The Bar Towel

From http://www.beerfestival.ca/download/200 ... s_list.pdf :

Black Oak Brewing Co.
Black Oak Pale Ale
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale

Brick Brewery/Big Rock
Brick Amber
Red Baron
Waterloo Dark
Big Rock Grasshopper

Cameron’s Brewing Company
Cameron’s Cream Ale
Cameron’s Auburn Ale
Cameron’s Lager
Cameron’s Dark 266

Carlsberg Breweries
Carlsberg
Carlsberg Light
Carlsberg Red
Tuborg Pilsner
Tuborg Gold

South African Breweries
Castle Lager

Church-Key Brewing
Northumberland Ale
Holy Smoke Scotch Ale
Lift Lock Lager
Cranberry Maple Wheat
Rosemary & Ginger Spiced Ale
[note: according to tupalev, Church Key has dropped out of the festival due to staffing issues]

Cool Beer Brewing Co.
Cool Blonde Lager
Cool Buzz Beer

Granite Brewery
Peculiar Summer Stout
Peculiar Summer Ringberry
Peculiar Summer Best Bitter

Inbev
Stella Artois
Hoegaarden
Leffe Blonde
Belle-Vue Kriek
Alexander Keith's

Labatt Breweries of Canada
Labatt Blue
Blue Light
Budweiser
Bud Light
Labatt Genuine Honey

Lakeport Brewing
Lakeport Honey Lager
Lakeport Pilsner
Lakeport Light
Brava
Wee Willy Dark Scottish Style Beer

Magnotta Brewery
True North Lager
True North Cream Ale
True North Wunder Weisse
Magnotta Classic India Pale Ale

Mill St. Brewery
Mill St. Tankhouse Ale
Mill St. Stock Ale
Mill St. Coffee Porter
Mill St. Original Organic Lager

Molson
Heineken
Foster’s
Caffrey’s
Murphy’s
Rickard’s Red

Old Credit Brewing Co.
Old Credit Amber Ale
Old Credit Pale Pilsner

Premier Brands
Headstrong Pale Ale
Patagonia Lager

Premium Beer Company
Moosehead
Moosehead Light
Clancys
Tetleys
Magners Irish Cider

Robert Simpson Brewing Co.
Confederation Ale

Scotch Irish Brewing Co.
Sgt. Major's IPA
Dogsbody Ale
AND... below – brewed just for Toronto’s
Festival of Beer!
Major Misconduct
Glengarry Scotch Ale
Chaplain's Solace Old Ale

Trafalgar Ales and Meads
Celtic Ale
Harbour Gold Pilsner
Trafalgar Ales and Meads Con't
Tropical Mead
Wildberry Mead

Wellington County Brewery
Wellington County Ale
Wellington Special Pale Ale
Wellington Arkell Best Bitter
Wellington Imperial Stout
Wellington Iron Duke
Wellington Trailhead Lager
Wellington Beehive Honey Lager

Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Beers of the World
Creemore Springs Brewery
Cristal
Dab Original
Great Lakes Brewery
Guinness
Harp
Kilkenny
Lakes of Muskoka Cottage Brewery
McAuslan Brewing
Neustadt Springs Brewery
Niagara Brewing Co.
Radeberger Pilsner
Red Stripe
Smirnoff Twist
Smithwick’s
Steam Whistle Brewing

Catered Claw
JTI MacDonald
Montreal Deli
Planter’s
St. Louis Bar and Grill
Ted Reader – “King of the Q”
The Pitmasters Inc.
The Toronto Sun
Thomas Hinds Tobacconist
Utopia Café

Just a note on Church Key - completely unofficial news, my friend happened to be chatting with one of the guys (probably "Holy Smoke" who has posted here before) who mentioned they were just too busy to do the show. I'll let them confirm. It probably makes sense though as the Fort York investment would be more beneficial when their product can be found in the LCBO. Their booth has done well the past number of years at the festival though - I remember first seeing the crowd checking out the church pews 5 or 6 years ago...

Woohoo! Labatt genuine honey! - tick!

Lakeport and Magnotta continue to conspire against me by not bringing any o f their more obscure beers that I have not yet tried.

The Scotch Irish Festival Specials look interesting.

No Steelback?

No Steelback?

It's a beer festival. Of course, that didn't stop others...

JerCraigs wrote:No Steelback?

Crap, I didn't notice that. No Blue Thunder for Greg once again...

Its unfortunate that Church-Key isn't coming. I can always count on John for some technical help (which I invariably need for my draught pumps), but its nice to see a brewery that is too busy to participate. This can only mean great things for Church-Key.

We'll miss you too Perry (sniff, sniff). John and I (Cary) have been going non-stop in the brewery and on the road. We have had at least one event , and in the case of Canada Day Weekend, 4 shows, each weekend. As most of you know John and I do the shows ourselves and the two of us couldn't be away from the brewery for 3 days. It really is a good thing to be this busy. Anyway, we'll miss everyone. Hope everyone has a great show!

Oops. The Hop Bunny Stout won't be ready for the show. Its still fermenting as I write and would be way too green (this time not just from the excess hops!) to cask for at least another 2 weeks. I'll hold onto it and let it mature. it'll show up somewhere, eventually.

PRMason wrote:Oops. The Hop Bunny Stout won't be ready for the show. Its still fermenting as I write and would be way too green (this time not just from the excess hops!) to cask for at least another 2 weeks. I'll hold onto it and let it mature. it'll show up somewhere, eventually.

With notice I trust!

I will be RUNNING , not walking, to get some Major Misconduct . It was the best beer this guy has ever had. I like my beer strong and flavourful...and Major Misconduct fits the bill perfectly.

...of course I havnt tried Blue or Blue Light yet ...

They taste the same goin' down as they do comin' up!

Nice line-up of beers, looks like there is something for everyone, i.e., the decent craft range and the commercial brews both local and import. There seems to be a new Tuborg out (I see they list a Gold and a Pilsener, I thought there was one but maybe the draft version is named differently); apart from that, not too much new or distinctive in the import range but the local micros are numerous enough and make up for it. Good to see Wellington County at the Festival again, they've always been a stalwart. Also, Old Credit (nice small family operation) and the Trafalgar beers, they are truly local/regional and Mill Street and Cameron and Granite too. It's the summer and this line-up suits the season and locale.

Gary

All the advertising in my neck of the woods seems to indicate that the Pilsener is the new product, for those Tuborg fans out there.

http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/tuborg-gr%F8n/3201/

http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/tuborg-gul ... ger)/6464/

I assume these are the two but i could be wrong

I'm gearing up! Where will you be, J? This will be my first Ft. York visit and I'd appreciate a little steering - see you and Greg after 2pm.

- Harry