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by $
Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:23 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Scotland admires LCBO
Replies: 3
Views: 1824

Scotland admires LCBO

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090319.CAMPBELL19/TPStory/TPComment/ "They admire the LCBO for its ability to influence patterns of alcohol consumption. Indeed, the Scottish government's recent pledge to ban cheap drink owes much to the Ontario agency's 82-year-old policy of ...
by $
Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:45 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Bar Towel Announcement!
Replies: 45
Views: 16485

Any chance you can give us an overview of your experience in doing this? It would be interesting to hear about dealing with the AGCO and with a brewer.
by $
Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:50 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: New Brunswick Liquor now in the contract brewing business
Replies: 3
Views: 1479

Man I'm gonna sound like a broken record on this forum...only government could do this and not see the obvious solution. ""The only thing that could really help the province of New Brunswick, if they're really serious about [saving sales to Quebec], is to open up the sale of beer into mom ...
by $
Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Robert Simpson becomes.. Flying Monkeys?
Replies: 143
Views: 33436

"*Sigh* We have talked so much about this issue on this board that it is not worth repeating here. " Ya, I'm pretty new here - 40 posts or so. I'm sure there's tons of this talk buried away in the forum, but it's healthy to keep it alive I think, and I do have a point: I can't imagine brew...
by $
Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:46 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Robert Simpson becomes.. Flying Monkeys?
Replies: 143
Views: 33436

I suppose brewers could answer some of these questions better. From the Ontario brewer blog: Oct 29 2007: "The Beer Store is very expensive to get into. In fact, it would cost us about $20,000 to get listed in 20 stores selling the usual 6-pack, 12-pack and 24-pack. Furthermore, if we don’t mee...
by $
Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:28 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Robert Simpson becomes.. Flying Monkeys?
Replies: 143
Views: 33436

It impedes, it does not prevent. Save the "government bad" argument for another revolutionary thread. OK, so I'll brew a great beer and the LCBO will stock it. Right? No problems? Imagine I could open my own store instead and carry great beers and not go through the red tape. Don't talk a...
by $
Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:15 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Robert Simpson becomes.. Flying Monkeys?
Replies: 143
Views: 33436

guys , the problem is the LCBO and the amount of government control of booze in this province. If we had a freer market for beer, craft brewers would be selling in the format they want to sell in, to anyone who wants to carry their beer. For example, grand river could easily sell their stuff in stor...
by $
Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:11 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Robert Simpson becomes.. Flying Monkeys?
Replies: 143
Views: 33436

I hope Flying Monkeys does well, it seems to be a move in the right direction , as far as beer I like is concerned. You'll have to forgive the complaints of beer geeks, but I'm sure we're not your target market at this point anyway. Anyone know how long it took the American market to develop into th...
by $
Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:54 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Rogue Brutal Bitter
Replies: 37
Views: 9923

This is the beer that really got me into American craft brews, and pissed me off that we didn't have any good Americans in the LCBO.
by $
Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:22 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Generally speaking...
Replies: 16
Views: 4702

58.6L keg is 103 Imp. Pints, 124 US Pints http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/volume I thought most of our pints were 500ml. "Since metrication, the "pint of beer" served in Canadian pubs and bars has been considered a colloquial term for "a large glass of beer", rather th...
by $
Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:36 am
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Great Lakes Green Tea
Replies: 11
Views: 3109

I had a sip on the weekend, not my kind of thing. Light tasting and I didn't feel the tea gave it anything. Bartender was probably right when he said it would be better in the summer on the patio. But then again, most beer is.
by $
Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:03 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: oregon brewers up in arms
Replies: 10
Views: 3143

funny - I'm sitting here eating a chocolate with a regional government logo and slogan on it, very efficient chocolate public-private cooperation for such an essential service...don't worry, pot holes in the road will get filled one day.
by $
Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:22 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: oregon brewers up in arms
Replies: 10
Views: 3143

A place where you can completely defraud investors and get away with it! Ya, uh, isn't government supposed to do something about that? A place where you eliminate all the services that are not profitable no matter how necessary they are. (massive eye roll). Go open an unprofitable business. Best of...
by $
Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Cam's Place (formerly Mad Monty's)
Replies: 16
Views: 6519

Just walked by, still closed but a menu is in the window. Cam's Place, Bar & Lounge (I think). No beers listed.
by $
Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:18 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: oregon brewers up in arms
Replies: 10
Views: 3143

just happened to find some more on this and other states: http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/17293 (some highlights): In Oregon, legislators have proposed raising the beer tax from the current $2.60 per barrel to $49.61 An editorial in The Oregonian says, "Excuse our cynicism, but we've sat th...