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Cask Days - Oct 24-26, 2014

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I have 1 early access ticket for session 1 (Friday 7-midnight) available if anyone would like to buy it from me at cost. PM me if you're interested.
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A friend of mine is selling a ticket to session 2 (on Saturday) for $35. PM me if you're interested.

Edit: It's gone.
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The California list is growing and getting more exciting. Starting to bring back memories or beers I had in San Diego....as Pizza Port and Ballast Point have now been announced.
:D
Really looking forward to this one.

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Was talking with Ralph this week and of course reminiscing on Cask Days of old. Dug up the old thread on the very first one, and this is the list (at least it was a day or so before the event. My how things have grown :)
Saturday

Denisons's Dunkel
Heritage Dark
King Pilsner
C'est What Al's Cask Ale
Maclean's Pale Ale
Mill St. Tankhouse Ale
Scotch Irish Sgt Major IPA
Trafalgar Abbey Belgian Ale
St Andre - TBA
Wellington Iron Duke Strong Ale
Granite's Peculiar Strong Ale (aged in whiskey barrels)
F&M's Dark Ale
Neustadt 10w30 Brown Ale
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale (aged in whiskey barrels)

Sunday

Heritage Blackcurrent Rye
F&M Pilsner
Black Oak Pale Ale
Wellington Arkell Best Bitter
Church Key Holy Smoke
Granite IPA
Scotch Irish Sgt Major Double IPA
Balck Oak Nut Brown (aged in whiskey barrels)
Granite Peculiar (aged in whiskey barrels)
Wellington Iron Duke Strong Ale

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Post by Craig »

I wouldn't even consider trying any of those at this year's festival.

Beer list supposedly comes out on Monday. Lagunitas got announced as a participating Cali brewer too, which is pretty sweet.

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What I find amazing about the first list is how "regular" the beers are. Most of the beers were cask versions of beers that are/were in the brewers' regular lineup.

In the years that followed, (IMO) "cask" has come to be pretty synonymous with "one-off", driven by the popularity of Cask Days and the types of beers that they would serve. It's funny that the excitement drinkers feel going to Cask Days presently isn't due to 'cask' at all.

But back then we went anyway :)

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Agreed. I remember once C'est What held a cask vs. draft vs. bottle/can side-by-side blind tasting of a number of beers. I recall that my preferences on the night ended up being in favour of the draft offerings compared to cask.

I feel that "cask" has become synonymous with "we're serious enough about beer to go through these efforts", so it usually goes hand-in-hand with something that's going to taste good.

And we still go anyway. :)

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Cass wrote:What I find amazing about the first list is how "regular" the beers are. Most of the beers were cask versions of beers that are/were in the brewers' regular lineup.

In the years that followed, (IMO) "cask" has come to be pretty synonymous with "one-off", driven by the popularity of Cask Days and the types of beers that they would serve. It's funny that the excitement drinkers feel going to Cask Days presently isn't due to 'cask' at all.

But back then we went anyway :)
Cask at Cask Days seems to have taken a connotation of one-off, but I find most of the casks around the city tend to be fairly regular offerings. Maybe a little heavy on seasonals, but it's usually something that's being made anyway. Possibly less so in places like Volo and Barhop, but most of their tap lineups are one-offs anyway.

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Cass wrote:In the years that followed, (IMO) "cask" has come to be pretty synonymous with "one-off", driven by the popularity of Cask Days and the types of beers that they would serve. It's funny that the excitement drinkers feel going to Cask Days presently isn't due to 'cask' at all.
I would definitely be just as happy, or happier, if the same beer selection was offered on draft but it would be tough to get that many beers at a festival in Toronto with the necessary refrigeration and CO2.

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JerCraigs wrote:
Cass wrote:In the years that followed, (IMO) "cask" has come to be pretty synonymous with "one-off", driven by the popularity of Cask Days and the types of beers that they would serve. It's funny that the excitement drinkers feel going to Cask Days presently isn't due to 'cask' at all.
I would definitely be just as happy, or happier, if the same beer selection was offered on draft but it would be tough to get that many beers at a festival in Toronto with the necessary refrigeration and CO2.
Not necessarily. I was at FoBaB last year (Barrel aged beer fest in Chicago), with similarly hundreds of types of beer and many one-offs. Pretty much everything I could see was being poured out of corny kegs with handheld beer taps or jockey boxes. Nary a cask in sight.

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Beer list is out, though which beers are in which session is not yet public.

I found their formatting annoying, so I tossed it all in a Google doc:


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Beer list announced. Copied it below to have it for forum posterity :)

http://2014.caskdays.com/oncask

#CALIFORNIASESSION
BEACHWOOD BBQ LAUREL IPA W. CHINOOK FLOWERS (WEST COAST IPA)
BALLAST POINT VICTORY AT SEA W. CACAO NIBS & GHOST PEPPERS (IMPERIAL PORTER)
BOTTLE LOGIC CALF-LIFE W. RUM SOAKED OAK (MILK STOUT)
CORONADO IDIOT (DOUBLE IPA)
CORONADO ISLANDER (WEST COAST IPA)
CORONADO PUNKIN DRUBLIC (PUMPKIN ALE)
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY TO BE ANNOUNCED
EL SEGUNDO BREWING COMPANY TO BE ANNOUNCED
GREEN FLASH LE FREAK W. KAFFIR LIME & KEY LIME ZEST (BELGIAN IPA)
GREEN FLASH LE FREAK W. CAMBODIAN BLACK PEPPERCORNS (BELGIAN IPA)
GREEN FLASH WEST COAST IPA W. MANGO & FRESNO CHILIES (WEST COAST IPA)
LADYFACE ALE HOP PROJECT "AD HOC" IPA W. SCORPION PEPPERS (WEST COAST IPA)
LADYFACE ALE BARREL-AGED DERAILLEUR / FRESH CASCADE (BIERE DE GARDE)
LAGUNITAS IPA W. MOSAIC (WEST COAST IPA)
LAGUNITAS LIL' SUMPIN SUMPIN (AMERICAN PALE WHEAT)
MACLEOD ALE OLD TOASTY (DARK MILD)
MACLEOD ALE THE SESSION GAP (ORDINARY BITTER)
MAGNOLIA NEW SPEEDWAY BITTER (ORDINARY BITTER)
MAGNOLIA BONNIE LEE'S (BEST BITTER)
MAGNOLIA COLE PORTER (ROBUST PORTER)
MAGNOLIA PROVING GROUND (WEST COAST IPA)
MODERN TIMES BLAZING WORLD W. MOSAIC (HOPPY AMBER)
MODERN TIMES FORTUNATE ISLANDS W. GRAPEFRUIT ZEST (HOPPY WHEAT)
MONKISH BROWN HABIT W. THAI BASIL & SRIRACHA (BROWN FARMHOUSE)
MONKISH CRUX W. LIME KAFIR LEAVES, MINT, GINGER & CALAMANSI (BELGIAN SINGLE)
NOBLE ALEWORKS CINNAMON ROAST CRUNCH (MILK STOUT)
PIZZA PORT - CARLSBAD FRESH HOPPED RACEWAY IPA W. PINEAPPLE & JALEPENOS IPA
PIZZA PORT - OCEAN BEACH FRESH HOPPED BURNING OF ROME IPA (WEST COAST IPA)
PIZZA PORT - SOLANA BEACH FRESH HOPPED INHOPSICATED W/FRESH MOSAIC (DOUBLE IPA)
PIZZA PORT - BRESSI RANCH SWAMI'S IPA W. FRESH EQUINOX (WEST COAST IPA)
PIZZA PORT - SAN CLEMENTE RIP TIDE W. CASCADE & ORANGE ZEST (STRONG PALE ALE)
SIERRA NEVADA PALE ALE (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
SIERRA NEVADA TORPEDO EXTRA IPA (WEST COAST IPA)
SIERRA NEVADA NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HARVEST (FRESH HOP IPA)
SIERRA NEVADA NARWHAL (IMPERIAL STOUT)
STONE CALI-BELGIQUE IPA W. CORIANDER, BLOOD ORANGE PEEL & CINNAMON
STONE RUINATION IPA W. AFRICAN CUCUMBER, TANGELO & LIME (DOUBLE IPA)
STONE GO TO IPA W. APPLE MINT, LEMON THYME, WATERMELON (SESSION IPA)
STONE SUBLIMELY SELF-RIGHTEOUS BLACK IPA W. SPRUCE TIPS & CHERRY (BLACK IPA)
STONE IPA W/RASPBERRIES, JASMINE TEA, LIMES, SERRANO CHILI, & MANGO IPA

#UNITED KINGDOMSESSION
BEAVERTOWN X LERVIG THE GOZE STRIKES (BLACK BLACKBERRY GOZE)
BEAVERTOWN BLACK BETTY (BLACK IPA)
BEAVERTOWN SMOG IN THE LIEU (SMOKED)
HARBOUR IMPERIAL CHOCOLATE & VANILLA STOUT (IMPERIAL STOUT)
HARBOUR MANGO & CHILI PALE ALE (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
HARBOUR AJI LEMON PALE ALE (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
HARBOUR OLD BRUIN (BORDEAUX BARREL EDITION)
HARBOUR LIGHT ALE (BITTER)
MAGIC ROCK RING MASTER (ORIGINAL PALE ALE)
MAGIC ROCK HIGH WIRE (WEST COAST PALE ALE)
MAGIC ROCK RAPTURE (RED HOP ALE)
MOOR BEER ENVY (WET HOP ALE)
MOOR BEER REVIVAL (PALE ALE)
MOOR BEER CONFIDENCE (RED ALE)
SIREN CRAFT WEST COAST IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
SIREN CRAFT X MAGIC ROCK BROWN ALE W/ COCONUTS
SIRENT CRAFT X DE MOLEN (RAINBOW PROJECT) EMPRESS (IMPERIAL STOUT WITH PEPPER)
SIREN CRAFT HAUNTED DREAM (PUMPKIN SPICED PORTER)
THORNBRIDGE BLACK HARRY (DARK FRUITY ALE)
THORNBRIDGE LORD MARPLES CLASSIC (ENGLISH BITTER)
THORNBRIDGE SEQUOIA (AMERICAN AMBER ALE)
THORN BRIDGE JAIPUR (INDIA PALE ALE)

#BRITISH COLUMBIASESSION
BOMBER ABSOLUTE HORIZON DOUBLE DRY-HOPPED (CASCADIAN DARK ALE)
BRASSNECK INERTIA II (BOURBON BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT)
BRASSNECK TAPSTER'S PROMISE (BOURBON BARREL AGED STRONG ALE)
CENTRAL CITY RED RACER ESB (DOUBLE DRY-HOPPED EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER)
CENTRAL CITY X PARALLEL 49 RUM & RASIN DUBBEL TRUBBLE (BELGIAN DUBBEL)
CENTRAL CITY X GIGANTIC X PARALLEL 49 GIVE EM BOTH BARRELS (BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL IPA)
CENTRAL CITY RED RACER PUMPKIN ALE (SPICED PUMPKIN ALE)
DRIFTWOOD FAT TUG (AMERICAN IPA)
FOUR WINDS JUXTAPOSE (BRETT IPA)
FOUR WINDS POLYNESIAN PORTER (OAT PORTER)
FOUR WINDS PROTECT YOUR NECT IPA CONDITIONED W. NECTARINES
GRANVILLE ISLAND COCOA LOCO (CHOCOLATE IMPERIAL STOUT)
HOWE SOUND SKY PILOT (NORTHWEST PALE ALE)
HOWE SOUND DEVIL'S ELBOW (INDIA PALE ALE)
HOWE SOUND RAIL ALE (NUT BROWN ALE)
HOWE SOUND DIAMOND HEAD (OATMEAL STOUT)
HOWE SOUND PUMPKINEATER (IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE)
PARALLEL 49 DRY HOPPED GYPSY TEARS (RUBY ALE)
PARALLEL 49 OLD BOY (BROWN ALE)
PARALLEL 49 SALTY SCOT SEA SALTED CARAMEL (SCOTTISH ALE)
PERSEPHONE PBC DRY STOUT
R & B DARK STAR FIG STOUT OATMEAL STOUT W/ LOCAL FIGS
R & B SMOKED APPLE LAGER SMOKED APPLE CIDER USING A BELGIAN YEAST
STEEL TOAD BEST BITTER (ENGLISH BEST BITTER)
STEEL TOAD MANDARINA BAVARIA PALE (SINGLE HOP PALE ALE)
STEEL TOAD OATMEAL STOUT
STORM HEMINGWAY IPA (AMERICAN IPA W. WORMWOOD)
TOWNSITE TIME WARP (WET-HOPPED PALE ALE W. SMOKED HOPS)
TREE SASPARILLA IPA (AMERICAN IPA WITH SASPARILLA)

#ALBERTASESSION
WILD ROSE LIFE ON MARS (BIERE DE MARS)
WILD ROSE VANILLA BOURON PORTER (ROBUST PORTER W. VANILLA BEANS)
WILD ROSE IPA (INDIA PALE ALE W. GALAXY HOPS)
WILD ROSE THE MIDNIGHT SON FINNISH (FARMHOUSE ALE)
VILLAGE MAIDEN (INDIA SESSION ALE)
VILLAGE BRUNETTE (DUNKELWEIZEN)
BREWSTERS BELGIAN DUBBEL (BARREL-AGED DUBBEL)
BREWSTERS BELGIAN TRIPEL
BREWSTERS BELGIAN WIT
BREWSTERS GERMAN PILSNER PILS W.JUNIPER
BIG ROCK BLACK CURRANT ALE (BROWN ALE W. BLACK CURRANT)
BIG ROCK DARK BELGIAN ALE
BIG ROCK EXPRESS IPA (AMERICAN IPA W. PEARS)
BIG ROCK MESQUITE MAPLE ALE (STRONG SCOTTISH ALE)
BIG ROCK SPICE HEFFE (SPICED HEFFEWEIZEN)
HOGS HEAD HOPSLAYER (IMPERIAL IPA)
HOGS HEAD PUMPKIN SPICED PUMPKIN ALE

#PEI-NS-NBSESSION
BAD APPLE OPERATION GREEN RING (CUCUMBER MINT PALE)
BAD APPLE BLACK & TACKLE (WINE BARREL AGED RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT)
GREG NASH TERROIR (WET HOP HARVEST IPA)
BOXING ROCK TEMPTATION RED (AMERICAN RED ALE)
BOXING ROCK CRAFTY JACK (ENGLISH ALE)
GRIMROSS CHANTELOPE (100% BRETT SAISON)
NORTH BREWING BELGIAN IPA
NORTH BREWING WINTER SAISON (BELGIAN SAISON WITH SPICES)
PEI BREWING WORKSHOP WILD ALE (BARREL-AGED SAISON)
PEI BREWING BLOOD ORANGE ON THE TRACKS (INDIA PALE ALE W. BLOOD ORANGE)
PUMP HOUSE 4 ALARM IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
PUMP HOUSE PREMIUM LAGER (AMERICAN LAGER)
BIG SPRUCE MR.INCREDIBLE (DRY HOPPED IRISH RED ALE)
BIG SPRUCE CEREAL KILLER (OATMEAL STOUT)
PROPELLER ESB (EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER)
PROPELLER DRY HOPPED IPA (INDIA PALE ALE)
UNCLE LEO SMOKED PORTER
UNCLE LEO DRY HOPPED IPA

#QUEBECSESSION
DUNHAM AMERICAN PALE ALE ELLA/COLOMBUS (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
DUNHAM BERLINER MELON WEISSE (BERLINER WEISSE W. HUELL MELON HOP)
DUNHAM BIG TOME PALE ALE (100% BRETT FERMENTED PALE ALE)
DUNHAM SAISON DU PINANCLE (HOPPY SAISON BARREL-AGED IN CAB SAUV W. BRETT.)
DUNHAM LAPATT PORTER (ROBUST PORTER)
GLUTENBERG BLONDE (SORACHI ACE BLONDE ALE)
GLUTENBERG RED (WILLAMETTE RED ALE)
GLUTENBERG IPA (CITRA-SIMCOE INDIA PALE ALE)
BRASSEURS DU MONDE ALE DE HARDY (ENGLISH BARLEY WINE)
BRASSEURS DU MONDE VIELLE PORTER (ENGLISH PORTER W/ CASCADE & COFFEE)
LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES KELLERBIER (UNFILTERED PILSNER)
LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES BRETT WINE (AMERCIAN BARLEYWINE W. BRETT)
LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES RESERVE DE NOEL (EXTRA STRONG RED LAGER W. XMAS SPICES)
LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES CLEAR IPA (SESSION IPA)
LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES DIXIEME (ANNIVERSARY BREW) IMPERIAL BLACK KRIEK
TROU DU DIABLE PUNK RAUCH (SMOKED LAGER)
TROU DU DIABLE MACTAVISH (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
TROU DU DIABLE SANG D-ENCRE (IRISH STOUT)
TROU DU DIABLE LORD BARLOW (MILD)
TROU DU DIABLE RUBIS RED (IRISH RED ALE)
CHARELEVOIX X LE SAINT BOCK LE SAINT-PIS (COFFEE IPA)
MCAUSLAN ST.AMBROISE PALE ALE
MCAUSLAN HARVEST ALE (PALE ALE)
MCAUSLAN DRY STOUT (IRISH STOUT)
LES BRASSEURS DU TEMPS BLANCHE DE KORALIE (BELGIAN WIT W. CHAMOMILE)
LES BRASSEURS DU TEMPS ESB 1821 (EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER)
BENELUX MOISSON (SAISON HARVEST)
BENELUX TEMPERANCE (ORDINARY BITTER)
BENELUX TRIBUNALE (INDIA SESSION ALE)
BRASSERIE DU CANAL SAN LUPULO (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
LE SAINT BOCK BRASSERIE CALICE (AMERICAN IPA W. CITRA)
DIEU DU CIEL! CHEMIN DE CROIX (OLD STYLE INDIA PORTER)
DIEU DU CIEL! MOSAIKA (MOSAIC PALE ALE)
DIEU DU CIEL! PECHE MORTEL (EXTRA CAFÉ COFFEE IMPERIAL STOUT)
DIEU DU CIEL! ISSEKI NICHO SPECIAL (AMARILLO IMPERIAL DARK SAISON)
DIEU DU CIEL! ISSEKI NICHO SPECIAL (MOSAIC IMPERIAL DARK SAISON)
DIEU DU CIEL! DISCO SOLEIL XTRA KUMQUAT/CHINOOK (AMERICAN IPA W. KUMQUATS)
DIEU DU CIEL! DISCO SOLEIL XTRA CITRA (AMERICAN IPA W. KUMQUATS)
DIEU DU CIEL! PAIENNE SPECIAL CITRA (BLOND ALE)
DIEU DU CIEL! MORALITE (SPECIAL CHINOOK AMERICAN IPA)
HOPFENSTARK POST COLONIAL (AMERICAN IPA)
HOPFENSTARK GREG (AMERICAN FOREIGN STOUT)
HOPFENSTARK END OF TRAIL (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
LE CASTOR SESSION HOUBLON (INDIA SESSION ALE)
LE CASTOR CITRA WEISSE (HOPFENWEISSE)
LE CASTOR OATMEAL STOUT

#ONTARIOSESSION
AMSTERDAM EL JAGUAR (BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT W. CHOCOLATE & CHERRIES)
AMSTERDAM FULL CITY DOUBLE TEMPEST (BARREL-AGED IMP. STOUT W.HAWAIIAN KONA COFFEE)
AMSTERDAM VICARS VICE (OLDE ALE AGED ON PLUMS)
AMSTERDAM 18 HANDS (RUSTIC PALE ALE)
AMSTERDAM TESTIFY (BRETT PALE ALE)
BARLEY DAYS YULETIDE CHERRY PORTER (LONDON PORTOR W. ONTARIO CHERRIES)
BARLEY DAYS SCRIMSHAW OYSTER STOUT (DRY IRISH STOUT)
BARLEY DAYS WIND & SAIL (ENGLISH DARK ALE)
BARNSTORMER COCKY CAPTAIN (AMERCIAN STRONG ALE W. BOURBON SOAKED VANILLA BEAN)
BARNSTORMER CAPTAIN T-BAG (SASION W. EARL GREY TEA)
BARNSTORMER BUSH KNIFE BREAKFAST STOUT
BEAU'S ALL NATURAL NIGHT MARZEN (MARZEN)
BEAU'S ALL NATURAL THE TOM GREEN BEER (MILK STOUT)
BEAU'S ALL NATURAL WINTERBREWED (COFFEE AMBER)
BEAU'S ALL NATURAL BURNT ROCK (VANILLA PORTER)
BEAU'S ALL NATURAL B-SIDE KISSMEYER BEER (NORDIC PALE ALE)
BELLWOODS FARMAGEDDON (BRETT-BARREL AGED SAISON W. RED CURRENTS)
BELLWOODS BREWERY SKELETON KEY (SPICED IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN RUM BARRELS)
BELLWOODS BREWERY BARREL #119 (BRETT BARREL-AGED SOUR ALE)
BEYOND THE PALE PINK FUZZ (GRAPEFRUIT WHEAT)
BIG RIG RELEASE THE HOUNDS (BLACK IPA)
BLACK OAK BLACK OUT (COFFEE STOUT)
BLACK OAK BREWING LOVE FUZZ (RED ALE)
BOSHKUNG BLACK ROCK (DARK ALE)
BROADHEAD MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUSE (MINT STOUT)
CAMERONS KITSUNE JAPANENSE SUSHI (RICE IPA)
CAMERONS TO CATCH A BRETTATOR (100% BRETT IPA)
CHESHIRE VALLEY BREWING CO. BIG BANG (GALAXY PALE ALE)
CLOCKTOWER (PUMPKIN PUMPKIN ALE)
COLLECTIVE ARTS STATE OF MIND (SESSION IPA)
CREEMORE SPRINGS CO. WHAT'S UP DOC (SPICED MAPLE PORTER)
DURHAM RED DRAGON (IRISH RED ALE)
F&M BOB'S YOUR DUNKEL (DARK LAGER)
FLYING MONKEYS PETER PUMPKIN EATER (SPICED VEGETABLE ALE)
FLYING MONKEYS DRUNK BY CHOCOLATE (BOURBON BARREL AGED CHOCOLATE MILK STOUT)
FLYING MONKEYS MUSCLES FROM BRUSSELS (BELGIUM DOUBLE IPA)
FORKED RIVER MARBLE RYE PALE ALE (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
FORKED RIVER KING OF THE WHO ESB (EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER)
FORKED RIVER FULL CITY PORTER (COFFEE PORTER)
GETWELL X INNOCENTE WASABI CHOCOLATE PORTER (ROBUST PORTER)
GRANITE KEEFES IRISH STOUT (IRISH STOUT)
GRANITE CRAZY LEGS (BROWN ALE W. ONTARIO PEACHES)
GRANITE HARVEST ALE
GRANITE PUMPKIN JACK FLASH (PUMPKIN ALE)
GREAT LAKES PUMPKIN WOUND (PUMPKIN PORTER)
GREAT LAKES X BAR HOP HANLANS POINT (COCONUT & COFFEE PORTER)
GREAT LAKES X BAR HOP SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS (PEANUT BUTTER MILK STOUT)
HOCKLEY VALLEY HEAVENLY HASH DARK (MILD BROWN ALE)
HOUSE ALES X IN THE WEEDS "HOUSE IN THE WOODS" (ROBUST PORTER W. WILD GINGER)
HOUSE ALES SWAG OUT STOUT (IMPERIAL STOUT)
HOUSE ALES MEZZA NOTTE (MILK STOUT)
HOUSE ALES 25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY ALE (AMERICAN BARLEY WINE)
HOUSE ALES FERMIUM (BLACK IPA)
INDIE ALEHOUSE BARREL-AGED GLORY & CONSEQUENCES (BELGIAN DUBBEL)
INDIE ALEHOUSE STRAWBERRY IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
INDIE ALEHOUSE COCKPUNCHER (DOUBLE IPA)
INNOCENTE DARKSIDE OF THE GOURD BLACK (PUMPKIN SAISON)
INNOCENTE CHOCOLATE RAIN (CHOCOLATE & PEANUT BUTTER STOUT)
INNOCENTE NO MARZEN FOR EROR (MARZEN)
INNOCENTE UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY (RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT)
JUNCTION PUMUKL (RED ALE)
JUNCTION SUPER CHIEF (PALE ALE)
JUNCTION (GTA BREWS CHOCOLATE ORANGE PORTER)
JUNCTION (DARK MATTER CASCADIAN ALE)
JUNCTION HOPFENSTOPFER (DRY-HOPPED INDIA PALE ALE)
KENSINGTON BLACK BART (PORTER W. STAR ANISE)
LEFT FIELD EEPHUS (OATMEAL BROWN ALE)
LIBERTY VILLAGE DOUBLE GUMMI BEER (DOUBLE IPA)
LIBERTY VILLAGE EXODUS (BLACK GINGERED ALE)
LIBERTY VILLAGE X TORONTO BREWING BRETT ON THE BEACH (PINA COLADA BRETT IPA)
MACLEAN'S PALE ALE (ENGLISH PALE ALE)
MACLEAN'S FARMHOUSE BLOND
MACLEAN'S INDIA PALE ALE
MAGNOTTA BLUEBERRY WEIZEN (HEFEWEIZEN W/ FRUIT)
MANANTLER PURSUIT OF ABBEYNESS (ENGLISH BITTER W. BELGIAN YEAST)
MILL ST. TANKENSTEIN (AMERCIAN PALE ALE)
MUSKOKA SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE (OAK AGED WEE HEAVY)
MUSKOKA WILDFIRE IPA (AMERICAN IPA W. WILD ONTARIO HOPS)
MUSKOKA SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (SMOKED RYE ALE)
MUSKOKA BUH-DUNK-UH-DUNK (SOUR WHEAT ALE W. CRANBERRY)
MUSKOKA RUM BARREL AGED HARVEST ALE (BARREL AGED AMERICAN PALE ALE)
NIAGARA OAST! HOUSE SMOKIN`RYE-DER (SMOKED BEER)
NIAGARA OAST HOUSE PURPLE DRANK (FRUIT BEER)
NIAGARA OAST HOUSE #HUMBLEBRAG (BELGIAN TRIPLE)
NICKELBROOK PISSED OFF PETE (PUMPKIN PORTER)
NICKELBROOK KENTUCKY SOUR (BOURBON-BARREL AGED SOUR AMBER ALE)
NICKELBROOK BREWING X SAWDUST CITY THE 2014 "11.04" (TRIPLE IPA)
NORTH WINDS BREWERY OLD SMOKEY (GRATZER)
ONTARIO BEER COMPANY 100 MILE ALE (DRY HOPPED AMBER ALE)
RAINHARD ARMED N CITRA (AMERICAN PALE ALE)
SAWDUST CITY BLOOD OF CTHULHU (IMPERIAL STOUT W. CRAN/RASP/CHERRY)
SAWDUST CITY THE PRINCESS WEARS KOMBUCHA PANTS (BARREL-AGED BELGIAN ALE W. KOMBUCHA)
SAWDUST CITY DAWSON KRIEK (SOUR ALT W. TART CHERRIES)
SHACKLANDS FARMHOUSE IPA (HYBRID BELGIAN IPA)
SHACKLANDS X JORDAN ST.JOHN (ROUILLE SPRUCE-FLAVORED ALE W. BRETT)
SILVERSMITH DOWN GOES BROWN (NUT BROWN ALE)
SIX PINTS PEPE LE PEW (RAUCHBIER W. FRENCH OAK)
SIX PINTS BEEP! BEEP! (PUMPKIN MARZEN W. SPICES)
SIX PINTS FOGHORN LEGHORN (IMPERIAL STOUT W. COCOA NIBS & PEANUTS)
SIX PINTS I TAWT I TAW A PUDDY TAT (QUADRUPEL W. VANILLA BEANS)
SNOWMAN HOP HAT DRY-HOPPED (ENGLISH AMBER ALE)
SNOWMAN POP HAT (ENGLISH AMBER ALE SHANDY)
SNOWMAN DR. NEPTUNE'S DELICIOUS ELIXER (SPICED BELGIAN IPA)
SPEARHEAD STARDUST SAISON (BELGIAN SAISON)
SPEARHEAD HEART OF DARKNESS (DARK ALE)
SPEARHEAD HOLY OAK(ED) (BELGIAN STOUT)
COLLINGWOOD AZAFRAN (BLONDE ALE W. SAFFRON)
WELLINGTON PUT YOUR DUKES UP! (BOURBON BARREL-AGED STRONG ALE)

#IPA CHALLENGESESSION
AMSTERDAM BAD LIFE DECISIONS (AMERICAN IPA)
BARNSTORMER FLY PA (AMERICAN IPA)
BELLWOODS ROMAN CANDLE IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
BENELUX CUDA (AMERICAN IPA)
BIG RIG IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
BLACK OAK MINOTAUR (AMERICAN IPA)
BRASSEURS DU MONDE HOUBLONIERE (AMERICAN IPA)
CENTRAL CITY BREWING RED RACER IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
CLOCKTOWER BREWPUB TONGUE CUTTER (AMERICAN IPA)
DIEU DU CIEL! MORALITE XTRA SIMCOE (AMERICAN IPA)
F&M STONE HAMMER IPA 2014 (AMERICAN IPA)
FLYING MONKEYS MILLENNIUM FALCON (AMERICAN IPA)
FORKED RIVER LORD SIMCOE'S REVENEGE (AMERICAN IPA)
GET WELL PERSONALITY CRISIS (AMERICAN IPA)
GRANITE HOPPING MAD (AMERICAN IPA)
GREAT LAKES LAKE EFFECT (AMERICAN IPA)
GREG NASH NASH BOMB (AMERICAN IPA)
HOPFENSTARK POST COLONIAL (AMERICAN IPA)
HOUSE ALES WESTSIDE IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
INDIE ALEHOUSE INSTIGATOR (AMERICAN IPA)
INNOCENTE CONSCIENCE (AMERICAN IPA)
JUNCTION ENGINEER (ENGLISH/AMERICAN IPA)
KENSINGTON THREE POINT OH (AMERICAN IPA)
LE CASTOR YAMIKA IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
LEFT FIELD BREWERY PROSPECT: AMARILLO (AMERICAN IPA)
LONG SLICE HOPSTA LA VISTA (ENGLISH/AMERICAN IPA)
MILL ST PARADISE IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
NICKELBROOK AEQUUS NOX (AMERICAN IPA)
PARALLEL 49 DRY HOPPED FILTHY DIRTY (AMERICAN IPA)
PROPELLER DRY HOPPED IPA (AMERICAN IPA)
RAINHARD LAZY BONES (AMERICAN IPA)
TROU DU DIABLE MORSURE (AMERICAN IPA)

#CIDERSSESSION
POMMIES HOPPED CIDER (HOPPED CIDER)
POMMIES OLE! CINNAMON (TEQUILA SPIKED CIDER)
LES VERGERS DE LA COLLINE API-HOP DRY HOPPED MCINTOSH/SPARTAN CIDER
LES VERGERS DE LA COLLINE CUIVRÉ FÛT DE CHÊNE AMERICAN OAK BARREL-AGED HARD CIDER
LES VERGERS DE LA COLLINE HONEY CRISP CRAPABBLE CIDER (DOLGO) BARREL-AGED W. BRETT
APPLEWOOD FARM WINERY BAVARIAN WEISS BAVARIAN WEISS STYLE HOPPED CIDER
BULWARK CIDER TRADITIONAL CRAFT CIDER DRY-HOPPED CIDER
BULWARK CIDER TRADITIONAL CRAFT CIDER DRY CIDER
SUNNYBROOK WINE SCREAMIN` PEACH IN CASK ORIGINAL CIDER W. PEACHES
WEST AVENUE BARRETT FULLER'S SECRET BOURBON BARREL-AGED
WEST AVENUE BLUEBERRY SCRUMPY FARMHOUSE CIDER
WEST AVENUE SCHOOLYARD CRAB BARREL FERMENTED CRAB APPLE
WEST AVENUE SMASH ME UP BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN CIDER
SPIRIT TREE "BITTERS AND SPITTERS" (DRY HOPPED HIGH TANNIN CIDER APPLE CIDER)
SPIRIT TREE "LAVENDER PEAR" (DRY PEAR CIDER INFUSED W. LAVENDER)
SPIRIT TREE "CRAB APPLE SQUARED" (BLEND OF DOLGO & CHESTNUT CRABAPPLES)
SPIRIT TREE "APFELWEIN" (GERMAN STYLE CIDER, 100% GRAVANSTEIN APPLES)
COUNTY CIDER A TORTURED PATH CIDER ENGLISH DRY CIDER
SMALL TALK VINEYARDS SHINY APPLE CABNERT ICEWINE
BEAVER VALLEY ORCHARD & CIDERY FLAGSHIP ENGLISH ULTRA DRY
BEAVER VALLEY ORCHARD & CIDERY CEYLON CYDER SPICED INFUSED HARD CIDER
THORNBURY TO BE ANNOUNCED! TO BE ANNOUNCED!
THORNBURY TO BE ANNOUNCED! TO BE ANNOUNCED!

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Post by Craig »

Craig wrote:Beer list is out, though which beers are in which session is not yet public.

I found their formatting annoying, so I tossed it all in a Google doc:

I'm going to slowly mark this up with BA/RB ratings and such. The sheet is editable, so feel free to do the same if you want.

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Fantastic (overwhelming, really) list. I note that "5 oz pour = 1 token [$2.50]" but imported beers are $5 per 5 oz pour. Just wondering what is meant by imported, i.e. US and UK, or also extra-provincial? Either way, it's going to be great. I'd be more than happy with the Ontario table alone.

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Craig wrote:I'm going to slowly mark this up with BA/RB ratings and such. The sheet is editable, so feel free to do the same if you want.
I did something like that last year only to have the list order change frequently.

Just a FYI.

I started working on something to dynamically grab the web page and do the better formatting magic but that reinforced how much I hate mucking around with HTML and I gave up.
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