Getting privately-ordered beer into Ontario can be an unpredictable and treacherous undertaking, best described in cinematic terms as Ishtar meets Brazil.  It takes a lot of patience and perseverance to get rare bottles on our shelves, but sometimes all the stars align and everything works as planned.

And then sometimes nothing happens as planned, but by some miracle it turns out even better.  Presenting one of our most drastic menu changeovers since beerbistro first opened 8 years ago: Here you'll find some amazingly rare Belgian beers, including old favorites alongside bottles that have never been seen before in Canada.  Some highlights include a bunch of beers from the relatively insane brewery De Struise.  We got these in small batches because once upon a time there was a beer dinner planned over here that fell through the cracks.  Lucky for you, that means you now get to try some of the rarest beers ever found on the continent.  Also we just received three brightly spicy beers from the makers of the archetype of Belgian farmhouse ales, Brasserie Dupont.  And in what is a huge coup for an Ontario restaurant, we're pouring three beers offered by one of the most difficult-to-source Trappist monestaries, Achel.

With rising demand for organic beers, we've decided to bring in a selection of some of the coolest ones around: St. Peter's Organic Ale, Dupont Bière de Miele, and both the sour gueuze and cherry kriek from lambic brewers Cantillon.  Each one is not only produced responsibly, but actually tastes like a beer you'd enjoy drinking.