Toronto Beer Week 2014 - September 12th - 20th

[FEUO]

Anything going on during the WEEK?

While I appreciate Saturday events, its not the Toronto beer weekend....

Golden Tap Awards - Wed. Sept. 17th @ Beerbistro:

http://goldentapawards.com/awards-event/

Lots 'o Breweries!

Ahhh...
finally made it to the TBW website. Not much for my liking going on, but the Golden Tap awards may be hit.

[Cass]

Here the brewers so far confirmed for the Sacred Oak:

Bellwoods
Muskoka
Beaus
Nickel Brook
Sawdust City
Great Lakes
Bush Pilot (collab w/ Nogne O & Nickel Brook)

And of course Indie themselves.

[El Pinguino]

Nice list....I'm quite looking forward to this event, partly out of curiosity for comparing the affects of different barrels on different beers.

[Cass]

Nickel Brook announced the beers they're bringing to the Sacred Oak:

We’ll be bringing our Kentucky Sour, a tart ale aged in bourbon barrels, and our New World: Brux, a Belgian-style pale ale that’s been mingling with brettanomyces in chardonnay barrels.

[Bobsy]

For anyone who hasn't checked recently, there's a tonne of new events up: http://torontobeerweek.com/calendar/

[Bar_Hop]

Details for "A Night With Great Lakes & Amsterdam" tap takeover found here: http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic ... 300#136300

[DarcyK]

Thurs - Berkeley Church. Fri - C'est What. Sat - Barrel-aged @ Indie Brewhouse. Next 3 days looking great.

[Pub Style]

Great Lakes Brewery – TBW2014 Event Listings

THURSDAY
Beer Experience
Date: Thursday Sept 11
Location: The Berkeley Church
Time: 6pm - 11pm
Beer: Saison Dupump, Canuck Pale Ale, WinterBrook Hoppy Brown Ale (collab with Beer Experience)
Link: http://goo.gl/enzSdy

ALL WEEK
STACK Challenge with GLB & Beau’s
Date: Sept 12 - 20
Location: Stack, 3265 Yonge Street
Time: 11:30 - close
Cost: No admission - Pay for meal/drink
Beer: Canuck Pale Ale
DO YOU STACK UP? Take THE GREAT STACK CHALLENGE with Great Lakes Brewery & Beau’s All Natural during Toronto Beer Week! Step up for your chance to win some GLB & Beau’s swag! Finish everything below within 30 minutes and YOU PAY NOTHING! 2 X BIG STACK FULL POUND BURGERS + A STACK OF FRESH-CUT FRIES (4 SERVINGS) + 1 pint (either Great Lakes Canuck Pale Ale or Beau’s LugTread Lagered Ale) If you take the challenge, pick a prize! If you complete the challenge, well, GLB and Beau’s will make sure to dress you with some great gear!
Link: http://goo.gl/wNBEfW

FRIDAY
2nd Annual PJ Party @ Sauce
Date: Friday Sept 12
Location: Sauce on Danforth, 1376 Danforth Avenue
Time: 9pm - 4am
Cost: No admission fee
Beer: Johnny "Lucifer" Red IPA (GLB collab w/ Sauce)
Extended Hours will be in full swing. One-off brews, including a Great Lakes x Sauce collaboration beer – Johnny “Lucifer” Red IPA, midnight snacks, movies, music, prizes and more!
Link: http://goo.gl/5njSwT

26th Annual Fall Festival of Craft Beer
Date: Friday Sept 12 & Saturday Sept 13
Location: C'est What, 67 Front Street East
Time: 5pm till close
Cost: No admission fee
Beer: Saison Dupump
Our 26th annual celebration of great local beer kicks off Toronto Beer Week. Expect the usual four dozen examples of small brewery adventure and innovation. This year we will be focussing on showcasing harvest ales and seasonal beers. As usual there is no admission fee and most samples will cost a dollar.
Link: http://goo.gl/sRGYCY

SATURDAY
26th Annual Fall Festival of Craft Beer
Date: Friday Sept 12 & Saturday Sept 13
Location: C'est What, 67 Front Street East
Time: 5pm till close
Cost: No admission fee
Beer: Saison Dupump
Our 26th annual celebration of great local beer kicks off Toronto Beer Week. Expect the usual four dozen examples of small brewery adventure and innovation. This year we will be focussing on showcasing harvest ales and seasonal beers. As usual there is no admission fee and most samples will cost a dollar.
Link: http://goo.gl/sRGYCY

Toronto Brew Cruise
Date: Saturday Sept 13
Locations: 333 Lake Shore Boulevard East
Time: Three different sessions
Beer: Various GLB brands
Join the first annual Toronto Craft Brew Cruise aboard The River Gambler on the Harbourfront. This session style event is positioned to run in coordination with Toronto Beer Week as a premier beer event for the true craft connoisseur. www.torontocraftbrewcruise.com
Link: http://goo.gl/DOBo8B

The Sacred Oak: A Night of Barrel Aged Beers
Date: Saturday Sept 13
Locations: Indie Alehouse Barrel Room, 165 Geary Avenue
Time: 2 sessions
Beer: Various GLB brands, including Barrel-Aged Cherry Manilow
The Bar Towel and Indie Alehouse are teaming up to present The Sacred Oak: A Night of Barrel Aged Beers. This will be one of the first exclusively barrel aged beer events in Toronto
Link: http://goo.gl/9nVnDq

SUNDAY
The Ceili Patio Cask Fest
Date: Sunday Sept 14
Location: The Ceili Cottage, 1301 Queen Street East
Time: 11am - 10pm
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beer: Canucklehead cask, Pumpkin Ale keg
Join us from 11am on Sunday 14th September as we celebrate all things cask with our Patio Cask Festival! We will be pouring cask beers from a number of great Ontario Craft Breweries all day until 10pm!
Link: http://goo.gl/2tRPeb

Drinking the Danforth...Dry! Pub Crawl
Date: Sunday Sept 14
Location: The Danforth
Time: 2pm - 8pm
Cost: No Admission - Pay per pint
Beer: Canuck Pale Ale, Limp Puppet, Johnny Lucifer Red IPA, and more
Join brewers, sales and marketing staff, and owners of four terrific breweries! Great Lakes Brewery (2013 & 2014 Canadian Brewery of the Year), Sawdust City Brewery, Left Field Brewery & Beau’s All Natural Brewery will lead a fun, beer fuelled pub crawl along the Danforth. There will be prizes from each brewery at each stop along the way. Drink specials - One-off beers - Q & A’s with the brewers
2pm: The Wren
3pm: Sauce
4pm: Morgans on the Danforth
5pm: The Only Cafe
6:00pm: Court Jester
7:00pm: Brass Taps
8:00pm: The Auld Spot
Link: http://goo.gl/RXkTE0

MONDAY
Shock and Awe! A GLB Beer Dinner
Date: Monday Sept 15
Location: Morgans on the Danforth, 1282 Danforth Avenue
Time: 6pm
Cost: $49.99
Beer: Canuck Pale Ale (welcome beer), Saison Dupump (Belgian Pumpkin Saison), Maverick & Gose (Chardonnay Barrel-Aged w/ Brett), 25th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel-Aged Robust Porter.
Join Great Lakes Brewery at Morgans on the Danforth for a night of Shock and Awe as the two team up to rock a 4 beer, 4 course beer dinner!
For $49.99, people will receive 4 Great Lakes beers that will be wonderfully paired with an amazing selection of food prepared by Chef Anne. GLB’s Troy Burtch will lead individuals through the taste profiles of each beer between courses. Call Morgans on the Danforth to reserve you spot today. Very limited tickets. (416) 461-3020
Link: http://goo.gl/OZ9fhT

TUESDAY
Great Lakes/Sawdust City TAP TAKEOVER
Date: Tuesday Sept 16
Location: The Wren Danforth, 1382 Danforth Avenue
Time: 4pm till close
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beer: 6 GLB - Saison Dupump, Miami Weiss, No Chance With Miranda Saison, Cherry Manilow, Surprise IPA, THRUST! an IPA
Great Lakes Brewery is teaming with the good folks at the Sawdust City Brewing from Gravenhurst to take over ALL the taps at The Wren Danforth! Come join the brewers and the sales team from both breweries for a night of debauchery and prizes!
Link: http://goo.gl/e64WNv

WEDNESDAY
12th Annual Golden Tap Awards
Date: Wednesday Sept 17
Location: beerbistro, 18 King Street East
Time: 5pm till close
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beer: Canucklehead cask, THRUST! an IPA
The Golden Tap Awards, Ontario’s most democratic beer awards event, returns once again during Toronto Beer Week. As always you decide who is the best in craft beer! At our gala awards event at beerbistro during Toronto Beer Week, we will announce the winners at an exclusive all-Ontario craft beer festival.
Link: http://goo.gl/gtTmZs

THURSDAY
GLB Canadian Brewery of the Year PARTY!!
Date: Thursday Sept 18
Location: 918 Bathurst: Culture, Arts, Media and Education Centre - 918 Bathurst Street
Time: 6pm - 11pm
Beer: Canuck Pale Ale, Devil’s Pale Ale, Pumpkin Ale, Saison Dupump and …. THRUST! an IPA. And more.
In case you didn’t know by now, we here at Great Lakes were named the 2014 Canadian Brewery of the Year at the Canadian Brewing Awards! That’s right – back to back baby! So, we thought we’d take this as an opportunity to throw a big party, complete with some of our award-winning beer, fantastic local food, DJ Kegger Ben and much more. Then we rented out the Great Hall at 918 Bathurst and started planning – now we invite you to come party with us! Food: From our friends at The Pie Commission, Ceili Cottage, and Food & Liquor - Music: Our kick-ass kegger, Ben Gibbs, will be spinning some vinyl all night long
Link: http://goo.gl/qS6tBX

FRIDAY
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Date: Friday Sept 19
Location: Against The Grain (Queen's Quay), 25 Dockside Drive
Time: 6pm
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beer: Pumpkin Ale (cask), Saison Dupump
Join us for our 2nd annual pumpkin carving competition, hosted by none other than Great Lake’s Troy Burtch!! There will be pints of Saison Dupump flowing, and a cask of Pumpkin Ale served via gravity! Prizes will be handed out for the best carved pumpkin too. Start planning your design today.
Link: http://goo.gl/jPXTv9

A Night with Great Lakes Brewery & Amsterdam Brewery
Date: Friday Sept 19
Location: Bar Hop, 391 King Street West
Time: 5pm till close
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beers: Complete tap takeover!
This event will be a TOTAL TAP TAKEOVER personally curated by brewmasters Iain McOustra & Mike Lackey featuring many rare, collaborative and barrel aged beers as well as the debut of a brand new Triple IPA collaboration. Full tap list to be revealed soon!
Link: http://goo.gl/J6Isbj

Great Lakes Brewery Invasion - Loose Moose
Date: Friday Sept 19
Location: The Loose Moose, 146 Front Street West
Time: 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beers: 7 Great Lakes beer
Link: http://goo.gl/fFZJyC

Great Lakes Brewery Cask Night at Corks Maple Leaf Square
Date: Friday Sept 19
Location: Corks Maple Leaf Square, 15 York Street
Time: 5:00pm
Cost: No admission - Pay per pint
Beers: GLB cask
Join us for Cask Night with Great Lakes Brewery at Corks Maple Leaf Square - Cask gets tapped at 5pm.
Link: http://goo.gl/A1CZwl

[Cass]

Check out NOW Magazine today - Toronto Beer Week feature + center spread with the pub map.

[lister]

I hate teasing out beer lists for events (via twitter or whatever else.)

Fuck the marketing build up crap. Just post the damn lists! (Preferably before ticket sales too.) I'd like some time to figure out what I want to have ahead of time and how much cash to bring for tokens. No I won't use on-premise white box ATMs.

[Cass]

I hate teasing out beer lists for events (via twitter or whatever else.)

Fuck the marketing build up crap. Just post the damn lists! (Preferably before ticket sales too.) I'd like some time to figure out what I want to have ahead of time and how much cash to bring for tokens. No I won't use on-premise white box ATMs.

You referring to me? I don't have the entire list, so sending it out in pieces as I get it. Sorry.

[DarcyK]

I hate teasing out beer lists for events (via twitter or whatever else.)

Fuck the marketing build up crap. Just post the damn lists! (Preferably before ticket sales too.) I'd like some time to figure out what I want to have ahead of time and how much cash to bring for tokens. No I won't use on-premise white box ATMs.

I find the "unveilings" to be pretty pretentious and just silly. I agree that lists should be posted. When Volo posted the list for the DDC tap takeover, I knew what I wanted to drink, how much cash to bring, and roughly how long I'd be there. I also find it odd how many breweries don't even update their sites regularly, but that's just another sign about how communications are lacking.

[lister]

You referring to me? I don't have the entire list, so sending it out in pieces as I get it. Sorry.

Partially, there are other culprits too. And some even worse like C'est What's Fall festival that starts tomorrow and there's no list yet?!

We all know that beer isn't made at the drop of a hat. It takes time, particularly some styles and techniques. Brewers, assuming they put some thought into what they may make for events, know what they're providing well ahead of time. So what's with the last minute releasing of what's available at events? Or do some just grab some special beer in stock and say "Here!" at the last minute?

We all understand that sometimes shit happens and beers don't turn out right. Putting a little type underneath stating "Lineup is subject to change" is perfectly fine.

I hate going into events blind especially when there's a shit-tonne of beers to try and not enough bodily capacity to have them all. I like to work out a plan of attack.

There's a reason why I don't spend more $$$ on beer events. I've been burned several times in the past buying tickets blind. The Beer Experience last year during TBW was one such event. What was billed as all unique beers for the event certainly wasn't the case.

[Cass]

Because I love you guys, here's the list as complete as I have it now:

Nickel Brook Kentucky Sour Tart ale aged in bourbon barrels

Nickel Brook New World: Brux Belgian-style pale ale with brettanomyces in chardonnay barrels

Amsterdam Crucible Framboise aged in Cab/Merlot

Amsterdam Superstition Barrel aged farmhouse

Beau's Ashnan Wheat wine aged in white wine barrels

Bellwoods Donkey Venom Brett Barrel Aged Porter

Bush Pilot Norseman Eisbock aged in Armagnac barrels

Muskoka Twice as Mad Tom IPA Aged in cognac barrels

Great Lakes Berry Manilow Farmhouse aged in pinot noir barrels

There's also going to be a barrel barley wine from Sawdust and a minimum of 5 from Indie, including a barrel wit, barrel strawberry and barrel Flanders.

Complete list will be posted tomorrow, like I said just getting the last details together.

[lister]

I find the "unveilings" to be pretty pretentious and just silly. I agree that lists should be posted. When Volo posted the list for the DDC tap takeover, I knew what I wanted to drink, how much cash to bring, and roughly how long I'd be there. I also find it odd how many breweries don't even update their sites regularly, but that's just another sign about how communications are lacking.

Exactly. I'd sometimes even like to know how many bodies will be present for figuring out my time and what order of beers I'll be drinking. Especially for early access times like this year's Cask Days. I'm trusting Volo to have sold a limited amount of early access tickets to make the extra cost worthwhile. I'm dreading my potential first three words of "Oh fuck off!" when getting on site.

I'd like to think (hope?!) that we're beyond having pretty web sites now and that easy to access and consume timely information updates is more important. Or at least be active on Twitter for updates.