Beer Makes History Better
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- Your overall experience ...................................................................................... 4.85
- Your guide’s enthusiasm, local knowledge and communication skills........................................................................................................................ 4.85
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The level of opportunity to learn more about the culture, interact
with locals, and experience their way of life......................................................4.45 -
The Responsible Travel philosophy implemented on your
Urban Adventure................................................................................................... 4.70 - Did the trip match your expectations?.............................................................. 4.70
Ms. Amy G.
Canada ~ 24 Aug 2010[back to top]
Nick was absolutely fabulous! Only my boyfriend and I ended up being on the tour - but it was such a great experience. We are both living in Toronto now, but learned so much! It was great fun, and Nick's storytelling abilities and enthusiasm made the tour one of the best I've done anywhere in the world!
Mr. Geoffrey G.
United States ~ 23 Aug 2010[back to top]
Jason was a great tour guide. He was friendly and willing to adjust to the customers' needs. What a great experience!
Mr. Nicolas B.
Canada ~ 18 Aug 2010[back to top]
Jason is an engaging and knowledgeable guide. My group had a great time on this event.
Mrs. Jill R.
Canada ~ 10 Aug 2010[back to top]
I surprised my husband with the "Beer makes History better" tour for his birthday. He loves beer and loves history so figured it would make a great outing. Even though we both are Toronto locals, the tour didn't disappoint. We met some nice people, shared some laughs, learned some interesting historical facts about our own city and enjoyed some good beer at several interesting location (C'est What, Betty's). Jason our tour guide was extremely personable and seems to really enjoy what he does. If you are looking for a fun outing I highly recommend booking a tour.
The one addition to the tour which would be nice is an actual visit to a brewery. You stop at Mill St. store at the end and can sample but this is something you can do on your own and you don't really get any additional insight into the brewery itself, so would have been cool to have learned more about that aspect as well.
Tips! This is a walking tour so come equipped with walking shoes (and an umbrella is the weather looks uncertain). I recommend leaving some additional time, since the tour takes a laid back pace and tends to take more then 3 hours. The tour ends at The Distillery so I also recommend booking reservations for dinner at one of the Distillery restaurants (several good ones to choose from) so you can enjoy dinner after the tour (we made 7:00 reservations which seemed to work out well - our tour started at 3pm).
Ms. Bibian A.
Canada ~ 04 Aug 2010[back to top]
(No Comment)
Ms. Nathalie H.
Canada ~ 03 Aug 2010[back to top]
Jason was amazing! so knowledgeable and enthusiastic - we were from Toronto but learned so much about our city! He knew so much and we really enjoyed learning from him! HIs passion was infectious.
Ms. Lois M.
Canada ~ 23 Jul 2010[back to top]
As a local person myself, I found it fun to have the little extra notes about our city's origins and beer history. Our guide was enthusiastic, informative and encouraged questions and dialogue with the participants.
Ms. Anna J.
United States ~ 20 Jul 2010[back to top]
Christian was very knowledgeable, fun and had interesting facts about the city. The beer was very good and we really enjoyed the stops we made. As we told friends about it the rest of the weekend, it turns out we were in places they'd (the locals) had never even heard of! Great fun! I would recommend it to any friends who were visiting the area.
Ms. Laura N.
United States ~ 14 Jul 2010[back to top]
It was a great introduction to the city.
Ms. Jennifer B.
United States ~ 06 Jul 2010[back to top]
We had a great time! SO much fun! It was a great way to start off our trip!
Ms. Megan T.
Canada ~ 05 Jul 2010[back to top]
We had a blast! We met in an alternative location due to the G20 in town, and although we had just a small group (3 of us plus the tour guide), it was a great casual social event where sometimes it honestly felt like we did more learning about beer (and drinking beer!) than we did learning about Toronto history -- we actually learned some interesting stories that even my Toronto-history-pro boyfriend didn't know. :) Loved it, I think it will vary a bit depending on the tour guide, but couldn't have asked for more. I want to do it again! (If only there were more history / pubs)...
Mr. andrew c.
Philippines ~ 26 Jun 2010[back to top]
Jason was a great tour guide! Informative and enthusiastic, my friends and I had a great time. You know, beer really does make history better. Thanks again!
Ms. Crystal O.
Canada ~ 21 Jun 2010[back to top]
We were the only ones on the tour - having Jason all to ourselves was really fun! He's such a good time!
Mr. Michael G.
Canada ~ 09 Jun 2010[back to top]
Jason, our tour guide, was very knowledge about the history of Toronto and seemed to have a genuine interest in accurately dipicting what the city was like in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He had some great anecdotes about some of the characters from the city's past.
Mr. Scott N.
Canada ~ 07 Jun 2010[back to top]
(No Comment)
Ms. Irina S.
Canada ~ 02 Jun 2010[back to top]
It was an excellent experience! Found out lots of interesting details and facts about the city and influential people that changed the course of its development. Great atmosphere and a great walk around Toronto's neighbourhoods.
Ms. Pamela M.
Ireland ~ 29 May 2010[back to top]
Had so much fun and Jason was a great laugh, learned a lot and had a great time and tried a lot of nice beers. I would recommend it to anyone.
Mr. Gord U.
Canada ~ 28 May 2010[back to top]
It was a lot of fun, and the guide was "off the charts" fun, but it was also very interesting. I am a long time Toronto area native, but nearly everything was new to me. We had a blast.
Ms. Laura S.
Canada ~ 26 May 2010[back to top]
(No Comment)
Mr. Nicholas D.
United States ~ 17 May 2010[back to top]
James was an excellent, knowledgable and fun tour guide. If possibl let him know that Nick and Andrea had a great time, and to keep up the good work
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