MikeMcG wrote:

Hi folks, my brother & sis-in-law are visiting family & touring Canada
for a couple of weeks in December & want to try to find some of the
best beer-bars & brewpubs on the way.

I have a couple of books, incl a brewpub cookbook by Stephen Beaumont,
but they are a bit out of date.

They are traveling by train for a big part of the journey & will stop
at Vancouver, Victoria, Jasper, Winnipeg, Toronto, Halifax & Montreal.
I'm not sure how long in each, but enough for a beer :~)

For Toronto & surrounding area, you might find some info he

http://www.bartowel.com/

If they have time to slip over to the Hamilton area (about an hour west
of Toronto), they should check out The Winking Judge in downtown
Hamilton. It has a big selection of micro-brewery stuff.

http://www.winkingjudge.com/home.htm

A couple other nice pubs in that area are The Brassie (in Ancaster) and
The Winchester Arms (in Dundas). There are also several pubs in the
Hess Village area of Hamilton.

I suggest they look for beers from these brewers:

Wellington County (Guelph, Ontario)
Lakes of Muskoka (Bracebridge, Ont)
McAuslans (Montreal, Quebec)
Big Rock (Calgary, Alberta)
Quidi Vidi Brewing Co. (St. Johns, NFLD)

Cheers,
Bruce
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Bruce Weaver

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