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- Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:35 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Casks of Black Oak At Fort York
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18141
Whazzup at Black Oak for Fort York
Glad to see i've inspired a drooling emoticon to possibly become part of the Bar Towel emoticon list. Boy talk about influencing the beer masses. Sorry i wasn't the first to barrel age in Canada, Do i still have dibs on the Ontario rites? (ps thanx to Josh) So far so good with the barrel. Adrian (th...
- Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Black Oak Saison?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2894
Here's the scoop
Hi Everyone Thanks for the kind words. Basically its a production scheduling issue. To time a seasonal beer for the proper season requires about two months advance prep and brewing. Right now i've got some of my double chocolate cherry stout kegs aging in my fridge and look forward to releasing that...
- Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:56 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Casks of Black Oak At Fort York
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18141
Casks of Black Oak At Fort York
Whiskey Barrel Nut Brown Cask We just got a whisky barrel, burn't on the inside and will attempt to be the first Ontario (possibly Canadian, but i dont know) brewery to try and let beer age in a wooden booze barrel and then cask the result. Its going to be a learning experiment and should be very in...
- Mon May 23, 2005 10:48 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Me And Allen Sneath on CFRB today @5:00Pm
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2626
Me And Allen Sneath on CFRB today @5:00Pm
Hi Again Everyone Today (Monday May 23) between 5-6:00 on Newstalk CFRB (am 1010) both Allen (author of Brewed in Canada) and me, will be talking about Ontario Craft Beers, pairing food & beer, cooking with beer and some Ontario Brewing History. So if your gettting ready for dinner and want to t...
- Sat May 14, 2005 10:25 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB) Website Launch
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5256
Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB) Website Launch
Hi Everyone On Monday May 16 the Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB) will be launching its own website. There are 25 local brewery members of this organization. It’s an important step for us locally owned brewers to raise awareness of all of the great beers that are produced in Ontario. www.ontariocraftbrew...
- Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:01 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: C'est What? Spring Festival of Small Breweries - Fri, Apr 15
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13160
Yup
Hi Again Thanks for the kind words about our stout. It is now available at the brewery in bottled form only. Limited quantities were made. We do have a bunch of kegs and are working on getting it out there as guest taps at the really good beer locals. It was fun working the crowd and saying Hi to ev...
- Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:55 am
- Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
- Topic: Molson Kick
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11725
Maybe a new seasonal???
We got a really good deal on a couple of metric tonnes of guano.
All we have to do now is work on a recipe, get a funky multizillion marketing campaign, hire siliconly enhanced attractive rental staff and let it fly on the market until the next big thing comes along
(HEHEHEHEHEEHEHEHEHE)
Ken
All we have to do now is work on a recipe, get a funky multizillion marketing campaign, hire siliconly enhanced attractive rental staff and let it fly on the market until the next big thing comes along
(HEHEHEHEHEEHEHEHEHE)
Ken
- Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:45 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: C'est What? Spring Festival of Small Breweries - Fri, Apr 15
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13160
Just to Clarify No Pits present
Hi Again Just to Clarify our pit issue. It was a moment of serindipity when Adrian & Donna were hiking the Bruce Trail in the Niagara region. We were looking for a source of cherry flavour (ie concentrate, syrup, etc) and were disappointed with all the samples we had recieved, too mediciny or to...
- Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:30 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: C'est What? Spring Festival of Small Breweries - Fri, Apr 15
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13160
Unveiling A New Beer---From Black Oak
Hi Everyone We're going to be releasing our new Seasonal Beer: Double Chocolat Cherry Stout (guess whats in it?) Adrian our brewer did a fantastic job in creating this very fine beer. Ideally we wanted to create and release this in the March time frame. But to paraphase "We will sell no beer be...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:25 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Pepperwood Beer Festival
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13942
Hi Everyone
Looking forward to seeing you at the Pepperwood. Should be a fun event with lots of beers to sample and some very good food as well. (we may spray organic Katsup on notebooks if the rating person is a bit too intense, just my radical way of dealing with that issue) Please bring some friends and intr...
- Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:56 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Meat the Brewer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1718
Meat the Brewer
Hi There On Wednesday Dec 8 Black Oak will be hosting a Meat the Brewer at BeerBistro. Please bring various cuts of meat to our brewer. Adrian prefers steak and the ocassional side of bacon (bacon sauce would be a nice addition too!) For those of you who are vegetarian, Almonds or peanuts would be a...
- Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:42 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Black Oak - Nutcracker Cask Party?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10778
Many Thanks
Hi Again My thanks for those who came out on Wednesday. Sorry about the confusion , I just finished the Gourmet food & wine show and had a pretty serious cold that nocked me for a loop. We'll try to do a better and smoother event for the next one. The cask was very tasty and i enjoyed pouring it...
- Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:19 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Black Oak - Nutcracker Cask Party?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10778
Yes Virginia there is a cask launch
Hi Everyone Sorry i've been slammed busy with the Gourmet Food & Wine Show and then slammed with a cold. But with lots of green tea and tons of tissues i'm almost back to normal. I've dropped the cask off at the Bow yesterday so its ready to go. The event will be at 7:30 and it should be pretty ...
- Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:50 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Black Oak - Nutcracker Cask Party?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10778
Yup The rumors are true
Hi THere Patrick of the Bow & Arrow & Me (or is it I?) are setting up the details of the Cask Launch. So far it would seem like Tuesday Nov 30 is the date, but we just have to firm things up. Currently we're prepping for the Gourmet Food & Wine Show this weekend. Very big smaltzy event w...
- Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:38 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Winking Judge?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2955
Black Oak Patio Conditioned Hops in Pale Ale Cask
Hi There A few weeks back I harvested some of the patio hops from the back of the Winking Judge. There was no full moon. But I tried to pull a few. Into 2 clear plastic freezer bags went my harvest. I was lucky not to be pulled over by the police and have to explain what was in the bags. We dried th...