Izivakashi ezomile zilandela i-Ale Trail yase-Ontario

Uvelaphi ubhiya ongcono kakhulu ongenisiwe? Belgium, usho. Noma mhlawumbe iBrithani noma iJalimane? Kuthiwani ngesifundazwe saseCanada i-Ontario, ngaphesheya nje koMfula iDetroit futhi ngokoqobo emnyango wethu?

Kulapho umzila kabhiya we-Ontario Craft uqala khona, unqamula eningizimu ye-Ontario uze ufike eSigodini sase-Lower Ottawa. Ama-brewmeister anethalente kanye nezivakashi ezomile zikholelwa ukuthi lena indawo ekahle yokuthi, “Bottoms Up,” eh?

Vakashela ama-microbreweries angafika kwangu-29, ahlanganiswe phakathi kwezifunda ezinhlanu ezihlukene zokuphisa izikebhe zase-Ontario. Endleleni, uzojabulela indawo enhle, cwilisa umlando we-Upper Canada futhi uvakashele imiphakathi enobungane. Mhlawumbe uzohlela ukwamukela esinye sezimanga zemvelo, ukuduma kwamehlo kweNiagara Falls - noma isimangaliso esimangalisayo esenziwe umuntu, i-CN Tower (isakhiwo eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni).

Qala emaphethelweni omzila, empumalanga noma entshonalanga, ngemoto eqashiwe (nomshayeli oqokiwe). Noma undizele e-Toronto ukuze uthathe ingxenye yomzila ocebile endaweni ethuthuke kakhulu enwebeka empumalanga nasentshonalanga yedolobha futhi eyaziwa ngokuthi “Isicathulo Samahhashi Segolide.”

Ukuze uthole injabulo ephephile, gibela uye phezulu kwesakhiwo sodumo sase-Toronto se-CN Tower, esiphakama sifike kumafidi angu-1,815 (noma cishe izindaba ezingu-181). Ngena kuphaneli engu-21â „ewugqinsi ka-2-intshi yengilazi epholile futhi yikho konke okuphakathi kwakho nomgwaqo oseceleni. Kuphephe kakhulu, nokho, kuthiwa kuyakwazi, ukubamba isisindo sezimvubu ezingu-18 (nakuba, ukuthola izimvubu phezulu kombhoshongo kubonakala kuyinselele enkulu.) Qaphela: Inselele yakho elandelayo akufanele ibe ukuhamba phezu kweNiagara. Uwela emgqonyeni. Okungcono kakhulu ukunamathela ohambweni lwesikebhe oluya emfuthweni we-Niagara ugibele i-Maid of the Mist yodumo.

I-Niagara iyizwe lewayini, kodwa futhi ine-palate-pleasers yabaphuza ubhiya. Hlola ama-lager ne-red cream ale e-Taps Brewing Co. e-Niagara-on-the-Lake nase-Niagara's Best Beer Ltd., e-St. Catharines, lapho i-Blonde Blonde premium ale iwukukhethwa kukho.

Nakuba, njengoba omunye umnikazi wenkampani encane ephisa utshwala aphawula ngokunganaki, “izinkampani ezikhiqiza utshwala zichitheka kakhulu kunathi,” izikhungo ezikhiqiza utshwala zixakeke ngesiko lokunakekela nobuciko elizihlukanisa neziqhwaga ezikhiqiza utshwala.

Isifunda se-Distillery

E-Toronto, umkhondo wakho we-ale ungase uqale “Esifundeni Somlando Sokukhiqiza utshwala,” lapho i-Mill Street Brewery ihlala khona ethangini langempela elingaphakathi kwendawo yangaphambili yokudayisa imimoya e-Gooderham & Worts. Isakhiwo esineminyaka engu-170 siyiqoqo elikhulu kunawo wonke neligcinwe kahle kakhulu lezakhiwo zezimboni ze-Victorian eNyakatho Melika. I-Mill Street Brewery ithatha amamitha angu-6,000 futhi ihlanganisa indawo yokuphuza utshwala evulekile, ibha yamasampula kanye nesitolo sokudayisa. Ngo-2007, yaqanjwa ngokuthi yiCanadian Brewery of the Year.

I-Distillery District iyindawo yabahamba ngezinyawo kuphela ezinikele kwezobuciko, amasiko nokuzijabulisa. Igcwele amagalari, izitudiyo zamaciko nezindawo zokusebenzela, izindawo zokudlela, amabha kanye nezindawo zokudlela, ezinezindawo ezimbalwa zomculo obukhoma.

Vumela isikhathi sokujabulela isigcawu setiyetha esinempilo sase-Toronto. Leli dolobha selidume umhlaba wonke njengesikhungo semidlalo yeshashalazi esisezingeni elisondela kwabaseLondon naseNew York. Futhi iyindawo yokudlela esezingeni lomhlaba ehlanganisa abapheki abaningi abadumile kanye nenqwaba yezindawo zokudlela zezinhlanga, amadina omakhelwane kanye nezindawo zokudlela eziseceleni komgwaqo. Engeza amagalari, amamnyuziyamu, imibukiso yomlando, amafestivali ajabulisayo, amaqembu ezemidlalo aphezulu, amahhotela kanokusho, izindawo zokulala nezindawo zokungcebeleka, futhi unezizathu eziningi - kanye namasampula obhiya wezandla osezingeni eliphezulu owenziwe ngamaqoqo amancane - ukuvakashela leli dolobha eligcwele abantu abaningi.

Kulabo abajabulela imidlalo yaseshashalazini - ikakhulukazi ithiyetha yakudala - iStratford, e-Ontario imayelana nebanga lamahora amabili ngemoto entshonalanga ye-Toronto. Kuyikhaya loMkhosi weStratford, okhiqizwe inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yaseNyakatho Melika. Isizini ngayinye (ngo-Ephreli kuya kuNovemba) ihlela imidlalo engaphezu kweshumi nambili kumatiyetha amane, idlalela izethameli ezingaphezu kuka-600,000 ngesizini. Kuhlakazeke kulo lonke idolobha nasezindaweni ezizungezile kunezindawo zokulala nesidlo sasekuseni ezingaphezu kuka-125.

I-Stratford iphinde yenza okuningi ngobhiya ngokuma eduze kwe-"Craft Beer Route" e-Stratford Brewing Co. Abaphuza ubhiya abaqondayo baya lapho ukuze bathole i-pilsner yesiginesha, eklanywe ngesitayela saseYurophu sakudala, esinombala osagolide kanye nesiphetho esiqabulayo "se-hoppy".

Idrayivu emfushane empumalanga ukusuka eStratford yiKitchener-Waterloo. Ehlelwe ngasosebeni loMfula iGrand, amadolobha angamawele agubha isiko lezifiki zaseJalimane zakuqala. I-Kitchener, enkulu kula mawele, ekuqaleni yaziwa ngokuthi iBerlin ngaphambi kokushintsha igama layo phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Leli yizwe lama-Amish namaMennonite, kodwa futhi linikeza isitobhi kubathandi bobhiya eBrick Brewing Co., onomehluko wokuba isitolo sotshwala sokuqala sase-Ontario.

Okunye okuvelele komzila: I-Neustadt Springs Brewery encane ephethwe umndeni, esempumalanga kancane yogu lweLake Huron, ihlezi endaweni okwaziwa ukuthi iyinkampani yokuphisa utshwala yasekuqaleni yase-Ontario. E-Barrie, endaweni ephambili yotshwala engasemanzini eseduze neLake Simcoe, i-Robert Simpson Brewing Co. ithatha isikhathi ukwenza ngobumnene i-Confederation Ale yayo ecebile yegolide. E-Granite Brewery e-Toronoto, kugxilwe ekuphindaphindeni obhiya besiNgisi abacebile, bakudala, bakudala. E-Nobleton, i-King Brewery ewine umklomelo isebenzisa izithako ezinhle ezingenisiwe ukuze ikhiqize obhiya besitayela sase-Czech kanye nesiJalimane endaweni yotshwala yendabuko yaseJalimane esanda kwakhiwa.

Uma uya

Ulwazi: I-Ontario Tourism (800) 668-2746, www.ontariotravel.net.

Ukufika lapho: Kokubili i-Toronto ne-Ottawa zixhunywe ngezindiza eziqondile ezisuka e-Chicago (kuhlanganise nesevisi yedolobha entsha ye-Porter Airline ukuya esikhumulweni sezindiza esisesiqhingini sase-Toronto).