On this small-group walking tour, explore the historical streets of Old Toronto and learn how beer has played an important role in Toronto's past. Taste some of Canada's finest regional craft brews and visit three classic pubs, plus discover Toronto specialties at the famous St Lawrence Market.
Engaging stories, laughs and lager – what a great way to spend an afternoon! On this 4-hour small-group walking tour, learn how Canadian beer ties into the rich history of Toronto.
Take a walk through Old Toronto with your professional local guide and discover the history of Canadian beer, especially regional craft brews. Visit three historical pubs -- including the Mill Street Brewery -- each with its own unique character and great selection of beer. Then, visit the St Lawrence Market to sample some Canadian specialties, including Ontario wines and artisan mustard, before touring the Distillery District, an old industrial park and whiskey factory now converted into a hub of art, culture and cuisine.
Along the way, learn interesting facts and stories about the role beer has played through the decades in helping Toronto citizens cope with cholera, fire disasters, war, depression, rebellions, muddy streets and general Victorian stuffiness.
The best tour I have ever been on so good definately a must if visiting Toronto
Review by: lovejoy007, November 2017
A fantastic way to see the city. Get some history and some of the sights while tasting some of the best brews the city has to offer. Out tour guide Mike was fantastic. Informative, entertaining and fun to hang out with. I highly recommend this tour!
Review by: Sandy B, October 2017
Jordan an awesome tour guide, interesting pubs that we visited. Small group, but treated as individuals. The man knows his beer, Great!!!!! Historical sites and information was fantastic!! Highly recommended.. thanks Jordan!!
Review by: Lauren J, September 2017
Tour was fun and interesting. Nice small group and stopped at some bars we would never have known about if our guide Jordan hadn't taken us. It was a nice way to spend an afternoon in Toronto. Very friendly group.
Review by: Cynthia C, September 2017
Our guide was very friendly, attentive, engaging and entertaining. He educated us on how to interpret the values that were shown on the menu and offered suggestions based upon our personal tastes. We enjoyed the guide, the tour of the Old Town and the company of the other tour participants.
Review by: Stacia S, August 2017
Best part of our trip to Toronto. If you want a self guided tour around the city with 3 stops to bars that you likely wouldn't have gone into otherwise, this is for you. Tim our tour guide was friendly and amazing. Highly recommend!
Review by: Mary E, August 2017
Mike was a great guide. We loved the historical perspective of Toronto while enjoying some delicious beer. Highly recommend this tour!
Review by: Blaine H, August 2017
All I can say is this excursion is not worth it and was a total ripoff. We paid over 100 CDN for 2 for basically a short history lesson of TO and half plate of nachos! We visited 3 pubs and had to pay for our drinks at 2 of them. At the 3rd pub, the Mill Street Brewery, everyone in the brewery received free samples, so it was no advantage of being on this tour. Just visit the many pubs in TO on your own and you will save money and get to drink alot more beer!
Review by: Mordindae, July 2017
Our guide was great and knew more about beer than anyone I've encountered and I've taken dozens of brewery tours. Knew some great spots for sampling, and had really good recommendations at each. I would take this tour again without hesitation.
Review by: Elaine C, July 2017
This tour was excellent fun and informative and was a great way to spend an afternoon in Toronto. Mike our guide was excellent and provided tips for after the tour and upcoming days.
Review by: Scott S, July 2017
The tour was excellent. Mike, our tour guide was very knowledgeable about beer, local history and the role of history on alcohol laws and consumption over the years. He brilliantly mixed in a great deal of information on local and national beer, historical events and current day points of interest. If you are in Toronto and have the time to take this tour I highly recommend it. It is well worth the time and cost.
Review by: Hannah G, April 2017
Overall, really fun walking tour of downtown Toronto. Our tour guide was Dave - funny, knowledgeable, and did a good job reading the group. We really enjoyed the spots we stopped at and would recommend this tour for anyone who is interested in drinking some good beer and learning more about Toronto's history.
Review by: DAWN K, April 2017
We had tour guide Dave. He was amazing. So knowledgeable! He led us on a fun and insightful tour of Toronto and what we learned is that Toronto's history grew from Distilling and Brewing lol. So fun. Met some great people. A super way to start off our girls weekend!
Review by: Kyung Min S, March 2017
The tour exceeded my expectations! There was a lot of college studentsit's Spring Break in the States and our tour guide Mike was flexible to entertain anyone in different age group. I lived in Toronto for 5 years but after this tour I realized I didn't know a lot about the city as much I thought. Highly recommend!!
Review by: Jenacass, November 2016
Are you looking for a way to engage your late-teen/twenty-something child on a family vacation? The Toronto Beer tour is one way to do it. Mike, our guide, was knowledgeable about beer, Toronto history, and architecture. Expect lots of walking. He encouraged our college aged boys beyond their normal Beer realm. You can consume as much or as little as you desire, so be prepared to try new brews. The included beer pubs offer flights and tasting pours so you have real opportunity to explore new tastes. Next time I'd like more discussion about the history of beer production in Canada.
Review by: Valentin M, September 2016
Dave was an awesome tour guide, we learned a lot about Toronto's alcohol history and not only._br/_ You should try to include more breweries because there are a lot of good ones in Toronto anyways it was a perfect tour. I recommend this in the first days you arrive in Toronto so you will learn the good spots and to have enough time after to cover the Breweries that are not included in the tour.
Review by: Jon B, September 2016
Thanks Mike for a very good tour. 3 very different, but equally excellent bars, superb beer, knowledgable tour leader and a nice bunch of people made for a surprisingly good way to see the old part of the city.
Review by: Robert A, August 2016
Great guide Neil and good combination of fun beer and a nice tour of Toronto with many interesting facts.
Review by: John R, August 2016
We had a great time. We had an out-of-towner and three locals. Everyone learned something and enjoyed trekking through the city to experience new places. Our guide, Dave, was informative and entertaining. Highly recommend this tour.
Review by: Jose A, August 2016
Mike was a great guide. I figure every tour depends on how many and what type of people sign up. Hydrate and pace yourself people, have a cold one
Review by: Shoshana R, July 2016
I really enjoyed the tour. The tour guide ,Dave, was very friendly and informative. I highly recommend this tour and I would go on it again.
Review by: Cam M, July 2016
This tour was so much fun. We had such a wonderful tour guide and the group really got along well. Awesome little bars, great tastings and you get to learn some history as well.
Review by: Susie S, July 2016
Mike was funny and informative. Tour was great and walked to interesting parts of Toronto.
Review by: Austin P, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: John B, July 2016
Mike delivered an engaging and enjoyable tour. I not only learned a lot about beer, but also different aspects of the city. With humor and panache, he graciously answered questions we had about life in Toronto and Canada. A very funny guy who deferred to others. I've been on other beer tours in other cities. This was not only the best of its kind, but also the best tour I've had ever.
Review by: Walter Z, June 2016
We expected a walk around Toronto and visits to a few pubs/brewery's to sample beer._br/_ What we didn't expect was a wonderful narration by Mike with respect to the cities history, as well as a tour around the St. Lawrence Farmer's Market. Would highly recommend this tour for beer and city history 'buffs' -- Well Done!
Review by: paco, December 2015
It was not bad. You have to pay for your own drinks._br/_ Basically the tour guide takes you to 3 different bars and let's you choose from a long list of beer to purchase. I wish the guide was actually a GUIDE that teaches the history of certain beers with tasting samples it needed to be more organized with clear and set goals. We were told that tasting samples were not encouraged to order. If it was more engaging and informing, I would probably consider of participating again.
Review by: Norm B, November 2015
Our guide Mike was great, he knew his stuff..tour was great, beer was good, history lesson was awesome. I would highly recommend this tour.
Review by: David C, November 2015
Mike was a great and very knowledgeable tour guide. I certainly learnt about the evolution of beer in the city's history as well as the laws associated with beer consumption. Cheers... Mike!
Review by: Lisa A, October 2015
Although the tour was just us and the guide we had a great time. The tour did not include the cost of the beer at the first two pubs, but the third pub 's sampling was paid for by the guide. He was quite nice, knowledgeable and fun! I would definitely recommend this tour if you like sampling craft beer.Awesome fun!
Review by: Maureen L, September 2015
had a great time . Mike was very engaging and a fountain of interesting facts about the City and the history of beer. His use of his IPAD to show pictures and videos added to his story and demonstrated that clients learn in many different ways... so the use of different media is great.
Review by: Nicholas M, September 2015
Fantastic! i highly recommend this. Mike was a fantastic tour guide and a fellow drinker, really interesting history facts too! i'll surely be checking out their other events! The other people along for the tour were also fantastic! really good group of friendly people.
Review by: Dennis W, August 2015
Mike was great and the tour was definitely worth the price. i HIGHLY recommend it.
Review by: Syble M, June 2015
I was unable to attend the tour.
Review by: Jill M Wilfong W, June 2015
The tour was amazing! DAVE was super fun and informative. Well worth it.. we would recommend it for sure
Review by: carly w, June 2015
Absolutely great tour!We had Dave as our tour guide and his knowledge of beer is impressive! He made the tour very fun while also being educational. I have to say I'm not the biggest beer drinker but I very much enjoyed the tour and it opened my mind and my mouth to beer! Carly and Sean, South Australia
Review by: Kristen J, November 2014
I found the tour online prior to a one day visit in Toronto. History AND beer; what's not to like? The tour had everything I could ask for. Jason was very well educated in the local history as well as the beers we sampled. I got a lot of "off the track" history bits that where both amusing and surprising. I feel I learnt a lot a'boat Toronto in my short time. Thanks again Jason, for a fab afternoon!
Review by: John P, September 2014
We enjoyed it very much. It was very interesting and even in the drizzle we had a great time with our guide.
Review by: Julia C, August 2014
This was great fun! Our excellent guide James led us on a walk around some of the sites in Toronto - making a link to beer and brewing at all of the stops. We also went to two bars, which we wouldn't have found by ourselves, where James talked us through the extensive beer menus, explained the different brewing methods used in the different types of beer, and made some recommendations on which to try. We were able to buy sampler size beers - which meant that we got to try more of the beers available!
Review by: Andrew K, July 2014
Part pub crawl, part walking tour, but a good time nonetheless. Jason knows his beer. We visited two pubs (where he reviewed every beer on the menus) and a brewery, with a side trip to the St Lawrence Market.
Review by: Ryann R, July 2014
Our guide Dan was great! He was very knowledgeable about beer and the process. In addition to the beer stops, we also went to St. Lawrence Market where we tried some ice wines, mustard and pastries that were delicious. We also tried some sake. Overall, it was a fantastic tour!
Review by: Barbara G, July 2014
My husband and I enjoyed the tour. It was a wonderful summer day and the tour guide provided a good deal of history while wandering around the city sampling a variety of beers. I would recommend others to make sure they have enough cash to cover their bar tabs, while there are ATMs in several of the establishments it makes it easier to have some change.
Review by: Brandon G, June 2014
fantastic! it was just me and my friend on the tour with the guide (whose name was Dan, I believe) and we had a blast! the bars we went to and the beers were amazing, and I really feel like I learned a lot. Dan was very fun and informative and was easy to talk to. he made everything enjoyable and comfortable, even though it was just the three of us for 3.5 hours. he seemed to really know his stuff, and we could tell he enjoyed what he was talking about. really fun afternoon!
Review by: Cynthia R, March 2014
It was alot of fun on a very cold day and made for a fun afternoon. Plus we got 'educated' on beers and had no idea how much there was to learn. Jason was spectacular, sincere and you could tell that he really likes his job. Will do again!!!
Review by: Brenda D, December 2013
This beer tour made for a very enjoyable afternoon! Our group ended up being very small which was aawesome. The tour guide Jason was spectacular. He was very passionate about Toronto and beer. Loved that we got some Toronto history other than just beer history. This was well worth it in terms of dollar value and I would highly recommend doing this tour to anyone that likes to have a good time.
Review by: Josh T, December 2013
Would highly recommend going on this tour! Learnt so much about Toronto from this tour and not to forget had some great beer! Tour guide Dave was very knowledgeable and quite funny! If I go back to Toronto again I will definitely be booking this tour again. :)_br/_ Josh and Dee
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