The Bourbon Mix Competitors Selected!
The competitors for The Bourbon Mix, our cocktail competition during at URSA Restaurant on Wednesday, October 2nd have been selected! Due to time restrictions on the night of the competition, the number of competitors have been reduced to six. Each bartender will have five minutes to make one Buffalo Trace cocktail for two of the […]
Get Primed for Toronto Bourbon Week
The inaugural Toronto Bourbon Week is a mere 24 hours away, and in preparation for the festivities here are a number of articles about bourbon and Toronto Bourbon Week from around the web to get your appetite ready: Your Guide to Bourbons Available in Ontario from Torontoist (Toronto Bourbon Week’s digital media partner) Bourbon Now […]
Countdown to Toronto Bourbon Week is on!
The inaugural Toronto Bourbon Week is only days away, and it’s going to be a week of amazing events to celebrate this delicious spirit. We’re going to have seven events, one per day beginning on Friday with Fingers and Bones at Indie Alehouse, and closing with the Bourbon Derby next Thursday at 3030 Dundas West. […]
The Hillbilly Whisperer at Amsterdam announced!
Our Saturday night (September 28th) event, entitled The Hillbilly Whisperer, will be a great night of beer, bourbon and food at the Amsterdam BrewHouse. Exclusively brewed and debuting at Toronto Bourbon Week, Amsterdam has made a “Kentucky Common“, a once popular beer style pre-Prohibition, now a very rare one, originating from Kentucky. At the event, […]
Classics from the Old School at the Monarch Tavern!
Monday night’s event during Toronto Bourbon Week will be a good one, where our awesome posters will be coming to life. The Monarch Tavern will be hosting Classics from the Old School, a night of traditional bourbon-based cocktails, fitting for one of Toronto’s most ‘old school’ bars! At the event you’ll be able to enjoy […]
Announcing The Bourbon Mix at Ursa!
For their event of Toronto Bourbon Week, Ursa is hosting The Bourbon Mix, a bartending competition on Wednesday, October 2nd in association with the Sazerac Company – and we want bartenders to participate! Buffalo Trace and Ridgemont 1792 will be featured, and eight bartenders will be selected to make two cocktails (one with Buffalo Trace and […]
3030’s Closing Night Event Announced!
Our closing night of Toronto Bourbon Week at 3030 Dundas West will be a rollicking party called The Bourbon Derby on Thursday, October 3rd. With a Bourbon Derby ticket you will be able to choose three varieties from a field of 20 bourbons, curated exclusively for Toronto Bourbon Week! You’ll be able to sample some […]
barVolo’s Tuesday Night Event Announced!
Toronto Bourbon Week is thrilled to have barVolo, one of the top destinations in the city, host a night of Bourbon and Barrel Beers on Tuesday, October 1st. For our Tuesday night event barVolo will feature three lateral tastings of three different bourbon distilleries: Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve and Colonel EH Taylor. You will be able to have tastings of Buffalo […]
First Toronto Bourbon Week Events Announced!
We are thrilled to announce our first two events for Toronto Bourbon Week, which begins on Friday, September 27th and runs until Thursday, October 3rd. Toronto Bourbon Week will feature one unique, signature event per day, each at a different location in Toronto. Over the next little while we’ll be making official announcements of each […]
Was everyone keeping this bourbon a secret?
Toronto Bourbon Week is proud to feature original articles about bourbon as we lead up to Toronto Bourbon Week, which begins on September 27. In this post we discuss one of the most desired bourbons on the market which recently had a limited sale in Ontario. For those who are frequent purchasers from the LCBO, […]