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Don’t forget to vote for barVolo @ The Golden Tap Awards this year!! It is the only major beer awards event in Ontario predominately determined by public vote by beer lovers in the province. You are able to vote for your favourite breweries, beers, pubs and brewpubs in Ontario. You can vote for as many categories as you wish. VOTING CLOSES TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2010.

HMH Negotiants are very happy to announce that MicroBrasserie Charlevoix will be coming to Toronto from Friday, July 16th-18th, 2010!The visit will commemorate the availability of Charlevoix beers in the province and introduce Ontario to this world-class brewery from Baie-St-Paul, Quebec.  For more information on the planned events please visit http://www.hmhnegotiants.com/charlevoixinontario.html

barVolo would like to thank all of the participating brewers and everyone who attended the 2nd Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge Round 2 last weekend. With over 150 scores submitted, and 9 beers available blind, the following are the results; http://bit.ly/dsxIo6 The Final Four: Friday, July 23rd, 2010 @ 4:00pm ; Cheshire Valley English IPA , Great Lakes My Bitter Wife IPA, Flying Monkey SmashBomb IPA, Beau’s Beaver River IPA  Cheers!

Friday July 9th, Saturday July 10th
2nd Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge 2010: Round Two

The second round will take place on Friday July 9th and Saturday July 10th (date change) between starting @4:00PM Friday. It will feature the 9 beers that advanced from the first round, and will be a blind public vote. Upon arrival, everyone will receive a score card to rate all the beers. At the end of the event we will tally all the scores and the top score from each pairing will advance to the next round. The following beers will be available on cask, until supplies last;

Round 2 – Division One: Toronto

Duggan’s Number Nine IPA v.s Cheshire Valley English IPA
Great Lakes My Bitter Wife IPA v.s Great Lakes Armadildo IPA

Round 2 – Division Two: Ontario

County Durham Hop Head IPA v.s Flying Monkeys Smash Bomb IPA
Beau’s Beaver River IPA v.s F&M Stonehammer IPA v.s Scotch Irish Sgt.Major IPA

Please Note:
- This is a 19+ event
- All beers will be available until supplies last
- Beers will be available by the quarter, half and full pint
- All beers will be served blind and disclosed the following Monday on our website
- Pint (20oz) = $6.50 / Half-Pint (10oz) = $4.50 / Quarter-Pint (5oz) = $2.50

For more information please visit www.barvolo.com/ipachallenge.html
barVolo Events Calendar www.barvolo.com/events.html

Cheers!

On Monday, July 5th, 2010 starting @4:00pm barVolo will be celebrating Julian’s (aka J-Money) 20th Birthday.  We will be featuring Julian’s favorite 20 casks and taps (as well as rare bottles) . Also featuring live DJ set from irGO starting at 10:00pm.

The following beers available will be;

1.    Flying Monkey’s Smash bomb IPA *
2.    Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
3.    Publican House Sqaure Nail Pale Ale *
4.    Denison’s Spezial *
5.    Denison’s Weissbier *
6.    King Pilsner *
7.    Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout
8.    Koningshoeven Quadrupel
9.    Duggan’s #9 Porter *
10.    Delirium Tremens
11.    Unibroue Ephemere Cassis
12.    Mill St. Chocolate Imperial Stout
13.    Thornburry Peeler Cider
14.    William Sir Perry Cider
15.    Black Oak Marmalade Saison Cask
16.    Black Oak Nutcracker Cask
17.    Durham Red Dragon Cask *
18.    Great Lakes Lackey’s Lakey’s Caskey *
19.    Beau’s Festive Alt Cask
20.    Granite Hopping Mad Cask

The following beers will be part of Monday Night $5.00 Pint Night

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barVolo will be featuring an array of Belgian inspired ales on tap brewed by Ontario craft brewers. The Following beers will be available starting Monday, June 21st, 2010 until supplies last; Beau’s Matt’s Sleepy Time Belgian Imperial Stout, Beau’s/Koningshoeven Vrienden Wit, Black Oak Summer Saison, Grand River Ploegers Vlaams Rood, Mike Duggan #10 Trappist Ale, Mill St. Betelgeuse Tripel, Mill St. Belgian Wit, Nickelbrook Belgian Dubbel, Nickelbrook Organic Wit, Publican House Eight or Better Tripel. There will be a few beers on tap available for $5.00 Pint Night. Cheers!

barVolo would like to thank everyone who made it out to the first round of our IPA Challenge! A special thanks to all the participating brewers, all of the beers were tasty and in top notch! We have disclosed all of the beers from the blind tasting as well as the final results http://www.barvolo.com/ipachallenge.html. Please make note of the date change on Round Two: Friday,July 9th and Saturday July 10th, 2010. Round Three: Friday, July 23rd, 2010 starting @4:00pm! Cheers

barVolo will be closed for lunch this coming Saturday, June 5th for kitchen renovations. We will be opening doors at 4:00pm. The results for the 2nd Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge 2010 and Canadian Double IPA Challenge will be posted in the next few days, we appreciate everyone’s patience. Cheers!

barVolo will be closed this Monday, May 24th, 2010. $5.00 Pint Night will be the following day on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. A reminder that next week we will be kicking off our 2nd Annual Ontario Cask IPA Challenge 2010. Starting Saturday with the East Coast v.s West Coast v.s No Coast Canadian Double IPA Challenge from 12-8pm followed by round one of the ipa challenge the following day on Sunday, May 30th from 12:00pm-8:00pm. Check out www.barvolo.com/ipachallenge.html for more details!

Cask! is putting together the second annual Cask Ale Crawl in Toronto this weekend. Local casks will be flowing at great establishments right across this city. Check out www.casktoronto.com for more details! The following beers will be available at barVolo this weekend until supplies last;

Friday, May 7th, 2010 – Great Lakes Feature
Great Lakes Pompouss Ass – English Pale Ale – 4.3%
Great Lakes Miami Weisse – American Wheat Ale – 4.5%
Great Lakes Lackey’s Cask – American Pale Ale – 5.3%
Great Lakes My Bitterer Wife – Double/Imperial IPA – 8.0%

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Grand River Mill Race Mild – English Mild – 3.5%
Beau’s Screaming Beaver – Double/Imperial IPA – 8.0%
Wellington Russian Imperial Stout – Imperial Stout – 8.0%
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years – Double/Imperial IPA – 8.0%