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Fermentations: Wine Making, Beer Making, Cooler and Cider Making

201 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON  M4K 1N2

(416) 778-9000

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Drink well, Spend less

Time for two great winter treats- our lagerfest, and our desert wine festival! Now available ice wine, late harvest vidal, late harvest apple wine, and iced mead made from local honey, during our dessert festival!

and if you love supremely smooth lagers and pilsneres, the tak advantage of our slow clod fermenting process for the smoothest beers imaginable! My favorites is our honey pilsner, a client favorite is our slow fermented bavarian bock- choose your great lager,and get fermenting!

Fast, fun, easy and guaranteed! That's what you'll find when making your own excellent wines, delicious beers, refreshing apple ciders, sparkling wines, coolers and meads at Fermentations.
We just had a wine smackdown with someliers, and wine writers asking them to see if they could tell which were our wines, and which were commercial wines in blind tastings. The result- over 60% of the time, they would not guess,or chose a LCBO wine as one made at Fermentations! Why? we work with real grapes, not concentrates to let you make the best wines. That is why wines made here regularly beat $20.00 plus bottles from the LCBO. and yes, we even have organic grapes!

If you love pale ales,we have just brought in Australian Galaxy hops- offsetting the beautiful bitterness of a pale ale with fantastic fruit aromatics,and citrus/pineapple on the palate.

We are lining up choices for available grapes from the California harvest, and may even be bringing in grapes from Italy- stay tuned.

We won! Results are back from the Provincial Championships, and we won one gold, three silvers, and four bronze medals!

Want to learn how to taste wine like the pros? Check out our web page for information regarding our seminar! And if you want to learn to taste beer like the pros, we can help there as well- just check out the schedule.

Icewine!

Charles, the owner of Fermentations, believes in true quality and imports grapes directly from countries around the world for a top quality end result. Contact Fermentations to learn about their international imports and find out what specialty wines are available.

The staff at Fermentations will also help you create a custom blend of beer to meet your tastes and standards. The beer from Fermentations is of high quality and can be customized to either closely match your favourite beer or develop a unique custom beer, even a fruit-based beer.
Fermentations offers expert advice and help to enable you to create a personalized masterpiece that is ideal for weddings, christmas gifts, birthday gifts, and special occasions.
The staff at Fermentations believe in a truly consultative approach and work with you to develop wine, beer, sparkling wine, coolers, cider and meads to match your individual needs and tastes.

Fermentations also offers an ideal group setting for wedding parties, bridal parties, or any other party for people to have fun taking part in a group activity and really be a part of and lend a hand for a special occasion.

Charles and his staff are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about wine making, beer making, sparkling wine making, cooler making, and mead making. They are happy to help with questions or techniques and will show you how to effectively bottle wine, beer, sparkling wine, coolers, meads, and cider. The staff at Fermentations will also help you create custom-designed labels for your wine bottles which gives the wine bottles a truly personalized touch.

Operating since 1993, Fermentations has been featured in The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Breakfast Television, City Pulse 24, and TVOntario. Even Richard Best, member of the Wine Writer's Circle of Canada and author of The Frugal Oenephile newsletter, appreciates Fermentations. Why? Just look at our credentials: Certified Master Vintner, Wine Judges Commission of Canada, and winner of numerous national awards.

Make your own Wine
Wine making at Fermentations is a great experience and your end result is delicious--GUARANTEED. Fermentations uses a variety of grape juices and fresh grapes imported from around the world to bring you the best quality product.

Make your own Beer
Beer Making at Fermentations is fast, fun, easy, and GUARANTEED. Great tasting beer at Fermentations is made directly from grain, not from concentrates or messy syrups. At Fermentations, we use only the best possible ingredients to make refreshing lagers, satisfying ales, beautiful bitters, scrumptious stouts, and more!
A wide range of ingredients available at Fermentations means you can customize your batch to fit you tastes exactly. You can even let the staff at Fermentations know what your favourite beer is and we can match it! Choose from one of our many recipes, or create your own--we at Fermentations will be more than happy to show you how.
Fermentations does not use any chemicals or preservatives, so your beer tastes great every time, naturally.

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Meet the Business Owner: Charles F.
September 06, 2011

Owner Charles Fajgenbaum left the corporate world in 1993 to pursue his passion- making world class wines and beers at a fraction of the cost of purchasing via the usual retail channels. an award winning brewer and vintner, his passion is evident in every batch of wine, beer, cider or cooler made at Fermentations.

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History
September 06, 2011

Established in 1993
Fermentations began in 1993 with the goal of helping people produce the best possible wines and beers. Today, Fermentations is the only store in Toronto where you can produce wines made from grapes imported from Italy, California, Chile and Niagara. From crisp Pinot Gris to rich full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon, delicious social lagers to thick creamy stouts and every pale... more

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Specialties
September 06, 2011

We specialize in helping people produce the finest world class wines and beers possible. Wines made from grapes imported from Italy, California, Niagara, and Chile. Beers brewed to the standards of the Beer Judge Certification Program. All done on site with minimal fuss for you. One Visit to Start. One visit To Bottle. So Many Bottles To Love.

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5 star rating
Sophia Toronto May 26, 2011
My First Time was Fun & Simple!

I had never made wine before but I decided to give it a try. So I looked online and saw a lot of good things about Fermentations, so I tried it out. I am so glad I did! It was really easy and the end result was REALLY tasty! I had a blast! Maybe next time I'll inquire into the beer making...

5 star rating
Rodney Morrison May 05, 2011
And a good time will be had by all!

Fermentations is simply the best. We've been loyal fans and customers for years now. Challenging Scott and Greg to duplicate beers we've tried and never dissapointed with the results! We are also happy testers for the various experimentations that they get up to, pushing the bounds of beer convention to come up with new and delicious concoctions!

5 star rating
Jeremy Southam April 29, 2011
great beer, great place, great staff

Fermentations is the best. They can design a beer for your individual tastes, the staff are great and so knowledgeable about beer! Fermentations will change how you view homebrew beer. .
A must-visit if you like good beer.

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5 star rating
Thomas Evers March 26, 2011
Year after year, great wines and beers

Friendly & knowledgable staff. Tasty brews and interesting wines.

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October 06, 2010

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5 star rating
Staff was very knowledgeable.
January 29, 2012

I talked to one man on the phone who was very help full... Unfortunately every time I have visited the store to buy supplies, the staff haven't been very help full, nice, but hard to talk to. Very short answers. I even was inquiring about brewing some wine at their location, and getting any info was like pulling teeth! The man who I was dealing with was very arrogant and it was annoying me... I... more

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5 star rating
The beer is fantastic, but the best part is
December 20, 2011

the enthusiasm of the staff. They genuinely want to help brew your beer, so you get the best product possible.

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5 star rating
AMAZING WINE
May 05, 2011

I've just finished bottling my 3 batch of wine and just ordered another 2. Charles is AMAZING. His wines are so much better than the ones you could get at the LCBO for a fraction of the cost. Beer is also amazing, it actually tastes the way beer is suppose to :)

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