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- Thu May 30, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Turncoat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 378
Re: Turncoat
I was under the impression that Turncoat was a contract brew at Dragan and never really got going on a brick and mortar location. (I had crossed them off the list on my 'Try every brewery' quest on that basis.) Tough to say from their website / Facebook.
- Tue May 28, 2024 5:32 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Beer in Convenience Stores coming early
- Replies: 13
- Views: 763
Re: Beer in Convenience Stores coming early
Having said that, good chance a lot of us will be dead by the time changes occur that would excite a craft beer enthusiast. I am a bit more optimistic than that - I think there is potential for a convenience or grocery store to decide they want to have a great beer selection as one example. We kind...
- Tue May 28, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Beer in Convenience Stores coming early
- Replies: 13
- Views: 763
Re: Beer in Convenience Stores coming early
Unless it's allowed to be cheaper we won't see beer at Costco. I wonder if that's true. I would have assumed they would want to get the extra sales but without that differentiation point it may or may not be worth the space / the other stuff that comes with dealing with it? I guess we will see. I t...
- Sun May 26, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Steel Wheel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 263
Re: Steel Wheel
I went back in 2018 and it was decent based on the four beers I tried. Seemed like a nice enough spot that was just getting started. No idea what it's like now.
- Sun May 26, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Evergreen 2024 Craft Beer Fest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 802
Re: Evergreen 2024 Craft Beer Fest
Great Lakes is hosting a Brewed For You Craft Beer Festival in August; depending upon session, ticket prices for an event with 20-ish breweries/cideries is either $30 or $45. I was excited for that when first announced but then I found the lack of additional details provided so far a bit frustratin...
- Sat May 25, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Evergreen 2024 Craft Beer Fest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 802
Re: Evergreen 2024 Craft Beer Fest
Yeah, I haven't been to any big events recently so I can't say how it compares but I definitely saw the $35 admission and immediately balked. Given that most of the breweries are in Toronto I can just go spend that at one of the breweries.
Maybe that's just what stuff costs these days? But ouch.
Maybe that's just what stuff costs these days? But ouch.
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Third Moon Brewing
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8030
Re: Third Moon Brewing
I used to, but it's next to impossible now with so many beers being released. I have also had too many times where I do "one of everything!" at a brewery then half of them are not great when I get home!El Pinguino wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 4:08 pm Does anyone else have a weird completionist mentality like me,
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Zwanze
- Replies: 31
- Views: 24868
Re: Zwanze
The $19 was only for two specific ones IIRC. Most of the bottle pours were more like $10-12 per 5oz, which works out to around $52 per 750ml/26oz which is a lot but not crazy given that the bottles started at around $35 per bottle retail. Some of the rarer ones were significantly more. Lots of peopl...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Is lining up for beer releases a thing of the past?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 931
Re: Is lining up for beer releases a thing of the past?
I think part of it is that there is SOOO much beer out there now that there is not really as much scarcity as there used to be, but also as I get older, the bar for what i'd be willing to line up for has gotten a lot higher and frankly there aren't many beers I'm willing to line up for anymore!
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Nickel Brook Brewing
- Replies: 234
- Views: 109560
Re: Nickel Brook Brewing
Nickel Brook has re-branded their No Bad Daze Easy Going Lager to simply Easy Going Lager. Hmmmm. Can't think of why. Turns out it isn't re-branding, but a replacement. "Please note that this new brew will be replacing our "No Bad Daze - Easy-Goin' Lager". You can still purchase No B...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:34 pm
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Jasper, AB and Revelstoke, BC
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5027
Re: Jasper, AB and Revelstoke, BC
It's been several years since we were there but Bear's Paw Bakery was great when we went in 2017. We enjoyed a nice dinner at Jasper Brewing despite the beer not being super impressive. I was going to recommend the old school movie theatre but it appears to have permanently closed. Driving between t...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Sparrow brewing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1976
Re: Sparrow brewing
I tried them shortly after they first opened and enjoyed it but haven't had the chance for a return visit yet.
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:39 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: 2023 In Review
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2977
Re: 2023 In Review
624 new to me ratings from 173 Breweries Favourite Ontario Brewer: Volo (18 new beers, Average 3.68/5), Still Fields (7 new beers average 3.7) I think Volo was the only bar in Ontario I visited multiple times in 2023. Favourite Ontario Beer: Volo Beer Lino (based on being my top rated, and I had sev...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: High Park / Lost Craft Brewery & Taproom
- Replies: 2
- Views: 744
Re: High Park / Lost Craft Brewery & Taproom
I have meaning to check it out but never seem to make my way to that end of town recently. Hopefully sometime in the new year.
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:22 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Greg Clow to close Canadian Beer News
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3089
Re: Greg Clow to close Canadian Beer News
I think chase is the operative word in many ways. It used to be such a rarity to find new and interesting beers that a "Bar X has Beer Y!" post on Bartowel would send us running. Now it's pretty much impossible to keep up with all the beer just from Ontario. I love CBN and appreciate it - ...