#stoutirishpub

It was a bit of a rainy day but well worth it to visit one of my favourite pubs for their back alley beer festival. Which Stout Irish pub held in conjunction with the Cabbage town street Festival.

Out front of Stout they had a small stage and some bands and performers which was pretty cool. Literally out in their back alley Stout had a good collection of beer vendors set up mercifully under some tents and tarps.

It was really sampling new beer and old favourites some of them making there seasonal return like the Great lakes Pumpkin while huddled under the tents. Later in the afternoon the sun came out and we got to stretch out and take up a bit more space. 

Stout does a great job of their Back Alley festivals I’m looking forward to the next ones. Then again they always do such a good job of taking care of us when we visit. 

I was treated to a pretty darn good birthday earlier this summer. I started with the Back Alley Beer Fest at Stout Irish Pub. Which was about exactly how it sounds a collection of craft breweries offering their beer in the back alley of one of my favourite pubs. After that I got to see my first rubgy game at BMO field as Canada took on Ireland. It was a good time though the boys in green whupped our tail. 

I was literally wondering if there were going to be OCB Week events at Stout Irish Pub when I opened my email to find a message from Stouts charming proprietress Erin. Great Lakes and Cameron's breweries are providing seven casks of beer. In other words they provided us with a fantastic way to spend our Monday night.

Cameron's Roadkill Amarilo 5.1% Beats me what beer type this was but it was super good.

Great Lakes Brewing Silly Pucker Raspberry Rhubarb 5% Sour and delicious. I was missing all the wonderful framboise beers I had in Montreal so this made my withdrawals a bit easier. Also I had been wondering if a raspberry rhubarb pie would work out so it was really funny to find this beer. **I have since had raspberry rhubarb pie it was really good. (You can find it at Bread and Roses just West of Bloor and Runneymede).

Great Lakes Brewing Blood Orange Peel 5.4% I really liked this, I enjoyed it much more than the regular Orange peel ale it has a fuller flavour and an awesome burnt colour.

Cameron's Sirius Wheat Ale 4.2% Seriously not a huge fan of wheat beers in general but Cameron's has made a lovely beer with the Sirius Wheat.

Great Lakes Brewing Karma Citra 6.5% Nice, citrusy pale ale. Cameron's Island Stout 9.8% Lovely island stout and dangerously drinkable at 9.8%

XXX Double Bourbon Barrel Porter Smooth, with lots of influence from the Bourbon Barrel.

Super friendly event. Stout Irish Pub is such a nice departure from some of the lack lustre bar experiences one can find in the city. Great personable service. Good food and an expansive beer list. The enthusiasm really shows and it makes for a very welcoming environment. So much so that the Toronto Beer Lovers are bringing our next Monthly meet there on July Seventh. Where Great Lakes Brewing will be providing two casks one especially for the TBL! Feel free to come join us and definitely make the time to visit Stout Irish Pub.

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Taking our monthly Toronto Beer Lovers meet up on the road we went to Stout Irish Pub in Hogtown. It was my first time out there and have to say I liked it quite a bit. A sentiment echoed by most of the TBL as well. Great pub atmosphere, fun local beer on tap and from why I saw decent pub grub as well. Baking and cleaning all day I was a few drinks in well before I made it out to Stout. The atmosphere and some good beer and company capped off a productive day at home. Through the night I had one of my new favourites the Red Racer India Pale Ale out of British Columbia. One of my favourite from last year Beaus Lug Tread Lagered Ale and a St. Ambois Scotch Irish Ale to cap off the night. We had a great group out everyone animated and chatting with each other. Erin and the rest of Stouts staff were awesome and we had a superb night and everyone went home happy.

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