Real Girl Travels: Real Girls Drink Beer - Toronto Festival of Beer

This past weekend Helen, selfie queen and part of the team at Real Girl Travels, took on the Toronto Festival of Beer in a way that only she can - with a selfie tour of epic proportion.

Helen in full blown "selfie" mode

Naturally I heard "beer" and tagged along. If you were following along with our social media accounts (@SamRealMan, @hmac158) then you may have seen some of our thoughts about the variety of beers offered at the festival. If not, what are you still doing here? Get over to Real Girl Travels and check it out!

If you're not on the selfie band wagon, perhaps the snapshots of the real nectar of the gods will move you to attend next year's festival. Or perhaps you'd fancy a little something from the Real Man Travels archive? Scott attended last year and shared his experience without a single selfie! 

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CONTEST CLOSED: Win Tickets to the King City Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival!

Us small town boys have long asked the question: why do big cities get all the craft beer festivals? The Township of King has heard our plight and answered with a beer festival of our very own - throwing in a bevy of food trucks to sweeten the deal - with the King City Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival! And we’re giving one Real Man Travels reader a chance to win a pair of tickets to the event!

http://www.kingcraftbeerandfood.com/

The beautiful township of King, located just north of Toronto, will get that much more beautiful on Saturday, June 14 as nine breweries role into Memorial Park (25 Doctors Lane) in King City, ON to show off their desirous drafts. The event also features two stages (main and acoustic) of live music with a variety of performers and food ranging from Tornado Potatoes and wood fire pizza to paninis and Mexican fare, all served from the mobile convenience of gourmet food trucks.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the gate and include entry, event festivities and three beer sample tokens. Additional tokens can be purchased for just $1 (very reasonable compared to other festivals we've attended)!

That said, we’re giving our readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to the event! You can enter on Facebook or Twitter. Here’s what you need to do:

Twitter:

1. Follow @RealManTravels on Twitter
2. Follow @ParksRecCulture on Twitter
3. Tweet a message containing @RealManTravels @ParksRecCulture and #RMWin, or post on our such as:

Craft beer + food trucks? I’m in! King City Craft Beer & Food Truck Fest @RealManTravels @ParksRecCulture http://goo.gl/I27Knt #RMWin

Facebook:

1. Post on our Facebook wall that you want to go to the King City Craft Beer & Food Truck Festival.

Enter by June 1, we’ll announce the winner on June 2.

Event Highlights:

• King City Lions Club $10,000 Draw (you can buy tickets online)

Beer Line-Up

• King Brewery
• Red Falcon Premium Ale
• Steam Whistle
• Hockley Brewing Company
• Highlander Brew Co.
• Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
• Arch Brewing Co.
• Double Trouble Brewing Co.
• Church Key Brewing Company 

Food Truck Line-Up

• Smokenstein
• Tornado Potato
• Tutti Panini
• Bonfire Catering
• Wickedly Sinful
• Blue Donkey Streatery
• Tiny Tom Donuts
• Mr. Softee
• Gourmet Gringos

Performers

• Saturday Night Jive 
• The Glorious Sons 
• Ghost Town Orchestra
• Katie Francis
• Elmer’s Lane
• The Rathburns
• The Phil and John Show
• The Clearing
• Michale Vassos Featuring Vic
• Joel Krivy

Check out the event website at: http://www.kingcraftbeerandfood.com/ or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/449805681817330/.

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