On March 26th a special thing happened – A collaboration beer was brewed at Great Lakes in partnership with The Terroir Symposium. GLB and Beau’s All Natural Brewery worked on an All Ontario pale ale using ingredients from VQH Farms (Hops), Escarpment Labs (Yeast) and Barn Owl Malt. The beer, which made its debut at […]
GLB recently welcomed in the talented folks from Toronto’s Newstalk 1010 to whip up an In-Depth IPA! The beer, an American style IPA will debut at an event in November where some lucky listeners will get the chance to have a beer with their favourite radio hosts. Stay tuned for more information. […]
Back on Saturday February 4th, we welcomed a number of beer personalities into GLB to help kick off our 30th anniversary with a collaboration brew. That beer, a 3.8% English Mild with cocoa nibs, and brewed on our new 7bbl pilot system, will debut in the brewery retail store tomorrow (February 25th) in 650ml bottles under […]
Life Sentence IIIPA 2016 (Southern Hemisphere), our annual collaboration tripel IPA brewed with Amsterdam Brewery, launches tomorrow here in the Great Lakes Brewery retail store and in order to obtain the information you are all looking for, Troy sat down with Lackey to chat about the beer, the hops, and write some tasting notes. Here […]
Pints with Purpose Where: Centre for Social Innovation – 192 Spadina Ave, Toronto When: Thursday, 24 March 2016 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM How much: Free GLB is supporting the second annual Pints with Purpose, a sustainability-themed networking and beer tasting event for members of the Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) and friends in the […]
Crafternoon Delight with the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies Date: Sunday February 7th Time: 3pm Cost: $60 The big beer mega-brands have always worked under the assumption that women don’t drink beer. Today we know the truth: women don’t drink bland beer, which is why ladies and craft beer are a perfect fit. We have […]
Better late then never! Here is a video from May 2015 when a whole whack of OCB member breweries came out to Great Lakes to take part in the brewing of the official OCB Beer Week beer! […]
Bar Hop Presents… Greatest Hits Thursday September 24th 5pm to close Some of the best breweries in Ontario are bringing some of their best beers for a total tap takeover. 36 great brews from the likes of Great Lakes, Amsterdam, Bellwoods, Indie Ale House, Nickel Brook, and more, with plenty of rarities, collabs and barrel-aged […]
Thursday September 17th Beer Experience – Berkeley Church (315 Queen St. East) 6pm – 11pm The official launch of Toronto Beer Week. Come sample a one-off creation with event organizer, Scott Rondeau, plus some fresh seasonal and Tank Ten series beers. http://torontobeerweek.com/events/the-beer-experience/ Friday September 18th Fall Festival of Craft Beer – C’est What? (67 Front […]
LADIES PINT OUT meets TORONTO BEER WEEK! And it’s a big one! You deserve a pint out! Thursday SEPTEMBER 24th, a BEER AND CHOCOLATE pairing event with Great Lakes Brewery and Chocolate by Wickerhead! What you get: 5 beers + 5 chocolates + 50 fab ladies = $15 Tickets go on sale at The Grover Pub […]
Tuesday Sept 22nd, 4pm till close Great Lakes Brewery and Nickel Brook Brewery are teaming up to takeover over all the taps at The Wren on the Danforth during Toronto Beer Week! There will be 6 Beers from each brewery, featuring a GLB x Wren collaboration beer – Papa Don’t Peach IPA! PLUS – CREEPY […]
GLB Crashes Ralph’s Place Date: Saturday August 22, 2015 Time: 12pm – 2am Price: No admission fee. Pay per drink. Hashtag: #GLBcrashesVolo Fresh off our huge tap takeover in Halifax at Bar Stillwell, we are thrilled to announce that we are set to crash barVolo on Saturday August 22 with an astounding 32 beers! Our […]
