August 13th, 2010
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – The Local Taphouse, a specialty beer bar with locations in East St. Kilda (Melbourne) & Darlinghurst (Sydney) Australia, will be putting the spotlight on a number of Quebec craft beers this weekend.
“The Moose & Mountie SpecTAPular” will feature 19 Quebec beers on tap at both locations, with the support of the Canadian Government allowing them to offer the beers at a reasonable price.
The event kicks off on Sautrday August 14th, and the following beers will be available:
Dieu du Ciel!
Rosée D’hibiscus (Hibiscus flavoured wheat)
Corne du Diable (IPA)
Peche Mortel (Coffee Imperial Stout)
Blanche du Paradis (Wit)
Charbonniere (Smoked Ale)
Dernière volonté (Dry hopped Belgian-style blond)
Aphrodisiaque (Cocoa and Vanilla Stout)
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Weizen Impériale
Doppelbock
Kellerbier
Le Trou du Diable
Morsure (IPA)
La Chose (India Wee-heavy)
Impératrice (Imperial Stout)
Buteuse (Belgian-style Tripel)
Baron Noir (Baltic Porter)
Le Bilboquet
Larchange (Hefeweizen)
Métayer Brune (Brown Ale)
MacKroken Flower (Scotch Ale)
L’Affriolante (Honey and Spice Ale)
Categories:Beer Events· Quebec
August 12th, 2010
GATINEAU, QC – Quebec beer magazine/website Bières et Plaisirs is presenting the second annual Journée Québécoise de la Bière (Quebec Day of Beer) this coming Saturday, August 14th, 2010.
As with last year’s inaugural event, breweries around the province will be giving brewery tours and hosting tasting sessions, and brewpubs will be offering various specials on food and drink.
The full list of participating breweries and brewpubs, along with the events/specials they will be offering, is available on the event website.
Categories:Beer Events· Quebec
July 28th, 2010
NORWICH, UK – The winners of the World Beer Awards 2010 as presented by tastingbeers.com have been announced, and several Quebec breweries are amongst the winners. The award winners were chosen from over 500 beers submitted from 27 countries, and selected by an esteemed panel of judges featuring beer journalists and experts from around the world.
Unibroue did especially well, taking several World’s Best and The America’s Best categories, and also placing their Unibroue 17 in the overall Top 5 for the competition. Other Quebec breweries netting awards were Les Trois Mousquetaires, Le Trou du Diable and La Voie Maltée.
Here’s a complete list of all of the award-winning Quebec beers:
World’s Best Dark Ale – Strong Dark: Unibroue 17
World’s Best Pale Ale – Blonde / Golden: Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
World’s Best Stout & Porter – Porter – Baltic: Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
World’s Best Wheat Beer – Fruit: Unibroue Quelque Chose
The America’s Best Dark Ale – Strong Dark: Unibroue 17
The America’s Best Pale Ale – Altbier: Les Trois Mousquetaires Sticke Alt
The America’s Best Pale Ale – Blonde / Golden: Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
The America’s Best Pale Ale – Strong / Extra Special: Le Trou du Diable Buteuse Brassin Special
The America’s Best Stout & Porter – Porter – Baltic: Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
The America’s Best Stout & Porter – Stout – Strong: La Voie Maltée Criminelle
The America’s Best Wheat Beer – Fruit: Unibroue Quelque Chose
The America’s Best Wheat Beer – Spiced: Unibroue Blanche De Chambly
The America’s Best Wheat Beer – Strong: Unibroue Don De Dieu
Categories:Beer Awards· Quebec
July 12th, 2010
CHAMBLY, QC – Following a preview at last month’s Mondial de la Bière festival in Montreal, Unibroue today officially launched their new beer, Blonde de Chambly.
As with most Unibroue beers, there’s a story behind the name and label:
Here is Unibroue’s own interpretation of traditional Belgian saison ale. Traditionally brewed to help field workers cool off on long summer days, saison ales were highly refreshing—even served warm in the days before refrigeration. Blonde de Chambly pays tribute to the Filles du Roy, the women who came to Nouvelle-France to marry soldiers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment, among others. They settled on the fertile lands defended by Captain Jacques de Chambly and gave birth to many of our ancestors.
Unibroue Blonde de Chambly is available now in Quebec, with distribution elsewhere in Canada to follow.
Categories:Beer Releases· Quebec
June 2nd, 2010
MONTREAL, QC – Unibroue has taken a social media/viral marketing approach to the release of their newest beer Blonde de Chambly, debuting it last night at an exclusive event for members of YULBlog, a community of Montreal bloggers.
According to a tweet from one of the attendees, Blonde de Chambly is a saison, although all other information about the beer has yet to be released.
Blonde de Chambly will be released to the general public at Mondial de la Bière, Montreal’s major beer festival, running today through to June 6th at Windsor Station.
Categories:Beer Releases· Quebec
May 20th, 2010
MONTREAL, QC – The organizers of Mondial de la bière, Montreal’s acclaimed annual beer festival, have announced that the ConferenceMBeer portion of festival which is normally restricted to trade and media will be open to the public this year for the first time.
ConferenceMBeer will include a wide-ranging series of talks and tastings, including:
- Christian Bauweraerts, founder of Achouffe Brewery (Belgium): The “Slowbrew Tour” of Belgium
- Philippe Gaïani, beer cocktail specialist (France): How to promote and sell special beers to your clientele and creation of beer cocktails
- Iacopo Lenci, Owner of Birrificio Brùton (Italy): Tasting Italian beers
- Steven Polewacyk, General Manager of the Vermont Pub and Brewery (United States): Greg Noonan’s story, his passion and love for the beer industry, as well as his relationship with Québec brewers
- Conrad Seidl, beer writer and journalist (Austria): Small scale brewing on both sides of the pond
- Eric Wallace, President and Co-Founder of Left Hand Brewery (United States): Wholesaling from the “Left Hand perspective”
For admission to these and other ConferenceMBeer events, festival attendees will need to preregister on the day of the event on a first-come first-served basis, and will be required to provide a number of tasting coupons per event.
Mondial de la bière 2010 takes place on June 2nd to 6th at Windsor Station and Courtyard in downtown Montreal.
Categories:Beer Events· Quebec
April 11th, 2010
CHICAGO, IL – The winners of the 2010 edition of the biannual World Beer Cup (WBC) were announced yesterday in Chicago as part of the closing event of the annual Craft Brewers Conference. Presented by the Brewers Association, the competition featured 3,330 beers from 642 breweries representing 44 countries and 6 continents, making it the largest commercial beer judging competition in history.
Amongst the 90 style categories, Canadian breweries were honoured with 7 medals:
Category 5: Fruit Beer or Field Beer
Bronze – Ephémère Apple, Unibroue, Chambly QC
Category 48: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale
Bronze – Fin du Monde, Unibroue, Chambly QC
Category 49: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale
Silver – La Grivoise de Noel, Micro-Brasserie le Trou du Diable, Shawinigan QC
Category 53: English-Style India Pale Ale
Bronze – Russell IP’eh!, Russell Brewing, Surrey BC
Category 57: Scottish-Style Ale
Bronze – Russell Wee Angry Scotch Ale, Russell Brewing, Surrey BC
Category 58: English-Style Mild Ale
Bronze – Whistler Black Tusk Ale, Whistler Brewing, Vancouver BC
Category 68: Barley Wine-Style Ale
Silver – Thor’s Hammer, Central City Brewing, Surrey BC
The full list of winners is available at the WBC website.
Categories:Beer Awards· British Columbia· Quebec
March 15th, 2010
MONTREAL, QC – Details have been announced for the 17th edition of the Mondial de la bière, Montreal’s acclaimed annual beer festival, which will be taking place on June 2nd to 6th, 2010.
The full press release appears below:
Beers from Belgium, Brazil and Italy are honored:
TRADITION, EXOTISM and AUDACITY!
The Mondial de la bière, the most important festival of international beers in North America, announces its 17th edition which will assuredly please all with its many flavor-filled discoveries! For 17 years now, the Mondial de la bière is proud to be contributing to Quebecers’ taste for beer and continues on its mission to reinstate beer’s noble status.
The Mondial de la bière will take place between June 2nd and 6th, 2010 at the Windsor Station and Courtyard, located at 1160 des Canadiens-de-Montréal street (de la Gauchetière West), from Wednesday to Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
In 2009, 80,000 people attended the Mondial de la bière; an increase of 9.4% compared to the preceding edition. To avoid line-ups, beer lovers can purchase the presale Package deal Plaisir on our Web site and obtain guaranteed access at the VIP door.
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Categories:Beer Events· Quebec
February 15th, 2010
QUEBEC CITY, QC - La Korrigane, a brewpub that previously operated in Saguenay, Quebec, will soon be returning with a new location in Quebec City.
Founded in 2004 by John Foster as part of the Cafe Bistro Victoria in the La Baie borough of Saguenay, the first La Korrigane closed in 2007 along with the restaurant. It’s now being revived by Foster’s daughter, Catherine Dionne-Foster, who intends to stick primarily with the English-style ales that the original brewpub specialized in.
If all goes as planned, La Korrigane will be opening in March in Quebec City’s burgeoning Saint-Roch neighbourhood.
Categories:Brewpub News· Quebec
November 21st, 2009
MONTREAL, QC – The third new beer launch in as many months from Molson Coors Canada took place this past week with the release of Molson M.
An article in Marketing Magazine describes the brand:
Molson M is brewed using a “micro-carbonization process” which involves injecting the beer with CO2 through “smaller, finer bubbles.”
“The injection of smaller CO2 bubbles makes it possible to preserve not only the taste of the hops but also the delicate flavours generated by the yeast during fermentation,” explained Karine Brunelle, brewer with Molson Coors.
Molson M is currently available only in Quebec.
Categories:Beer Releases· Quebec
