5th Annual Spring Festival of Craft Breweries

[Bobsy]

Just got my newsletter email with further details:

Friday May 22, 5 to 10 p.m @ C'est What. No cover and samples are a loonie.

The snow is gone, the tulips are blooming, and it's time for our 5th Annual Spring Festival of Craft Breweries.

While we don't have the entire line-up confirmed as of yet, we should have around forty interesting flavours available to try in sample sizes.

For those with BADD (Beer Attention Deficit Disorder) notable newcomers for the festival are:

Amsterdam Spring Bock
Barley Days German Bock and Summer Light Ale
Black Oak Chocolate Cherry Stout (oak cask)
Creemore Keller Beer
Durham Hop Addict (cask)
F&M Maple Red Ale
Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion
Grand River Russian Imperial Stout
Great Lakes Orange Peel Ale (cask)
King Unfiltered Pilsner
MacLean's Bitter (cask)
McAuslan Vintage Ale
Mill Street Hefe Weiss and Milk Stout
Muskoka Hefe Weiss
Neustadt 300 (cask) and Texas Tea (nitro)
Nicklebrook Juniper Saute and Pale Ale
Okanagan 1516
Unibroue Chambly Noire

Some nice ones here, and I'm particularly looking forward to the Mill Street Hefe.

[Jon Walker]

It'll make for a great weekend, this on Friday night and then part 2 of the IPA challenge at Volo on Saturday afternoon.

[devonsleigh]

great, now I'm going to have to find a way to get out of dinner plans.

[velovampire]

I'll be there. Quite a few beers I'm looking forward to trying...

[bartle]

Yes! I certainly will have a Grand River Russian Imperial Stout.

[Derek]

There's already some great options on that list.

I'm glad to see some continental styles represented as well. I'm anxious to try:

Amsterdam Spring Bock (haven't had it on tap yet)
Barley Days German Bock
Creemore Keller Beer (to see what the keller-in-a-can might be like for the summer).

[Bobsy]

There's already some great options on that list.

I'm glad to see some continental styles represented as well. I'm anxious to try:

Amsterdam Spring Bock (haven't had it on tap yet)
Barley Days German Bock
Creemore Keller Beer (to see what the keller-in-a-can might be like for the summer).

Julie's already committed to a pint of your beer! Here's my hit list:

Amsterdam Spring Bock
Barley Days German Bock
Black Oak Chocolate Cherry Stout (oak cask)
Creemore Keller Beer
F&M Maple Red Ale
Great Lakes Orange Peel Ale (cask)
MacLean's Bitter (cask)
McAuslan Vintage Ale
Mill Street Hefe Weiss
Neustadt 300 (cask)
Nicklebrook Pale Ale
Okanagan 1516

[dutchcanuck]

Anyone from St. Catharines or the Niagara region thinking of driving up for this? I'd love to carpool and I'll chip in for gas.

[georgemilbrandt]

Some changes have been made. Here is the latest list of brews here only for the Festival:
Amsterdam Big Wheel Amber and Spring Bock, Barley Days Summer Light Ale, Big Rock Pale Ale, Black Oak Oak-Aged Chocolate Cherry Stout (cask), Brick Waterloo Wheat, Church-Key Stout, Durham Hop Addict (cask), F&M Maple Red Ale, Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion, Garrison ESB, Grand River Russian Imperial Stout, Granite Peculiar, Great Lakes Orange Peel Ale (cask), King Unfiltered Pilsner, MacLean's Bitter (cask) and Dark Mild (cask), McAuslan Vintage Ale and Mystique Cider, Mill Street Peche Belgian Wheat and Black Tea Lemon Ale, Muskoka Hefe Weiss, Neustadt 300 and Texas Tea, Nicklebrook 80 Shilling and Organic Lager, Okanagan 1516, Railway City Ironspike Amber and Blonde, Stratford California Common, Trafalgar Black Creek Dark Ale and Oak Aged Rye, Unibroue Chambly Noire, and Wellington Russian Imperial Stout.

[Pub Style]

Some changes have been made. Here is the latest list of brews here only for the Festival:
Amsterdam Big Wheel Amber and Spring Bock, Barley Days Summer Light Ale, Big Rock Pale Ale, Black Oak Oak-Aged Chocolate Cherry Stout (cask), Brick Waterloo Wheat, Church-Key Stout, Durham Hop Addict (cask), F&M Maple Red Ale, Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion, Garrison ESB, Grand River Russian Imperial Stout, Granite Peculiar, Great Lakes Orange Peel Ale (cask), King Unfiltered Pilsner, MacLean's Bitter (cask) and Dark Mild (cask), McAuslan Vintage Ale and Mystique Cider, Mill Street Peche Belgian Wheat and Black Tea Lemon Ale, Muskoka Hefe Weiss, Neustadt 300 and Texas Tea, Nicklebrook 80 Shilling and Organic Lager, Okanagan 1516, Railway City Ironspike Amber and Blonde, Stratford California Common, Trafalgar Black Creek Dark Ale and Oak Aged Rye, Unibroue Chambly Noire, and Wellington Russian Imperial Stout.

George, do you mean Propeller ESB?

[northyorksammy]

was llooking forward to keller, and barley days bock
I guess its the casks now
is church-key the doug stout?

[Bobsy]

was llooking forward to keller, and barley days bock
I guess its the casks now
is church-key the doug stout?

Trust me, missing out on that bock isn't necessarily a bad thing, and the keller is almost certainly the same as their canned offering this summer.

[GregClow]

is church-key the doug stout?

I would think so. I don't imagine John would do his own stout at the same time as his collaborative stout with Doug was being made.

[cannondale]

Just got my newsletter email with further details:

Friday May 22, 5 to 10 p.m @ C'est What. No cover and samples are a loonie.

Anyone have an idea whether all of the brews for the festival are likely to be available tomorrow afternoon prior to 5 pm?

[Garthicus]

Role call?

I'll be there