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Golden Tap Awards 2010
VOTE AT
www.goldentap.com
The Golden Tap Awards is
the only major beer awards event in Ontario
predominately determined by
public vote by beer lovers in the province. You
decide the best in beer in
Ontario!
Below 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. Please
be as detailed as you can when
completing your vote.
VOTING CLOSES
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2010.
Golden Tap Awards 2010
Vote For:
a: What is your favourite craft brewery in Ontario?
b:What is your favourite brewery for cask-conditioned
ales in Ontario?
c: What is
your favourite regularly-produced craft beer made in Ontario?
d: What is your favourite cask-conditioned ale made in Ontario?
e: What is your favourite seasonal or speciality craft beer in Ontario?
f: What is your favourite craft beer bar (for draught selection) in Ontario?
g: What is your favourite craft beer bar (for bottled selection) in Ontario?
h: What is your favourite craft beer bar (for cask-conditioned ale
selection) in Ontario?
i: What is your favourite brewpub or tied house in Ontario?
j: Is there something in the beer scene in Ontario - whether it be a person,
a brewery, an event, a beer, anything - that you believe deserves special
recognition by the Golden Tap Awards?
New Flat Screen
TV’s
All the old TV’s have been replaced with new flat screens, just in time for Football season & the Jays.
Toronto Life Names The Granite's Patio
to the Top 10 List
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/restauranto/2010/06/07/torontos-best-patios/2/
Taste all of
Ontario in One Place
Explore the best of Ontario
beers in one place. For Craft Beer Week the Granite will feature a
special beer menu with at least one beer from every Ontario Craft Brewer
(if available). As long as supplies last an OCB glass will be included
with purchase of each beer.
19 Years Old ? So are we!
check out our new video for further details
At Last Year's Golden Tap Awards . . .
Granite Named Best Microbrewery in Ontario for Cask Conditioned Ale
At the
“Bar Towel Golden Tap Awards” on Saturday August 29,
the Granite was presented with this award
Guinness Brewmaster Visits Toronto
Guinness brewmaster Fergal Murray visited Toronto recently to help celebrate 250 years of brewing at Guinness. Obviously a man who knows his stouts and after tasting and reviewing several Ontario stouts, here is what he had to say about the Granite’s stout.
"Very smooth, velvety texture. It's dry, but not bitter. Well balanced."
Party Kegs and Wing Specials
Are
you planning a house party?
The Granite now features a combined beer and wing special
which will ease your planning
and make for a great event at a reasonable cost.
Here are the options available:
The "All-In-One" Party
50 wings 75 wings 100 wings
15 litre $85 $100 $125
30 litre $130 $150 $175
58.6 litre $225 $250 $275
The following beers are available:
Ringwood, Ringberry, Stout, Peculiar,
Best Bitter, Hopping
Mad, Summer Ale (in season)
Wings come with up to 3 sauces -- 2 days notice required
Three
Handpumps Now Dispensing
Real Ale at the Granite
We now offer 3 cask conditioned real ales
served by the traditional beer engine or hand pump.Best Bitter Special, IPA and now Hopping Mad are all available.
Granite Ale on Tap at Other Pubs
Granite Brewery Ales are now on tap at the following fine establishments:
Volo, 587 Yonge Street, Toronto, 416-928-0008 416-928-0008
C'est What, 67 Front, Street, Toronto, 416-867-9499 416-867-9499
Graduate Student's Pub, University of Toronto,
16 Bancroft Ave, 416-978-8466 416-978-8466
Magpie Tavern, 831 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Globe
Bistro, 124
Danforth Avenue
Toronto, 416) 466-2000
Fat Cat
Bistro, 331
Roncesvalles Avenue
Toronto, ON M6R 2M8 (416) 535-4064
New Beer “Hopping Mad”
We are featuring a new
beer called Hopping Mad.
To be perfectly honest, this is not aimed at the
light beer drinkers.
It comes in at 6% alcohol and although it is very
aggressively
hopped it is well balanced with the malt.
It is cask
conditioned and since we always
have a lack of tap space it may be available
on a rotating basis.
Granite Gift Ideas
It is always a crazy time of year trying to find a gift for that special person.
Here are a few suggestions:
Beer Appreciation Course at George Brown College
I will be teaching this course once again in the new year. See details athttp://coned.georgebrown.ca/owa_prod/cewskcrss.P_CrseGet?subj_code=HOSF&crse_numb=9189
BREWER FOR THE DAY AT THE GRANITE
Experience the brewing process first hand
with brewmaster Ron Keefe and you’ll gain a
better appreciation of both the craft and the ales!Spend a full day in “real ale” brewery.
Work as hard or as little as you wish!
The day includes:
From “Mashing In” to “Pitching the Yeast”
all the coffee you can drink
full lunch and a ½ Pint (there is still work to do after lunch)
a couple of “Brewer’s Pints” at the bar after the brew day
a graduating certificate of completionCost: $150 Gift Certificates Available
Subject to availability and should be booked in advance.
Granite Gift Cards
Granite gift cards are available in any denomination from $25 -$200. They never expire!
Granite Gift Boxes
A growler, 4 Granite glasses and coasters all for $30 including tax.
Hats, T-shirts Etc.
Check out the Granite beer store for a full selection of “stuff”.
Facebook Group – “Friends of the Granite Brewery”
For all you Facebook users please join
the group.
It has just started but it will be a good place
to post some
pictures or just to see what is going on at the Granite.
Granite Stout Drunken BBQ Sauce and Ribs to Go
Granite Stout Drunken BBQ Sauce in 750 ml bottles is now for sale at $7.95 per bottle. We are also offering racks of ribs to go.
Only the best baby back ribs are smoked to perfection in-house. They will make an amazing meal and just have to be finished off on the BBQ or in the oven.
A full rack is $13.95 and half rack $8.95.
Spent Grains
I also receive a number of requests for our spent grain bread. Since we are not really equipped to bake it too often it is usually only made for special occasions.
If anyone would like to try it themselves, I would be happy to supply them with all the spent grain they need. Also, if anyone knows a farmer who may be in the market for all our spent grains please let me know.
When we are done with it in the brewery it makes great animal feed so it is a shame to throw it away.
Ontario Craft Brewers' Association
An association of 25 Ontario craft brewers has been formed and the Granite is a member. This is an association that will concentrate on the promotion and development of small Ontario brewers.
\The group will work with Government, the LCBO and the Beer Store among others so craft brewers might have a fighting chance in a market dominated by “the big guys”.
The Association is funded by membership fees and a commitment from the provincial Ontario government of $1,000,000 a year for 5 years.
You may have seen the print ads (if you would like a poster let me know) and heard the radio ads.
Check out their web site:
Bring Your Own Wine and Take Home the Rest
We are now licensed as a “Bring Your Own Wine” establishment. Dining customers can bring their own wine to the Granite. There is a $10 corkage fee per 750ml bottle. Due to government regulations, only unopened commercially made wine is allowed.
We would be happy to
re-cork any unfinished wine bottle (whether you bring it in or buy it here) for
you to take home.
Granite Gift Boxes
Are you having trouble coming up with an appropriate gift for that beer-loving friend or family member?
Consider a Granite Gift Box, which includes a growler of Granite Ale, 4 Granite pint glasses and coasters.
It is priced at $30.00 and is available in our retail store. You can take a full growler or an empty one with a Growler Fill Certificate to let your friend decide which beer.
We have T-shirts, sweatshirts, glassware, gift certificates and our course BEER available in the store
Sweet Squash and Beer Soup
This soup was featured at the latest Brewers’ Banquet and we had several request for the recipe. So here it is. It is based on the Roasted Butternut Squash and Beer Soup in Stephen Beaumont’s Brewpub Cookbook, page 47.
Serves 6-8
2 large butternut squash, peel and dice (approx. 2” pieces)
2 sweet potatoes, peel and dice
1 large onion
1 tsp garlic puree
1 tbs fresh thyme
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
½ litre beer (suggest ¼ Growler of Granite Peculiar, consume the rest during preparation)
2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups 35% cream
Salt and pepper to taste
In a large bowl place squash, sweet potato, onion, thyme, garlic and brown sugar. Add vegetable oil and toss. Add flour and toss some more. Place all ingredients on a baking tray and bake at 350 F for ½ hour.
Place vegetables in a large pot with 2 litres of vegetable or chicken stock and ½ litre of beer (Granite Peculiar). Bring to a boil, simmer for ½ hour at low to medium heat. Strain liquid, puree vegetables, bring liquid to a boil, add puree vegetable, simmer for 15 minutes and pass through a strainer. At service add 2 cups of 35% cream.
Enjoy.
Eat Smart Award
The Granite has just received the Eat Smart award from the Toronto Public Health Department. This award is given “to restaurants that have the highest standards in food safety, provide 100% smoke free dining and offer healthier food choices”. The award is offered in conjunction with the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society. If you would like to read more about this program go to:
Their web site is
www.toronto.ca/health
The Granite’s new House Brewed Root Beer is now on sale
Black Granite Root Beer is the name of our new root beer.
Stop in and give a try. Sales have been strong.
Our Weekly Food Specials
A number of our regular customers have
asked for an
email or fax of our weekly food specials.
The specials are usually changed every
Monday.
If you would like to receive this please let me know.
You can join in or out whenever you like (as with this update).
We will not forward you address to anyone else.
*** click here to view our weekly specials***
GRANITE BEER STORE IS OPEN
We are pleased
to announce our retail store is open and you can now enjoy all Granite
ales at home as well as at the pub.
We are offering our beer in 1.9 litre “growlers”, priced at $11.50 including tax, plus a $4.00 refundable deposit on the growler.
The store is open 11.30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday – Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
They are great for a dinner party or BBQ, but you don’t really need any excuse. The store came about after Ontario government regulations changed to allow breweries to open a “Tied House” restaurant at the site of the brewery. Since brewpubs were not allowed to sell off-site we switched our licence to a full brewery with a tied house and retail store. We can also sell to other pubs.
Ten Ales on Tap
BEST BITTER
BEST BITTER SPECIAL
GIN LANE ALE (seasonal)
PECULIAR
RINGWOOD
RING BERRY
IRISH STOUT
IPA
HOPPING MAD
SUMMER ALE (seasonal)
plus
Our
Non-Alcoholic,
Black Granite
Root Beer
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Granite Brewery and Restaurant
245 Eglinton Ave. East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4P 3B7
416-322-0723 tel
416-322-0117 fax
1-877-884-4645 toll free
www.granitebrewery.ca
last updated:
July 26, 2010