In case you didn’t notice our announcement last month, the Jack Astor’s restaurant chain is now featuring a “Winter Fling” fest, encouraging customers to stray from their usual beers and have a “fling” with craft beers. You can enjoy a selection of craft beers from now until January 19th at all Jack Astor’s locations. The list of beers available in Ontario locations include Mill Street Organic Lager, Tankhouse Ale, Muskoka Cream Ale, Flying Monkey Hoptical Illusion Pale Ale, Granville Island…
Running on it’s 19th year, it was another well-attended 3 days of the annual Toronto Festival of Beer, one of the largest celebrations of beer in Canada with over 200 beer brands to sample at Exhibition Place. Even with the popularity of the festival, the beer prices are a pretty good value (when you don’t count the admission fee). You can fill your glass beer mug for $2 at almost all the beer booths. I was satisfied for a whole…
You heard it here first! Foodies who enjoyed the first CraveTO food fest or those who missed it can save the date for “#CraveTWO” on Saturday, August 17th, 2013. The official announcement of the date will be found on www.CraveTO.com WHERE: Honest Ed’s Back Alley, 581 Bloor Street West There will be 2 ticket options. CraveTO Day: Noon – 5pm $14.50 per ticket CraveTO Night: 7pm – 11pm $17.50 per ticket For more information visit www.craveto.com
The weather was great at the Toronto Festival of Beer as we had tons of fun in the sun with beer, girls, food trucks and good tunes. This must be the most highly-anticipated and well-attended annual beer celebration in Toronto. Indicative of the demand is the speed at which it sells out. Attending this beer event on the Friday or Saturday requires your commitment months in advance as it sells out quickly. Our favourites, which we rarely get into trying…
To celebrate having 10,000 likes on their Facebook page, Steamwhistle threw a customer appreciation party with live music from Free Whiskey and pop-up food vendors Rock Lobster and Fusia Dog. That was a nice-looking cake! http://www.facebook.com/SteamWhistle https://twitter.com/RockLobsterFood http://fusiadog.com
Molson is going across Canada and wants you to know that Coors Light Iced Tea is the beer of the summer by introducing the product to the party people of Toronto at the Sound Academy at Polson Pier last night. It is a unique light-tasting beer that’s refreshing and not too bad. There are also similar parties coming up in Ottawa and Niagara next week. Was it one of the biggest parties of the summer? Without any food it’s not…