Location: Rouge River Brewing Co.
Date: Monday August 10th, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

As promised, we will head north of the 401 for our August social! For this month, we’ll meet at Rouge River brewing with no schedule other than bonding over beers.

Since this is a casual social evening, there will be no guest speakers. However, please feel free to bring your own homebrews to share this time! We are excited to have a special guest from New Zealand joining us with some of his own homebrews.

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

While you are catching up with fellow club members, please remember to support our wonderful hosts. Grab a pint or two from Rouge River’s excellent draft lineup to enjoy during the night, and be sure to pick up some cans to go before you leave!

See you all there! Cheers!

Location: Bickford Brewing Co.
Date: Monday July 13th, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Congratulations to the Spiced Beer Competition winners!

With summer officially here, we’re taking a break from regular meetings but not from socializing. For this month, we’ll meet at Bickford brewing with no schedule other than bonding over beers.

Since this is a casual social evening, there will be no guest speakers and no official homebrew bottle sharing this time around. Just show up, grab a pint(s) from Bickford’s draft lineup, and catch up with fellow club members.

See you all there!

(And for everyone asking for a spot further north, I promise we will head north of the 401 for our August social!)

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co.
Date: Monday June 8th, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Our June homebrew meeting is just around the corner, and we have a packed schedule that you definitely do not want to miss. Mark your calendars for June 8th because we are diving deep into the world of cider and finally seeing the results of our spring experiments.

Join us for a presentation by Alex who is a true cider expert and currently serves as a cider maker at Thornbury Craft Co. Once we wrap up the cider presentation, it’s time for the official judging for our Spice Competition.

Be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Also, please don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Rorschach Brewing 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Samara Brewing Co.
Date: Monday April 13th, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

You Drafted. You Didn’t. We All Drink.

Whether you went home with a bag of carrots, and a prayer, or wisely sat out and watched others make questionable life choices, we’re all about to level up how we use spices, herbs, and vegetables in our beer!

Join us for a presentation by an actual spice expert, who has no idea what we did at that draft and frankly might cry when they find out.

Come for the knowledge. Stay because your lemon pepper saison needs help.

Be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Also, please don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Samara Brewing 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co.
Date: Monday March 9th, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

For our March club meeting, we’re going to be back at Rorschach Brewing Co. This month, we have something special than a regular presentation. Follow along for more details.

Instead of our usual 7pm, the meeting would start at 8pm. There’s a country music event at History music venue near Rorschach. However, feel free to drop by at your usual times to grab a bite and/or beers and hang out with fellow club members.

Be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Also, please don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Rorschach Brewing 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday February 9th, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

I hope everyone crushed their January fitness goals. Between the shoveling and the slip-and-slide walks, we’ve all trained for the winter Olympics! Hopefully, all that fun times is behind us and Wiarton Willie got it right!

For our February club meeting, we’re going to be back at Rainhard Brewing Co. This month’s presentation topic is still being worked on. This post will be updated as soon as we have confirmation. Apologies for the delay.

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Also, please don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Rainhard Brewing 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co.
Date: Monday January 12th, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Water: You’ve drank it, you’ve swam in it, heck, some of you have probably even BATHED in it (at some point in the distant past). But did you know you could BREW WITH IT TOO?!

It’s time for our annual January tradition of diving deep (see what I did there?) into the world of water chemistry, and we are happy to have GTA Brews Member (and former club President) Eric Cousineau back to give us an updated presentation!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Also, please 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Bickford Brewing Co.
Date: Monday December 8th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

It’s been a very eventful year of beer brewing, competitions, club meet-ups, world events and happenings. We’ve come a long way, and now it’s [finally] time to chill out a bit, relax, and have a few beers with friends. That’s right, it’s the GTA Brew’s holiday social get-together. This is one you DON’T want to miss – fellow club member and homebrewer-gone-pro Andrew McCready has invited us into his dojo at Bickford Brewing for the celebration once again. Grab a beer on tap and some cans to go!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP FOR STRUCTURED TASTINGS if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew. This is a great way to get a judge’s feedback prior to (or without) the hassle of registering for a formal competition.

Other than that, there’s no presentation this month, this meeting is all about hanging out, reminiscing about old times, sharing brews and talking beer.

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass! And we’re giving out special bonus high-fives to anyone who wears something particularly festive to the meeting.

Location: Avling Brewery
Date: Monday November 10th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Hope everyone had a great time at Brewslam! After a break in October, we’re kicking things back off with our November club meeting at Avling Brewery.

This month we’re thrilled to have Brandon Judd from Avling Brewery joining us to share his brewing process for his sours and incorporating fruits, honey and botanicals. It’s a great chance to learn firsthand about the techniques behind one of the most refreshing and creative beer styles out there.

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Don’t forget to patronize our hosts! Avling offers a full kitchen, if you’re hungry and 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday September 8th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Hope everyone had a great summer break! We’re kicking things back off with our September club meeting at Rainhard Brewing Co.

This month we’re thrilled to have Andrew McCready from Bickford Brewing joining us to share his souring process for his award-winning Gose. It’s a great chance to learn firsthand about the techniques behind one of the most refreshing and creative beer styles out there.

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Also, please don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Rainhard Brewing 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Muddy York Brewing Co.
Date: Monday June 9th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Join us in June when we head NORTH of the 401. . . and NORTH of the 407. . . and even NORTH of Hwy 7 up to the wonderful town of Stouffville Ontario to triumpantly return, and celebrate, Muddy York Brewing’s new location! While we intend this to be a celebratory mid-year social meeting we may be able to convince Jeff Manol to say a few words about the brand new brew house, brewery and location!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

And, don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Muddy York offers an array of fine beers and it’s the perfect opportunity to grab a can or twelve on your way out.

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co
Date: Monday April 14th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Join us this April to be regaled by tales by none other than the legendary beer writer, beer judger, beer drinker and collab beer brewer Jordan St. John, on a meandering and highly entertaining talk about all things beer. You may have already read some of St. John’s work (perhaps here, or maybe here) but whether you’re familiar or not, this is a meeting you won’t want to miss.

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

And, don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Rorschach offers an array of fine beers and it’s the perfect opportunity to grab a can or twelve on your way out.

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co.
Date: Monday March 17th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

We are thrilled to announce that our March homebrew club meeting will feature a special presentation by one of the world’s foremost experts in craft beer, none other than Toronto’s own Mirella Amato! A Grand Master BJCP Judge, Master Cicerone, award-winning author, and leading educator in beer and food pairing, Mirella has dedicated her career to shaping the craft beer industry through her expertise, passion, and dedication.

You don’t want to miss this one!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co
Date: Monday February 10th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

“He who controls the spice rules the universe!” Is there such thing as too much vegetable/herb/spice beer? Probably! But GTA Brews Member and Spice Lord Kyle Kellam has a borderline unhealthy obsession with finding out where the limit is.

For our February meeting Kyle will be presenting about his experiences brewing spiced beers, including his inspirations, different methods for introducing adjuncts, lessons learned, and a tasting of two freshly canned batches!

To stretch people’s brewing creativity, members are also invited to join the “The Spice! It’s In Everything Here!” Challenge, in which participants will draft from a list of Base Beer Styles and a list of Spices, from which they’ll attempt to brew a beer. Then, they can share their bottle (or be judged? To be confirmed…) with others at a future meeting!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

And, don’t forget to patronize our hosts!! Rorschach offers an array of fine beers, and in keeping with the meeting’s theme, have an especially outstanding selection of adjunct stouts, sours and lagers!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday January 13th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Water: You’ve drank it, you’ve swam in it, heck, some of you have probably even BATHED in it (at some point in the distant past). But did you know you could BREW WITH IT TOO?!

It’s time for our annual January tradition of diving deep (see what I did there?) into the world of water chemistry, and we are happy to have GTA Brews Member (and former club President) Eric Cousineau back to give us an updated presentation!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Bickford Brewing Co.
Date: Monday December 9th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

It’s been a very eventful year of beer brewing, competitions, club meet-ups, world events and happenings. We’ve come a long way, and now it’s [finally] time to chill out a bit, relax, and have a few beers with friends. That’s right, it’s the GTA Brew’s holiday social get-together. This is one you DON’T want to miss – fellow club member and homebrewer-gone-pro Andrew McCready has invited us into his dojo at Bickford Brewing for the celebration. Grab a beer on tap and some cans to go!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP FOR STRUCTURED TASTINGS if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew. This is a great way to get a judge’s feedback prior to (or without) the hassle of registering for a formal competition.

Other than that, there’s no presentation this month, this meeting is all about hanging out, reminiscing about old times, sharing brews and talking beer.

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass! And we’re giving out special bonus high-fives to anyone who wears something particularly festive to the meeting.

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday November 25th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Join us November 25th at West-End location Rainhard Brewing to get inside the mysterious brain of Toronto’s Brewer of the Year and Last Brewer Standing Wuilmer Venegas. He’ll be walking us through his process of creating award winning beer recipes from scratch, and sharing some secrets along the way. Note that we are meeting at a slightly later date than normal due to Brewslam activities earlier in the month.

And for those with Advent Calendar tickets, we will also be taking this opportunity to swap our 24 beers! Come prepared with your prelabeled beers and a carrying box!

And as always, remember to bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co
Date: Monday October 7th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Join us October 7th at East-End location Rorschach Brewing for a rare opportunity to check out the 2024 hop harvest with hop experts from Hops Connect. We’ll be hand-rubbing some varieties, talking through the aroma and flavor notes, and maybe even comparing them to their extract versions, live!

And as always, remember to bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday September 9th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Join us September 9th at West-End location Rainhard Brewing for beers, cheers, tears (hopefully of joy) and fears (of empty beer glasses). In other words, a typical GTA Brews get-together. Our ex (president, that is), who we’re still not quite over, David Larocque will be regaling us of his brewing experiences with kids and how these many small hands have helped his brewing efficiency.

And as always, remember to bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co.
Date: Monday August 12th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

We’re back in the East end to cool off with some brewskis with our buds. We’ll have our Structured Tastings, some announcements, some social time and a new exBeeriment complete with blind triangle taste test! You won’t want to miss it!

And as always, remember to bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Location: Rouge River Brewing Co.
Date: Monday July 8th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

This month we go slightly north and slightly east to visit our friends at Rouge River Brewing Co. We’re taking a bit of a relaxed approach for this first “real” month of the summer by having our Last Brewer Standing Finals at Rouge River Brewing.

We’ll have our Structured Tastings, some announcements, the judging of the Last Brewer Standing Finals between James Kennedy and Wuilmer Venegas, lots of social time and we’ll be able to chat with Jordan Mills of Rouge River Brewing. As always, remember, bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Don’t forget to patronize our hosts! Rouge River 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!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co.
Date: Monday June 10th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Muddy York’s abrupt departure from Toronto had us reeling for a little bit, but thankfully the good folks at Rorschach Brewing have offered to host us for our East Side rendezvous. Come grab a pint, some food (yes, the kitchen is planned to be open for a short time!) and catch up with your brewing buddies.

Brewer and co-founder Matthew Reiner will be there for a talk on Rorschach’s approach to brewing. These guys make some whacky beers so be sure to pick Matt’s brain. And as always, remember, bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Location: True History Brewing
Date: Monday April 8th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Brewer and co-founder Adam Shier will be hosting us at True History Brewing for a talk on the genesis of True History, his approach to traditional German brewing, and a guided tasting of some of the current masterpieces on tap. Come prepared with some questions for Adam, and remember, bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Don’t forget to patronize our hosts! True History 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!

Location: Rainhard Brewing
Date: Monday March 11th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

What’s the difference between a Maibock and a Doppelbock? Is this SRM appropriate? Does my beer have notes of snozzberries? How are babies made?? These are questions only a certified Cicerone or BJCP judge can answer. Learn how to become one with Cicerone, BJCP judge and GTA Brews director Onur Çaka this month at Rainhard Brewing. Come share a beer and learn about the process of becoming a cicerone and BJCP judge from one of our own. And remember, bring your tasting glass!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Location: Avling Brewery
Date: Monday February 12th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

We’re exploring more of the GTA this month with a visit to Avling Brewery. Brandon from Avling will be giving us some insight on the mashing process for lagers and mixed fermentations, as well as LoDo (low oxygen) brewing, blending and bottle conditioning. We’ll also have a hands-on tasting component of Avling beers…so remember, bring your tasting glass! And homebrew is welcome too of course!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

Don’t forget to patronize our hosts! Avling 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!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday January 8th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

It’s 2024; a new year and the perfect time to hone our technical brewing skills. To kick things off, as is now traditional, Eric Cousineau will be focusing on the controversial and mysterious dihydrogen monoxide molecule, a colourless and odourless chemical compound also referred to by some as DHMO, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Oxide, or simply by its “street” name: “water.”

Despite this nefarious chemical being found to cause sweating and urination, being a major component of acid rain, contributing to erosion, decreasing the effectiveness of automobile brakes, and being deadly if inhaled, it’s still the #1 ingredient of beer at nearly 95%… More info on this in the video below:

Come visit us at Rainhard Brewing to get educated and learn how to manage this problematic molecule.

We’ll also be re-establishing the long lost art of Structured Tastings at the beginning of this meeting. Bring some homebrew (and some thick skin (just kidding)) to get an expert critique from BJCP-minded judges on what’s working for the beer, and how you might improve it further. Don’t worry, it’s all good-spirited and with the intent of helping everyone (including the judges) improve.

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!

And, Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Muddy York Brewing Co.
Date: Monday December 11th, 2023
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

It’s that time of year again, and we’ll be ringing it in with a festive holiday social get-together at our old stomping grounds Muddy York Brewing. This is one you DON’T want to miss, as it is likely our last opportunity to enjoy the space & hospitality of Muddy York’s 22 Cranfield Rd location (more on that below).

In addition to socializing, spreading holiday cheer and sharing homebrew, we’ll also be kicking off the quarter finals of Last Brewer Standing. Competitors should arrive around 7pm with their bottles ready for judging (and feel free to bring another bottle or two for sharing…).

Other than that, there’s no presentation this month, this meeting is all about hanging out, reminiscing about old times, sharing brews and talking beer.

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

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!

Location: Rorschach Brewing Co.
Date: Monday October 16th, 2023
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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!

Location: Muddy York Brewing Co.
Date: Monday June 12th, 2023
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Northern Maverick Brewing
Date: Monday February 13th, 2023
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Rainhard Brewing Co
Date: Monday January 13th, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Water: You’ve drank it, you’ve swam in it, heck, some of you have probably even BATHED in it (at some point in the distant past). But did you know you could BREW WITH IT TOO?!

It’s time for our annual January tradition of diving deep (see what I did there?) into the world of water chemistry, and we are happy to have GTA Brews Member (and former club President) Eric Cousineau back to give us an updated presentation!

Also be sure to SIGN-UP for structured tastings if you’d like some feedback on your latest brew.

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: People’s Pint Brewing Company
Date: Monday December 12th, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: People’s Pint Brewing Company
Date: Monday October 17th, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: People’s Pint Brewing Company
Date: Monday August 8th, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: Muddy York Brewing Company
Date: Monday July 11th, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

We are back to IN PERSON meetings at Muddy York Brewing!!! For the East End of the GTA, this is the first time we’re back in person at Muddy York and we’re so looking forward to hearing from our good friends at Escarpment Labs! Jonah Greenbaum-Shinder will be coming to the meeting to give us a talk on Wild Yeast Capture and Testing!

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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Location: People’s Pint Brewing Company
Date: Monday June 13th, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

This month we are SUPER excited to be back to IN PERSON meetings!!! And since we haven’t had a proper in person meeting in, oh, about 2+ years it’s going to be exciting since there’s a lot of new stuff to announce! Firstly, our “west” meeting location has changed to be at PEOPLE’S PINT BREWING CO. 90 Cawthra Ave in Toronto. Secondly, we’re stoked to hear People’s Pint’s head brewer and former GTA Brews member Pietro Caira talk to us about all things Mash related (well, almost all things – I don’t think Pietro’s going to talk about the “Monster Mash”. . . . . ) !

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!! 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!

Don’t forget to bring your tasting glass!

Date: Monday May 9th, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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This month we are exceptionally excited to have Tariq Ahmed join us from Revel Cider talk to us about cider brewing! His presentation will focus on Revel Cider, their cider brewing philosophies and a guided tasting of two of their ciders. Please see details on how to get their cider below!

As with any conference call, please mute your microphone if you aren’t speaking, this really helps cut down on background noise. During Q&A segments we will make use of the “Raise Hand” feature.

Date: Monday April 11th, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET

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This month we are exceptionally excited to have Calum and Lauren join us from Sonnen Hill Brewery talk to us about lagers! Their presentation will focus on brewing lagers and will include a guided tasting of four of their beers, so make sure you check out some ways (see here) you can get their beers before April 11th!

As with any conference call, please mute your microphone if you aren’t speaking, this really helps cut down on background noise. During Q&A segments we will make use of the “Raise Hand” feature.