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Illuminatus · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: Anyone going to the US soon?

I have a friend's birthday coming up, and since she's a beer geek, I'd like to get her some beers that are unavailable in Ontario/Quebec. (She's from Ottawa, which gets the best of both worlds.) The problem is that a) I have no car, and b) I'm 20, which means that I can't go over the border and buy beer.
So here's the deal. If there's anyone from the KW/Cambridge area who's planning on taking a trip to the US in the next couple of weeks, (yes, I left it a little late.

), and who wouldn't mind taking some of my money to grab some beer for me (and obviously a six-pack or two for yourself - that's only fair), I would be forever grateful.
Cheers,
Tyler

Belgian · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 7009 Location: I Heart TO

Not going, but suggest could check all your 'local craft beer' options for rare stuff, and perhaps some growlers from Mill Street.
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Magni · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 151 Location: Cabbagetown

I was completely unaware that Mill St. sold Growlers. Interesting.

JesseM · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 1307

Belgian, I think you mean growlers from Grand River, not Mill St. It's ok, I often make the mistake of calling the Mill Race Mild the "Mill St. Mild". Something about the word "mill" just gets mixed up

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If I actually had any money at the moment, I'd be in on this, because I'm pretty sure I live maybe 5 minutes away from Illuminatus. But of course, I'm a broke, starving student, so no need to worry about me and desire for American craft beer!

Malcolm · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 281 Location: Parkdale

No, I think he means growlers from Mill St. At least I think that's what I bought...

JesseM · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 1307

No I mean that we live in Kitchener, right above Cambridge, so logically if we were going to purchase growlers from anywhere, it would most likely be Grand River, not Mill St. in Toronto. Maybe he did mean Mill St., but that makes no sense, unless he just picked Mill St. for some unexplained reason. Only Belgian truly knows..........

sphilp · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 84 Location: Brantford

I'm planning on going down again towards the summer(June/July-ish), but that might be too late for you. When do you absolutely need it for?

Illuminatus · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

crawler · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 60

Yes, I can confirm that you can get growlers at the store at the Mill Street Brewpub.

StevenThrasher · Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 270 Location: Thornhill

Back to your original request.

I live in the Toronto area and have some rather difficult to obtain brews in my cellar. If you have some way to get them from Toronto I could probably spare a few of them for a worthy cause.

So we get an idea, what style of beer is your friends favourite?

Illuminatus · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject:

StevenThrasher · Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 270 Location: Thornhill

On Hefe-weizens I've got nothing but I'll PM you with the top brews I can part with.

Cheers.