If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll have seen reference from time to time to a site called The Bar Towel. While originally conceived as a news site for Toronto-area beer aficionados, the Towel has grown into a pan-Ontario and occasionally beyond site for beer news and notes of all sorts, and host to an annual awards show called The Golden Taps.
What makes the Taps unique is that every award is voted on by the online community. And with Bar Towel and Golden Taps founder Cass Enright opening up all the awards this year to Ontario-wide categories, rather than the previous practice of having separate Greater Toronto Area and outside of the GTA awards, the whole province gets a chance to have a say.
Voting will take place in the following categories at http://www.goldentap.com until August 16:
- Breweries – Best micro or craft brewery in Ontario
Breweries – Best cask-conditioned brewery in Ontario
Bars – Best bar for draught beer selection in Ontario
Bars – Best bar for bottled beer selection in Ontario
Bars – Best bar for cask-conditioned ale in Ontario
Bars – Best brewpub or tied house in Ontario
Beers – Best regularly-produced craft beer in Ontario
Beers – Best seasonal or specialty craft beer in Ontario
Beers – Best cask-conditioned ale in Ontario
(Never mind how a brewery can be “cask-conditioned” as per category 2. I think Cass means best brewery for cask-conditioned ale.)
The GTAs will be awarded at beerbistro during a ceremony on August 29.
