{"id":4248,"date":"2018-10-16T19:56:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T18:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2018-10-17T12:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:35:32","slug":"microbrewery-a-la-fut-at-cask-days-new-product-launch-2-ontario-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/microbrewery-a-la-fut-at-cask-days-new-product-launch-2-ontario-collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbrewery \u00c0 la F\u00fbt at Cask Days : new product launch + 2 ontario collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4239 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4_AlaFut_Block3Brewing-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"collabo-alafut-block3brewing\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4_AlaFut_Block3Brewing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4_AlaFut_Block3Brewing-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4_AlaFut_Block3Brewing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4_AlaFut_Block3Brewing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/4_AlaFut_Block3Brewing.jpg 1956w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a third year in a row, we feel very pleased to have been invited to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/caskdays.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cask Days<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Toronto, one of Canada&#8217;s most important cask beer festivals! Founded in 2005 by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birreriavolo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birreria Volo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2005, it celebrates the love for unfiltered and naturally carbonated beers in cask barrels. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will take advantage of this event to launch new <\/span><b>products<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and announce <\/span><b>two collaborations with Ontario microbreweries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known for their shared expertise in sour and barrel-aged beers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00c0 LA F\u00dbT\u00a0NEW PRODUCTS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4263 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG-5178-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG-5178-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG-5178-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG-5178-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rouge de M\u00e9kinac, inspired by the Rouge des Flandres and Kriek, but with a &#8220;dry-hop&#8221; of Mosaic hops. 5.4%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alc.\/vol. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rouge de M\u00e9kinac infused with oak spiral,, 5.4% alc.\/vol.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spirale de f\u00fbt d&#8217;ch\u00eane is infused in beer like for &#8220;dry-hop&#8221;. But we use wood instead of hops. 33% American oak light toast + 33% American oak medium plus toast + 33% French oak light toast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolgo \u00e0 Gogo, 4.6% alc.\/vol.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This nectar was born out of the meeting between the beer and cider worlds thanks to the complicity of the Dolgo sour apple from Milton Cider Factory. Indeed, the juice from the Dolgo apple is used to flavour and ferment the grain wort which is brewed at \u00c0 la F\u00fbt. This hybrid has undergone a 12-month ageing process in oak barrels before being fermented again in bottles to allow it to reach its finesse in a unique fruity and spicy way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>NEW COLLABORATIONS<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blending of the Rouge de M\u00e9kinac and Spadina Monkey Cherry from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiealehouse.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Ale House brewery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 5.2% alc.\/vol. These two brews were named &#8220;Beer of the Year&#8221; by the Canadian Beer Awards (CBA) respectively in 2012 and 2017! This unique blend boasts a sumptuous bright red sheen, with aromas of ripe fruit. It takes on its full meaning when you discover its deep and evolving complexity that creates a tasteful melody with fruity, sour and acidic notes, leaving your taste buds in pure delight. You will understand why the CBA judges all agreed! <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4241 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1_AlaFut_IndieAleHouse-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"collabo-alafut-indiealehouse\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1_AlaFut_IndieAleHouse-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1_AlaFut_IndieAleHouse-160x105.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1_AlaFut_IndieAleHouse-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1_AlaFut_IndieAleHouse-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1_AlaFut_IndieAleHouse-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c0 la F\u00fbt with Indie Ale House at the 2017 Canadian Brewing Awards<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Golden Horseshoe Project Megablend, 5% alc.\/vol.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This extraordinary brew brings together in a single cask the expertise of \u00c0 la F\u00fbt, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sawdustcitybrewing.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Sawdust City Brewing Co.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/exchangebrewery.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Exchange Brewery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockthreebrewing.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Block Three Brewing Co.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! It<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a blend of beers with <\/span><b>spontaneous fermentations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that have matured in the cellar of \u00c0 la F\u00fbt. Each partner microbrewery harvested a local flora for its wort and then sent them to St-Tite for oak barreling and maturing. The blend was carried out by \u00c0 la F\u00fbt.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2_AlaFut_SawDust-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2_AlaFut_SawDust-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2_AlaFut_SawDust-100x103.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2_AlaFut_SawDust-768x791.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2_AlaFut_SawDust-994x1024.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2_AlaFut_SawDust.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3_AlaFut_ExchangeBrewery-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3_AlaFut_ExchangeBrewery-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3_AlaFut_ExchangeBrewery-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3_AlaFut_ExchangeBrewery.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c0 la F\u00fbt with Sawdust City Brewing Co. and Danian Nutt, cowboy from St-Tite, in September 2017 -\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit from The Exchange Brewery and work-together at \u00c0 la F\u00fbt in June 2017<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are planning a short stay in Toronto between October 19 and 21, make sure to visit the Cask Days event. <a href=\"https:\/\/caskdays.com\/oncask\">No less than 403 brews to enjoy<\/a> from across Canada and the United States, the question is: Which ones to choose? Good luck! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a third year in a row, we feel very pleased to have been invited to the Cask Days in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4265,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions\/4265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alafut.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}