April 2012
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IPA CHALLENGE RE-CAP
caskdays:
On behalf of Cask Days & barVolo we would like to thank everyone who joined us this weekend and participated in the 4th Annual Ontario Cask IPA challenge. The weather was in perfect condition for cask ale and it was the largest customer participation / turn out we have ever seen.
A special thanks to all of the craft breweries from Ontario who entered their beer into this years...
CASK DAYS IPA CHALLENGE THIS WEEKEND!
This weekend barVolo will host the Cask Days 4th Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge. During the main festivities (Saturday & Sunday) barVolo will not be open for regular business and dedicating our space to the IPA challenge. Admission is $10.00 (includes official glass, score card and program guide) at the door. Food will be provided by Caplansky’s Truck & Chef Ryan.
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March 2012
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#BEAULO Tonight
Tonight we will be hosting #BEAULO with our good friends at Beau’s All Natural!
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barVolo will not be open for regular business today.
We will close from 5:00pm-7:00pm to set up for the event.
We are located at 587 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario
Event will run from 7:00pm-2:00am (or until supplies last)
Food will be available. No Table Service.
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BEER 4 BOOBS
Today we will host BEER 4 BOOBS. Here’s a few things you should know before coming to the event;
barVolo will not be open for regular business.
We are located at 587 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario
Event will run from 2:00pm-8:00pm (or until supplies last)
Food will be provided by Alli’s Fresh Baked. Regular menu not available.
Event is 19+ and CASH ONLY. ATM is located downstairs
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#BEAULO - Beau's Total Takeover Of barVolo
Part of our on going series of tap take over’s, we are very excited to be working with and feature one of our favorite Ontario craft breweries Beau’s All Natural. This night we will only be serving Beau’s All Natural beers for one night only. Part of this event will include a special one off collaboration brew with House Ales X Beau’s All Natural - Ryes Above Porter...
February 2012
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BEER 4 BOOBS
BEER LIST (UPDATE)
1. Amsterdam Lassie’s 80 (Scottish 80 Shilling) Brewers: Morgan, Kaitlin, Jenn (5.0%, 20 IBU) 2. Cheshire Valley Bitter Black Beauty (Black Bitter) Brewers: Tracy, Tamara, Amber (4.5%, 40 IBU) 3. Granite Alternator (Alt/brown Ale) Brewers: Siobhan, Mary Beth (5.5%, 23 IBU) 4. Great Lakes Rosie the Riveter (Biere De Mars) Brewers: Erica and Bridgid (7.0%, 23 IBU) 5....
January 2012
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Leelanau Makes Its Way To Canada!
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...
December 2011
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Midnight In A Perfect World - NYE 2012
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...
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Holiday Hours / Gift Certificates
Gift Certificates will be available for the holidays. Please contact info@barvolo.com or visit us in person for more details. Cheers!
October 2011
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Cask Days 2011 Events @ barVolo
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...
September 2011
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Toronto Beer Week @ barVolo
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...
Long Weekend Hours
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!
August 2011
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barVolo Takes Home Three Golden Taps
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...
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wE liVe foR tHe fUNk
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...
July 2011
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#IPADAY @BARVOLO
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...
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Introducing Brasserie Dunham
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...
June 2011
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A Night With Brewmaster Frederick Tremblay &...
This Thursday night starting at 8:30 barVolo will host “A Night With Charlevoix” featuring a hand-full of beers from MicroBrasserie Charlevoix of Baie-St-Paul Quebec. Join us with brewmaster Frederick Tremblay to celebrate the release of the Dominus Vobiscum Blanche availability at the LCBO and taste the following beers;
MicroBrasserie Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Blanche
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House Ales Launch Party!!!
On Friday, June 24th, 2011 Starting At 5:00pm barVolo (587 Yonge St.) Will Host The Official Launch Party Of House Ales Nano Brewery Project. The Following Beers Will Be Available In Limited Quantities; House Ales X Spearhead - Heart Of Darkness - Belgian Dubbel House Ales X Bartle - Dumb Pig - Rauchbier House Ales X Jason Tremblay - Abbey Normal – Belgian Strong Ale House Ales ...
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Spearhead Brewing Company Launch
We are happy to announce that we will host the official launch of Spearhead Brewing Company from Toronto, Ontario on Thursday, June 16th at 7:00pm at barVolo. Join owner/founder Dimitri Van Kampen and the rest of the Spearhead team while we pour their Hawaiian Style Pale ale for the first time in Ontario. The following week we will serve our collaboration brew made at barVolo; House Ales X...
May 2011
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Closed Monday!
barVolo will be closing this Monday, May 23rd, 2011. $5.00 Pint Night will be held on the following day; Tuesday, May 24th, 2011. Have a great long weekend!! Don’t forget to support your local breweries and craft beer bars! Cheers!
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Cask Days IPA Challenge Results
bar Volo & Cask Days would like to congratulate Mike Lackey & Great Lakes Brewing for winning the 3rd Ontario Cask IPA Challenge this year with KARMA CITRA IPA! This is the second year in a row Great Lakes has won the challenge. Thank you to all the participating brewers and everyone who came out this rainy weekend to support craft beer in Ontario! All remaining casks will be...
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Hip Hops
Help barVolo & House Ales decided which two beers we should submit into the Cask Days Ontario Cask IPA Challenge this year… We will be pouring four different Cask IPA’s brewed by House Ales; NOTORIOUS IPA, EAST SIDE IPA, WEST SIDE IPA and C-5 IPA. Check out http://caskdays.com for more information about the event taking place this weekend!
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IPA Challenge Update
Next Saturday Cask Days kicks off with the 3rd Ontario Cask IPA Challenge @barVolo. Below you will find a list of confirmed beers thus far;
TORONTO
Amsterdam Boneshaker IPA, Great Lakes My Bitter Wife IPA, House Ales Westside 213 IPA, Durham Hop Addict IPA, Magnotta’s Geordie Mackem IPA, Saint Andre Berzerkely IPA, Amsterdam Uni-Cyrcle IPA, Duggan’s #9, House Ales Eastside IPA,...
April 2011
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Closed this Friday...
This Friday barVolo will be closed. Not to worry we are still gonna rock it on Thursday night with Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co.’s Matt’s Sleepy Time Belgian Imperial Stout, Beaver River IP EH?, House Ales X Micro-brasserie Le Trou du diable Collaboration “Hop Scotch IPA” & House Ales WEST SIDE 213 IPA (Nate Dogg Dedication Brew) all on Cask!!!!
NOW HIRING!
barVolo is now hiring enthusiastic servers/bartenders that have a strong knowledge for craft beer and are passionate about craft beer culture. Our dynamic work environment requires our employees to actively participate and adapt to constant change and innovation. The emerged revolution of craft beer is among us and is progressively becoming a permanent fixture in the alcohol beverage...
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3rd Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge!
Once again Cask Days invites you to participate in the 3rd Ontario Cask IPA Challenge on Saturday, May 14th 2011 and Sunday, May 15th 2011 at barVolo (587 Yonge St.) This year will feature 26 different India Pale Ales from 23 breweries from Ontario. With the growing demand for hoppy beers, our goal is to inspire and challenge our local craft brewers to create new and exciting ways to make an...
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House Ales in the News!
Check out today’s issue of the Toronto Star where the head brewer Ralph Morana of House Ales is mentioned in an article about “Small Breweries Making a Big Splash” written by Josh Rubin. A good reason to put 5 House Ales on tap/cask tonight at barVolo;
House Ales + Chris Glasser - Back Handed ESB
(Extra Special Bitter)
House Ales + Ian Mcoustra - Left of the Dail Mild
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3rd ANNUAL ONTARIO CASK IPA CHALLENGE
On Monday April 11, 2011 we will be officially launching our press release for the 3rd Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge being held on May 14/15 this year.Confirmed breweries;
Magnotta, Church Key, Black Oak, Niagara Brewing College, Saint Andre, House Ales*, Beau’s All Natural, Amsterdam, Cheshire Valley, Saint Andre*, Clock Tower*, Great Lakes, Scotch Irish, TAPS*, Flying Monkeys, Lake of...
March 2011
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Driftwood Night @barVolo
This Friday, April 1st starting at 4:00pm barVolo will be featuring four new bottle beers from Driftwood Brewing Co. from Victoria, BC. Beers will be available by the sample and full bottle. We are fortunate to be one of the only places outside of British Columbia that Driftwood has shipped these beers to!
The following beers will be served;
Driftwood Old Cellar Dweller Barley Wine 2011
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House Ales Collaboration Cask Night!
Collaboration Cask Night – Friday March 18th, 2011
This Friday the following House Ales collaboration casks will be served starting at 4:00pm. All beers are subject to change and availability.
House Ales / Jon Hodd Rockaway Rye – Rye Ale – ( Last Call )
House Ales / Saint Andre Burton Ale # 1 – Best Bitter ( Last Call )
House Ales / Robert Hughey Saskatoon Berry Stout - American Stout
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A Night With Great Lakes & Mike Lackey
Tomorrow night for our Great Lakes / Mike Lackey Feature we will be closed from 6:00pm-7:00pm to set up all of the taps. Food will be served however there will be limited seating. CASH ONLY event with an ATM available downstairs. Open for regular business from 12:00pm-6:00pm. Cheers!!!
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A Night With Mike Lackey & Great Lakes Brewery
barVolo & keep6ix Presents A Night With…Mike Lackey & Great Lakes Brewery
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With all the great work put out by our friends Mike Lackey and Great Lakes Brewery Company for Project X and the new cask-ale program, we thought it would be a good idea to feature 19 of their one offs in one night at barVolo. We will only be serving the following Great Lakes beers...
February 2011
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This Weekend
This Saturday (February 19th) from 12:00pm - 3:00pm our collaboration brew day (HouseAles/Trou Du Diable) will be open to the public (Minimal Food). We will be closing at 3:00pm and re-opening to the public for the main event which starts at 7:00pm. Please keep in mind that we will only be serving beers from Le Trou Du Diable on this night. No reservations or tickets required. On Monday, February...
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A Night With Trou Du Diable
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 @ barVolo (Main Event Starts at 7:00pm) If you haven’t heard of these guys before - you will after this one. Flying in from Shawinigan, Quebec, Micro-brasserie Le Trou Du Diable will be taking over barVolo with the brewers and founders in the house. Le Trou Du Diable beers will only be served on this night. To commence the occasion, House Ales and Le Trou Du Diable...