In case you missed it...

Wheatsheaf · Post by **Wheatsheaf** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:56 pm

...Volo's website has a small announcement about Cask Days. October 20th and 21st. Mark your calendars.

Ale's What Cures Ya · Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:06 pm

And those days shall be booked off tomorrow morning first thing.

ctalbot · Post by **ctalbot** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:10 am

Dumb newbie question: What are cask days?

Chris

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:20 am

ctalbot wrote:Dumb newbie question: What are cask days?

Welcome to the site, Chris.

Cask Days is a weekend-long cask ale festival at Volo, a restaurant/bar on Yonge Street that is a strong supporter of good beer.

Cask ale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cask_ale
Volo: http://www.barvolo.com/
Cask Days: http://www.caskdays.com/ (still showing last year's info)

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:42 am

so now the only question is what to brew...

ctalbot · Post by **ctalbot** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:32 am

GregClow wrote:Welcome to the site, Chris.

Thanks.

Cask Days is a weekend-long cask ale festival at Volo, a restaurant/bar on Yonge Street that is a strong supporter of good beer.

Ah. I see. Very cool.

Chris

viggo · Post by **viggo** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:59 am

grub wrote:so now the only question is what to brew...

I for one would like to see more light lagers.

wittaker · Post by **wittaker** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:23 pm

Stupid wedding on Saturday. Please save some beer for Sunday.

lister · Post by **lister** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:46 pm

grub wrote:so now the only question is what to brew...

Looking over your upcoming ideas section of your website:

raspberry porter 3.0
oolong orange blossom pale ale
chocolate vanilla stout

Those would be interesting to try. I haven't had a choc-vanil stout that's beaten Dieu du Ciel's yet. *drool*

How about a kickass maple somethingorother? None of the maple beers I've tried equal Schoune's 2005 version which wasn't shy about the maple. Or a banana chocolate stout/porter? A chipotle beer?

Yes...I have a sweet tooth... except for the last one. That's just morbid curiousity.

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:42 pm

hehe, i haven't updated the website lately, but those are all things that interest me. there's a bunch of recipes and a couple blog entries that i need to add too.

eric and i have been bouncing around a few ideas. we know one that'll definitely make an appearance, and we have some other ideas. i just brewed a raspberry wheat recently, so i'd probably skip that one. the oolong would be neat, but i think it'll take a couple tries to get it just right, so i might skip that one this time. the stout is a possibility, but not one that we were necessarily considering right now. i haven't played with vanilla, and it's been a long time since i did chocolate.

a few vague hints:
- the hopocalypse will return. though, sometimes when directors rerelease it's not quite in the original form.
- there will be something for the non-hopheads too. with balls.

for anything else, you'll have to wait and see...

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:38 pm

grub wrote:a few vague hints:
- the hopocalypse will return. though, sometimes when directors rerelease it's not quite in the original form.
- there will be something for the non-hopheads too. with balls.

for anything else, you'll have to wait and see...

I missed it last year so I would love to see the hopocalypse again!

Swordy · Post by **Swordy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:17 pm

This monkey's going to heaven..... in October.[/quote]

Duct Tape · Post by **Duct Tape** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:07 pm

The info page is now active at Volo's website.

http://www.barvolo.com/caskdays07.htm

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:50 pm

"Tickets are on sale for one afternoon only (sorry but it's the only way we can manage it).

Tickets available Sunday September 30, 11p-2.30p"

I assume that's actually 11am-2:30 pm?

northyorksammy · Post by **northyorksammy** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:45 pm

I guess that means they are open that sunday, at least during that time