Casks Coming at Pepperwood

Paul Dickey, brewmaster at Pepperwood Bistro & Brewpub (1455 Lakeshore Road, Burlington) has announced that he intends to brew a one-off cask ale each month starting in November.  This will be in addition to the Pepperwood’s monthly feature draught beer, and the timing will be dependent on the brewing schedule and will vary from month to month.

If you would like to be kept apprised of when a cask will be put on the bar,  e-mail Paul at brewer@pepperwood.on.ca to be put on the Pepperwood brew notes mailing list, or bookmark Paul’s announcements page. Details will also be posted here on the CASK! website when they become available.

Volo Cask Days 2008 – Full Details Announced

The website for Volo Cask Days has been updated with full details about the tasting sessions and tickets for this year’s event, taking place Friday October 17th to Sunday October 19th.

Tickets
Ticket sales start at 12pm on Sunday, September 28th at Volo (587 Yonge Street). All sales are in-person and cash only. Capacity for each session is 100. Price of admission includes a souvenir event glass, 1 cheese sample and 10 beer sample tickets. Each 4oz sample is 2 tickets, premium samples are 3 tickets. Additional beer sample tickets will be available for purchase. A portion of sales will be donated to the event charity, Colon Cancer Canada.

Sessions & Ticket Prices
Fri – 12-4 – $40 (First Tasting/Media Preview)
Fri – 6-10 – $35
Sat – 10-4 – $65 (includes Ploughman’s brunch with the brewers, 25 tickets available)
Sat – 12-4 – $35
Sat – 6-10 – $35
Sun – 12-4 – $35
Sun – 6-10 – $35

Brewers (so far)
Beau’s
Scotch Irish
Barley Days
Church Key
County Durham
Hockley Valley
King Brewery
Magnotta
Neustadt
Maclean’s Ales
Wellington
F And M
Grand River
Cameron’s
Trafalgar
Nickel Brook
Stratford
Mill Street
Granite
Amsterdam
St-Andre
Great Lakes
Black Oak

1st Annual Buffalo Cask Festival – December 5th to 7th

OK, it’s not in Toronto, but a lot of craft beer drinkers up here enjoy taking occasional trips to Buffalo to stock up on beers that aren’t available in Canada, and perhaps enjoy a couple of pints at one of the city’s fine beer bars. And this looks like it’ll be a great event, so it’s well worth a mention…

On Friday, December 5th to Sunday, December 7th, 2008, the 1st Annual Buffalo Cask Festival will be taking place from 12 noon to 12 midnight each day at Cole’s (1104 Elmwood Ave.) and Mr. Goodbar (1110 Elmwood Ave.) in downtown Buffalo.

There will be no advance tickets or entry fee, and least 15 casks will be available between the two locations on a pay-per-serving, first-come first-served basis. The beers will be available while stocks last, and empty casks won’t be replaced, so attendees are advised to come early to avoid disappointment.

This event is being co-presented by Alex Smith of The Gotham Imbiber – who also runs cask events in Manhattan [2nd Annual, Sept. 19-21] and Brooklyn [16th Annual, Nov. 7-9] – and the Great Lakes Brewing News.