History & Press

Links We Care About

Press features, competition results, Black Creek brewery history, and Canadian homebrew community resources that have been part of BeerShack's journey.

Links We Care About

Press & Media

Ed & BeerShack in the News


Toronto Star — Ed Koren at Black Creek Historical Brewery

Feature on Ed's work as historic brewmaster at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

Yonge Street Media — "From Field to Stein"

Ontario's only working historic brewery takes beermaking back to the land.

Le Gourmet TV — Black Creek Brewery Feature

Video feature on Ed and the historic brewing process at Black Creek.

Ontario Craft Brewers — "Hey Porter" Part 1

The story of Ed's porter and historical Ontario brewing methods.

Ontario Craft Brewers — "Hey Porter" Part 2

Tasting notes and deep dive into Ed's historical porter recipe.


Black Creek

Black Creek Historic Brewery


The Black Creek Growler

The journal of the Black Creek Historic Brewery — Ontario's only working 1860s brewery.

Brewing with the Brewmaster

Ed's hands-on apprenticeship program for learning historical brewing.


Competitions

Competitions & Judging


GTA Brews — Brew Slam

Canada's largest homebrew competition. BeerShack's Lou won gold in 2019.

Brew Slam 2019 Results

Louis De Bourbon, 1st Place English Brown Ale with "Brown Brawler".

National Homebrew Competition

The world's largest amateur homebrew competition — BeerShack has won at this level.

Canadian Homebrewers Association

Canadian homebrew community hub and competition organizer.

BJCP — Beer Judge Certification Program

The worldwide standard for beer judging. Ed and Lou are BJCP certified judges.


Community

Brewing Community


Canadian Amateur Brewers Association

Canada's homebrew community and advocacy organization.

Homebrew Supplies Canada

Equipment and supplies for Canadian homebrewers.


Explore BeerShack

Read about how BeerShack started, meet the master brewers behind 100+ medals, or see our full awards record.