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Toasting beer as the “universal language,” Israel’s ambassador to Canada helped kick off the third annual National Capital Beer Festival at City Hall Thursday.
While the festival won’t officially open its doors until Friday afternoon, organizers mingled with politicians and other VIPs on the festival grounds Thursday morning to celebrate the opening and help drum up interest in the annual event.
Ambassador Rafael Barak congratulated organizers on the event, welcomed one of Israel’s premier breweries, Alexander Brewing, to the festival and said despite religion, creed or colour, beer is something that is enjoyed by all cultures around the world.
“It’s not a coincidence that beer is found in every country and every culture around the world,” said Barak. “It was created 6,000 years ago by the Sumerians in the Middle East. Beer is a universal language. It brings people together.”
This year, the festival is expanding to three days from two. It runs Friday through to Sunday at Marion Dewar Plaza, just outside Ottawa City Hall. About 30 breweries will take part, compared to last year when only about a dozen breweries participated.
The event is expected to attract as many as 20,000 people over the weekend.
“We are ridiculously excited,” said J.P. Fournier, founder of Ottawa’s Turtle Island Brewery Co. and one of the festival organizers. “This has continued to grow since day one.”
Also at the event was Ottawa South MPP John Fraser, who said Ontario’s boom in craft breweries isn’t just beneficial for the taste buds of beer lovers, it’s creating a boom in beer tourism that no one expected.
“It’s not just about beer and drinking beer. It’s attracting people from different regions and from across the province,” he said. “Craft beer is just exploding in this city. You read every day about someone else taking the plunge.”
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson also spoke, saying the festival was perfect because the city is trying to encourage more community events to use the space. He said the festival is a reason for Ottawa to be “proud” as word of the booming craft beer scene in the nation’s capital is beginning to grab the attention of beer lovers everywhere. By the end of the 2014, it is estimated that there will be as many as 24 craft breweries operating in and around Ottawa.
Vpilieci@ottawacitizen.com
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While the festival won’t officially open its doors until Friday afternoon, organizers mingled with politicians and other VIPs on the festival grounds Thursday morning to celebrate the opening and help drum up interest in the annual event.
Ambassador Rafael Barak congratulated organizers on the event, welcomed one of Israel’s premier breweries, Alexander Brewing, to the festival and said despite religion, creed or colour, beer is something that is enjoyed by all cultures around the world.
“It’s not a coincidence that beer is found in every country and every culture around the world,” said Barak. “It was created 6,000 years ago by the Sumerians in the Middle East. Beer is a universal language. It brings people together.”
This year, the festival is expanding to three days from two. It runs Friday through to Sunday at Marion Dewar Plaza, just outside Ottawa City Hall. About 30 breweries will take part, compared to last year when only about a dozen breweries participated.
The event is expected to attract as many as 20,000 people over the weekend.
“We are ridiculously excited,” said J.P. Fournier, founder of Ottawa’s Turtle Island Brewery Co. and one of the festival organizers. “This has continued to grow since day one.”
Also at the event was Ottawa South MPP John Fraser, who said Ontario’s boom in craft breweries isn’t just beneficial for the taste buds of beer lovers, it’s creating a boom in beer tourism that no one expected.
“It’s not just about beer and drinking beer. It’s attracting people from different regions and from across the province,” he said. “Craft beer is just exploding in this city. You read every day about someone else taking the plunge.”
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson also spoke, saying the festival was perfect because the city is trying to encourage more community events to use the space. He said the festival is a reason for Ottawa to be “proud” as word of the booming craft beer scene in the nation’s capital is beginning to grab the attention of beer lovers everywhere. By the end of the 2014, it is estimated that there will be as many as 24 craft breweries operating in and around Ottawa.
Vpilieci@ottawacitizen.com
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