up venture, you need a product, a target demographic, a plan to convince your target demographic to consume your product, a marketplace where your target demographic can reach you but where you won't be overwhelmed by already-existing competition, and a way to deliver your produ...

March 23rd, 2012 • 6:00pm Attend this event and have your say in who wins the next round! At the first dinner, it was about 75 wine drinkers and maybe 5 beer lovers in attendance. It was a testament to the quality of the beer pairings that we managed to tie 3-3. We definitely need more beer people ...

Addendum to Kevin's announcement: The food will all be prepared by Culinary Arts students. As someone who occasionally gets dragged into one of their teaching kitchens to sample their wares, I can testify that the food will be delicious. Also, the beer and wine paired to each of the six courses will...

GLB has moved their Project X cask night (2nd Thursday of each month) to the Rhino for "Movember". From their Facebook page: --------------- Thursday, November 10 · 6:30pm - 9:30pm Rhino Bar & Grill Inc 1249 Queen St W Toronto, Ontario Join us for Project X Movember @ The Rhino! We'll ...