Riding for a Cure Fundraiser at Black Oak Saturday March 23rd
Join us this Saturday for Ride for a Cure, fuelled by Black Oak! 100% of the entry ticket will be added to the amount raised by the Bloor West Village Idiots on their ride for the cure! Black Oak is donating the beer for this event but we need you to come out and drink it! Help us raise funds for this deserving cause.
The Bloor West Village Idiots are a group of cyclists who take part in long distance rides to raise money for cancer research and treatment. This team will be participating in The Ride to Conquer Cancer on June 8/9 in support of the Princess Margaret Hospital and in The Tour for Kids on August 15-18 in support of Camp Oochigeas, Camp Quality and Camp Trillium so kids going through cancer treatment can experience summer camp.
Black Oak Brewery: Saturday March 23rd from 6:00 – 10:00 pm.
$20.00 per person, includes beer and food
75 Horner Avenue Unit
Parking available, TTC and GO Transit accessible
THERE WILL BE A FREE SHUTTLE AVAILABLE!
The shuttle pick up will be at the Kipling ” kiss and Go ”
The first shuttle will leave Kipling at 5:45 then 6:15, 6:45 and then 7:15
The shuttle will run returns to Kipling Station starting at 9:15 and as soon as the shuttle returns we will have it go again. SUPER MEGA BONUS!
Board Games Night on Thursday March 14th
Join us at the Brewery on Thursday March 14th for Board Games Night!
BYOBG (Bring your own Board Game) to the brewery on Thursday March 14th from 6:30-9:30 pm, and we’ll order the pizza and beer.
$10.00 at the door gets you 4 drink tokens and pizza!If you are the designated driver, then it is $5 for pizza!
As always, we’re accessible via the TTC and would be happy to call you a cab at the end of the night. Please do not drink and drive.
If you’ve got some game lovin’ or nerdy friends who have yet to discover the joys of Ontario Craft Beer, BYOBG Party would be a great introduction! Se ya all then…
Cheers,
Your friends at Black Oak
RSVP on FaceBook:
Tap Take Over at C’est What
Join us! We are taking over the taps at C’est What on Tuesday March 5th!
It’s also Ken’s Birthday and C’est What’s 25th Anniversary! Triple the reason to celebrate!
See you there!
Draft List: Pale AleNut Brown Ale
Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Belgian Winter Spice
Nutcracker Porter
10 Bitter Years
Salt n Peppa – C’est What/Black Oak Collaboration Beer Cask: Coffee Porter 50 shades of grain – ale with 50 ingredients Snowman Brewing – Scarlett Monk – a red ale fermented with Belgian Yeast 4.5%
Twice as Nice at The Only Cafe
Sweet Event Alert!
This Thursday February 21st, we will be at The Only Cafe with 5 Cask offerings. Pints are a mere $5. What a steal!
Cask List: 10 Bitter Years Imperial IPA, Nutcracker Porter, Hop Bomb Pale Ale, Lemon Pepper Ale, Belgian Winter Spice
This Saturday February 23rd, we will be at The Only Cafe’s Winter Beer fest, serving Nutcracker Porter and Nut Brown Ale along with 10 other great Ontario Craft Breweries!
I Heart Beer Party
We are having a party! You should come!
Come to Black Oak Brewery on Saturday February 16th from 6:30-10pm and spend Valentines with your true love: Craft Beer!
$20 at the door gets you a warming bowl of chow and beer
Chocosol will be here making Chololate Floats with their fair trade chocolate and our Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Tap List:
Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Nutcracker Porter
Pale Ale
Nut Brown
Black Heart Black Pepper IPA
Wheat is love, Baby don’t hurt me Hefeweisen
Double Chocolate Cherry Stout is now available
Double Chocolate Cherry Stout is now available at the brewery!
January Board Game Night at the Brewery
It’s BOARD GAME NIGHT at the brewery this Thursday January 31st.
BYOBG and $10 gets you 4 beers AND pizza dinner. 6:30-9:30pm.
See you there!
A Guided Beer and Cheese Pairing: Barrel Aged Nutcracker Porter and Roquefort
Not sure what to eat with your bottle of Barrel Aged Nutcracker Porter? Not sure you should eat anything with your beer?
Allow us to change your mind about that one.
It’s true that a solid beer should stand alone on its own flavourful merits. No argument here. But something magical happens when amazing flavours are layered. They can intensify and uncover tastes that lie within your favourite consumables. Sometimes, the pairing seems outlandish at first, but once you try it and discover the alchemy on your tongue, you will be creating new flavour combos you would have never thought possible.
Try this at home:
1) Take one bottle of Barrel Aged Nutcracker Porter and open it. Take a huge sniff. Then, take a taste. What flavours do you get? A smoky, earthy note from the single malt whiskey barrel should pop right out. There should be some subtle cinnamon notes on your tongue, towards the end, as well as some roasty character from the malt. The main character in this beer are the whiskey notes. Be warned, this is not your vanilla infused bourbon barrel. This is smoky, malty dryness, sticking to your tongue. Something as strong as that needs a equally characterful partner. A subtle flavour partner would get lost in all that peaty smoke.
2) Apply the Roquefort Blue cheese. A pungent, salty Roquefort can stand up quite well to the intensity of the whiskey notes. The beer is adding a subtle, smoky top note to the cheese, the cheese is making the whiskey barrel flavours even more heightened and enigmatic. It’s a win-win, folks. Do right by your cheese and make sure you consume at room temperature. Cold cheese is hiding a depth of flavour that you will be missing.
Interested in knowing more? is a good place to start
Barrel Aged Nutcracker Porter
Bottling up our first 650ml offering!
Nutcracker Porter aged in a Whiskey barrel.
Available now at our retail store at the brewery.
Holiday Wishes
Happy Holidays from all of us at Black Oak.
May your yule tide be filled with amazing beer!
Holiday Hours:
Monday Dec 24th: 10am-2pm
Tuesday Dec 25th: Closed
Wednesday Dec 26th: Closed
Thursday Dec 27th: 11am-5pm
Friday Dec 28th: 11am-5pm
Mon Dec 31st: 11am-3pm
Tuesday Jan 1st: Closed
Wed January 2nd: 11am-5pm
Our Holiday Party has some amazing beer!
This Thursday December 13th is our Holiday Party!
TAP LIST REVEAL:
- Black Oak Nut Cracker Cinnabomb Cask
- Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
- Black Oak x Birds and Beans Coffee Stout
- Black Oak Pale Ale
- Black Oak Nut Brown
- Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA
- Cheshire Valley Cream Ale
- Snowman Brewery Belgian IPA
- Snowman Brewery Maple Porter
- Rubber Boot Camp Beer #1: Caribou Winter Warmer
- Rubber Boot Camp Beer #2: Van Gogh’s Ear Gruit
- BONUS BEER: Bitter Bohemian Kolsch
- BONUS BEER: Fuggy Puddin’ holiday ale
YOU SHOULD BUY A TICKET HERE
Holiday Party!
Join us for our Annual
Holiday Party at the Brewery!
When: Thursday, December 13 at 6:30 pm- 10:30 pm
Where: Black Oak Brewery
75 Horner Ave Unit #1
Toronto, Ontario m8z4x5
Canada
Your includes:
- Admission
- Dinner from Caplansky’s Food Truck
- A Gourmet Beer Doughnut from Glory Hole Doughnuts in Parkdale
- 5 Beer Tickets
- Good Times!
Tap List:
Nutcracker Porter
Nut Brown Ale
Holiday Coffee Stout
Nutcracker Cask
Specialty Cask
Pale Ale
Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Winter Belgian Ale
Snowmen Brewing:Maple Porter and Juniper Ginger Belgian IPA
Cheshire Valley Brewing Special Beer
Rubber Boot Camp Session One Beer
Rubber Boot Camp Session Two Beer
Dinner Menu:
Caplansky’s Deli Food Truck Eats:
BBQ Brisket Sandwich on Onion Bun OR Roasted Vegetable and Brie Sandwich on Herb Ciabatta Bun
Potato Latkes with Apple Sauce
Deep Fried Pickles with Cool Dill Sauce
Glory Hole Beer Doughnut
**additional drink tickets are available for $2/each
Black Oak Fundraiser
Head to the Monk’s Kettle in the Kingsway this Thursday October 18th at 6:30pm to drink a cask of Black Oak Red Betty with Ken.
All sales will go to the Dorothy Ley Hospice in Etobicoke
October Seasonal Release
Our Oaktoberfest Lager is now available at the brewery!
Inspired by the Märzenbier style, the Oaktoberfest Lager has a bready aroma off the nose and golden toffee flavors within. This beer has sizable body, but with a crisp clean finish and extra carbonation. We used 100% German Munich malt, Pilsner malt, Caramunich malt and Tettanger hops to create this seasonal beer, available only for a limited time at the brewery retail store. We also have 10 Bitter Years available for purchase. Those are two very delicious reasons to stop by the brewery today!
Cheers
Ken and the Black Oak gang
Rubber Boot Camp 2012 SOLD OUT
Rubber Boot Camp November 2012 is sold out!
Thank you to the people who signed up. We will be running a spring session next year.
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Black Oak is taking over the taps at Bar Volo
We are taking over on Tuesday September 18th!
You should come and try some of the one off beers we created.
Don’t forget to try the 10 Bitter Years too!
What is on Draft:
House Ales x Black Oak collaboration:
Antipodean Wheat – Hefeweizen with Nelson Sauvin Hops
Pale Ale
Nut Brown Ale
Saison
Daily Bread – Belgian Table Beer
Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
10 Bitter Years
Cheshire Valley Summer Ale
Sonja’s Smoked Schwartz
What is on Cask:
Ken’s Sparge-ti-cus: Lemongrass and Cracked Black Pepper Pale Ale
Chai One On
Honey Nut Brown cask conditioned with 3Bee’s Ontario Honey
Oaktoberfest
Rubber Boot Camp Fall 2012
Have you been dreaming of brewing your own All Grain Beer at home? If so, join us at ‘Rubber Boot Camp” at our brewery this November!
On November 10th and 24th from 12:00 to 4:00 pm, award-winning Canadian Homebrewer Victor North will be teaching you how to brew your very own batch on your kitchen stove.
The 4-hour long lessons sessions cost $20 each ($40 for both) and include pizza + beer. On November 10th Victor will lead you through brewing day using All Grain, and November 24th will focus on bottling, kegging and of course, tasting.
Spaces are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email to reserve your spot today!
Board Games Night is hitting the road!
UPDATE: THE SEPTEMBER BOARD GAMES NIGHT IS RELOCATING TO C’EST WHAT!
We are hitting the road in celebration of Toronto Beer Week!
BYOBG (Bring your own Board Game) to C’est What on Monday Sept 17th from 6:00-9:30 pm!
We will be bringing a special cask! Delicious Black Oak beers will be on tap! There will be NO entrance fee. No food or drink is provided. Just come and buy a Black Oak pint and play some games with us! C’est What has a lovely food menu if you get hungry.
RSVP on Facebook:
The Rhino
Looking for something fun to do this Sunny Sunday that involves drinking Black Oak Beer?
Look no further:
Board Games Night at the Brewery!
BYOBG (Bring your own Board Game) to the brewery on Wednesday Sept 12th from 6:00-9:30 pm, and we’ll order the pizza and beer.
$10.00 at the door gets you 4 drink tokens and pizza!If you are the designated driver, then it is $5 for pizza!
As always, we’re accessible via the TTC and would be happy to call you a cab at the end of the night. Please do not drink and drive.
If you’ve got some game lovin’ or nerdy friends who have yet to discover the joys of Ontario Craft Beer, BYOBG Party would be a great introduction! Se ya all then…
Cheers,
Your friends at Black Oak
Rsvp on our facebook page!
Retail Store
The retail store will be closed tomorrow Saturday the 18th 2012.
Come and grab some bottles of Saison and 10 Bitter Years today!
The RoundHouse Craft Beer Festival
Ontario Craft Brewers have teamed up to host a downtown Toronto beer festival in Roundhouse Park where long-time beer fans and those newly discovering the craft beer movement can sample & savour offerings from local producers. From 12 noon to 6pm the weekend of August 11th-12th, attendees will be able to pair spicy ales, crisp lagers, seasonal and experimental beers with fare from gourmet food trucks, all within a park setting – picnic blankets encouraged.
Your Pals at Black Oak will be there serving delicious craft beer!
Look for Ken near the schnitzel food truck!
