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Volo Cask Days - Oct 17-19

Post details, reviews and recaps of interesting beer events in Ontario and elsewhere here.

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lister wrote:Are all the beers listed on caskdays.com going to be available in each session or will only a subset be? I'm primarily interested in the more unusual ones and I'm hoping they won't be spread out between the sessions.
I believe that on day one there will be one beer from every brewer and then there is a list of what comes on next over the following days. The running order hasn't been set yet, AFAIK. Also, rumour has it that Sunday afternoon is THE day to be there ;-)

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Nuts. From what's been listed so far I'm primarily interested in:

F & M Brewing, *George's Double Red
Grand River, Mill Race Mild
Pepperwood Bistro/Brewery, Cream Ale
Nickle Brook Beer, *English Bitter
Church Key Brewing Co., Purple Loosestife Mead
Great Lakes Brewery, Pumpkin Ale
Great Lakes Brewery, *Peach & Pepper Ale
Great Lakes Brewery, *Oatmeal Chocolate Stout
Granite Brewery, Peculiar Strong Ale
Trafalgar Brewing Co, Bewleys Breakfast Ale (Black Tea Brown Ale)

Knowing my luck I'm probably going to miss out on many of them. *sigh*
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lister wrote:Knowing my luck I'm probably going to miss out on many of them. *sigh*
perhaps ralph should take requests from every ticket holder and schedule the casks accordingly? i bet that wouldn't be impossible at all.

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So who bought me a ticket, and what time do I show up? :o I'm an excellent drinker. :D
In Beerum Veritas

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grub wrote:
lister wrote:Knowing my luck I'm probably going to miss out on many of them. *sigh*
perhaps ralph should take requests from every ticket holder and schedule the casks accordingly? i bet that wouldn't be impossible at all.
Not everybody, just ME! :wink: :roll:

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grub wrote:
lister wrote:Knowing my luck I'm probably going to miss out on many of them. *sigh*
perhaps ralph should take requests from every ticket holder and schedule the casks accordingly? i bet that wouldn't be impossible at all.
Or you could have bought one ticket for each day?

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grub wrote:perhaps ralph should take requests from every ticket holder and schedule the casks accordingly? i bet that wouldn't be impossible at all.
*sigh* :roll:
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Torontoblue wrote:Or you could have bought one ticket for each day?
We're already attending the $65 session. I like my beer and I'm not a cheapskate (unlike some who bitch about minor increases in recent six packs) but attending each day for a small subset of beers would be silly and expensive. That's $560 for two people for every session or for just one session a day $210 for two people.

I think a little too much was read into my weary comment. Perhaps a smiley should have been included.
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lister wrote:We're already attending the $65 session.
For $70 you could attend two sessions... I'm just sayin'. That's what we are doing. I feel your pain though - if I miss out on something I wanted to try even attending two sessions I will be disappointed, but as my friend is fond of saying you rolls your dice you takes your chances. Conveniently if I miss out on something there will be lots more to drown my sorrows in!

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Cool Brewery, *Double IPA
What will the world think of next?? :o

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sstackho wrote:
Cool Brewery, *Double IPA
What will the world think of next?? :o
Who's brewing there now?

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Derek wrote:
sstackho wrote:
Cool Brewery, *Double IPA
What will the world think of next?? :o
Who's brewing there now?
I believe that Mike Duggan (ex-Mill Street) is doing double-duty between Cool and Robert Simpson.

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Beer List and Ticket sales updated as of yesterday (Sunday, the 5th)

S1 62 tickets left
S2 sold out
S3a sold out
S3b sold out
S4 sold out
S5 6 tickets left
S6 72 tickets left




The Brewers (Updated 5/10)

Beau's All Natural Brewing, TBA
Barley Days Brewery, Wind & Sail Dark Ale
Church Key Brewing, West Coast Pale Ale
Hockley Valley Brewing, Traditional Irish Stout
King Brewery, Unfiltered King Pilsner
Magnotta Brewery, *Unfiltered Hopped Real Lager
Maclean's Ales, Maclean's Pale Ale - Dry Hopped
Wellington Brewery, Iron Duke Strong Ale
F & M Brewing, *George's Double Red
Grand River, Mill Race Mild
Stratford Brewing, Empire Common
Pepperwood Bistro/Brewery, TBA
Nickle Brook Beer, *English Bitter
County Durham Brewing Co., Hop Addict IPA
Mill Street Brewery, Green Hopped Tankhouse
C'Est What, TBA
Black Oak Brewing Co., Nut Brown Ale
Saint Andre Brewing, *Doug's Hop Masher Ale
Denison's Brewing Co., Dunkel Lager
Church Key Brewing Co., Purple Loosestife Mead
County Durham Brewing Co., Hop Head IPA
Wellington Brewing Co., Arkell Best Bitter
F & M Brewery, Stonehammer Dark Ale
Grand River Brewing Co., Plowmans Ale
Mill Street Brewery, Coffee Porter
Black Oak Brewing Co., *Pale Ale
Church Key Brewing Co., *TBA
Durham's Brewing Co., TBA
Niagara's Best Beer, Niagara's Best Blond - Dry Hopped
Railway City Brewing Co., Iron Spike Amber Ale
Great Lakes Brewery, Pumpkin Ale
Great Lakes Brewery, *Peach & Pepper Ale
Great Lakes Brewery, *Oatmeal Chocolate Stout
Fuller Smith & Turner P.L.C., Fuller's London Pride (pending arrival)
Fuller Smith & Turner P.L.C., Fuller's ESB (pending arrival)
Granite Brewery, Peculiar Strong Ale
Granite Brewery, *Hopping Mad Pale Ale
Trafalgar Brewing Co, *Bewleys Breakfast Ale (Black Tea Brown Ale)
Cameron's Brewing Co., Clove & Dagger Ale
Cameron's Brewing Co., Brewers Surprise Ale (TBA)
Amsterdam Brewing Co, KLB Pale Ale
Amsterdam Brewing Co, Framboise
Robert Simpson Brewing, *Pale Ale
Cool Brewery, *Double IPA
Scotch Irish Brewing Co., Corporal Punishment Brown Ale
Scotch Irish Brewing Co., Black Plain Irish Porter
Neustadt Springs Brewery, Elderbrah Scottish Ale
(* One Off)

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Ralph told me last week of some surprise beers that he was working on getting for the cask days - they were confirmed today and have been ordered
http://greatcanadianpubs.blogspot.com/2 ... -dieu.html

AWESOME!

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Cool! 8)

Looking forward to trying the Peche Mortel. Never tried it during our two Montreal trips. (Don't really care about the IPAs.) But the agent news is awesome! I really hope that means we'll see some Aphrodisiaque in these parts. I'm drooling already...
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