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Merch Order for Hop Buy 2020

Club Merchandise

If you haven’t checked out the club Swag Shop recently, you are missing out! We’ve got a bunch of club branded items available for order, some of them are even listed at new SALE prices! We also have a new shirt, see below!

Order Now on the Swag Shop!

2019 Club of the Year Shirt!

To celebrate our club’s historic victory on the Brewer of the Year (BOTY) circuit last year, we have designed a commemorative shirt! Pre-order now, then these shirts will be available for pick up on Hop Buy pick up day (Mar 22nd)!

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Last Call for Brew Slam and Club Logo Shirts!

Not listed in the Swag Shop is our last stock of Brew Slam and Club Logo shirts. If you missed out on these shirts, order now to snag the last ones! Here’s the stock for these are time of publish:

Brew Slam 2019 – Award Ceremony Photos

Brew Slam

As promised here are the medal winner photos we took at this year’s Brew Slam Awards Party! A full wrap up post is still in the pipeline, but hopefully these will stave off those that are getting antsy!

Big thanks to David Chang-Sang for taking these photos of our winners as they are awarded their medals!

  • Welcome to Junction Craft Brewing Co
  • Medals Waiting to Be Awarded
  • TBOY Trophy
  • Prize Table
  • Big Prizes
  • Party Filling In!
  • Party Filling In!
  • Draft Table
  • Brew Slam Crew
  • MC Zack Weinberg of Toronto Brewing
  • Competition Organizer Eric Cousineau
  • 1 – Light Lager
  • 2 – Pale European Lager
  • 3 – Pilsner
  • 4 – Amber Lager
  • 5 – Dark Lager
  • 6 – Bock
  • 7 – English Pale Ale
  • 8 – Scottish & Irish Ale
  • 9 – American Pale Alee
  • 10 – Other Pale American Ale
  • 11 – Amber & Brown American Ale
  • 12 – English Brown Ale
  • 13 – Porter
  • 14 – Stout
  • 15 – Strong Stout
  • 15 – Strong Stout (Iron Rings Brewing Co)
  • 16 – Standard IPA
  • 17 – Other IPA
  • 18 – German Wheat & Rye Beer
  • 20 – Belgian Strong Ale
  • 21 – Strong Ale
  • 22 – Brett Beer
  • 23 – Sour Beer
  • 25 – Fruit Beer
  • 27 – Smoke-Flavoured & Wood-Aged Beer
  • 28 – Specialty Beer
  • 30 – Specialty Mead
  • 31 – Traditional Cider
  • 32 – Specialty Cider
  • Best of Show
  • TBOY (Toronto Brewer of the Year) Trophy
  • TBOY Winners
  • Jon Mains Award Winners
  • Henderson Cup Winner – Chris Hughes
  • Winners Photo

December Meeting: Holiday Gathering

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Monday December 9th at 7:00 PM
People’s Pint Brewing Company
90 Cawthra Ave, Unit #101, Toronto, Ontario, M6N 3C2  MAP

This month come hang out, swap homebrews, and mingle!

This December we are being hosted by People’s Pint Brewing Company. Thanks for hosting us! We request that everyone spend some money to support our wonderful host. They have plenty of beer-to-go in their bottle shop!

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Brew Slam 2019 – Entry Registration is 7 Days Away!

BJCP, Brew Slam, Competitions

Visit this page for the full details: gtabrews.ca/brew-slam/

[BREW SLAM 2019 – Toronto, ON]

Entry Registration Opens: Sept 25th, 2019
Entry Deadline: Nov 2nd, 2019
Judging Dates: Nov 8th – 10th, 2019

Entry Limits:

  • Total cap of 850 PAID entries
  • Per-entrant caps: 2 pp for Sept 25 – Oct 2, then up to 6 pp starting Oct 3

ENTRY REGISTRATION FOR BREW SLAM 2019 (#BREWSLAM) IS 7 DAYS AWAY, SO IT’S TIME TO SHIFT GEARS AND GET READY!

GTA Brews is excited is excited to build on last year’s massive success which saw 826 entries, from 191 entrants, in 8/10 provinces, judged by 75 judges, over just 3 days, making this the largest homebrew competition in Canada! We are ecstatic to have John Palmer attending as our guest of honour (Nov 8-10) to help ring in our 5th year!

This is a BJCP sanctioned competition, and also part of the Canadian Brewer of the Year (BOTY) circuit. The judging will take place at Amsterdam Brewery (Leaside) from Nov 8th to 10th. Judging will be performed by BJCP ranked judges and pro brewers, using the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and Provisional Styles.

OUR COMPETITION RULES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO ENTER

This year we have implemented a few changes to the structure of the competition in order to encourage more entrants:

  • The total cap has been moved to PAID entries, rather than registered entries
  • The per-entrant cap is staggered to allow prospective entrants a full week opportunity to register at the lower cap

Announcing Brew Slam 2019 – Homebrew Competition

BJCP, Brew Slam, Competitions, News, , , ,
Click Here to go to the main competition page.

Press Release

August 26th, 2019 – Toronto, ON

Inquiries about Brew Slam 2019 should be sent to: comp@gtabrews.ca

GTA Brews is excited to announce our fifth annual, nation-wide, homebrew competition for beer, mead, and cider; Brew Slam 2019 (#BrewSlam)! We are excited to build on last year’s massive success which saw 826 entries, from 191 entrants, in 8/10 provinces, judged by 75 judges, over just 3 days, making this the largest homebrew competition in Canada! We are ecstatic to have John Palmer attending as our guest of honour (Nov 8-10) to help ring in our 5th year!

This is a BJCP sanctioned competition, and also part of the Canadian Brewer of the Year (BOTY) circuit. The judging will take place at Amsterdam Brewery (Leaside) from Nov 8th to 10th. Judging will be performed by BJCP ranked judges and pro brewers, using the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and Provisional Styles.

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July Meeting: Brewing by the Numbers with Emily Storey

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Monday July 8th at 7:00 PM
Muddy York Brewing Co.
22 Cranfield Road, Toronto, Ontario, M4B 3H1  MAP

This month we have four exciting meeting elements!

    • Presentation: Brewing by the Numbers by Emily Storey
      • A presentation breaking down entry statistics from Brew Slam 2018
    • Guest: Kathy Yan Li will discuss the new Canadian Homebrewers Association
    • Structured Tasting
    • Bottle Swap

We are going back to our gracious host, Muddy York Brewing Co! We request that everyone spend some money to support our wonderful host. Don’t forget to buy some bottles from their shop!

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Last Brewer Standing #1 – Winner!

Competitions, Last Brewer Standing

We have a winner!! 🏆 The final round of our Last Brewer Standing competition pitted Evan Bonsell and Kieth Caines against each other, and they were instructed to brew a Maibock. The final judging took place at the May Club Meeting, using a blind judging panel to select the winner. This was a long, fun ride that began last summer with 32 brewers, and we can finally announce that…

Kieth Caines has been crowned the Last Brewer Standing!!

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Club Barrel Fill #4 – Recap

Club Barrel

On May 25th we emptied the beautiful Golden Sour (from Fill #3) that went in barrel back on April 28th 2018. It is a beautiful, golden sour. With just a hint of oak from the barrel a great tartness and beautiful mouth feel. Very nicely executed beer.

Once the Golden Sour was out, we immediately refilled the barrel with our 4th recipe, a Flanders Red style beer. Realizing there will be some residual bacteria and Brettanomyces yeast that should add an interesting skew to the style. For good measure we also added 8 packs of Wyeast Roeselare Blend (3763), graciously donated by Brew North.

We hope to let this beer age for a year in the barrel at our generous hosts, People’s Pint. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements on the next style going into the barrel and the opportunity to be a part of it!

Racking the Flanders Red into for Barrel Fill #4

People’s Pint even put their portion of the Golden Sour (#3) on the GTA Brews tap!

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