Thursday September 17th
Beer Experience - Berkeley Church (315 Queen St. East)
6pm - 11pm
The official launch of Toronto Beer Week. Come sample a one-off creation with event organizer, Scott Rondeau, plus some fresh seasonal and Tank Ten series beers.
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/the-beer-experience/
Friday September 18th
Fall Festival of Craft Beer - C’est What? (67 Front Street East)
5pm
The 28th annual festival of craft beer will feature a number of Great Lakes brands, including Limp Puppet Session IPA and Audrey Hopburn Belgian IPA for $1 a sample.
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/28th- ... eweries-2/
GLB Sampling & Tap Feature - Stack Restaurant (3265 Yonge Street)
6pm - 8pm
Come for the fish taco’s and brisket, stay for the beer! A seasoned GLB representative will be handing out FREE samples of Fresh GLB. A number of GLB beers on tap too!
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/glb-t ... estaurant/
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Saturday September 19th
Fall Festival of Craft Beer - C’est What? (67 Front Street East)
5pm
The 28th annual festival of craft beer will feature a number of Great Lakes brands, including Limp Puppet Session IPA and Audrey Hopburn Belgian IPA for $1 a sample.
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/28th- ... eweries-2/
The Danny Does Craft Beer - Pub Crawl along Danforth Avenue
12pm - 7:30pm
Back for the annual Danforth pub crawl, join GLB and friends as we crawl the Danny. Joining GLB will be Left Field Brewery and Junction Craft Brewery and we’ll be hitting up 8 establishments (Left Field, The Wren, Sauce, Morgans, Rails and Ales, The Only, Court Jester, Factory Girl). Prizes along the way. Brewery representatives giving high-fives.
http://bit.ly/TheDannyDoesCraftBeer
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Funk Night - Bar Volo (587 Yonge Street)
3pm
GLB is happy to be part of another Funk Night at Bar Volo! This is a phenomenal event for those that love sour beers. We’ll be sending kegs of Gilligan Is Still Dead Guava Saison and No Chance With Miranda Saison (Brett).
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/canti ... ight-2015/
Great Pumpkin Sampling - Bar Radio (615 College Street)
9pm - 11:59pm
Bar Radio will be hosting the Great Lakes Brewery and giving away samples of Pompous Ass Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, Citraddiction XPA and Audrey Hopburn. We are also very fortunate to be sampling GLB’s seasonal beer Pumpkin Ale. This beer is only available once a year so make sure to come down when the tasting starts at 9pm.
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/great ... -sampling/
Sunday September 20th
Beer, Brunch & Good Times - Brooklyn Tavern (1097 Queen St. East)
11:30am - 3:30pm
Come enjoy samples from Great Lakes Brewery: Pumpkin Ale, Saison Dupump (Belgian Pumpkin Saison) Canuck Pale Ale, Citraddiction XPA. Pairings with our delicious brunch menu and special dishes!
http://bit.ly/GLB_BrooklynBrunch
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Monday September 21st
GLB Beer School & 20 Question Trivia - Morgans on the Danforth (1282 Danforth Ave)
7pm - 9:30pm
Join some of the GLB team members for Beer School and GLB trivia! An interactive night of great food and great beer! Learn about brewing, origins, the craft beer industry and more…Participate in a 20 Question Trivia contest about Great Lakes and walk out with some GLB swag. And there’s more! Sample 4 beers paired with 4 small plates carefully matched by Chef Anne. Best. School. Ever, right! Participants taking part in the 20 Question GLB Trivia who get the highest scores will receive a big GLB prize. $20 per person includes four samples and food!
http://bit.ly/GLBbeerschool_Morgans
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Tuesday September 22nd
A Wren Tap Takeover - The Wren (1382 Danforth Avenue)
4pm - till close
Great Lakes Brewery and Nickel Brook Brewery are teaming up to takeover over all the taps at The Wren on the Danforth! There will be 6 Beers from each brewery, featuring a GLB x Wren collaboration beer – Papa Don’t Peach IPA! PLUS – CREEPY BITCH returns!! The one and only collab between GLB x Nickel Brook. Don’t miss out…limited! Prizes throughout the night. Amazing Wren food. Reps from both breweries.
http://bit.ly/GLBxNBxWREN
Wednesday September 23rd
Golden Tap Awards - beerbistro (18 King Street East)
5pm - 11pm
Now in their thirteenth year, the Golden Tap Awards is Ontario’s most democratic awards event, with all voting taking place online by the general public.
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/golden-tap-awards
GLB Tasting & Tap Feature - Pearl Diver (100 Adelaide Street East)
4pm - 8pm
Grab a plate of oysters or some fresh fish and wash it down with some GLB! A brewery representative will be handing out FREE samples. GLB beer on tap too!
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/glb-t ... p-feature/
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Thursday September 24th
Ladies Pint Out & Tap Feature - The Grover (676 Kingston Road)
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Beer and chocolate pairing event with Great Lakes Brewery and Chocolate by Wickerhead! What you get: 5 beers + 5 chocolates + 50 fab ladies = $15! And we’ll be doing a tap feature - 5 GLB beers on tap for one night.
http://bit.ly/GLB_Grover_TBW
GLB Tasting & Tap Feature - Factory Girl (193 Danforth Avenue)
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Come out for some free samples of GLB’s Pompous Ass English Ale and more during dinner service at The Factory Girl on the Danforth. A GLB representative will be onsite to provide tasting notes and answer any questions you may have. Stay for the incredible food and mingle over pints and samples!
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/glb-s ... tory-girl/
Greatest Hits - Bar Hop (391 King Street West)
5pm
Some of the best breweries in Ontario are bringing some of their best beers for a total tap takeover. 36 great brews from the likes of Great Lakes, Amsterdam, Bellwoods, Indie Ale House, Nickel Brook, and more, with plenty of rarities, collabs and barrel-aged beers! We’ll be there 7 beauties.
http://bit.ly/GreatestHits_BarHop_TBW
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Friday September 25th
Cask Takeover - C’est What? (67 Front Street East)
6pm
Great Lakes is rolling the barrels east for the evening showing off at least a half dozen of our finest creations. As if this isn’t a good enough reason to drop by, there will be prizes for the best dressed guest – as long as your kind of dressing up resembles Gordie Levesque. There will be a meet and greet with members of the GLB team at 7pm! It’s a great opportunity to ask any burning questions that you may have! And, just for kicks, Limp Puppet Session IPA is the beer of the month at C’est What, so we got ya covered!
http://bit.ly/GLB_CestWhat_TBW
3rd Annual PJ Party - Sauce on Danforth (1376 Danforth)
9pm - 4am
Extended hours in full swing with beer specials from Great Lakes, Wellington, Big Rig & Steam Whistle. Midnight snacks, movies, swag and more!
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/3rd-a ... -at-sauce/
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
Saturday September 26th
RunTOBeer with Great Lakes (30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd)
11:30am
Toronto’s craft beer running club, RunTOBeer, is mapping a course to Great Lakes Brewery, to celebrate Toronto Beer Week. This is a non-competitive, free event, open to runners of various abilities. Whether you favour a 3k, 5k or 10k distance, we’ll have a route that brings you to Great Lakes, where a complimentary glass of the brewery’s much-loved Canuck Pale Ale awaits.
http://torontobeerweek.com/events/runto ... s-brewery/
1st Annual GLB Pig & Corn Roast - Great Lakes Brewery (30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd)
1pm - 6pm
Come on out to the Great Lakes Brewery for the start of something special! The brewery will be wrapping up TBW with our 1st annual Pig Roast! Live music (Tommy Springsteen), food by Food & Liquor, games (Bocce ball, cornhole toss), beer garden ($5 glass), cask tent, learn to brew, merch tent and much more. Only $5 admission.
http://bit.ly/GLB_PigRoast_TBW
GLB Tap Feature - Cork’s Beer & Wine Bar (15 York Street)
All Day
Enjoy a number of GLB beers on tap during the entirety of Toronto Beer Week. Pair Saison Dupump, Pompous Ass English Ale, Canuck Pale Ale, and more alongside a wicked Pizza & Pint deal!
http://bit.ly/GLB_TBW_Events
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