The Bar Towel

Just wanted to chip in and say it was a nice event and it was great to see everyone again.

Hey all,

The Awards site went live yesterday - so start voting for your favourites!

http://www.goldentap.com

Hi everyone, I've been a bit late getting this going, but the Golden Tap Awards will be back for 2004, with voting beginning this weekend. For those of you who don't know, the Golden Tap Awards is a "best-in-beer" awards for the Greater Toronto area. It is a public-voted initiative, and ev...

Cass, you might want to contact them regarding their claim of holding "the first ever Ontario Beer Awards" at the Bier Markt in advance of the festival. I suppose they may technically be correct since the Golden Tap Awards were Toronto-only, but still... I'll have to invite them to the Go...

I'll be there, promoting a certain beer awards event.

Happy smoker's ban eve! Does anyone have any plans to commemorate the occasion?

Myself I am going to have a pint at one of the smokiest places in the city, which also happens to be my work's local, The Pilot. It should be packed tonight.

I love the city (born and raised in TO) but I've got no problem with Gordon Biersch locating in Whitby. If they think they can make a brewpub work out there, why not? There's nothing out there, so if (god forbid) I lived out there I would be ecstatic about having such a place. And if it helps the re...

Hi all, Just wanted to pass along a little treat I found on Friday. I was at the Avli Restaurant on Friday night (401 Danforth, I believe) for some dinner. Much to my surprise, they had quite a nice selection of beers. In my experience most Greek restaurants don't have much in the way of beer, and A...

I was at Joe's last night and they had the Gueuze, Rose and Fou'Foune.

Glad to hear it went well.

Nice work Dave. But that bar needs some Bar Towel coasters!

Here's some info about it from Adnews: SLEEMAN BREAKS FIRST GROLSCH ADVERTISING The first Canadian advertising campaign for Grolsch Premium Lager began late last month. The beer is distributed by Sleeman Breweries of Guelph, ON. The campaign, created by doug agency of Toronto, consists of radio and ...

You can also find a lot of info about importers here:

http://www.oiwsba.com/oiwsba/index.html

This would be much more interesting if the story also said that the beer would be sold in Loblaws stores...

Would love to go, but alas, I cannot make it. Here's the info if anyone's interested:

http://www.info-vision.com/ChurchNew/revival.htm