Beer Festival 2013 - Toronto Pt.1

Hello Friends!!! Toronto during the summer is transformed into a sunny metropolis filled with festivals that are the perfect way to celeb...

Hello Friends!!!

Toronto during the summer is transformed into a sunny metropolis filled with festivals that are the perfect way to celebrate all sorts of occasions, be it Pride Week, Carabana, or in our case BEER!

A Well of Inspiration was extremely kindly invited to the Beer Festival 2013 in Toronto last weekend.
So Clive and I mentally and physically prepared ourselves for some beer sampling and generally having a good time.

To be honest, I had never attended a beer festival, in Toronto or anywhere in the world for that matter, so I had no idea what to expect. Well, I was in for a surprise.

Because, we had so much fun and there was so much to see and do, I decided to write about it in two parts and give you guys a good low down of the event.

So lets talk about the main subject here and that is of course the BEER! (I'm a poet and I didn't even know it)


After you walk through the gates and they check your ID, you are given a cute half pint glass and a few sample tokens. Be aware that if you misplace your glass or break it, there is a charge to replace it, so make sure to keep and eye on it, or do what the Beer Festival veterans do and tie it around your neck with a shoe lace or lanyard. Wish I thought of that prior to attending.


Our Social Media tent was sponsored by Goose Island Vintage Ales and we had the chance to try both of their beer creations. I had Sofie, a light and fruity beer, while Clive tastes Matilda a darker hoppier beer. I preferred Sofie and later went back for seconds.




You can tell by the map just how many vendors and delicious beer brewers from around the world were in attendance.








We were extra excited to find the Brit tent as well and naturally had to pose with the Queen.




Unfortunately, New Castle Brown was not my favourite, as per my extremely pleased expression.






Alexander Keith's little space was my fav, they had a mini tour on how the beer is made and gave out almost full glasses of sampling even though we only asked for half. Good on ya Keith's.




The Moosehead tent was a close second of my fav tents, as not only did they give away free sunglasses, but they had good tunes playing with a dance floor surrounded by beer, including Twisted Tea, Hard Iced Tea, which I had like three times. 


Cheers!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's part two!

Stay inspired!

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