SAVE THE DATE! We’re ready to open the doors at our brand new, west-end tap room and we’re ready to do it in a BIG WAY. We’ve cleaned up pretty good and are SO excited to welcome the neighbourhood to our new location.

WHAT TO EXPECT: 🤎 STOUT FEST CELEBRATION! Rare releases of our Malevolent Benevolence Imperial Stouts to-go and for limited in-house pours 🍺 Special edition, beer-exclusive glassware 💲 FIVE DOLLAR pours of Super Dry Rice Lager all weekend 🥳 AND MORE TO COME!

Join us Saturday, October 24th from 12-9pm and Sunday, October 25th from 12-8pm.

YES! The stouts will be sold at both Eastern and Kipling, but we’ll have more quantity at Kipling. NO! You won’t find the special edition glassware at Eastern (just yet…) NO! Happy hour pricing for the Super Dry will be just at Kipling. YES! Dogs are allowed inside at Kipling. YES! Matt and the Kipling team are so excited to meet you.

Your fave beers? I especially enjoyed these:

• Dankster Lord - Rouge
• Bestowed Brownie Bar - Third Moon
• Tag! You're It! - Big Spruce
• Pepita - Mellön
• MILE-EX - WILLS

I feel like the GGTA beer world had a lot of regulars that seemed to have disappeared during COVID. Either they moved, stopped drinking, or ....?

Two I can think of: Matt, the former owner/brewer of Reverence Barrelworks.

Another is Jeremy, the former brewer at BarnCat.

Anyone else from the scene that you wonder about who seemed to disappear? Any idea what happened with these two?

Hello,

Sadly, I cannot make it. I have two session 4 tickets for sale, face value ($118.43). DM me, can show receipt and will send the email with the tickets once e-transfer is sent. Thanks.

Hey everyone, I wanted to share this first here as you've always been really supporting.

This Sunday, I'm doing a Traditional British Roast on my offset smoker. We're also tapping a fresh cask of Horner Creek at 2pm if you enjoy cask ale (there will be 80pints available).

You can get your tickets here, hope to see you soon before the season ends.

2021 Cafe Del Bastardo. The wait was worth it.

Does anyone know if there will be a Double Tempest release this year? Believe last year was draft only

Saturday: Friendsgiving at the brewery, 1–6pm. Turkey or brisket platters, a pint, your friends.

Sunday: Thanksgiving pickup, 1–3pm. Feasts for 2 to 15: brisket, smoked turkey, pulled pork and sides. Pre orders close Thursday night. LINK TO PREORDER

Next Sunday (Oct 18): Sunday Roast. Smoked roast beef, Yorkshire puddings and a GLB cask ale. 15 tables.

Hey local beer fans. I'm a brewer visiting from Alberta for the week. Was hoping to check out some local craft breweries and chat it up with staff and/or locals.

Edit: some great suggestions. I'll see hamy i can get to. Winner is hands down granite. I have personal attachment with the OG location in halifax. Cant wait to get me a ringwood and old peculiar.

The title says it all: I've seen posts about Festbiers, Märzens, and even Black IPAs released or announced. So the question lies on you: what are you looking forward to most this fall? Are there yearly releases you like, are there specific styles, or if you're in the industry what is happening that we should be excited about?

Howdy!

I have two tickets to Saturday's Oktoberfest at Left Field in Liberty Village, and I can't make it anymore.

Selling for face value ($55 all in) and that includes a stein with a free drink pour (for each person, so 2 steins and 2 pours!) as well as I had gotten the early-bird tickets.

Anyone interested? Let me know!

Event Info Here

After a small summer break, the podcast is back with a whole new lineup of guests. First up, Brandon, Judd of Avling Brewery.

Tickets for Cask Days 2026 are on sale now exclusively online at caskdays.com

Cask Days celebrates its 20th edition this October at 282 Campbell Ave., future home of Bottega Volo’s second Toronto location.

Twenty years after the first Cask Days was held on the patio of Bar Volo, Toronto's annual cask-conditioned beer festival returns October 16-18, 2026 with 100+ casks from breweries across Canada. The festival is a celebration of cask-conditioned beer, naturally carbonated, unfiltered and served straight from the cask. Once tapped, it has only a few days to be enjoyed in its prime. We call them Cask Days.

The 2026 festival brings together 75+ breweries from Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia, with casks travelling to Toronto from across the country. This year's festival was made possible in part with the support of Volo, Keep6 Imports, Mellon Brasserie, Slow Hand Beer Company, Blindman Brewing and Stillwell, who assisted with the regional consolidation of casks for their journey to Toronto.

Each beer featured at Cask Days will be available as a single cask, making every pour a limited offering throughout the weekend. The complete 2026 cask list will be announced closer to the festival. Alongside cask-conditioned beer, the festival will feature natural wine from Keep6 Imports, cask cider, food, non-alcoholic options and music throughout the weekend.

We moved back to Toronto this summer after a year and a half abroad.

We used to get Third Moon Bestowed, Rorschach Malevolent Benevolence, etc.

We'd order them straight from the breweries as well as from a few bottle shops.

Can't seem to find any around now.

I know it's not exactly peak season for them but I feel like we got them year round before.

While I'm at it, I can't for the life of me remember the bottle shops we used to get from, if memory serves it might have closed. Any good ones around?

Super stoked for our 2nd Anniversary Party. Hope to see some of you there!

There is no such thing as a stupid question here, so feel free to ask away! It can be about differentiating styles, brewing, glassware, serving: anything goes here!

There's been a lot of incredible releases this summer from breweries across the GTA, and it's hard to nail it down to three beers! These three were definitely highlights for me:

The Good, the Bad, and the Hilly - Badlands Brewing

A three-way collab between Badlands, Sonnen Hill, and Goodlot was easily the highlight of Badlands ninth anniversary releases! Sometimes I find that I get lost between releases for Badlands but this one was an absolute banger!

Three-Way IPA - Bickford Brewing

Another three-way collab between Bickford, Samara, and Steadfast, this is the closest I've had to the west coast IPAs I fell in love with in Portland Oregon. This one has bold notes of grapefruit in the front, heavy bitterness in the back, clean and dry. I need to get more cans!

Vincero - Two Loons Brewing

Two Loons finally opened their taproom in Parkdale, so I had to swing by there to check it out. This Italian pilsner shocked me because it's not my favourite style over German or Czech pils. This guy was grassy and floral with a nice bitterness in the back while being a very dry finish. I've been back a few times since they didn't have them in cans at the time.

Honourable Mentions:

Triple Rise - Third Moon: Goddamn this beer was incredible! The only issue is I can only have one at a time which I usually end up sharing with friends

A Lager for ALS - True History: It's True History, what I say that hasn't been said yet from this subreddit? This is a damn fine pilsner that's crisp, clean, and crushable. I still prefer some of their other beers though.

What have been your surprises this summer?

It's the end of the week, all the new releases are out, and you've probably bought them or tried them at the brewery. This is the place to give anyone and anyplace a shout-out!

Was there a new release that stood out above the rest? Did you have a good experience recently at a brewery? Do you just want to give a shout out to a brewer or bartender?

Keep the good vibes going through into the new week!

Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion Thread! Think a style of beer is overrated, how a beer should be served, opinions on a brewery? This is the place to post it!

Remember to keep it civil. You're allowed to disagree with someone without resorting to insults or name calling.