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We have a trivia question in order to register to prevent bots. If you have any issues with answering, contact us at cass@bartowel.com for help.
Introducing Light Mode! If you would like a Bar Towel social experience that isn't the traditional blue, you can now select Light Mode. Go to the User Control Panel and then Board Preferences, and select "Day Drinking" (Light Mode) from the My Board Style drop-down menu. You can always switch back to "Night Drinking" (Dark Mode). Enjoy!
Golden Tap Awards 2015
Here's the lineup for the GTAs on Wednesday (subject to last minute change, of course):
Draught
Shillow Bitter Waitress Black IPA
Indie Ale House Punch Buggy
Great Lakes Audrey Hopburn
Clifford Pinball Wizard APA
Burdock West Coast Pilsner
Oast House Local Hoption
Brimstone Midnight Mass
Collective Arts Rhyme and Reason
Muddy York Dereliction Double IPA
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years
Camerons Dry Hopped Tripel
Left Field Grandstand Hoppy Wheat
Church Key Holy Smoke
Nickel Brook TBD
Beau's Haters Gonna Hate
Side Launch Dunkelbach
Stack Brewing 1UP Pale Ale
Collingwood ESB
Barnstormers Windsher
Rainhard Kapow IPA
Cask
Bar Volo House Ales Punters Gold
Big Rig Hefeweizen dryhopped
Granite Brewery Hopping Mad
West Avenue The Gloaming
Junction Chelmsford
Bottle
Barnstormers Parachute Porter
Barnstormers Cirrus Session
Big Rig Release the Hounds Black IPA
Beau's Helles
Spearhead Moroccan Brown Ale
Collective Arts State of Mind
Sweet Grass Golden Ale
Side Launch Dark Lager
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale
Brimstone Bavaria Wheat
Spirit Tree Cider
Junction Schnelbahn
Junction Hopfenstofer
Junction Bahnhofzoo
Oast House Biere de Mars
Rainhard True Grit Saison
Muskoka Harvest Ale
Great Lakes Saison Dupump
Steam Whistle Pilsner
Draught
Shillow Bitter Waitress Black IPA
Indie Ale House Punch Buggy
Great Lakes Audrey Hopburn
Clifford Pinball Wizard APA
Burdock West Coast Pilsner
Oast House Local Hoption
Brimstone Midnight Mass
Collective Arts Rhyme and Reason
Muddy York Dereliction Double IPA
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years
Camerons Dry Hopped Tripel
Left Field Grandstand Hoppy Wheat
Church Key Holy Smoke
Nickel Brook TBD
Beau's Haters Gonna Hate
Side Launch Dunkelbach
Stack Brewing 1UP Pale Ale
Collingwood ESB
Barnstormers Windsher
Rainhard Kapow IPA
Cask
Bar Volo House Ales Punters Gold
Big Rig Hefeweizen dryhopped
Granite Brewery Hopping Mad
West Avenue The Gloaming
Junction Chelmsford
Bottle
Barnstormers Parachute Porter
Barnstormers Cirrus Session
Big Rig Release the Hounds Black IPA
Beau's Helles
Spearhead Moroccan Brown Ale
Collective Arts State of Mind
Sweet Grass Golden Ale
Side Launch Dark Lager
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale
Brimstone Bavaria Wheat
Spirit Tree Cider
Junction Schnelbahn
Junction Hopfenstofer
Junction Bahnhofzoo
Oast House Biere de Mars
Rainhard True Grit Saison
Muskoka Harvest Ale
Great Lakes Saison Dupump
Steam Whistle Pilsner
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For those who missed it (like I did), the list of this year's winners courtesy of Canadian Beer News:
• Best Regularly-Produced Beer – Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
• Best Seasonal or Specialty Beer – Great Lakes THRUST! An IPA, Toronto
• Best Cask Ale – Granite Hopping Mad, Toronto
• Best Bar for Draught Beer Selection – Bar Hop, Toronto
• Best Bar for Packaged Beer Selection – Bar Volo, Toronto
• Best Bar for Cask Ale – Bar Volo, Toronto
• Best Beer Event in Ontario – Cask Days, Toronto
• Best Beer Writer – Ben Johnson, Toronto
• Best Bar Staff – Bar Hop, Toronto
• Best Newcomer – Rainhard Brewing, Toronto
• Most Innovative Brewery – Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
• Best Packaging Design & Label Artwork – Beau’s All-Natural Brewing, Vankleek Hill
• Best Brewery – Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto
• Best Brewery for Cask-Conditioned Ale – Granite Brewery, Toronto
• Best Brewpub or Tied House – Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
• Best Cidery – West Avenue Cider, Toronto
• Brewmasters’ Choice for Best Beer – Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA, Gravenhurst
Editor’s Circle Awards:
• Run TO Beer
• Brux House
• Charles MacLean
• Indie Ale House event series
• Best Regularly-Produced Beer – Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
• Best Seasonal or Specialty Beer – Great Lakes THRUST! An IPA, Toronto
• Best Cask Ale – Granite Hopping Mad, Toronto
• Best Bar for Draught Beer Selection – Bar Hop, Toronto
• Best Bar for Packaged Beer Selection – Bar Volo, Toronto
• Best Bar for Cask Ale – Bar Volo, Toronto
• Best Beer Event in Ontario – Cask Days, Toronto
• Best Beer Writer – Ben Johnson, Toronto
• Best Bar Staff – Bar Hop, Toronto
• Best Newcomer – Rainhard Brewing, Toronto
• Most Innovative Brewery – Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
• Best Packaging Design & Label Artwork – Beau’s All-Natural Brewing, Vankleek Hill
• Best Brewery – Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto
• Best Brewery for Cask-Conditioned Ale – Granite Brewery, Toronto
• Best Brewpub or Tied House – Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
• Best Cidery – West Avenue Cider, Toronto
• Brewmasters’ Choice for Best Beer – Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA, Gravenhurst
Editor’s Circle Awards:
• Run TO Beer
• Brux House
• Charles MacLean
• Indie Ale House event series
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