Ontario Craft Beer Week 2012 - June 17-23

[GregClow]

Details and events for the 2012 edition of Ontario Craft Beer Week have started to be announced, so I thought I'd start this thread for general discussion of the week and associated events.

Check out the website for info, and start planning your week now!

http://www.ontariocraftbrewers.com/craftbeerweek/

[MatttthewGeorge]

Very exciting things happening in Guelph on the Father's day kickoff.
Details to come very soon, but let's just say that if you live around here, you now have plans for the 17th!

[Cass]

We'll be a part of the kickoff to OCB Week with a Father's Day Brewer's Backyard event at the Brick Works.

We're calling it the "Father's Day Triathlon" and the three components of the triathlon includes Evergreen's Ride the Ravines event in the morning, and our Brewer's Backyard which is the official after-party.

We'll have food from Death Row Meals, which will include Zane Caplansky of Caplansky’s, Jennifer Johnson of Fisherfolk, Rossy Earle of SupiCucu, and Aman Patel of Indian Rice Factory.

There will be live music by the Marni Levitt Collective and Jerry Leger & The Situations, along with bike stunts and tricks.

And last but certainly not least we'll have Amsterdam as our featured brewery, who will be bringing a load of different beers.

[MatttthewGeorge]

For anyone close to Guelph this Father's Day, here are the details for the F&M Brewery, Wellington Brewery & Woolwich Arrow event:

[GregClow]

I already started another thread for it, but I might as well mention here that I'm hosting a Canadian Beer News Dinner during OCB Week - a "beer vs. wine" dinner featuring Amsterdam Brewery & Flat Rock Cellars at Beast Restaurant.

Perhaps the coolest bit is that it will feature the debut of the first brewery/winery collaborative beer ever made in Ontario. Flat Rock winemaker Ross Wise was a brewer back in New Zealand, and he stopped by Amsterdam a few weeks back to whip up something special for the night.

More info here: http://www.canadianbeernews.com/dinner- ... -series-5/

[GregClow]

From Black Oak's website:

10 Bitter Years is Coming Back!

Come to the brewery on Wednesday June 20th from 5pm-9pm to purchase your case of 10 Bitter Years! (Or pre-purchase your beer and then pick it up another day!) Stay and try our five other limited edition craft beers brewed especially for OCB week.

It’s gonna be a party, folks! We will have amazing beer, delicious food to eat and Ontario Craft Beer to celebrate!

OCB Week Event Special Tap Line Up:

10 Bitter Years (limit: one pint per guest)
Black Abbey – Our Black Belgian IPA
1812 Bicentennial Beer – Made with ingredients available in Toronto 200 years ago!
Special Cask – Try one of our beers that has been cask-conditioned with special ingredients
Collaboration beer with MicroBrasserie Charlevoix and SawDust City
Collaboration beer with Cheshire Valley and SawDust City

$20/This is a 19+ event

RSVP on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/events/331773106892236/)

[JerCraigs]

http://www.ontariocraftbrewers.com/craftbeerweek/

Man it's too bad Mill Street didn't do some kind of an event somewhere... Holey Moley!


Anyone know if Great Lakes is taking over Burger Bar all week or if its listed multiple days by mistake?

[GregClow]

http://www.ontariocraftbrewers.com/craftbeerweek/

Man it's too bad Mill Street didn't do some kind of an event somewhere... Holey Moley!

Yeah, those dozens and dozens of Mill Street beer & cheese events make it pretty difficult to find any other events, don't they? Pretty goddamn annoying.

[Lackey]

Brydens taps for Best of the West during OCB week. Follow Tash's twitter feed for updates (if you care) @brydensonbloor

Amsterdam X GLB The Big Smoke (Rauch Saison)
Amsterdam X GLB X Steamwhistle OCB Saison (with cardamom, sage and pepper)
Amsterdam Nice One Rob (Coffee IPA)
Amsterdam X GLB Maverick and Gose (Aged in chardonnay barrel)
Amsterdam Bad Life Decisions IPA

Nicklebrook X GLB Creepy Bitch (Belgian tripel with blood orange and rose petals)

GLB X Biergotter XPA (4.4%, triple dry-hopped)
GLB Armadildo IPA
GLB Karma Citra IPA
GLB My Bitter Wife IPA
GLB Lake Effect IPA
GLB No Chance With Miranda saison
GLB The Ginga Ninja saison
GLB Schezuan Saison
GLB Deliverance (American Farmhouse)
GLB 25th Anniversary Robust Porter
GLB Bourbon Barrel 25th Anniversary Robust Porter
GLB Sarsaparilla Stout

Chesire Valley Irish Red
Sawdust City Golden Beach
Dennison's Weisse
House Ales Tu-hop PA #oncask
Unknown stuff from Nickelbrook and Bellwoods

[JerCraigs]

Wowsers!

[NRman]

[JeffPorter]

Will Bryden's have bunks and sleeping bags, so I simply don't need to go home?

Also - has anyone ever seen Steamwhistle in a collaboration???

When is this craziness happening?

[Lackey]

It starts this Sunday and the beers will be tapped throughout the week.

Steamwhistle brewer Erica Graholm participated. Although they obviously have a very specific business plan, they encouraged her to be part of this OCB collab - which is pretty cool IMO

[JeffPorter]

It starts this Sunday and the beers will be tapped throughout the week.

Steamwhistle brewer Erica Graholm participated. Although they obviously have a very specific business plan, they encouraged her to be part of this OCB collab - which is pretty cool IMO

I think it's very cool - good for them and her!

[JerCraigs]

Erica (I believe) has done stuff with House Ales before as well?


I may need to get a Metropass for OCB week!