New Bar Towel Event: May 23rd - BEER LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:57 am

I am happy to announce the newest Bar Towel event, which is taking place on Tuesday, May 23rd in partnership with C'est What. This event ties to CW's Spring Beer Festival on Friday the 26th.

Here's the scoop. We're going to be doing an exclusive advance tasting event preceeding this year's C'est What Spring Beer Festival. The name of this event is The Bar Towel "Taster's Taps". The idea is this - at our event 10 beers which will be available at the Spring Beer Festival will be sampled. We'll vote on our favourites and the top 5 will be specially featured as The Bar Towel "Taster's Taps" at the festival itself.

I think this is a really unique event as it gives Bar Towel members a chance to have a say about which beers will be specially featured at the festival. As we all know CW's festival's have lots of beers available and many people just don't know much about them. Here's our chance to single out a few which will help the average person find something interesting and gives the brewers a bit more profile at the event.

The details:

WHEN: Tuesday, May 23rd, 7pm

WHERE: C'est What, 67 Front St. East

WHO: You and up to one guest.

HOW MUCH: $10 which includes the samples

There will be some other exciting Bar Towel related things we'll have going on at the event.

Please register here if you are interested:

http://www.goldentapawards.com/2005/index.php?sid=5

Space will be limited, so I ask that you register asap. I'll send email confirmations to everyone because there might just not be enough space depending on interest. But of course everyone is welcome to the Friday festival to see the Taster's Taps in action.

Any questions, let me know - cass@bartowel.com.

Looking forward to this and seeing everyone again.

Cass

detritus · Post by **detritus** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:38 pm

Cass,

Should we expect a reply from the form? I filled it out yesterday - just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a reply or something...

Cheers,

-Josh

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:46 pm

It'll be closer to the event. Basically anyone who signs up in the next little while are OK. I'll shut down the form once we fill up.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:19 pm

Do we know which ten beers? I am intrigued but may just wait for the actual event.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:38 pm

I do not know at this point, but I'll probably wait and reveal them at the event!

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:26 pm

I've closed down the registration for this event, we're full up. Those who have registered will receive an email confirming their attendance.

Now for the good stuff. Here is the preliminary lineup for the beers that we'll be trying at the Taster's Taps (subject to change, of course):

Granite Summer Ale (cask, dry-hopped)
True North Double Oatmeal Treacle Stout
Black Oak Whiskey Barrel Aged Nut Brown Ale (cask)
Church-Key Pale Ale
Trafalgar Belgian Style Strong Beer (around 14% alc.)
Heritage Maple Bush Lager
Scotch Irish Chaplain's Solace Dark Ale
Neustadt L’Ale
Mill St. Tankhouse Cask Ale (cask)
King Pilsner (un-filtered)

Not too shabby. These beers will also be available at the Friday festival but 5 lucky ones be chosen by us at the TT.

If anyone wants to come and didn't register, send me an email at cass@bartowel.com and we'll see who can fit in as the event approaches.

Looking forward to it!

Blankboy · Post by **Blankboy** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:59 am

That's a great line-up of beer Cass, I hope you guys enjoy it and please let us know how it was.

sstackho · Post by **sstackho** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:54 pm

Looking good!

Tankhouse Cask!! If it makes a great beer even greater (a la Black Oak Pale Ale Cask) then I will be in heaven.

Steve Spong · Post by **Steve Spong** » Mon May 15, 2006 3:25 pm

Hot damn! I'm looking forward to this one. Looks like a fantastic line-up, I can't wait to try them all.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:39 pm

Tankhouse Cask!! If it makes a great beer even greater (a la Black Oak Pale Ale Cask) then I will be in heaven.

It does, big time. It was on offer at Volo's famous Cask Days last fall and was in my personal top three. Hope you guys enjoy the Tasters Taps.

sstackho · Post by **sstackho** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:30 pm

Have the invites been sent out yet? I registered a while ago, but never received anything.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:36 am

Sorry about the emails. Everyone who registered before I turned off the form is in.

northyorksammy · Post by **northyorksammy** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:42 pm

look forward . Should we top the staff for service or will there be reps handing out the beer

JWalter · Post by **JWalter** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:37 pm

As far as I know it's C'est What servers, so I'm sure tipping would be appreciated.

sstackho · Post by **sstackho** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:49 pm

Great event! Well done, Cass. Nice to meet a bunch of you.

Some interesting beers were sampled tonight, although there were a few of them that I wasn't overly fond of. But that's what tasting events are all about! Much better to try a few ounces of a beer that you don't love as opposed to a pint...

Tankhouse Cask was my winner of the tasting beers. (But it's in a dogfight against Black Oak Cask for best beer of the night.

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