Beer Lovers' Tour Company

05/12/2022

Beer history beautifully told!

A captivating read: https://buff.ly/37ll28Y

05/07/2022

Great beer! Great grill! Lucky winner! Congratulations!

04/21/2022

This article makes one think.

Like most people of color in Britain, I hate being asked where I’m from. I’ve been posed this question by pub landlords, passersby, and, most awkwardly, my partner’s mother. I hear it most often when I venture from London into parts of England where there are fewer non-white faces. It can be a...

03/21/2022

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03/19/2022

Great beer. Great grill!

Here's how to ENTER HERE TO WIN a fabulous M6 KOTA GRILL! Over $3,000 value. Contest runs until April 9th! Hurry!
https://steamwhistle.ca/giveaway

03/14/2022

Something of interest to fans of beer history south of the border.

Even though Kosmos Spoetzl was the creator of the original recipe and set the tone of the importance of tradition and family at the brewery, it was his daughter known as Miss Celie, who kept the Texas Shiner tradition strong.

02/22/2022

Something for our Michigan friends!

“Michigan Beer:: A Heady History” starts with Michigan immigrants in the mid-1880s and goes through what Smith calls “the new wave” of beer with the return of brewpubs to the state in the 1980s.

02/20/2022

Hero shots on the Kota Grill.

02/15/2022

For the historically included beer lover.

Having written the history of Toronto’s breweries, I’m frequently struck by how little things change over time. Watching the development of the Craft Brewery Workers Alliance of Canada over the last couple of months has caused bells to ring in the back of my mind.  Brewing is a generational bus...

02/08/2022

Kota Grill Cabin and a private beer museum. Best thing ever!!❤️🔥🍺

101 Likes, 12 Comments - Kota Grills () on Instagram: “Get cosy with a Kotagrill …”

02/07/2022

Another interesting bit of beer history…

We're now looking at Berliner Weisse in the 18th century. The first detailed description of brewing Berliner Weisse I’ve found is in the Oek...

02/06/2022

Blast from the past!🍺

02/06/2022

An interesting read for fans of Lambic beers and history.

The fight to save an endangered food or drink often comes down to a small cast of heroes and heroines prepared to dedicate their lives to the task. One such hero was Michael Jackson, “the Beer Hunt…

01/20/2022

In case one of us is heading south this might be useful.

The hoppy destinations with river, lake, island and coastal views.

01/19/2022

A fun read that will please Bavarian beer fans.

Whether you enjoy weissbiers, doppelbocks, or helles lagers, Germany has something for your beer-loving palate.

11/30/2021

Here’s a must have for the beer lover in your life.

World Atlas of Beer: The Essential Guide to the Beers of the World

11/26/2021

Ancient ales anyone?!

A bit of background if you haven’t read my last two posts. I fell down a rabbit hole of epic proportions procrastinating researching cuneiform tablets and their inscriptions on beer. I used the Cun…

11/24/2021

Another great read!!

The innovations that changed hop-growing in New Zealand and the flavors possible in craft beer have today become a Revolution.

11/23/2021

We visit Ted the Schlenkerla Tavern in Bamberg on our last Kegs and Kathedrals Tour of Bavaria. An incredible experience, especially on tap. Looking forward to our return!🍺🍺

Rauchbier is neither cool nor easy to love. But in a world of fruited slushy sours and pastry stouts, the assertive smoked beer stands apart.

11/18/2021

Knew it!!

A wine or beer a day could keep the doctor away for older Aussies, new research revealsBy 9News Staff7:33pm Nov 8, 2021 Tweet Facebook Mail A glass of wine or beer a day could keep the doctor away, according to a major new study into alcohol consumption among older Australians.The Monash University-...

11/17/2021

For hop heads who like to read.

Today, November 8, marks 150 years since the Fuggle hop first went on sale, in a field in Paddock Wood, Kent, after Richard Fuggle and his brothers Jack and Harry had spent ten years propagating t…

11/16/2021

Count your blessings?

A beer doesn't cost more than cocktails at bars but that isn't the case across the world where it might cost you an arm and a leg.

11/03/2021

Another interesting read from Beerology.

The Pacific Northwest is rightfully proud of its thriving microbrewery scene. Most beer lovers probably consider the rise of craft brewing a phenomenon of the past few decades. But the first brewpubs in the Northwest date so far back that archaeologists were called in to excavate the remnants of one...

10/13/2021

Interesting read!

Socialists fought for prohibition to stop workers being exploited.

09/30/2021

Ted Reader strikes again on his Kota Grill!❤️🔥

09/23/2021

Interesting that, while Prohibition does not happen nationally till 10 years later, it was already evolving quickly on a micro level.

A map of Ontario outlining where alcohol could be sold in 1909 during prohibition. Could you have drank?

05/15/2021

Toronto brewing history up for sale! This and the Helliwell House at Todmorden Mills are among the oldest surviving structures from the hey day of 19 th century brewing in Toronto. Who’s got a spare $5.5 to loan me?

Someone with very deep pockets now has the chance to own a piece of Toronto history in the form of a 162-year-old historic Queen West home.

05/08/2021

For beer lovers who love to grill!

The new site is now live!

03/28/2021

03/20/2021

Beer history. Love it!!

Detroit beer was big business -- Stroh, Goebel, and Pfieffer rule the brewing scenes post-prohibition. Some brands stayed local, expanded regionally, and even became national brands – but some didn't survive. Learn how they fared against big brands including Budweiser, Miller and Pabst on this week's episode of "Untold Detroit: Beer."

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📸: c. 1972, from the Detroit Historical Society collection. Black and white photographic print depicting a man drinking a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer by a row of vending machines in a Greyhound Bus Station.