Pointe-Saint-Charles Beer Tour
Explore Pointe-Saint-Charles: history, beer culture, and tastings. From microbreweries to Montreal's beer origins.
Duration: 5 hours
Location: Plateau, Mile End and Little Italy.
We will be walking 4 km (2.5 miles). For private groups, we can arrange transportation.
This tour is not recommended for children under 18 yrs or pregnant women.
We recommend taxis or public transportation to and from the tour.
We will email you all the details once you have booked the tour.
Be prepared to discover a new world of coffee! This coffee tour will teach you the ins and the outs of all things coffee, from its making to your taste buds.
The tour starts at a Turkish third wave café in Plateau Mont-Royal for a Turkish coffee and Semites (Turkish bagels). You will learn about the history, origins and production of coffee. Enjoy the neighborhood full of murals, gardens, bars and adorable Victorian architecture while we stroll to the next stop where you will have a choice of three different cold coffees or coffee-infused drinks. Snack on a croissant while drinking your coffee in a nearby historical park and learning about coffee’s evolution in Quebec and what each “wave” is.
The next stop in Mile-End is a café with a strong emphasis on design and ephemeral events. Here you will taste a coffee-based cocktail with some gluten-free pastries and crudités. Be ready to learn in this next part because you will get a barista 101 course on extraction located in a beautiful café with a pottery studio.
Lastly, we will finish at a micro-roaster’s where we will have a course on roasting and watch a batch roast. We will finish the tour with cupping where we try to match the cups with the flavor profiles.
You will leave this tour with a new understanding and appreciation of coffee. You will also understand what third wave means and its emphasis on quality, small scale, and ethics. Lastly, you will see new kinds of cafés with an emphasis on design, to minimalist functionality, to cozy, to breaking the mould and creating a true second home for some.
Yes, tours appropriate for children will have a child ticket option. If you need to have any special accommodation made for them, we can arrange a private tour to work around your family’s needs.
If there are no children ticket options it is because some of our tours visit locations that will only allow those 18 yrs and above because of the law or offer food/beverages that are not suitable to children.
The tours are held rain, shine, or snow. In the event of inclement weather, we will be able to go inside many of the establishments on the tour. We also provide ponchos in case of sudden weather changes or if you do not have your own umbrella. However, we advise to check the weather conditions for your days event and dress appropriately.
You should bring with you a camera and a small bottle of water.
When it’s really hot out, we recommend an application of sunscreen on exposed parts of the body and a lightweight pair of sunglasses.
During the cooler seasons, it’s important to wear an extra layer of clothing and consider bringing gloves.
If it looks like rain we can provide you with a plastic rain poncho.
Since every tour involves moving to several locations wearing comfortable footwear is highly recommended.
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