The Bar Towel

pezhere wrote:its a deal at $500 !!

I have no idea what the beer is, or how much its worth, BUT, as soon as a salesman says "its a deal" there is high probability its the farthest thing from it ... for the buyer.

jus sayin

While I like it, can someone fight the Ontario monopoly on international beers? Hells yes. This needs to be done. I think the argument needs to built around access to beer not deemed worthy of carrying by the LCBO instead of the whole convenience push. I don't care how many stores sell the same the...

Craig wrote:1. Yes.
2. Yes, but not as well.
3. Yes and no. You'll never kill the plant, since it grows deep and comes back every year, but it doesn't really spread that bad.

Cool, thanks

As a wannabe gardener I have some questions:
1. are the hop flowers(?) aromatic while still on the plant?
2. will they grow in partial sun (half day), or require full sun all day long?
3. Is it an invasive plant (ie will it spread like a crazy weed)?

Agree 100% that it's not practical for every single brewery to be stocked in every store (lcbo ...or private for that matter). However, those brewers shield be allowed to sell AND SHIP to anyone, anywhere, willing to buy their products (esp if not available at their local BO)

Napalm Frog wrote: As for cheap and good beer, I feel that glut was temporarily filled by Buster Rhino's, but they were only open a year before shuttering ...

Tough to do "cheap" and stay in business for long

CoolB wrote:I've been had again. Damn lcbo. I thought the Red Racer Imperial IPA was a recent arrival. My wife picked me up a bomber in St Catharines and its dated December 8th 2015.

Thought the bottle I had last week had a date of Jan 28-16
.... or maybe I was duped and it was really 12-8-15 not 1-28-16

In the past, I got excited with those kinds of "finds" when it came to whisky, now I stay away from the dust bin all together! LCBO can't be trusted with storage & handling - there's no way to know what bottles go through in those stores*. Whisky is tolerant of time in bottle, and to a...

-- and then the LCBO can keep doing its thing, focusing on premium products and premium service. Why is this idea so hard? because, other than perhaps wine, they have demonstrated an inability to accomplish those two things to any degree acceptable to people looking for "premium" products!

Wonder why they have the cuvee rene marked at $6.95 on their list.. it is $4.95 at the store. Might want to take advantage while we can.. with "distribution" limited to 5 downtown Toronto stores, one Ottawa, and one Welland store, not many will be able to "take advantage" :wink:

jp_jkl wrote:Robohop Info:

4500 cans at retail ($5), 10,000 bombers shipped to LCBO ($8.95). Coming very soon, maybe this week.

4 bucks for an extra 175ml, that's pretty expensive glass
... but cheaper than driving to Etobicokee, so I'll get them from the control board

Curmudgeon IPA, Grand River Brewing
yeah, I know, eh! me being a curmudgeon and all

think that bakagaijin and portwood should start a drinking group. never thought i'd find 2 people more miserable than me. quite a relief to find them, actually! where's the "like" button? fear not, whenever you think you're the most "____" person in the world, there's always som...

Got some lake effect ipa at the lcbo today canned feb 8th. Is this a regular listing? No .I read the other day they just canned the last batch for this years Lake Effect. I'm thinking of buying a few to drink in the summer (perhaps longer). Looking for recommendations as to how long the Lake Effect...

boney wrote:Opinions are just opinions.

Bingo
Unless you're the owner, why get worked up over someone else not being a fanboy of your favorite brewery?