May CASK! Social

Our next CASK! Social will take place on Saturday May 11th 3:00 – 6:00pm at the Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton Street, Toronto. A long-established Toronto watering hole, the Monarch has more recently started serving cask conditioned ale. CASK! members got a taste of it on the St. George’s Day cask pub crawl as the Monarch Tavern was our third stop, and the cask ale was in fine form. For the May 11th Social, the folks at the Monarch are promising a selection of cask ales for us to enjoy. We will keep you posted once the ale selection is finalized.
The Monarch Tavern is located one block south of College on Clinton, easily accessible via TTC on the 506 Carlton street car. Hope to see you there!

Bar Volo – 5th Annual Cask-Conditioned IPA Challenge Sold Out!

Bar Volo’s very popular Cask-Conditioned IPA Challenge (May 4th-5th) is now sold out. However, you may still get a chance to sample some great cask IPAs as the bar will be open to the public after the session on Saturday night, May 4th from 9pm and on Sunday evening, May 5th from 4pm. Any left over cask IPAs (plus a large variety of IPAs on tap) will be served. Bar Volo is located at 587 Yonge St, Toronto.

Cask Pub Crawl route confirmed

Here is the route for our St. George’s Day Cask Pub Crawl on Saturday April 20^th 2013 starting at 2:00pm. No tickets required. Just show up, enjoy some fine cask conditioned ales in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere, then stroll on to the next stop. Each pub on the route is located in Toronto’s West End so they are within walking distance of each other. We will be starting at Bellwood’s Brewery which is located at 124 Ossington Avenue, between Queen and Dundas.

2:00pm Bellwood’s Brewery, 124 Ossington Ave. Meet upstairs… we will have a cask of something interesting all to ourselves!

3:30pm Get Well, 1181 Dundas St W.

5:30pm Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St.

7:30pm Victory Café, 581 Markham St.

Cameron’s Cask Night Apr 25th Featuring Music by OhMG!

As usual, Cameron’s Brewing continues to hold their Cask Night on the last Thursday of every month. This month, the Cask Night at the Brewery takes place on Thursday April 25th from 6:00-9:00pm and will feature music by OhMG! Cameron’s is located at 1165 Invicta Drive, Oakville. For details visit: http://www.cameronsbrewing.com/event/cask-night-at-the-brewery-2/

Save the Date – Cask Pub Crawl April 20th

There will be a cask ale pub crawl taking place on Saturday April 20th, starting in the afternoon. The timing has been chosen to coincide with St. George’s Day, which seems as good an excuse as any to have fun and enjoy some cask conditioned ales.
Further details will be forthcoming, but for now the route is expected to take in several west end cask pubs, all within walking distance of each other. Look out for a further e-mail as details are finalized.
Hope you can make it!

Granite Cask Sunday – St. Patrick’s Edition

Those enterprising folks at the Granite Brewery have been brewing up some limited edition stouts, available on cask, and being showcased at the Granite Cask Sunday event in partnership with CASK! specially for St. Patrick’s Day. In addition to the cask conditioned stouts, the Granite’s regular cask lineup of IPA, Hopping Mad and Best Bitter Special will also be available.
Join us for this fun event in honour of Ireland’s patron saint on Sunday March 17th from 2:00 – 5:00pm at the Granite Brewery and Restaurant, 245 Eglinton Ave E. And if the mood takes you, why not stay on for the live Celtic music starting at 6:00pm. Slainte!

March 2nd Cask Social – Cask Ales Update

We just heard from the folks at Get Well. Looks like a promising lineup for our upcoming CASK! Social.  Here’s the list so far:

• Get Well ESB (dry hopped)
• Great Lakes Pompous Ass
• County Durham Red Dragon
• Granite Hopping Mad
• Plus, supplies permitting, Black Oak Redeem Me – Nut Brown conditioned with champagne yeast and cloves (tapped Friday March 1st)

Here’s a reminder of the details:
When: Saturday, March 2nd 3:00-6:00pm
Where: Get Well bar, 1181 Dundas St W (Dundas/Ossington – for TTC take the 505 Dundas streetcar). See you there!