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TAP TAKEOVER: Dominion City @Bowman’s Bar & Grill January 24th

 

Dominion City Tap Takeover

 

Join Dominion City Brewing at Bowman's Bar & Grill (1170 Carling Avenue) for a Tap Takeover! 

4 years ago Bowman's Bar & Grill, Dominion City Brewing Company, Tap Takeover

Ottawa Bourbon Week 2014 – Beyond the Bourbon

Beyond the Bourbon - Ottawa Bourbon Week 2014

Although Ottawa Bourbon Week (November 21 – 27, 2014) is primarily about Bourbon, there are some beer events featured in the week. The first to be announced is an event on November 22nd at Union 613 featuring both bourbons and bourbon aged beer from Beyond the Pale Brewing Company:

There may be 52 Saturdays in a year, but only one is worth remembering. Indulge in bourbon-barrel beer from Beyond the Pale, sample a smorgasbord of rare bourbons, and chase it all with some tasty eats—all while moving your feet to the infectious beats of DJ Zatar from Timekode. 

There are two sessions, an early (3pm) and late (8pm) and your $32 ticket gets you food from each of the four food stations. Tickets can be bought online.

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TAP TAKEOVER: Beyond the Pale at Corner Bar & Grill – Orleans (June 12, 2014)

TAP TAKEOVER: Beyond the Pale at Corner Bar & Grill - Orleans (June 12, 2014)Beyond the Pale Brewing Company is hosting a Patio Party, which will devolve into an ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY at Corner Bar & Grill in Orleans! BTP is taking over 8 taps and tapping 3 casks starting at 8pm. Come for the afternoon patio sun and stay for the DJ stylings of Devin Atherton who will start spining at 9pm. This $10 ticket will get you glassware and 2 beer tickets to be used towards delicious BTP pints. 

More information: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-the-pale-patio-party-tickets-12005573995

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TAP TAKEOVER: Beyond the Pale at Corner Bar & Grill (June 15, 2014)

TAP TAKEOVER: Beyond the Pale at Corner Bar & Grill (June 15, 2014)

Beyond the Pale Brewing Company is hosting a Patio Party, which will devolve into an ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY at Corner Bar & Grill in Westboro! BTP is taking over 8 taps and tapping 4 casks starting at 3pm. Come for the afternoon patio sun and stay for the DJ stylings of Devin Atherton who will start spining at 8pm. This $10 ticket will get you glassware and 2 tickets for BTP beers or a delicious Corner Bar snack. 

More information & tickets: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-the-palecorner-bar-grill-patio-party-tickets

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TAP TAKEOVER: Kichesippi Beer Co. & Flying Monkeys at Corner Bar & Grill

Kichesippi Beer Co. & Flying Monkeys Tap Takeover!

Corner Bar & Grill Westboro (344 Richmond Road) – starts at 6pm, first come first serve.

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TAP TAKEOVER: Beyond the Pale & Stock Pot Ales at The Wellington Gastropub

Gastotakeover

Beyond The Pale & Stock Pot Ales

Tap Take Over @ The Gastropub

Important information

Two sessions

1st Session 12-4

2nd Session 5-9

Only 80 advance tickets per session will be sold.

$10 ticket gets you an etched sample glass, and 2 beer tokens.

Ticket holders only will be admitted.

Last beers will be poured 15 mins before session end.

Gastropub food available.

This is a cash only event.

5 years ago Beyond the Pale Brewing Company, Stock Pot Ales, Tap Takeover

TAP TAKEOVER: Beau’s/Stock Pot Ales at The Wellington Gastropub

Stockpotales

Two sessions: 12-4, and 5-9

BYOV (bring your own vinyl), we will play it over our TETRA speakers

Beau's Art Exhibit

Important information
Two sessions
1st Session 12-4
2nd Session 5-9
Only 80 advance tickets per session will be sold.
Ticket holders only will be admitted.
Last beers will be poured 15 mins before session end.
Gastropub food available.

This is a cash only event.

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FEATURE: An Interview with Church-Key Brewing Co. Owner – John Graham

Church-Key Brewing Company in Cambelford, Ontario

Photo by Robert Taylor
John Graham opened Church-Key Brewing Company in 1999 in an old Methodist Church in Cambellford, Ontario. He’s been brewing high quality brews for 13 years and you’re probably familiar with their LCBO offerings – Holy Smoke, West Coast Pale Ale, and their flagship, Northumberland Ale.  But what about their seasonals, the stuff that hasn’t made it to wide distribution?

Well, Church-Key Brewing Company is taking over The Branch Restaurant & Texas Grill with six taps, three of them that are not available in the LCBO! To learn more about the brewery and what’s going on at The Branch we talked to Owner/Brewer John Graham.

Ottawa Beer Events: Tell us a bit about your career path and why you started Church-Key Brewing.

John Graham (Church-Key Brewing Company): I started in the beer industry in since 1990 working at a brew on premise in Aurora, Ontario. In 1996, I was hired by Amsterdam/Rotterdam Brewery in Toronto, first as a delivery driver and then as a shift brewer. In 1999 I purchased an abandoned 1878 Methodist Church on the outskirts of Campbellford, Ontario and began building Church-Key Brewing. First beer out the door was July 20th 2000, Northumberland Ale, a 5% stock ale style. We just celebrated our Beer Mitzvah (13th Birthday), we are producing approximately the same amount of beer as we were ten years ago, we are a happy size.

How would you describe your brewing style?

My Brewing style, balanced but not afraid to colour a little outside the lines. I recognize brewing as half art and half science. If I respect the science I get to be as creative as I like. I have a strong sense of social responsibility so I would always attempt to source ingredients as close to home as possible.


Which beers and breweries inspire you?

All brewers/breweries that had had the guts to lay everything on the line and start up, deserves respect. The ones that really inspire are the socially conscious, tasty brews. New Belgium, Beaus, Crannog..

What’s a typical day like at Church-Key Brewing?

Church-Key is small and my small staff and I wear more than one hat, typical day could include, brewing, book keeping, delivering, designing a label, picking up supplies, hanging with my kids, hanging out with other brew folk, in 13 plus years I have rarely had a bad day, but have very few the same.

Church Key will be taking over The Branch in Kemptville on Sunday, can you tell us about some of the beers that will be on tap?

Bruce (from The Branch Restaurant and Texas Grill) is handing over his six taps to us, so I want to bring a wide range.
  • Northumberland Ale: 5% alc 20 IBU stock ale style, gold in colour
  • Holy Smoke: 6.25% alc 17 IBU a peat smoked scotch ale, dark brown, malty and whiskey like
  • West Coast Pale Ale: 5% 40 IBU Chinook hops give this pale ale a citrus grapefruit bitterness
  • Church Key Red: 5% 20 IBU crystalized malt and caramel give this brew a heavy malt character
  • Honey Oat Stout: 8.2% a imperial stout style, balanced with the honey and the silky mouth feel of the oats
  • Its
    the Great Pumpkin Ale: 7% cinnamon, clove , nutmeg and cardamom spice
    this seasonal brew, that features 350 KG of real pumpkin as over half of
    its fermentables

You can try  Church-Key Brewing Company’s brews at The Branch Restaurant and Texas Grill this Sunday (September 29) with a $15.00 Rubber Boot Buffet and Drinking Song open mic!  The taps start flowing at 2pm. You can follow Church-Key Brewing Company on Twitter (@churchkeybeer) or on Facebook (Church Key Brewing).

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FEATURE: An Interview w/ Smoked Pol Grätzer Collaborator – Brad Remus

 

image from farm6.staticflickr.com

Photo by John Richardson (@johnrichard1981)

Last month during Apartment 613's Beer Chat we learned from Beyond the Pale co-owner, Robert McIsaac, that they would be collaborating on a Grätzer beer with Union Local 613 and Brad Remus.  We chatted with Brad shortly after his brew day in Hintonburg about his brewing experience, the Smoked Pole and where you'll be able to try it.

 

Ottawa Beer Events: How did you get interested in brewing and where did you learn?

Brad Remus: I've been a beer nut for years. Years ago, some friends and I started out trying everything we could get our hands on. First from Belgium, then the rest of Europe, and then the US and Canada, etc. We started learning about the different styles, and that there is much more to the beer world than terribly boring light lagers. After a while I wanted to be able to make this fun and interesting stuff on my own. Sounds overly simple, but I took to Google and a simple search for "how to brew beer" started it all. I started reading everything I could online, ordered books, found some equipment, and got started in my garage. I'd brew a batch of something, we'd sample and critique, and learn from each one. There is a huge homebrew community in Ottawa as well, and that has been a very valuable resource of information and support.

What's your connection with Beyond the Pale Brewing Co.?

I met Shane around the time of the National Capital Craft Beer Week last summer. There was a large homebrew competition, and he turned out to be one of the judges for the smoked beer category. We chatted after the fact, and he told me that he absolutely loved my Gratzer, and even after sampling as many beers as he had in that session, it was very memorable. That beer won the smoked beer category, and finished respectably in the best in show as well. We chatted about doing a collab on it once they were up and running, and established. I ended up moving to Westboro in the fall, and have spent a world of time at the brewery since. We talk about beer, sample beer, tell tall tales, etc! They've given me a great opportunity to work with them on a special brew, and get my name out in the industry in something that I really enjoy doing, and want to do more of.

What's a Grätzer?  What made you want to brew that style?

A Gratzer is a Polish style that almost went the way of the dodo. There has been a bit of a resurgence in the Craft community, and even more with the homebrewers, but it's still hard to find commercial examples.

The beer itself is an oak-smoked wheat beer, with a low alcohol by volume. It has a fairly smoky nose to it, and the smoke flavour is quite pleasant. There is a decent amount of bitterness to offset the smoky character, and a slightly sweeter finish. The abv will be below 4%, making it a fantastic session beer for the summer. This is part of the reason we wanted to get this out while it's still hot.

I have the opportunity to work on contracts on the road from time to time, and once while in Toronto I happened upon a Gratzer on the menu at Bar Volo. I was really intrigued by it, and why I didn't know of it. As I started to look into it, it immediately became something I really had to make, and I formulated myself a recipe from everything I had been reading. It turned out to be a great beer, and was well liked from beer nuts to even occasional beer drinkers. Some people might see "smoked beer" and be turned off, but it's really rather pleasing for all sorts of palates.

This beer was brewed in collaboration with Union Local 613 – how were they involved?

It's
possible these days to buy oak-smoked wheat malt from Weyermann, but we
wanted to smoke it all on our own. We wanted to make it more of a local
collab, and more interesting overall by doing it all ourselves. I had
brewed another myself a few weeks before we started this process, and
took a sample of that smoked malt to Union for some taste testing. We
then started smoking with them, on their huge barrel smoker. We got some
of it done there, but had LOTS to smoke, and knew we'd need more help. I
went to West End Chiles for assistance, and across a number of days and
4 different smokers, we were able to get everything we needed ready to
go.

When will the beer be available and how will beer fans be able to get it?

The release party for this beer will be at Union, on Sunday August 11th. It should be starting mid-afternoon, and going into the evening/night. Details for that can be found on their Facebook page. The beer will then be available at Beyond the Pale during their retail hours that week, as well as at their booth at the National Capital Craft Beer Week festival that weekend. We did a double batch, but it is going to go quickly, so make sure you get out and get yourself some as early as possible! I'll be at Union for the release, as well as at the entire NCCBW festival, and I can't wait to see what people think.

Finally, where do you get your inspiration for brewing?

Inspiration often comes from other beers or styles that strike me. I try every beer I can get my hands on, especially when travelling (Untappd tells me that over the last 2.5 years I've tried almost 1300 different beers). This is a great way to find out what you like in a beer, and what you don't like. See what you think might work, and what you never want to experience again! I've made a lot of brews that I think were hits, a few misses, but I'm always trying to learn from each one. Sometimes something working out "just right" inspires you to tweak it and make it even better. Brewing is a journey. I'll never make the perfect beer. What I loved 2 years ago has been replaced by something else. What I think is fantastic right now will certainly be supplanted soon enough. Similarly, I like to think that I'll always be able to brew something better than I did previously. It's hard not to be inspired when you feel your next brew is going to be the best one yet!

Tickets for the Smoked Pol Grätzer launch party on August 11 at Union are on sale now (limited quantities!).  $15.00 buys you a Beyond the Pale tasting glass and four 4 oz samples.  In addition to the Grätzer, 8 other beers will be available and food stations by Union – additional food and beer tasting tickets will be available for $3.50.

UPDATE (07/31): Twenty tickets will be available at 6:00pm at Union: Local 613 for $20.00 – first come, first serve.

You can follow Brad on Twitter, @brad_on_beer, as he tweets about beer at National Capital Craft Beer Week.

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TAP TAKEOVER: Pins & Pints w/ The Flying Monkeys & The Wellington Gastropub

Pins & Pints at the Wellington Gastrpub

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