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Cask Ale Crawl 2010 - May 7-9

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Cask Ale Crawl 2010 - May 7-9

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Building on the Golden Tap Award winning success of last year’s Cask Ale Crawl, CASK! will be presenting the 2nd annual edition during the weekend of May 7th to 9th 2010.

At least six participating pubs across downtown Toronto have confirmed so far:

Granite Brewery, 245 Eglinton Ave East
Volo, 587 Yonge St
The Rhino, 1249 Queen St West
C’est What?, 67 Front St East
Mill St. Brewpub, 55 Mill St
Ceili Cottage, 1301 Queen St East

The crawl begins at 5:00 pm on Friday May 7th and goes until Sunday May 9th while supplies last. Pick up a passport at any of the participating pubs. Have your passport stamped at each pub to be entered into the prize draw.

A list of the cask ales that will be available will be posted on the CASK! website later this week.
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Looking forward to this one, as I think it was my favourite Toronto beer event from last year.
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Any news of the beers yet?
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Bobsy wrote:Any news of the beers yet?
I was just going to ask that. Last minute notice does not exactly lend itself to weekend planning.
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Volo has released their list:
Friday, May 7th - Great Lakes Feature
Great Lakes Pompouss Ass - English Pale Ale
Great Lakes Miami Weisse - American Wheat Ale
Great Lakes Lackey's Cask - American Pale Ale
Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife - Double/Imperial IPA

Saturday, May 8th
Beau's Screaming Beaver - Double/Imperial IPA
Wellington Russ...ian Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years - Double/Imperial IPA
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wilco wrote:Volo has released their list:
Friday, May 7th - Great Lakes Feature
Great Lakes Pompouss Ass - English Pale Ale
Great Lakes Miami Weisse - American Wheat Ale
Great Lakes Lackey's Cask - American Pale Ale
Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife - Double/Imperial IPA

Saturday, May 8th
Beau's Screaming Beaver - Double/Imperial IPA
Wellington Russ...ian Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years - Double/Imperial IPA
Mmmmm... Looking forward to getting some more of that Miami Weisse. Love that one. Also can't wait for Screaming Beaver.
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Shame I will miss it (but not that disappointed) as I am flying to Europe tomorrow. Will likely post up during the trip.

Have fun on the crawl everyone. Don't forget TTC day pass good for two adults on Sat/Sun, great way for a pair to get around.
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Patrick from Ceili Cottage just tweeted that he'll be featuring "County Durham IPA" for the Crawl. Not sure if that's Hop Head or Hop Addict (a delicious rarity on cask), but it's win-win either way.
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velovampire wrote:Patrick from Ceili Cottage just tweeted that he'll be featuring "County Durham IPA" for the Crawl. Not sure if that's Hop Head or Hop Addict (a delicious rarity on cask), but it's win-win either way.
Maybe the XXX?
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Derek wrote:
velovampire wrote:Patrick from Ceili Cottage just tweeted that he'll be featuring "County Durham IPA" for the Crawl. Not sure if that's Hop Head or Hop Addict (a delicious rarity on cask), but it's win-win either way.
Maybe the XXX?
Right, forgot about that one. Also a winner.
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CASK posted a list of beers, but not where they can be found. I guess that's their sneaky tactic to get you crawling! :)

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2010 Cask Ale Crawl Update – Featured Cask Ales
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We are in for a treat at this year’s Cask Ale Crawl. There are over 20 cask ales being featured across the six participating pubs. The event starts 5:00 P.M. Friday May 7th and runs until Sunday May 9th while supplies last. Here’s the list of beers:

Beau’s Screaming Beaver
Black Oak Hop Bomb
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years
C’est What Al’s Cask
Cheshire Valley Mild
County Durham Hop Head
County Durham Tommy Knocker ESB
County Durham Triple X IPA
Grand River Mill Race Mild
Grand River Plowman’s Ale
Granite IPA
Granite Best Bitter Special
Granite Hopping Mad
Great Lakes Pompous Ass
Great Lakes Miami Weisse
Great Lakes Lackey’s Cask
Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife
Mill St. IPA (dry hopped)
Mill St. TAnKenStEin (massively dry hopped Tankhouse)
Neustadt L’Ale
Scotch Irish Sgt. Major IPA
Wellington Russian Imperial Stout
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So by process of elimination, can we assume the following will be at either C'est What or Rhino?

Black Oak Hop Bomb
C'est What Al's
Cheshire Valley Mild
Grand River Mild
Grand River Plowmans
Neustadt L'Ale
Sgt Major IPA

(Guessing that the three Durhams will appear at Ceili over the course of the weekend).
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Here's the breakdown by venue:

Granite
Granite IPA,
Granite Best Bitter Special,
Granite Hopping Mad

Volo
Friday: Great Lakes Pompous Ass, Miami Weisse,
Lackey’s Cask, My Bitterer Wife
Saturday: Grand River Mill Race Mild,
Beau’s Screaming Beaver, Black Oak 10 Bitter
Years, Wellington Russian Imperial Stout

Rhino
Cheshire Valley Mild, Black Oak Hop Bomb,
Grand River Plowman’s Ale, Durham Triple X IPA,
Great Lakes Pompous Ass, My Bitterer Wife,
Beau’s Screaming Beaver, Sgt. Major IPA

C'est What
C’est What Al’s Cask, Durham Hop Head, Granite
Hopping Mad, Sgt. Major IPA, Wellington Russian
Imperial Stout, Black Oak 10 Bitter Years (Friday),
Neustadt L’Ale (Saturday)

Mill St.
Mill St. IPA (dry hopped),
Mill St. TAnKenStEin

Ceili Cottage
Durham Tommy Knocker ESB,
Durham Triple X IPA
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Hmmm, I wonder why the Victory Cafe isn't a part of the crawl this year...
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Post by velovampire »

I'll be hitting Volo tomorrow and the Rhino on Saturday. Nice lineups all-around. Congrats to CASK! for another great event.
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