In the last month we were fortunate enough to visit and tour Jolly Pumpkin in Dexter Michigan - one of the most recognized breweries in the United States for barrel aging and open fermentation. Deep in the brewery amongst the 300+ wooden barrels you will find a small pocket dedicate to beers of Leelanau Brewing Company. With a very small production made each year and limited availability we have managed to convince owner Charles Psenka to ship his beers north of the border (for the first time) to our bar here in Toronto. On Thursday, February 9th, 2012 starting at 7:00pm we will be featuring two of the three beers made by Leelanau Brewing Company; Whaleback White Ale and Good Harbor Golden Ale. From the Brewery;

“We consider each of our beers a work of art, our passion evident in every taste. We hand craft our ales in old-wood traditions and patiently age them in our custom made, oversized, fine grain, French oak barrels.” 

Take a minute to read their brewing process! 

GUEST TAPS
1.    Hopfenstark Saison Station 7 (Farmhouse Saison)
2.    Unibroue Trois Pistoles 2009 (Belgian Strong Ale)
3.    Mill St. Barley Wine 2010 (English Barley Wine)
4.    Flying Monkey Super Collider Double IPA (American Double IPA)
5.    Denison’s Weissbier (German Hefeweiss)
6.    Great Lakes Apocalypse Later (Imperial Black IPA)
7.    Amsterdam Tempest (Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout)
8.    King Pilsner (Czech Pils)
9.    Dieu Du Ciel! Rosee D’Hibiscus (Belgian Wit)
10.  Dieu Du Ciel! Peche Mortel (Imperial Coffee Stout)
12.  Church Key Barely Legal 2010 (Barley Wine)
13.  Spirit Tree Pub Cider (Hard Cider)
14.  Waupoos County Cider (Hard Cider)

HOUSE ALES TAPS
13.    House Ales Dirty Blonde (Belgian Pale Ale)
14.    House Ales SWAG OUT STOUT (Candian Oak - Bourbon Treated)
15.    House Ales X Biergotter Black Tongue (Imperial Porter)
16.    House Ales X Kilber Gratzer Ale
17.    House Ales 9th Day Saison (Wild Saison)

CASKS
18.    Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA (American IPA)
19.    Amsterdam Boneshaker IPA (American IPA)
20.    House Ales X Hip Hops RUN ESB (Black Extra Special Bitter)
21.    Black Oak Ball Dropper (Pale Ale with Champange Yeast)
22.    Beau’s Wild Oat’s #15: “Hogan’s Goat” (Spiced Bock)

SPECIAL BOTTLES
23.    Le Trou Du Diable Buteuse Brassin Special (Brandy Oak)
24.    Le Trou Du Diable Imperatrice (Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout)
25.    Le Trou Du Diable Nez De Poivrot (Barley Wine)
26.    Le Trou Du Diable Grivoise Du Noel 2010 (Spiced Strong)
27.    MicroBrasserie Charlevoix 2010 Dominus Vobiscum Brut
28.    Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique 2010
29.    Brooklyn Sorachi Ace Saison
30.    Driftwood Old Cellar Dwellar Barley Wine 2010 (Barley Wine)
31.     Mikkeller Santa’s Little Helper 2010 (Spiced Belgian Strong)
32.    Bosteels Deus (Brut Des Flandres)
33.    Spirit Tree Reserve Cider (Aged in Oak Barrels)

*** All Beers Are Subject To Change and Availability
*** No Reservations Required. Open From 2:OO pm - 2:00 am

Gift Certificates will be available for the holidays. Please contact info@barvolo.com or visit us in person for more details. Cheers!

Cask Days 2011 will take place on Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at the Hart House Quadrangle (University of Toronto Campus). As of date we are up to 100+ casks, 52 participating breweries from across Canada and 7 days of events.

More information about the events surrounding Cask Days 2011 have been released (below). Don’t forget to check out the current list of beers that will be available at the main event. Costume’s are encouraged for Session 2! (Best costume wins a case of Dieu Du Ciel! Peche Mortel) Hope to see everyone soon!

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Pre-Cask Days 2011 @barVolo (October 24th-October 27th)

Fuller’s Cask Night @barVolo (Friday, October 28th, 2011)

CASK! Toronto / Cask Days Seminars @barVolo (Saturday, October 29th, 2011)

Breakfast With The Brewers @barVolo (Sunday, October 30th, 2011)

Cask Days 2011 Main Event (Sunday, October 30th, 2011)

Cask Days 2011 After Party @barVolo (Sunday, October 30th)*

* Special Cask of Dieu Du Ciel! Bourbon Barrel Aged Peche Mortel (Imperial Coffee Stout) will be available!

Cask Days was founded at barVolo in 2005. Please be advised that this event is a 19+ and  CASH ONLY. There are several ATM’s available on campus for your convenience. For more information please visit http://caskdays.com or e-mail us info@caskdays.com. Tickets are 75% sold out. Any Remaining tickets will be available at the door. For live information feed’s please follow @CaskDays on Twitter. Cheers !

Monday Night Pint Night ($5.00 Pints)
Monday, September 19th, 2011 @ 2:00pm

Denison’s Weissbier (German Hefeweizen)
Flying Monkey’s Smash Bomb Atomic IPA (American IPA)
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years (Double IPA)
Wellington Russian Imperial Stout
Denison’s Dunkel (Munich Dark Lager)
Spearhead Hawaiian Pale Ale (American IPA)
Grand River Mill Race Mild (English Mild)
King Pilsner (Czech Pilsner)
Creemore Kellerbier (Kellerbier)
Amsterdam Framboise (Raspberry Fruit)
Mill St. Coffee Porter (Coffee Porter)
Flying Monkey Netherworld Porter (Hoppy Porter)
Great Lakes Hop Hoarder’s IPA
Muskoka Mad Tom IPA (Cask)
Durham XXX IPA (Cask)

A Night With Howe Sound Brewing Co. (Squamish, BC)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 @ 7:00pm

Representatives from the brewery will be present!

Howe Sound Devils Elbow (India Pale Ale)
Howe Sound Three Beavers (Imperial Red Ale)
Howe Sound Pothole Filler (Imperial Stout)
Howe Sound King Heffy (Imperial Hefeweizen)
Howe Sound Pumpkineater (Imperial Pumpkin Ale)
Howe Sound Father John’s (Winter Ale)

* All beers will be available by the bottle and/or sample glass.


Black Oak Tap Take Over (2nd Edition)
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 @ 7:00pm

Black Oak X St. Johns Wort Manitou Sumac Spiced Saison
Black Oak Nut Brown (Single Malt/ Burbon Barrel Aged)
Black Oak / Beau’s All Natural Collaboration - Lug Nut (Nut Brown / Lugtred Blend) 
Black Oak Sweet Potato Nut Brown (Nutbrown Cask with sweet potato)           
Black Oak Oaktoberfest (Marzen)
Black Oak Pale Ale (English Pale Ale)
Black Oak Black IPA (Dry Hopped English Pale Ale)   
Black Oak Transvestites Tipple (English Pale Ale with pineapple) (Cask)      
Black Oak Gender Bender Pale Ale (English Pale Ale with white Cranberry) (Cask)      
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years (Double IPA) (Cask)
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years (Double IPA)       
Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout (Fruit Stout)   
Black Oak CoffeeNCreamNSmoke Imperial Milk Stout (Imperial Milk Stout)   
Cheshire Valley ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
Cheshire Valley Galaxy Pale Ale


House Ales Tap Take Over (2nd Edition)
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 @ 7:00pm

House Ales Shicki Micki (Raspberry Berliner Weiss)
House Ales X Erica Graholm Dampfbier (Dampfbier)
House Ales 7th Day Saison – Batch 2 (Farmhouse Saison)
House Ales 10th Day Saison (Farmhouse Saison with Brett.)
House Ales X Hip Hops Gangsters Para-Weiss (Saison Brewed with Grains of Paradise)
House Ales Jen’s Uncommom – Hybrid – (Common/Pale Ale)
House Ales Matt’s Marathon Mild 2012 (English Mild)
House Ales X Hip-Hops Notorious IPA – Batch 2 – (American IPA)
House Ales Westside 213 – Batch 3 – (American IPA with Brett.)
House Ales Abby Normal (Belgian Strong Ale)
House Ales Funkified Abbey Normal (Belgian Strong Ale with Lactobacilious)
House Ales X Bartle X ARoach Gold Dust (Porter)
House Ales X Hip-Hops Tu–Hop – Batch 5 - Magnum / Galaxy (American Pale Ale)
House Ales X Hip-Hops Rockaway Rye – Batch 2 (Rye Ale)
House Ales X Bellwoods Brewery Abbey Not (Belgian Dubbel IPA)
House Ales Swag Out Stout (Imperial Russian Stout)


3rd Annual Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel! Take Over (Montreal, Quebec)
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 @ 7:00pm-4:00am*

Dieu Du Ciel! Revenante (Smoked Porter)
Dieu Du Ciel! Saison St-Louis (Belgian Saison)           
Dieu Du Ciel! Décibel (Extra Pale Ale)            
Dieu Du Ciel! Pénombre (Black IPA)
Dieu Du Ciel! Solstice Cerises (Cherry Sour Wheat Ale)
Dieu Du Ciel! Noce de Soie (Saison w/ Japanese pepper Sansyou)
Dieu Du Ciel! Mea Culpa (India Cream Ale)
Dieu Du Ciel! お疲れ様. Otsukaresama (Plum Sour)        
Dieu Du Ciel! Péché Mortel (Imperial Coffee Stout)    
Dieu Du Ciel! Dernière Volonté (Belgian Pale Ale)    
Dieu Du Ciel! Corne du Diable (Montreal Style IPA   
Dieu Du Ciel! Rosée d’Hibiscus (Belgian Wit Brewed With Hibiscus Flower)

Bottles
Dieu Du Ciel! Solstice Charbonniere (Smoked Ale)
Dieu Du Ciel! Solstice D’Ete (Sour Wheat brewed with Cherries)
Dieu Du Ciel! Rescousse (German Red Ale)
Dieu Du Ciel! Chaman (Imperial Pale Ale)
Dieu Du Ciel! Elixer Celeste (Bohemian Pilsner)
Dieu Du Ciel! Route Des Epices (Peppercorn Rye Ale)
Dieu Du Ciel! Peche Mortel (Imperial Coffee Stout)

We will be closed this Sunday, September 4th and Monday, September 5th for the holiday long weekend. $5.00 Pint night will take place on the following Tuesday, September 6th from 2:00pm-2:00am. Cheers!

Over the weekend barVolo took home all three bar/restaurant awards from the Bar Towel Golden Taps; Best Bar For Cask-Condtioned Beer, Bottle Beer Selection & Tap Selection in Ontario. Thank you to all of our fans for supporting us and all the microbreweries in Ontario for making great beer for us to serve. A special thanks to Cass Enright (Founder of BarTowel/Golden Taps) & Beer Bistro for hosting a great event. Also, congrats to all of our friends who also won awards.

Finally, shout outs to all the passionate individuals in the craft beer industry who are part of this evolution and are elevating the Ontario brewing scene every day. Support your local brewery and local beer bar!

We Live For The Funk!
A Night of Funky Brews & Funky Tunes
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 @ 7:00pm


House Ales Funkified Abbey Normal  (Belgian Quad. Brewed w/ Lactobacilus)   
House Ales Shicki Micki - (Berliner Weiss Brewed With Raspberries)
House Ales Alexanderplatz - (Berliner Weiss)
House Ales Gangsters Para-Wiess (Saison Brewed w/ Grains of Paradise)
House Ales 7th Day Saision (Belgian Style Saison)
Great Lakes No Chance with Miranda (Saison)
Great Lakes Same Ol’ Citrasaison (Saison Brewed With Citra)
Great Lakes X Bartle Heavy Petting (Saison Brewed With Lime Peel, Pepper)
Great Lakes Heavy Bretting (Saison Aged 8 Months in Oak Barrels with Brett.)
Great Lakes The Saison With Low Self-Esteem (Saison Fermented w/ 3 Brett Strains)
Great Lakes Raspberry Bitch Slap (Belgio Raspberry Wheat Wine)
Great Lakes X Murdoch “The Big Smoke” (Rauch Saison) (CASK)
Murdoch Stenhouse Porter (Straight Sour / Barrel Aged Porter)
Murdoch Divi Divi Wit (Wit Beer With Peppercorns, Orange Peel & Cocao Nibs)
Beau’s All Natural “Sour Dreams” (Farmhouse Brett Primed Night Marzen)

Black Oak Summer Saison (Belgian Style Saison)

*    All Beers are subject to change and availability
*    All beers will be served in 1/2 pint glasses
*    Volo will be closed from 6:00pm-7:00pm to prepare for the event

Thursday, August 4th, 2011 is International #IPADAY. To commence the occasion were going to take over our taps with Ontario IPAs all day long starting @ 2:00pm ;

Durham Hop Addict IPA
Amsterdam Boneshaker IPA
Muskoka Mad Tom IPA
McAuslan St.Ambroise  IPA
Duggans #9 IPA
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years Double IPA
Taps Pacific Gem IPA
Granite Hopping Mad IPA
Spearhead Hawaiian Style Pale Ale
Flying Monkey Smash Bomb IPA

Muskoka Mad Tom IPA (Cask)

Amsterdam Boneshaker IPA (Cask)
Black Oak Hop Bomb IPA (Cask)

Cheers!

Discover one of the newest additions to the Quebec craft beer scene, Brasserie Dunham, founded by the owner of one of the top Montreal beer bars; Visa & Versa. The following beers will be available on Friday, July 8th, 2011;

Brasserie Dunham Pale Ale Americaine - American Pale Ale (5.9%)

Brasserie Dunham IPA Belge - Belgian IPA (6.5%)

Brasserie Dunham La Biere De L’ours - Imperial Stout with Maple Syrup (7.0%)

Brasserie Dunham Dans La Gueule Du Loup - Wheat Beer with Cranberries (6.2%)

Brasserie Dunham Vin D’orge - Limited Edition Barley Wine (9.3%)

Cheers!