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The Award Ceremony has concluded for 2023, and the results have been announced! If you weren't able to attend, your medal(s)/prizes will be shipped. If you are a local that couldn't attend, please arrange to pick up your prizes directly from us.
Scoresheets have been uploaded to the entry software, all you need to do is login, go to your Account page, and look for the "gavel" icon next to each entry. You might also notice a miniBOS checkmark next to your entry, this means it was in contention for a medal. This will allow you to download the scoresheets for that entry. Direct link to profile
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Scoresheets From Annie Johnson
This year our special guest for the judging weekend was Annie Johnson, and our volunteers had a blast hanging out with her all weekend. Lucky entrants will notice a 3rd scoresheet in their PDF file, completed by Annie herself while our judge pairs took turns judging a beer with her.
I will follow up with a more complete wrap up post, but for now, congrats to all the winners!
Location: Rainhard Brewing Co Date: Monday November 13th, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
The yeast gods smile upon us - Escarpment Labs is back! Join us this November to learn the ins and outs of brewing with the elusive and fastidious beasts called Saccharomyces pastorianus ( also known as lager yeast)! Crispy Bois incoming. This meeting will be back in the West End at our familiar Rainhard Brewing Co. spot!
It wouldn't be a homebrewing meeting without homebrew, so bring your latest creation and don’t forget to bring your tasting glass! Bonus points if it's Brew Slam branded...
Also, don't forget to patronize our hosts! Rainhard offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
Mechanical Engineer for various types of large buildings. Think mechanical design of HVAC, plumbing, storm, sanitary, gas, fire protection systems, etc.
What got you into homebrewing?
I stumbled upon a ‘howtobrew’ website one day in 2018 and couldn’t stop reading. Shortly after, I attended an in-person how-to-brew session at Toronto Brewing, and a love for the hobby was born.
After much promise, GTA Brews is happy to announce the launch of the GTA Brews rental program! This has been a long time in the making, so thank you for your patience and everyone that has contributed to the successful launch of this program.
Since this is a new line of business for the club, this will be an iterative process as we learn some early lessons from the program, tweak to respond to member feedback and some operational realities.
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Join us this October for a deep dive into yeast flavour and biotransformation (is it real, how real is it, can we make it realer?!) with premier yeast provider Escarpment Labs. We're temporarily departing from our regular meeting spots this month - this meeting will be taking place at Rorschach Brewing Co.!
Our hosts at Rorschach are excited to have us, and have even gone so far as to request that our members share their homebrew with the staff! So, bring your latest creation and don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!
Also, don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Rorschach offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
Help us make the club better, and win prizes while you do it! Our club survey is now accepting submissions from now until 12pm Noon November 14th. We use the results of this survey each year to help inform the direction of the club and identify areas of strength and opportunities to improve.
Your opinions really matter! Insight from previous surveys have kicked off initiatives like:
"GTA Bux" - coupon codes to reward members who volunteer their valuable time to help us execute our events and services.
Blind Triangle Tests - interactive beer tasting to learn about and compare key brewing variables.
Alternating Meeting Locations - consistent East and West locations, consistent times for easier planning.
More Recipes - increased integration of your excellent recipes into the club database.
Varied Events - Off-flavor classes, brewery meetups/presentations, Learn to Brew days are BACK!
This survey is open to both members and non-members, since we want to hear from everybody! The survey takes as little as 10 mins if you elect to answer only the mandatory questions, or a little longer if you choose to write more detailed answers (and we hope you do).
How can we make the best homebrew club in the world even better?!
Participants will be entered into a draw for one of three $5 GTA Bux coupons or a $20 gift card from Toronto Brewing! Thanks to our local homebrew stores for donating to help encourage participation; please support them with your patronage!
This club belongs to all of us, and we want to make sure are all satisfied with the value you get for your membership. There will always be some challenges, but we are always looking for solutions and opportunities to improve. Please share your thoughts in as much detail as you are comfortable with, and we promise to read and seriously consider them.
We're back at it again with the launch of our Fall 2023Grain Bulk Buy!
Thanks again to Toronto Brewing for hosting, please make sure to give them your love and make some purchases on pick up day! All questions should be emailed to grainbuy@gtabrews.ca.
Key Info:
Sign Up Open: October 2, 2023
Sign Up Close: October 15, 2023 (11:59 pm)
Pick Up Day: Saturday, November 4, 2023 (11:00 am – 1:00 pm)
PICKUP LOCATION: Toronto Brewing (Chesswood Location)
You MUST book a pickup timeslot
NO SPLITS - FULL BAGS ONLY
Reminders
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If you didn't get the announcement email or order confirmation, check your spam!
Reminder that some items are special order, and may be delayed
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Exchange Date: Sunday November 26th, 2023 @ 11:30 AM (Don't be late!)Exchange Location(s): Muddy York Brewing CoParticipation Fee: $10
The Annual GTA Brews Advent Calendar is back for the 10th yea...
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Inquiries about Brew Slam 2023 should be sent to: comp@gtabrews.ca
GTA Brews is excited to announce our sixth annual nation-wide homebrew competition for beer, mead, and cider: Brew Slam 2023 (#BrewSlam)!
The competition has been on hiatus since 2019 due to the global pandemic and the club is so excited to finally bring the competition back for 2023! We are so thankful for the entrants and judges that reached out to us the past few years to express their desire to see the competition come back, and we can't wait to return to building on 2019's massive success. That competition saw 819 entries from 281 entrants representing 9/10 provinces, judged by 77 judges over just 3 days, which made it the largest homebrew competition in Canada!
We are ecstatic to have homebrewing luminary Annie Johnsonattending as our guest judge of honour (Oct 27-29) to help ring in our 6th year!
I’m a high school science teacher with a background in Biology.
What got you into homebrewing?
Gigging in bands over the years at beer festivals and gastropubs introduced me to the more mainstream craft breweries, as well as a variety of European styles. I actually played in a band with Zack Weinberg many years ago around the time he was just starting up Toronto Brewing – he used to bring homebrew to rehearsals, which put the idea of brewing one day in the back of my mind. Years later when my wife and I started dating, she introduced me to a lot of great local craft beer and got me hooked. Not long after, she bought me a one-gallon Brooklyn Brewshop homebrew kit as a Chrismukkah gift. I brewed a couple of batches, loved the process, and I have been brewing ever since.
If you've been waiting for the opportunity to get your hands on club t-shirts, now is your chance! Between July 12th and August 11th, you can pre-order your very own GTA Brews club t-shirt! Visit the club Swag Shop to order.
Note: Shirts will be available for pick up at the September 11th meeting at Rainhard Brewing
We're going with a neutral natural colour so the three colour front really pops!
Club Logo Shirt
This shirt design adds some colour and hops to a skull and was inspired by the rock band "The Grateful Dead" on the front while the GTA Brews logo and "Brew More Of What Makes You Happy" is on the back in eye popping green!
Can you believe that we're already half way through the year? It's JUNE and we're back at recent winner of the Canadian Brewery Of The Year; Muddy York Brewing Co. For this meeting we are focusing on our Last Brewer Standing Judging (Style: California Common). There will be plenty of social time, some announcements and some discussion of where we may want to go for social excursions in July / August!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Muddy York offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
Sat. June 3rd, 2023 Toronto Brewing (3701 Chesswood Drive, Unit 115) 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
On Saturday June 3rd, we will have a live brewing demonstration and be available to answer questions and promote the hobby!
GTA Brews Members will be present and brewing on club equipment! Come, see, support and chat with fellow members and members of the public about the joys of homebrewing!
Recipe: Bia-Hoi by Chi-Linh Dinh
This year's recipe, now available in the club recipe database, is Chi-Llinh Dinh's "Bia Hoi" (Vietnamese for 'fresh beer'). Chi created this recipe to emulate the type of beer her father and his friends used to drink back home in Vietnam! It's a light (about 4% ABV), refreshing lager that's meant to be drank very fresh once it's fermented!
If you are indeed brewing that day, please take some pictures and share it with our community and beyond by tagging GTA Brews and #CanadianHomebrewDay in your posts!
We're back at it again with the launch of our Spring 2023Grain Bulk Buy! Make sure you take a good look at the catalogue as we have some newish additions (Raven from the Czech Republic and Canada's own Prairie Malting). Details can be found in the post below.
Thanks to Common Good Brewing Co. for hosting, please make sure to give them your love and make some purchases on pick up day! All questions should be emailed to grainbuy@gtabrews.ca.
Key Info:
Sign Up Open: May 05, 2023
Sign Up Close: May 19, 2023 (11:59 pm)
Pick Up Day: Saturday, June 10, 2023 (11:00 am – 1:00 pm)
PICKUP LOCATION: Common Good Brewing Co.
You MUST book a pickup timeslot
NO SPLITS - FULL BAGS ONLY
Reminders
Updates are sent to the email registered with your GTA Brews membership account
If you didn't get the announcement email or order confirmation, check your spam!
Reminder that some items are special order, and may be delayed
You can find all your gtabrews.ca orders on your My Account page
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Location:Rainhard Brewing Date: Monday May 8th, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
It's already May and we're going "back to the future"! We'll be back, for the first time in a long time, at Rainhard Brewing!! Rainhard will be our West Side meeting location moving forward. For this meeting we have Josh Davis, BJCP judge and one of our new members over the last year will be discussing another Exbeeriment! This time it's a Pale Ale triangle test! There will be some announcements and social time as well
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Rainhard offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
Please RSVP using the form below to help us track expected attendees and make sure we hit our required quorum!
Date: Saturday April 15th, 2023 @ Common Good Brew Co.! Time: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM
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The GTA Brews AGM will be held from 2:30PM-5:30 PM on Saturday April 15, 2023. This will be our first in person AGM ever, and we are so very pleased that Common Good has agreed to host us! Please try to make an effort to attend this important corporate function. We will have a mix of important club business like electing Board members and reviewing the clubs financial position paired with some funner activities like the first round of Last Brewer Standing II! To reach the quorum required to hold the meeting we need 43+ members to attend, so please mark your calendars and plan to attend!
The meeting will be chaired by current President, David Larocque.
Recording from the January 2023 meeting of GTA Brews Homebrew Club in Toronto, Canada.
In January we were happy to have GTA Brews Member (and former club President) Eric Cousineau back to give us a presentation this month on water chemistry!
Location: Muddy York Brewing Date: Monday March 13th, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
March is coming in like a lion and for this month's club meeting we're introducing something new! Josh Davis, BJCP judge and one of our new members over the last year will be discussing an Exbeeriment! There will also be social time and Shane Martin will also have his Exbeerimental beer to share and discuss as well!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Muddy York offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
It's already February! And for this month's club meeting we're doing a "social" meeting; so there's no presentations or structured items planned. This is an opportunity to bring (and share) your homebrew with other club members!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Northern Maverick offers a wide selection of fine beers to go and food available so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
A Brief History Of A Place For Homebrewers and Craft Beer Lovers
It started as a collective; an inclusive one that was focused on homebrewed beers made by passionate homebrewers. These beers, and the brewers that made them, were then featured at small batch events around the city of Toronto. That collective was what was known as The People's Pint and the gentlemen behind that collective were Doug Appledoorn and Pietro Ciara.
That was 2016.
By 2017 Doug and Pietro were searching for a permanent space for their collective and events but also to brew their own beers.
By mid 2018 an opportunity presented itself. Junction Craft Brewing were moving out of their space on Cawthra Ave and Doug and Pietro had found a permanent home for People's Pint.
They continued to host events that focused on, and supported, the homebrew community, and GTA Brews in particular, including:
A homebrew tap takeover for Toronto Beer Week
Learn2Brew days
Off Flavour Tasting sessions
Being a sponsor for BrewSlam (GTA Brews Premier National Homebrew Competition)
A rotating GTA Brews guest tap serving GTA Brews members homebrew to the public
Hosting Club Meetings, the Club Barrel (fills and empties), and Hop Buy Pick Ups / Sorting
They also were active in the industry by ensuring their brewery was a space that was safe, inclusive, and welcoming to all who wanted to partake, learn and enjoy craft beer regardless of creed, colour or sexuality.
They were also one of the first breweries in Toronto to "employ" a brewery cat via the SPCA; Maris was quite unique for some time!
On top of all of that Doug and Pietro and all others who worked with them were friends, homebrewers and individuals to be admired.
So, now that they have closed their doors, Peoples Pint, the brewery space, will be missed but Peoples Pint, the ideal, will live on.
Thank you to Pietro, Doug, Angie, Chris, Chris, Adam, Alex, Deaglan, Jeff, and everyone else that welcomed us as GTA Brews members, fellow homebrewers and cherished friends into the warm space you built.
That space, of course, will be missed.
(To interact with homebrewers and for photos of People's Pint, please visit our Facebook page)
So you've heard the rumblings, the mumblings and grumblings. Or maybe you haven't. But Last Brewer Standing is BACK. Get those COVID-19 tested, tweaked and perfected recipes ready for the big stage! After years of hogging the trophy, it's time for everyone to take a run at the reigning Last Brewer Standing champ, Kieth Caines, and claim that trophy as their own!
Location:Muddy York Brewing Co. Date: Monday January 9th, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
HOPPY 2023! It's January and, if you've been a member of the club for any length of time, you'll know that this month we talk about H20, Aqua, Adam's Ale (aka Water) and we are happy to have GTA Brews Member (and former club President) Eric Cousineau back to give us an updated presentation on water chemistry!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Muddy York offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
I'm a Chemical Engineer that works in Technical Sales selling adhesives and tapes. Structural acrylics, double-sided tapes, hotmelts... anything sticky.
What got you into homebrewing?
Like most kids in university, my beer drinking capacity was limited only by my (very minimal) budget. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and brew beer myself to save some dollars at the Beer Store. This egregious use of the shared kitchen in our student housing really pissed off my female roommates, and also didn't save me any money. But it did generate enough passably drinkable beer to fuel many beer pong tournaments, it ignited some interesting conversations, and it kicked me down the long, rewarding rabbit hole that is the art & science of fermentation.
It's already December and this month we'll be having our Year End Holiday Festive Shindig! There's some announcements (Canadian Homebrew Championship winners will be announced!) that we'll make but there's no presentation, it's strictly about socializing, wishing each other a great holiday season and sharing homebrew! We're still at PEOPLE'S PINT BREWING CO. 90 Cawthra Ave in Toronto, but this meeting will not have a guest speaker and outside of standard announcements we're simply going to mingle and talk beer and homebrewing!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters/announcements and keep your chatting to a minimum at that time.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! People's Pint offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
GTA Brews is pleased to offer another branded glass from our favourite manufacturer, Rastal! Our previous Teku glass has been very popular for many years, and this one is chosen to be the perfect accompaniment to that one.
This is the Rastal Winebar 40, which is a stemless tumbler sized at 0.4L (13.5 oz)
The graphic fullwrap pattern is created by GTA Brews member James Kennedy
The tale of Ed's 22 year old lambic-style beer is legendary among GTA Brews members that were present in the 2016-2017 era. I was recently talking to some newer members and realized that we needed to document this story in a format more lasting than word of mouth.
Some readers might be yelling at their screens right now that true Lambic can only be made in Senne Valley region of Belgium. Ed is right there with you and readily admits this was more of a lambic-style beer or methode traditionelle (MT) beer. However at the time when the beer was brewed, homebrewers were used to playing more fast and loose with these kinds of appellations.
I've had the pleasure of trying both versions of this beer several times over the years, and they were both wonderful!
After contacting Ed to ask his thoughts on how we could best document this, he recommended we use a version of the letter he wrote the the Sour Hour Podcast in 2017, which has been slightly modified for GTA Brews.
So without further ado, lets get into the story!
The legendary beer itselfEd Hitchcock with his awards and trophy at 2016 Brew Slam Awards
Ed's Letter to The Sour Hour (Updated for GTA Brews):
I am sure that anyone reading this will appreciate the symbiotic nature of homebrewing and a desire to learn more about as many beer styles as possible. One of the unique beer styles that is wholly intriguing for both complexity and mystique is Belgian Lambic, so of course I decided I would try to brew one. More or less following Guinard’s book (from the Classic Beer Styles series) I made a wort of pale malt, unmalted wheat and aged Hallertau hops, and – as was the recommendation at the time – did a primary ferment using Wyeast 1056 before doing a secondary ferment with the Wyeast Lambic blend. My understanding at the time was that wood was necessary for proper growth of the Brett and bacteria, so I chopped a log of birch into kindling, torching the exposed ends to sterilize them but leaving the fresh wood where it was split untouched, and tossed that in. It sat in a glass carboy for a while, but then I had to move, so I transferred the beer and the wood to a stainless corny keg and sealed it up.
And here is where it gets interesting, because life sometimes throws curveballs…
A year later I moved to Europe, and when I moved back I had young kids. It was a while before I got back into homebrewing, and when I did, I decided something had to be done with the keg that was sitting patiently under the stairs at my parent’s cottage. Until I cracked it, it was kind of like Schroedinger’s cat (Schroedinger’s vat?) in that it existed in a superposition of states, both bad and good, and there was no way to know which way it would resolve until I opened it. Fortunately, it was still good - quite good in fact -so I split the batch and bottled half straight and half after a refermentation with raspberries.
Now if you are following along, you will notice that some time has passed, but I have been somewhat cagey as to just how much time. I brewed the beer in February 1994. I bottled it in the summer of 2015, twenty one and a half years later. My son was born a month after I brewed it, and was legal to drink in the US by the time it was bottled.
Eight months later the straight Lambic won best of show at a local competition with about a hundred entries (Editor: It was Spring Showdown 2016), and six months after that the Framboise won a major award at a much larger competition (Editor: It was Brew Slam 2016). While it did not medal in the BOS, it moved on to a side award sponsored by one of the local breweries as one of the top 10 beers from the greater Toronto area (a smaller field of merely 400 entries, versus the full competition of 600), and in that challenge it won hands down. The award, called the Henderson Cup, was a cash prize and an opportunity to design and brew a beer on Henderson’s 20HL system for one of their monthly special releases.
Ed Hitchcock receiving the Henderson Cup at Brew Slam 2016 Awards
Note from Ed in November 2022:
Now in 2022, I only have two bottles left (one of each), now seven years in the bottle and almost twenty nine years old. The last time I had one it was thin and had lost a lot of complexity, and I’m just waiting for a special moment to finish the last two; but once they are gone, that’s it. I’m not likely to repeat this - unless I decide to brew something now for my 80th birthday - but if anyone reading this is looking for a challenge, by all means give it a go!
Advent submissions all lined up at Brunswick Bierworks, ready for exchange
A few months ago we opened sign up for our 9th annual GTA Brews Homebrew Calendar. The participation fee was $10/person, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). We also included the option to donate extra (in $10 increments) to CAMH to help us on our fundraising efforts.
We're pleased to announce that (as of writing) we have raised $320 for CAMH! There's still time to donate using the following item. Donations will be accepted until Weds Dec 14th.
As is tradition, James Kennedy has designed a custom advent graphic showing each beer that is part of the calendar. As is also tradition, he has taken artistic liberty based on the name given to the beer, at least for the members that gave their beer a name.
Location:Muddy York Brewing Co. Date: Monday November 14th, 2022 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
Back at Muddy York Brewing Co this month for our November meeting!!! We are excited to have Scarborough's own Marcelo Paniza, from Paniza Brewing, talk to us about NEIPA brewing!!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Muddy York offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
This month we are having a SOCIAL meeting!!! While we love our educational presentations and hearing from beer industry professionals and homebrewers alike, we thought it was time to have a social meeting that's outside of our "normal" social meetings (i.e. Holiday meeting in December)! We're still at PEOPLE'S PINT BREWING CO. 90 Cawthra Ave in Toronto, but this meeting will not have a guest speaker and outside of standard announcements we're simply going to mingle and talk beer and homebrewing!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters/announcements and keep your chatting to a minimum at that time.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! People's Pint offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
Exchange Date: Saturday November 26th, 2022 @ 1:00 PM (Don't be late!)Exchange Location(s): Brunswick BierworksParticipation Fee: $10
The Annual GTA Brews Advent Calendar is back for the 9th year ...
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Entrant/Volunteer Registration: Oct 24th, 2022, 12:00 PM Entry Registration Opens: Oct 24th, 2022, 12:00 PM Entry Deadline: Nov 11th, 2022, 4:00 PM Judging Date: Nov 20th, 2022 Judging Location:Amsterdam Brewhall (45 Esandar Dr) Results/Awards Ceremony:TBD
Cost of Entry: $10 per entry – 2 bottles per entry Payment: Paypal Only Styles Accepted: All BJCP Beer styles (BJCP 2021 Guidelines) Styles Limits: – 1 entry per classic style subcategory (1-26) – 2 entries per specialty subcategory (21B, 27-34), must be different beers Entry Limits: – Total cap: N/A (Invite Only) – Per-entrant cap: 6 per person
Competition Overview
The Canadian Homebrew Championship (CHC) is a collaboration between the Canadian Brewer of the Year Circuit (BOTY), the Canadian Homebrewers Association (CHA), and the local organizing homebrew club (GTA Brews for 2022). This is an invite-only homebrew competition, where only the top 3 winners of each local club's qualifier competition are invited to submit entries.
This competition acts as a Final Round for the BOTY circuit, where BOTY 2022 titles will be awarded:
We're back at it again with the launch of our Fall 2022Grain Bulk Buy! Make sure you take a good look at the catalogue as we have some newish additions (Raven from the Czech Republic and Canada's own Prairie Malting). In addition to the grain buy catalogue on this page, Toronto Brewing is offering GTA Brews members with 17% off items from the JaDeD wort chillers offered through their website! Details can be found in the post below.
Thanks again to Toronto Brewing for hosting, please make sure to give them your love and make some purchases on pick up day! All questions should be emailed to grainbuy@gtabrews.ca.
Key Info:
Sign Up Open: September 8, 2022
Sign Up Close: September 25, 2022 (11:59 pm)
Pick Up Day: Saturday, October 15, 2022 (11:00 am – 2:00 pm)
PICKUP LOCATION: Toronto Brewing (Chesswood Location)
You MUST book a pickup timeslot
NO SPLITS - FULL BAGS ONLY
Reminders
Updates are sent to the email registered with your GTA Brews membership account
If you didn't get the announcement email or order confirmation, check your spam!
Reminder that some items are special order, and may be delayed
You can find all your gtabrews.ca orders on your My Account page
This content is only available for GTA Brews Members. Please visit our membership page to join today!
If you are already a member, don't forget to Log In!
Location:Muddy York Brewing Co. Date: Monday September 12th, 2022 Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET
We swing BACK to the east side this month at Muddy York Brewing Co!!! We're pleased as punch to have Mary-Beth Keefe and Tim Burnett, from The Granite Brewery and Tied House, to give us a talk on Cask Conditioned Ales (aka "Real Ale")
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! Muddy York offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
In Person again (sort of) at People's Pint Brewing Company in the Junction!!! This month we're trying something a bit different for our in-person meeting. Our presenter will NOT be present but will still present! (read on for more information) Chris Tower will be giving a delicious talk on cooking with beer!
As we are now back to in-person meetings, please be respectful of the presenters and keep your chatting to a minimum.
NOTE: Our presenter this month will be virtually joining us - we'll broadcast the presentation via the big screen and make it a bit easier for those that can't attend to review the presentation after the fact!
Also, please don't forget to patronize our hosts!! People's Pint offers a wide selection of fine beers to go so don't hesitate to grab some especially if you don't get out to see them as often as you'd like!
Recording from the July 2022 meeting of GTA Brews Homebrew Club in Toronto, Canada.(NOTE: The club is still figuring out how to best record these in person sessions so please bear with us until we can sort out getting better quality video and audio available)
We were back to IN PERSON meetings at Muddy York Brewing!!! For the East End of the GTA, this was the first time we have been back in person at Muddy York and we were so happy to hearing from our good friends at Escarpment Labs! Jonah Greenbaum-Shinder came to the meeting to give us a talk on Wild Yeast Capture and Testing!
Recording from the July 2022 meeting of GTA Brews Homebrew Club in Toronto, Canada. (NOTE: The club is still figuring out how to best record these in person sessions so please bear with us until we can sort out getting better quality video and audio available)
Emily was in-person for her final “Style Of The Month” presentation for July! If you missed June’s meeting you’d realize that Emily couldn’t make June’s meeting so we’re hopeful she can get to Muddy York for the final category: Mead! Emily looked at the mead style guidelines in more detail. We’ll miss seeing Emily and hearing the various styles!! Thanks for all your hard work on this Emily!
Click Here to go to the main competition page and register!
Our popular seasonal homebrew competition is back for 2022, in person! We will be accepting all styles of beer, and for the first time we will be using the new BJCP 2021 Guidelines! Since this is our small competition, entry will be restricted to GTA Brews members only.
This seasonal competition is designed to be a “low stakes” introduction to BJCP competitions for club members to enter their beers for feedback and fun. The focus is on providing excellent feedback, so we keep the entry cap low. Our hope is that lots of first-time entrants will find themselves on the winners list and be motivated to continue entering competitions. This competition will be judged by BJCP Judges according to the newly released 2021 BJCP Guidelines.
If this if your first competition, please read our BJCP Competition Guide for tips on entering. If you aren’t sure which category to enter your beer, bring it to a club meeting, or email comp@gtabrews.ca.
