For the first time ever the Gatineau Beer Festival is happening in Jan.!
Quebec artisanal and craft beer, beer and food pairings, food and beer conferences, more beer, music, bonfires, an ice bar, DJs, beer stein balancing contests, Mexican tapas, and dog sleigh rides.
At the Chateau Cartier in Gatineau beginning at 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fri., Jan., 20. and Sat. Jan. 21.
Gatineau’s first-ever winter beer festival, a follow-up to the successful Gatineau Beerfest held this spring, WinterBeerFest: The Winter’Ales of Gatineau promises to deliver a mouth-watering mix of artisanal beer, local hand-crafted food, music and fun, where foodies, locals and tourists visiting Canada’s National Capital Region can delight body and soul.
Chateau Cartier offers the ideal setting for this event, offering urban flair in gorgeous, natural surroundings. A bonfire will keep festival-goers warm as they enjoy craft beer served from an ice bar to a backdrop of DJ beats, while inside revellers will taste a delectable mix of gourmet treats inspired by the Château’s executive chef, Marc Gervais. The evening will be packed with activities, including a take on the popular American game which sees contestants battling to hold up a beer stein the longest!
Château Cartier has recently undergone a revival, thanks to the new addition of Joel-Marc Frappier as director general of the hotel. His creativity helped shape the Winter’Ales event. « The bonfire and ice bar will add a cozy elegance to the grounds, the gourmet tapas promise to entertain the taste buds, and the contrast of hot and cold will certainly help keep festival-goers awake all night! » said Mr Frappier.
Chef Marc Gervais will also be lending a hand to make the night memorable « Our goal is to provide bite-sized dishes that pair well with the Quebec beer on offer at Winter’Ales, and importantly to focus on incorporating local and seasonal products, » said Marc Gervais.
Mario D’Eer, passionate ‘beer sommelier’, gourmet, author of numerous books on beer, and CBC Radio host is part of the WinterBeerFest organizing committee. «Winter’Ales really celebrates our distinctly cold, Canadian winter by heating up the night with the best in beer, food and music – beer festivals are becoming increasingly popular throughout Quebec because they really offer something for everyone,» said Mario D’Eer.
Gatineau has always been a favourite winter destination for visitors to the nation’s capital, and is the ideal location to showcase and celebrate a weekend of beer and food. WinterBeerFest: The Winter’Ales of Gatineau is for those aged 18 and up.
The event takes place January 20-21, 2012
More info:
Site Web: www.festibieredegatineau.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/185339531560192/
All photos by Rémi Thériault.
Post and photographs by Rémi Thériault. Originally posted on Artengine.
What better way to finish the night then to have a party. Great party was had at the Civilization Museum with the boys from A Tribe Called Red.
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A Tribe Called Red. Image credit New Forms Festival.
Tonight, from 10pm to midnight, A Tribe Called Red will be performing in the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) in Gatineau.The three DJs that make up A Tribe Called Red are Bear Witness, Ian Campeau (a.k.a. DJ NDN) and Dan General (a.k.a. DJ Shub). MTV has dubbed them originators of their own genre called ‘electric pow wow’ or ‘pow wow step’ formed from a remix of traditional pow wow music with club beats. The group has developed a solid following in Ottawa and beyond, throwing monthly dance parties sampling from a broad catalogue and accompanied by projections of videos composed by Witness.
There will be no video component for this performance because, as Witness explains “the general idea for Electric Fields is to find different ways to work with spaces and any screens would take away from this.” Instead the group are going to realize an idea they have been thinking about for years now. “When this project came up it was an opportunity for us to try out a bunch of things that we have been wanting to do” says Witness. They will arrange themselves and their gear a small circle in the middle of the dance floor, as apposed to being on stage, which is their typical setup. “We are going to be setup with our backs to each other and people are going to dance around us, like at a pow wow, where you have a drum in the middle and people dance around” explains DJ Shub.
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Of all the performances slated for tomorrow’s Canada Day celebrations, I am by far the most stoked for one happening at Jacques-Cartier Park. This year, the NCC has chosen to host local artists Michael Caffrey, Thomas Grondin and Kerry Campbell (also known as VJ Daisy) to perform and present their works in three roomy and solid Mongolian-style tents called yurts.
Granted, I realize this is a mere sideshow compared to the events taking place at the big top on Parliament Hill. But doesn’t everyone really go to the circus to have their minds blown by the freaky sideshow anyway? And this one promises to be an eye-popping display of contemporary Canadian experimental art.
What could be more Canadian than seeing Pakistani bagpipes being played in a Mongolian yurt?
That’s right. But these aren’t your grandma’s bagpipes.
“The bagpipes are an instrument in need of liberation from strict military-style playing and highland kitsch novelty,” says Caffrey.
Photo courtesy of tcp909 on Flickr.
My experience this past Saturday convinced me that Gatineau has a few beer lessons to teach Ottawa. It was under a dark sky that my friends and I headed on the other side of the river, near Lac Leamy to participate in the first edition of the Festibière de Gatineau. Despite the weather, the yards were filled with people, young and old, beer flowed and lots of delicious food was on offer.
Ça m’a surpris quelque peu de voir des grosses brasseries comme Alexander Keiths et Carlsberg, mais il faut y en avoir pour tout le monde me dit le biérologue, Sylvain Cloutier. Moi, cependant j’étais là pour les microbrasseries et pour goûter à des choses différentes qu’on ne peut trouver partout. J’ai aussi eu la chance d’assister à la présentation de Cloutier sur pourquoi le Québec est le paradis des microbrasseries au Québec. D’après ses recherches, le Québec produit plus de 50% des bières anglaises du Canada reconnues internationalement. C’est encore plus impressionnant côté bières allemandes, et finalement côté bières belges, c’est le Québec qui produit les seules bières canadiennes reconnues à l’international. On ne nous explique malheureusement pas pourquoi les autres provinces tirent de la patte. Cloutier m’aura aussi appris qu’on peut remercier un Belge, Pierre Celis, pour le succès des microbrasseries contemporaines car c’est lui qui a prouvé, dans les années 1960s, qu’une brasserie pouvait être viable à brasser autre chose qu’une Pilsner. C’est Celis qui a fondé Hoegaarden.
Fait à noter, le Québec cherche à faire sa marque dans le monde de la bière d’une autre manière. En effet, on s’apprêterait à lancer une bière de style québécois appelé Annedd’ale. Des premiers exemplaires de la bière devraient être disponibles au prochain Mondial de la bière.
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Japan is known for its fascination with all things cute, otherwise known as kawaii. Come celebrate this remarkable culture with a fabulous evening of crafting — kawaii style. Make unique greeting cards, transform the patterns on vintage kimono fabrics into something completely unique, and try your hand at furoshiki: the Japanese art of wrapping with fabric.
Photo courtesy of maza34 on Flickr.
Par Josée Madéia
« I’m sorry, a book fair? » me demande une collègue, alors que j’enfile mes trucs d’hiver, me préparant pour mon après-midi d’école buissonnière vendredi pour aller au Salon du livre de l’Outaouais. Et oui, un des plaisirs narquois de participer aux Salons, c’est bel et bien ce ‘quizzical brow’ des ami.e.s anglos qui n’ont pas de repères culturels pour leur expliquer ce phénomène littéraire qui nous est propre, à nous francophones. Nos confrères ont bien leur Writers Festival et leur Small Press Book Fair, mais rien, à ce que je sache, ayant l’envergure ou l’échelle de nos Salons du livres.
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Phil Motion & The Easy LO-FI.. is an original back-to-basics return to classic funk, soul, motown and blues. Dirty drums, warm, punchy bass, gritty guitar tones and smokey driven vocals make up the recipe for for the real deal with this outfit.
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