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by shintriad
Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:56 am
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Steadfast Brewing
Replies: 7
Views: 2967

Re: Steadfast Brewing

Funny, I was just looking into this brewery like 10 seconds ago. They're pretty new, but I hear it's a nice spot with solid beer...plus tacos. Count me in!
by shintriad
Sun Feb 16, 2025 4:39 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Best Ontario Beer to Stockpile?
Replies: 20
Views: 24284

Re: Best Ontario Beer to Stockpile?

Then I realized I have too much beer to drink already, so no stockpiling for me. I have so much ancient bottled product in my cellar that never gets drank, so I agree I didn't need to buy any more fancy stuff. (Side note: Bar Towel cellar drinking party at my place??) I'll probably just pick up som...
by shintriad
Sun Feb 16, 2025 4:37 pm
Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
Topic: San Francisco
Replies: 49
Views: 112541

Re: San Francisco

https://www.eddies-list.com/p/toronado-craft-beer-bar-listed-for-sale Toronado Craft Beer, San Francisco Listed For Sale I've heard the service was crappy and they were intolerant of lots of people. Hopefully it gets replaced by something better. I'd been to Toronado a couple of times over the year...
by shintriad
Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:58 am
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
Replies: 160
Views: 360904

Re: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out

Saw a post on Reddit that Saulter Street is closing. Can't say I ever enjoyed anything I had from them Not super surprised at this. The space was nice but it felt like they never broke through. Yeah, same. Eastbound is also right across the street and has a nicer space, good food and somewhat bette...
by shintriad
Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:54 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 49
Views: 43775

Re: LCBO & the Trade Wars

Hoping the inter provincial trade barriers come down as a result of this nonsense. I'd love to see some Quebec and BC stuff in that shelf space opening up. Hope so indeed. Covid brought about all the take out stuff, hopefully this can spark that. There was an article recently (I think in the Globe)...
by shintriad
Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:45 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Who's selling 355ml cans?
Replies: 10
Views: 14589

Re: Who's selling 355ml cans?

I disagree BUT people like me probably buy a lot less beer than those that want tall boys and bombers so have no fear, your "cuck cans" won't take over the industry, and you'll be able to continue drinking 10% alc bombs by the half liter They must have done a collab with Bellwoods because...
by shintriad
Tue Jan 14, 2025 1:04 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Bar Hop 2 (Peter St)
Replies: 84
Views: 184223

Re: Bar Hop 2 (Peter St)

Bar Hop 2 closing on Saturday: https://www.instagram.com/p/DExww83yXJs/ Friends… It is with mixed emotions that we have made the difficult decision to permanently close the 137 Peter Street Bar Hop location, with our last day on Saturday January 18th . Since the onset of the pandemic, which changed...
by shintriad
Tue Oct 01, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
Topic: Where would you go for 4 or 5 days?
Replies: 17
Views: 56651

Re: Where would you go for 4 or 5 days?

Great suggestions here! I put together a few hypothetical road trip (from Toronto) itineraries in mid-March 2020 which never came to fruition, for obvious reasons. This list might already be obsolete, but here it is: With a border crossing: Rochester, NY: - 3 hours from Toronto - Brooklyn's Other Ha...
by shintriad
Tue Oct 01, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
Topic: C'est What Fall Festival 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 24460

Re: C'est What Fall Festival 2024

I was in on Friday (by coincidence) and they still had everything on tap, including an excellent Wood Brothers hazy boi.

C'est What remains one of the best pubs in town, IMHO.
by shintriad
Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Prince Edward County
Replies: 3
Views: 16464

Re: Prince Edward County

It's one of the best parts of the province to visit, and the beer scene is awesome. Two minutes from Matron is All My Friends Beer Co., which I consider one of Ontario's top breweries (currently ranked 5th on Untappd). Strange Brew is definitely worth a visit, and I'm also a fan of Gillingham. I've ...
by shintriad
Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: What's Your Favourite Ontario West Coast IPA?
Replies: 70
Views: 125632

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

I had the San Diego Super Sauce from Rouge River and it was quite good. It's at the Lickbo now: https://www.lcbo.com/en/rouge-river-san ... -ipa-38795
by shintriad
Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: What to do when the beer selection sucks?
Replies: 61
Views: 82830

Re:

So, my hop oil arrived in the mail today, and I was pretty excited to try it out. Brilliant! I'm glad you did this, and I found your whole post really entertaining. Imagine the possibilities.... you could turn Keith's into something that vaguely resembles an IPA! Sorry to revive a dead thread, but ...
by shintriad
Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Beer in Convenience Stores coming early
Replies: 32
Views: 79962

Re: Beer in Convenience Stores coming early

Sounds a lot like how it is here then, though I wonder if the deps get to order directly from breweries if they like? Access truly has come a long way in the last 10 years, it's so much better than it was. One thing I would love to see is a relaxing of provincial barriers in particular. There's no ...
by shintriad
Thu Aug 22, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Thirsty & Miserable
Replies: 15
Views: 58260

Re: Thirsty & Miserable

Nice. Hope they can recapture the diveyness!
by shintriad
Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
Topic: Toronto Festival of Beer 2016 - Jul 22-24
Replies: 16
Views: 47831

Re: Toronto Festival of Beer 2016 - Jul 22-24

Sounds pretty good to me! I was in Ypsilanti that weekend for the Michigan Brewers Guild festival, but wouldn't mind hitting this up next year if the stars align.