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History of Tequila & Mezcal The origin of fermenting agave began somewhere between 1000 B.C. and 200 A.D., where pulque, a drink made from fermented sap of the agave plant, was first documented on a stone carving from 200A.D. A prized drink among the Aztecs communities, it is thought that pulque may have existed as...
Our house favourite, Al’s Cask Ale, has been listed with the LCBO. We are moving forward with a plan to roll it out in select stores in the GTA with the first round appearing by early April. Let your local store manager know that you would like to see Al make an appearance. We will...
What is an English bitter? A modern bitter describes a subset of English pale ales that are gold to dark amber in colour, ranging in strength from 3% to 7%. The description of bitter is fairly vague, mostly because regional differences and variation between breweries make it difficult to precisely define. Historical Bitter In the early 19th century,...
It’s been a while since one of our brews has been available in the LCBO. We are currently going through the process to get Al’s Cask Ale into the system and on the shelves of a store near you sometime in March. The big question is: Where do you want to see Al? Which LCBO or...
Non-Alcoholic Beer Low alcoholic brews have been around for centuries, and can be traced back at least to medieval Europe, where beer was commonly brewed with an alcoholic strength falling between 0.5% to 2.8%. This low alcohol beer, or small beer, was often produced as fortifying beverage for labourers and farmhands. Non-alcoholic beer has a...
History of Scotch Ale Scotch ale, also known as Wee Heavy, originated in Edinburgh, Scotland during the 1800s. Part of the strong ale family, this Scottish beer style was based on English Strong ales, specifically inspired by English barleywine. Like an English barleywine, the original Scotch ale was rich, strong and dark amber in colour,...
What is a Mild? A mild is typically a malty brew, copper to dark brown in colour, with a sessionable gravity between 3.1-3.8%. A mild may showcase a wide range of malt and yeast-related flavours, including caramel, toffee, toast, nutty, chocolate, coffee, roast, vinous, fruit, licorice, molasses, plum and raisin. By current standards, mild generally...
What is a Rauchbier? Rauchbier, or “smoke beer” is a German amber lager with a richly toasted malt profile, restrained bitterness and a low to high smoke profile. Historically, the distinctive smoke character in rauchbier was achieved through smoking malted barley over a fire from beechwood logs. History of Rauchbier There is much folklore surrounding...
Join us on October 15th/16th to celebrate our end-of-season Beer Fest in our Beer Garden – located around the corner, down the lane at 94 The Esplanade. Featuring some of Durham region’s finest brews, come one, come all. The beer lineup can be found here. Saturday Oct. 15 | 12pm-10pm a $20 entry gets you...
History of Oktoberfest The first Oktoberfest took place in 1810, a five-day celebration in honour of the wedding between Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Abandoning regal tradition, the royals turned the wedding into a public event, inviting the people of Munich to celebrate the union in the fields in front of...
