Gord, Darlene and I went to
Session: A Craft Beer Festival at the Sunnyside pavilion today. It was part of the
Ontario Craft Beer Week events.
It was raining for the first few hours so we stayed inside.
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It featured craft breweries from Ontario and elsewhere in Canada including:
- Amsterdam Brewing [Toronto, ON]
- Black Oak Brewing [Etobicoke, ON]
- Beau’s All Natural Brewing [Vankleek Hill, ON]
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- Brick Brewing [Waterloo, ON]
- Cameron’s Brewing [Oakville, ON]
- Duggan’s Brewery [Toronto, ON]
- Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery [Barrie, ON]
- F&M Brewery [Guelph, ON]
- Garrison Brewing [Halifax, NS]
- Great Lakes Brewery [Etobicoke, ON]
- Hockley Valley Brewery [Orangeville, ON]
- Lake of Bays Brewing Co. [Baysville, ON]
- McAuslan Brewing [Montreal, QC]
- Mill Street Brewery [Toronto, ON]
- Muskoka Cottage Brewery [Bracebridge, ON]
- Nickelbrook Beers [Burlington, ON]
- Niagara’s Best Brewery [Niagara Falls, ON]
- Propeller Brewery [Halifax, NS]
- Thornbury Village Cidery [Thornbury, ON]
- Tree Brewing [Kelowna, BC]
- Unibroue [Chambly, QC]
- Wellington Brewing [Guelph, ON]
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There was food including cupcakes, oysters, pulled pork sandwiches (they were good!), meatball sandwiches (so-so), Thai spring rolls, cheese plates, etc.
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Because of his teeshirt (it said "Save water, drink beer"), Gord had his picture taken by a reporter for a local paper.
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Gord and some beer wenches ...
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The music was excellent!
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Gord and Darlene enjoying Garrison's beer from Nova Scotia.
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They also liked Flying Monkeys' hoppy beer.
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It was nice once the rain stopped so we sat outside.
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Admission included a mug to take home.
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Darlene bought a cool teeshirt.
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Here are Darlene and I ...
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This guy was having his bachelor party at the festival ...
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... and Darlene and I were asked to sign his teeshirt.
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My favorite beer was Muskoka Cottage Brewery's cream ale (I hadn't heard of it before). My least favorite was F&M Brewery's strawberry beer (I dumped it).
It was a fun time and I hope they have the festival next year.