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by Ralphus
Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Replies: 16
Views: 3080

Re: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Oh man, that sucks. Thanks for information anyway. It'll save me time wandering the aisle of the grocery store hoping it's there. I guess I am going to have to give the SNPA homebrew clone, which is never quite as good as the real thing, another go.
by Ralphus
Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Replies: 16
Views: 3080

Re: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Bummer. I can sometimes get SNPA at my local Independent (Loblaws) Grocery store. Any idea if that network would be affected as well, I'm thinking its separate?
by Ralphus
Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: What's Your Favourite Ontario West Coast IPA?
Replies: 57
Views: 6283

Re: What's Your Favourite Ontario West Coast IPA?

The one that comes to mind for me right now is Calabogie's IPA. Will be interesting to see if it survives or changes with the recent Whitewater merger.
by Ralphus
Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Recruiting back to the Bar Towel
Replies: 54
Views: 15190

Re: Recruiting back to the Bar Towel

Thanks for the recent newsletter. I'm back after a long absence.
by Ralphus
Sun Jan 13, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: lcboapi.com and drinkvine.com
Replies: 62
Views: 38063

Re: lcboapi.com and drinkvine.com

I'm not sure who created boozewatch.ca.. but it's not mine. On January 15th drinkvine.com will stop working and I plan to close the site down shortly after that. Creating and launching drinkvine was a really rewarding experience, and I hope in some small way it had an impact on making craft beer mor...
by Ralphus
Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:59 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: lcboapi.com and drinkvine.com
Replies: 62
Views: 38063

lcboapi.com and drinkvine.com

Carsten Nielsen, the author of the LCBO API, has open sourced his project: https://github.com/heycarsten/lcbo-api Also, as he reports on the site, the existing LCBO API will be shutdown on January 15th. https://lcboapi.com/news/lcbo-api-shutting-down This has an impact on drinkvine, as after the las...
by Ralphus
Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: drinkvine update email
Replies: 5
Views: 5890

Re: drinkvine update email

Your welcome. Glad you like it!

There is a way. Please submit feedback on the site, let me know what your new email address is, and I'll verify it and then make the change.
by Ralphus
Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:44 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: drinkvine update email
Replies: 5
Views: 5890

drinkvine update email

I sent out an email to all drinkvine subscribers today about recent updates on the site. Due to the stringent guidelines google has implemented about emails entering their system, there's a better than average chance it landed in your junk mail. If you see it there, please click the "Not Spam&q...
by Ralphus
Tue Aug 09, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Autumn Craft Beer Release 2016
Replies: 78
Views: 41363

Re: LCBO Autumn Craft Beer Release 2016

Hey Cass (or anyone else), do you have the product numbers for the release?

Thanks!
by Ralphus
Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:04 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: drinkvine Lists
Replies: 5
Views: 4988

drinkvine Lists

Hopefully many of you saw the email come through today about a new feature at drinkvine, called lists. This is an idea which is almost two years in the making, has taken quite a bit of development time, and something I'm hopeful provides some value to each of you. drinkvine has been a labour of love...
by Ralphus
Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:57 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Trafalgar ESB, Chocolate Orange Porter, Mighty Oak
Replies: 39
Views: 18697

Thank you for taking one for the team Groulxsome. Good write up!
by Ralphus
Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:24 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: General LCBO Debate & Discussion Thread
Replies: 856
Views: 331399

So we're back up and running. It turns out that lcboapi.com was also affected, but Carsten is fast and got his crawler updated very quickly. drinkvine is now using lcboapi.com for some things and crawling the vintages site for others. There's bound to be some quirks as result of the changes. Please ...
by Ralphus
Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:40 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: General LCBO Debate & Discussion Thread
Replies: 856
Views: 331399

Well, I always knew that one day the LCBO would update their website and it would cause drinkvine to puke. I actually expected it come a long time ago. I'll need to do some development and figure out what they've done and what's now possible. I can't get their new site to show me ANY product invento...
by Ralphus
Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:04 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Renaissance Brewery Feature
Replies: 14
Views: 8234

drinkvine release information can be found here:

http://drinkvine.com/drinkrelease.php?n ... e_ren_beer
by Ralphus
Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:44 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO 2013 Summer Craft Beer Release
Replies: 57
Views: 32209

drinkvine release info can be found here:

http://drinkvine.com/drinkrelease.php?n ... ummer_beer