ONTARIO

CRAFT BEER

STYLE GUIDE

FALL/WINTER 2014/15

ONTARIO CRAFT LAGERS: Crisp and refreshing, ranging in colour from golden to black.
Full of flavour and great aromas.
BLONDE LAGERS - Light and thirst quenching with the smoothness of pale malts and
complemented by hops.
TRIED

BRAND
All Natural Blonde Lager
Loyalist Lager
Gold
Lager
Kolsch
StoneHammer Light Lager
Rock Cut Baysville Lager
Top Shelf Classic Lager
Original Organic Lager
Craft Lager
Lager
First Draft Campus Lager
Canada Southern Draft
Country Lager
Elora Grand Lager
Trailhead Lager

BREWERY
Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Barley Days Brewery
Big Rig Brewery
Camerons Brewing Co.
Clocktower Brew House
F&M Brewery
Lake of Bays Brewing Co.
Mill Street Brewery
Muskoka Brewery
Neustadt Springs Brewery
Niagara College Teaching Brewery
Railway City Brewing
Ramblin Road Brewery Farm
Trafalgar Brewery
Wellington Brewery

AMBER LAGERS - Rich in colour and refreshing in character with just a hint of caramel.

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TRIED

BRAND
Galt Knife Old Style
Red Leaf Smooth Red Lager
Vienna Lager
100th Meridian Organic Amber Lager
Wolfgangs German Style Beer
Honest Lager

BREWERY
Grand River Brewing
Great Lakes Brewery
King Brewery
Mill Street Brewery
Skeena Brewing Co.
Walkerville Brewery

FULL FLAVOURED ALES (cont.)

DARK LAGERS - Roasted flavours of these beers are complemented by hints of
caramel or chocolate.
TRIED BRAND
Dark Lager
The Black Lager

BREWERY
King Brewery
Silversmith Brewing Co.

ONTARIO CRAFT ALES: Malty and full bodied with a rich head and a wide range of
distinct flavours, aromas and colours.
FULL FLAVOURED ALES
TRIED BRAND
Downtown Brown
KLB Nut Brown
Pale Ale
10 Bitter Years Imperial India Pale Ale
Red
Black Eye Cask Ale
Cest What Coffee Porter
Cest What Big Butt Smoked Dark Ale
Cest What Steves Dreaded Chocolate
Hop Addict
Hop Head Cask Ale
Signature Ale
El Toro Bravo (Fermentar 2 The Matador)
Netherworld Cascadian Dark Ale
Shoulders of Giants Imperial IPA
Smashbomb Atomic IPA
The Chocolate Manifesto
Plowmans Ale
Best Bitter
Best Bitter Special
Darkside
Hopping Mad
Peculiar Strong Ale
Devils Pale Ale 666
Scottish Ale
6-4-3 Double IPA
Ambre de la Chaudire
Extra Special Bitter
IPA
Minimus Dubbel
Tankhouse Ale
Mad Tom IPA
Twice As Mad Tom
10w30 Brown Ale

BREWERY
Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Black Creek Historic Brewery
Black Oak Brewing Co.
Clocktower Brew House

County Durham Brewing Co.

Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

Grand River Brewing

Granite Brewery

Great Lakes Brewery

Highlander Brew Co.
Left Field Brewery

TRIED

BRAND
Headstock IPA
Holiday Honey
Dead Elephant Ale
Iron Spike - Amber
Lone Pine IPA
360 Pale Ale
Irish Ale
Indie Pale Ale
Iron Duke Strong Ale

MID RANGE BOLDER FLAVOURED ALES

TRIED BRAND
Boneshaker IPA
Wind & Sail Dark Ale
Dark Ale
Nut Brown Ale
Pale Ale
Auburn Ale
Bytown Brown
Cest What Caraway Rye Beer
Extra Special Bitter
Red Dragon Cask Ale
Triple X India Pale Cask Ale
Amber Ale
Hoptical Illusion Almost Pale Ale
IPA
Crazy Canuck Pale Ale
Spark House Red Ale
Eephus Oatmeal Brown Ale
Bobs Bearded Red
Distillery Ale
Valley Irish Red
Equilibrium ESB
Honey Elixir
Iron Spike - Copper
OlWoody Alt
ESB
County Dark Ale

BREWERY
Nickel Brook Brewing Co.
Old Credit Brewing Co. Ltd.
Railway City Brewing
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.
Trafalgar Brewery
Walkerville Brewery
Wellington Brewery

BREWERY
Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Barley Days Brewery
Black Creek Historic Brewery
Black Oak Brewing Co.
Camerons Brewing Co.
Clocktower Brew House
County Durham Brewing Co.
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Granite Brewery
Great Lakes Brewery
Lake of Bays Brewing Co.
Left Field Brewery
Mill Street Brewery
Nickel Brook Brewing Co.
Railway City Brewing
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Trafalgar Brewery
Wellington Brewery

Mill Street Brewery

REFRESHING THIRST QUENCHING ALES
Muskoka Brewery
Neustadt Springs Brewery

TRIED

BRAND
Harvest Gold Pale Ale
Lug Tread Lagered Ale
Cream Ale

BREWERY
Barley Days Brewery
Beaus All Natural Brewing Co.
Camerons Brewing Co.

REFRESHING THIRST QUENCHING ALES (cont.)

TRIED

BRAND
Cest What Als Cask Ale
Cest What Homegrown Hemp Ale
Cest What Mother Puckers Ginger Wheat
StoneHammer Dark Ale
Antigravity Lager
Stereovision American Kristall Wheat
Ringwood Ale
LionGrass
Natural Blonde
Crosswind Pale Ale
Maris* Pale Ale
Farmhouse Ale
Pale Ale
Portage Ale
Stock Ale
Cream Ale
Detour
Scottish Ale
First Draft Campus Ale
Barnraiser Country Ale
Berliner Weiss
Cause & Effect Blonde
Le Payson Saison
Naughty Neighbour APA
Amber Ale
Iron Spike - Blonde
Country Ale
Gateway Kolsch
Golden Beach Pale Wheat
Bang On Bitter
Bavarian Breakfast Wheat Beer
Loophole Ale
Arkell Best Bitter
Special Pale Ale

BREWERY
County Durham Brewing Co.
F&M Brewery
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Granite Brewery
Highlander Brew Co.
Kichesippi Beer Co.
Lake of Bays Brewing Co.
Left Field Brewery
MacLeans Ales
Mill Street Brewery
Muskoka Brewery
Neustadt Springs Brewery
Niagara College Teaching Brewery
Niagara Oast House Brewers
Nickel Brook Brewing Co.
Old Credit Brewing Co. Ltd.
Railway City Brewing
Ramblin Road Brewery Farm
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Silversmith Brewing Co.
Walkerville Brewery
Wellington Brewery

ONTARIO CRAFT PILSNERS: Mild maltiness combined with a crisp, clean hop
character. Possibly grassy, floral or spicy hop aroma and taste complemented
by the smoothness of the pale malts and a crisp clean hop finish.
TRIED

BRAND
StoneHammer Pilsner
Pilsner
Birra Sophia
Pilsner
Pale Pilsner
Country Pilsner

BREWERY
F&M Brewery
King Brewery
Mill Street Brewery
Old Credit Brewing Co. Ltd.
Ramblin Road Brewery Farm

ONTARIO CRAFT PILSNERS (cont.)

TRIED BRAND
Pilsner
Harbour Gold Premium Pilsner

BREWERY
Steam Whistle Brewing
Trafalgar Brewery

ONTARIO CRAFT PORTERS: Rich and nourishing, this is a heavier brew than most with
just a hint of sweetness and a rich roasted malt character.
TRIED

BRAND
Porter
Blacksmith Smoked Porter
Maple Porter

BREWERY
Black Creek Historic Brewery
Highlander Brew Co.
Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

ONTARIO CRAFT STOUT BEERS: Rich malt flavour with roasted and possibly nutty or
caramel flavours. Stouts tend to be dryer in character than the porters and have a low
to moderate bitterness.
TRIED BRAND
BREWERY
The Tom Green Beer! Milk Stout
Beaus All Natural Brewing Co.
Black Katt Stout
County Durham Brewing Co.
Keefes Irish Stout
Granite Brewery
Cobblestone Stout
Mill Street Brewery
Skinny Dipping Stout
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Imperial Russian Stout
Wellington Brewery
ONTARIO CRAFT SPECIALTY BEERS: Inspired by tradition and other gifts of nature.
TRIED

BRAND
KLB Raspberry Wheat
Brewmasters Selection
Ringberry Ale
Twisted Spruce
Frambozen
1812 Butlers Bitter
Cuve Bourbon Barrel Aged Strong Ale
Gluten Free
Green Apple Pilsner
Dakota Pearl Ale - DPA
Ginger Mead
Mead Braggot
Welly Pub Pack

BREWERY
Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Camerons Brewing Co.
Granite Brewery
Highlander Brew Co.
Mill Street Brewery
Niagara College Teaching Brewery
Nickel Brook Brewing Co.
Ramblin Road Brewery Farm
Trafalgar Brewery
Wellington Brewery

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ONTARIO CRAFT SEASONAL BEERS: A snapshot of some of our limited edition,

innovative new beers for the Fall and Winter. First come, first serve! Check with our
Brewers for availability and an update on their latest creations.
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Autumn Hop
Tempest Imperial Stout
Wee Heavy Scotch Ale
County IPA
Working Mans Stout
Yuletide Cherry Porter
Bog Water Eastern Ontario Gruit
Night Marzen Oktoberfest Lager
Old Stout
Nutcracker Porter
Oaktoberfest
Cognac Barrel Aged
Obsidian Imperial Porter
Resurrection Roggenbier
IPA
Highballer Pumpkin Ale
Russian Gun Imperial Stout
Dunkelweizen
Galactic Pale Ale
Landlords Daughter
Winter Cabin Strong Ale
Audrey Hopburn Belgian IPA
Lake Effect IPA
Pompous Ass
Pumpkin Ale
Saison Dupump (Pumpkin Saison)
Winter Ale
10 Point IPA
Old North Mocha Porter
Resin Bag IPA
Claymore Oatmeal Stout
Scotch Ale
Coffee Porter
Dammerung Dunkel
Franconian Bock
Nightmare on Mill Street Pumpkin Ale
Oktoberfest
Paradise IPA
Rauchbier
Tartan Ale
Vanilla Porter
Winters Ale

BREWERY
Amsterdam Brewing Co.

Barley Days Brewery

Beaus All Natural Brewing Co.
Black Creek Historic Brewery
Black Oak Brewing Co.
Camerons Brewing Co.
Clocktower Brew House
Grand River Brewing

Granite Brewery

Great Lakes Brewery

Lake of Bays Brewing Co.

Left Field Brewery
MacLeans Ales

Mill Street Brewery

ONTARIO CRAFT SEASONAL BEERS (cont.)

TRIED

BRAND
Harvest Ale
Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout
Bolshevik Bastard Imperial Stout
Cuvee
Maple Porter
Old Kentucky Bastard
Ontario Wet Hop Pale Ale
Black Coal Stout
Hoptoberfest
Bloody Long, Dark Voyage to Uranus
Kolsch 45
Long, Dark Voyage to Uranus
Red Rocket Coffee Stout
The Futhered Muzzy
The Princess & Girlpants Meet The ODB
Long White Cloud Pale Ale
Tide & Vine Oyster Stout
Skullrock Stout
Celebration Ale
Hop Nouveau
India Ink
Northern Harvest
Smoked Oatmeal Stout

BREWERY
Muskoka Brewery

Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

Railway City Brewing

Sawdust City Brewing Co.

Silversmith Brewing Co.

Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.

Trafalgar Brewery

DISCOVER OCB AND CANADIAN CHEESE,

A PERFECT MATCH!
Strong Beer & strong cheese (e.g. Blue Cheese):
Strong beers pair well with bold-flavoured cheeses, like Blue cheese and aged
Cheddars. The alcohol note in these beers will meld with the sharper notes in the
cheese, allowing some of the underlying sweet or buttery notes to shine through.
Rich Malty Ales & older/hard cheese (especially those with
pronounced nutty and/or complex flavours):
Rich malty ales are a great pairing for sweeter cheeses, like aged Gouda and
maple flavoured cheese. This decadent combination will bring out sweeter caramel
tones in both the beer and the cheese and can be a tasty after-dinner treat.
The possibilities are endless. Have some fun, experiment,
and find your own cheese and beer combinations.

Here are some tips on how to enjoy them together:

Delicate Beers & young, fresh cheese:
Delicate beers provide a great match for fresh cheeses, like Mozzarella and Ricotta.
The understated, fresh flavours of these beers will help highlight subtle aromas and
flavours in the cheese, while carbonation provides a lovely contrast in texture.
Malty Beers & nutty/aged cheese:
Malty beers fare well with younger semi-firm cheeses, like Swiss and young Gouda.
The earthy toasted notes in these beers will tie in nicely with the nutty aromas and
flavours of the cheese, resulting in a seamless mellow flavour combination.
Highly Hopped/Bitter Beer & tart/sharp cheese:
Hoppy beers are a classic pairing for sharper, tart cheeses like medium Cheddars.
Another fun pairing for Hoppy beers is herbed cheese. Because hops too are herbs,
the herbal notes in these cheeses will parallel the hop aroma and flavour in the beer.

Margaret Peters, Glengarry Fine Cheese

holding award winning Lankaaster Cheese

I R I S H S T E W W I T H H AVA RT I
Ingredients:
2
2
1
4
4

tbsp (30 mL) butter

lbs (900 g) stewing beef cubes
large leek, thinly diced
cloves garlic
cups (1 L) different coloured carrots, peeled
and cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces
2 cups (500 mL) parsnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces
2 cups (500 mL) rutabaga, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes
1 bottle (341 mL) of Ontario Craft Dark Beer
Recipe courtesy of
2 cups (500 mL) low-sodium beef broth
Dairy Farmers of Canada
2 cups (500 mL) water
4-5 sprigs of fresh thyme
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
7 oz (210 g) Canadian Havarti cheese, finely diced
1 tbsp (22 mL) cornstarch
Preparation:
In a large saucepan over high heat, melt butter and brown beef cubes. Add
vegetables and cook 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour in beer, broth and
water. Bring to a boil. Add sprigs of thyme and season with salt and pepper.
Cover and cook on medium-low heat for 2 hours or until meat is tender.
Coat Havarti cheese with cornstarch and add to stew to make it thick
and creamy.
Remove sprigs of thyme, adjust seasoning and serve.

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