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- Wed May 19, 2010 3:02 pm
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Keith's and Oland family recipes to be shared
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12962
Well so much for that - via email: The Dal Archives have sealed all the Keith's and Oland's recipes and any other pertinent related info as of last week. Labatt says they were only property of Bruce Oland until he sold the company to Labatt in 1971 and therefore weren't his to donate. Labatt is real...
- Wed May 19, 2010 9:38 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: Nanny State strikes again
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9555
Nanny State strikes again
Skull shaped bottles apparently a no-no. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/ontario-bans-dan-aykroyds-skull-shaped-vodka/article1573490/ In other news, it's okay for you to get drunk, so long as you're caffeinated. http://www.news1130.com/radio/news1130/article/56315--alcohol-and-ener...
- Wed May 19, 2010 9:27 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: An offer to (almost) any Ontario brewery
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8900
- Wed May 19, 2010 7:49 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Top 10 beers brewed in Ontario by ratebeer average
- Replies: 82
- Views: 22323
Re: Problem with Ontario Market
Here there is a limited number of people willing to regularly support and go out of the way for local craft beer. With all due respect Ken, your brewery bottled what you thought was enough of an extreme beer to satisfy those limited number of people for a month, and it sold out in six or seven days...
- Tue May 18, 2010 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: The Globe and Mail on beer and food
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5459
Another poorly informed writer -- who normally writes on wine, and has a limited knowledge of beers -- chimes in at today's Metro. You cannot see it in the online edition, but the picture accompanying this item in the printed edition was the Rickard's bottle. Thank you, Molson/Coors. Presumably the...
- Tue May 18, 2010 12:45 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO and the HST
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12119
From The Toronto Star last Friday http://tinyurl.com/24fwvum In the wake of the Star’s disclosure Wednesday that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario raised its markups by 7.5 per cent to claw back any consumer savings from the business-friendly harmonized sales tax, the government scrambled to defe...
- Thu May 13, 2010 2:48 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO and the HST
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12119
I think LCBO has some competition in the way of bars and restaurants. I mean yes it is more expensive to drink at a bar but it is another way to drink. Um, where do bars and restaurants in Ontario buy their booze? See this has always confused me. I mean do all bars and restaurants really buy all th...
- Thu May 13, 2010 2:33 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO and the HST
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12119
But the LCBO because it's a monopoly, has no competition so they can continue to charge whatever the hell they want. I think LCBO has some competition in the way of bars and restaurants. I mean yes it is more expensive to drink at a bar but it is another way to drink. Um, where do bars and restaura...
- Thu May 13, 2010 1:20 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO and the HST
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12119
It's a DOUBLE tax. Pure and simple. Another good reason to shop in Buffalo! It was a worse double tax before. Without the change, businesses had to pay Provincial Sales tax on their purchases, which would have been passed on to consumers as a cost of doing business. By shifting to a value-added tax...
- Thu May 13, 2010 11:55 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO and the HST
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12119
It's a DOUBLE tax. Pure and simple. Another good reason to shop in Buffalo! It was a worse double tax before. Without the change, businesses had to pay Provincial Sales tax on their purchases, which would have been passed on to consumers as a cost of doing business. By shifting to a value-added tax...
- Thu May 13, 2010 9:27 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Beer Branding Question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6376
so breweries in the province today are still very afraid to take the next step and produce beer that is current. the Imperial Stout fad came and went with little fan fair in Ontario the IIPA fad came and went with no real examples until 2010 the Sour fad came and is fading but certainly never caugh...
- Tue May 11, 2010 7:34 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Beer Branding Question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6376
Keiths was bought by Labatt in the sixties prior (I think) to Power Corp buying Labatt and only kept open because of the provincial trade restrictions. The Belgians came up with the historic IPA garbage in '95 as a means of hustling Stella and the Keiths growth was a bonus though I consider it to b...
- Mon May 10, 2010 7:27 pm
- Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
- Topic: Smashbomb Atomic IPA: Blind Tasting
- Replies: 262
- Views: 51329
Re: Smashbomb Atomic IPA: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Yes, we will bottle it if it turns out good. We have experimented with a few new things so I'm not sure how this batch is going to turn out. P- In my limited experience, I have found citra hops in large amounts to be overly "lemony." Can you comment on how this one is? I wish I could send...
- Mon May 10, 2010 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Beer Branding Question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6376
- Mon May 10, 2010 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Beer Branding Question
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6376
Outside Ontario I would say either Keiths or Moosehead in terms of brand. Moosehead sells its beer throughout Canada, the United States, and in 15 countries around the world. They also own their own distribution arm in the U.S. and once held a solid market position down there. Both companies have v...