I was able to make it down to the Victory Cafe for the cask ale festival. I brought my friend Blair down as well. We enjoyed tasting several different ales, ones not available in Ottawa, and we had a blast. Our first time with real ale and it was wonderful. Blair also won a Black Oak Tee, unfortunately, all I got was a little happy and a collectible glass, but what a fun time. I hope I don’t have to wait a couple more years to vacation in TO.
On a side note the LCBO’s in TO are so much better then what we have in TO. More OCB beers and a tasting section. I was at LCBO on Queens Quay & Yonge. I came out with 8 beers from 6 OCB brewers. Yes Val I finally tried 3 different beers from Neustadt Springs. 10W30, Scottish Pale Ale, and Lager. Also in my 8 pack was Hockley Dark and Hockley Stout, Wellington County’s Trailhead Lager and County Dark Ale. The last beer was Brick’s J.R. Brickman Amber. Overall it was good food, great beer(Can, Draught, and Real Cask) and I want to come back soon.