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- Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:59 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Beer in Grocery Stores
- Replies: 283
- Views: 156360
Re: Beer in Grocery Stores
A friend in the industry expressed it as; "I am only willing to stand in one line-up so grocery wins"
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Talk or Action?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15235
Re: Talk or Action?
My local has two terminals to search "other" products. Both were not working on the weekend. I love the smell of stale beer that eminates from the bag in box that they dump the return cans behind the register. A young girl working there tried to remove the bag which dumped a hellish mixtur...
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:35 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Post Game Brewing?????
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5599
Re: Post Game Brewing?????
With so many big contract brewers around (Cool, Common Good, Equals, Brunswick, (is Great Lakes still doing contract?), Wellington becomes 'another contract brewer' but with them doing most of Nickel Brooks production now, I think they might be busy.
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:25 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Post Game Brewing?????
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5599
Post Game Brewing?????
What or who is Post Game Brewing? Marketing Company? I had shivers thinking it was Frank D'Angelo making a come back but it looks too slick.
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The ideas jus' keep flowin'
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10786
Re: The ideas jus' keep flowin'
"And he is still, somehow, friends and partners with the guy who was owed all that money—Bernard “Barry” Sherman, one of Canada’s richest men and the co-executive producer of Vampire." -http://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/a-lunch-with-frank-dangelo-pitchman-entrepreneur-film-auteur/ $120...
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:11 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Batch
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11083
Re: Batch
what's the goal of having this place, especially at the rent they're paying? molson surely doesn't have any interest on continuously running a money pit with a non-existent business plan in order to promote an ambiguous brand, does it? I am sure the foundation of this location is to "reflect h...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Coming Soon to the LCBO
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 1212200
Re: Coming Soon to the LCBO
Disturbing in so many ways. i just felt a shiverBelgian wrote:I like being sour & slightly fizzy. It's my trademark.CoolB wrote:I like beers sour, slightly fizzy & Belgian
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:23 pm
- Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
- Topic: Random Reviews
- Replies: 465
- Views: 170500
Re: Random Reviews
Unlike the wheat which suits the yeast flavour, I think it really diminishes this beer unfortunetly.Belgian wrote:Side Launch Pale Ale, 500ml can - one of the most complex beers in Ontario.
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:38 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
- Views: 3124991
Re: What're you drinking right now?
I was in Italy a month ago. "Craft" seems to be perceived as saison's and farmhouse ales.
All unfiltered and since I'm not a saison fan, all uninspiring to me.
Looked for pale ale, saw one reference to an IPA near Canelli but couldn't get my hands on it.
All unfiltered and since I'm not a saison fan, all uninspiring to me.
Looked for pale ale, saw one reference to an IPA near Canelli but couldn't get my hands on it.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:43 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO Autumn & Halloween/Oktoberfest Beer Releases 2015
- Replies: 82
- Views: 42845
Re: Coors Light Über Alles?
Yea, what he saidBelgian wrote:This is SO Ontario government... Get them the F out of retail, they suck at it.
- Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:45 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
- Views: 3124991
Re: What're you drinking right now?
They're famous in Toronto foodie circles for being the place to go in town for a good horse steak. Having been regularly exposed to the Royal which clearly illustrates the relationship between horse flesh and wealth, I have often made the observation that since the demise of the horse as the primar...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:47 pm
- Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
- Topic: Craft Brew Cruise - June 6
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3120
Re: Craft Brew Cruise - June 6
Loved every beer boat cruise I have ever been on. Just all around better to enjoy the air and the view while sampling a pint. Warning though. If this boat has top ports that lead to the bar (like the Empire Sandy), I managed to drop straight through and damage my ankle on the floor below. Over the y...
- Sat May 23, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Summerhill Growler/Craft Beer Destination Store
- Replies: 67
- Views: 29213
Re: Summerhill Growler/Craft Beer Destination Store
Yeah, my fear is that the LCBO will use the "beer in grocery stores" as an excuse to diminish it's beer line up even before the first bottle hits the shelves in the grocery stores ... And so we finally clearly see big brewery/government coordinated strategy. Makes total sense and is so lo...
- Fri May 08, 2015 12:06 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: New Arrivals at LCBO & TBS
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1856489
Re: New Arrivals at LCBO & TBS
In 2010, at a store near 3 Floyds, I found an Algonquin Light on the shelf that I had bottled in 1989. Super fresh!
- Fri May 08, 2015 7:58 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Growlers at LCBO
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8494
Re: Growlers at LCBO
Growler sales will evolve with common sense (hard to say in Ontario). Stainless steel growlers are becoming common. The US outdoor/creative set use them and there are now CO2 dispensing lids which will become better over time as well. The issue though is brewers that won't fill other growlers. Once ...