It is the one that everyone waits for – Toronto’s Festival Of Beer happening this weekend down on the Exhibition grounds. You can get together with 30,000 other beer lovers and enjoy 3 days of food, music and of course….beer! In fact 120,000 liters of it. There will be over 60 craft and national breweries on hand to do tastings with 300 brands to chose from. Your 40 bucks gets you in for the day, the best 5 ounce tasting mug I have ever received and the entertainment for the night. My Friday night this year features the classic rap band , Naughty By Nature. If you are in the mood for more classic Canadiana rock , then hold out for 54-40 on Saturday night.
With attendance up 11% the event is basically sold out , so the only way to get in is to follow Ontario Craft Beer association members on Facebook and wait for the contests this week. I gained entry last year winning 2 VIP tickets from a Mill Street Facebook contest , so don’t be shy – follow and enter!
There will be brew master events, food tastings and the Bud Rig entertaining the crowd with bands and DJ’s all weekend. One of the most entertaining parts of the festival is seeing all the cool brewery vehicles that show up every year and the creativity that goes along with these amazing machines!
Getting access this year will be a challenge with Pan Am going on, but I recommend Go Train, Uber (first ride is free up to $20) or park at Liberty Village with your DD like you would for an TFC game – we did it on the weekend and had no issue finding parking.
So I hope to see you down there this weekend getting “Beereducated” and enjoying the middle of the Toronto summer with all your beer loving neighbours down by the lake!