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- Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:14 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
And...according to: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/but-not-simpler/2013/06/05/i-hate-to-break-it-to-you-but-you-already-eat-bugs/ The FDA’s limit on the hops that go into the kettle is 2,500 aphids per 10 grams of hops. Yup, up to 5% of the total weight of the hops can be bug. But it all comes ...
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
After thinking about it a bit, I suppose it would depend on how hardcore a vegan you are. The primary filter aid in breweries for decades, if not centuries, has been diatomaceous earth. It is an inert, naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock crushed to a powder. But....diatomaceous ear...
- Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
Cask ale should be the only version that would have a problem in the vegan world. Isinglass finings and gelaton finings which home brewers often use are animal based products. Many in commercial brewing have switched to liquid silicon dioxide (colloidal silica) which is widely used in both the brewi...
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
Glatt Brothers was a classic Frank'n'brew system and the chili beer really worked for them. Most of the equipment in it looked like it belonged in any business but brewing. Shame the way it worked out. I think John is an investigator for fraud with revenue Canada now so some of you may meet him. Tha...
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Pioneer Ontario Breweries
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17947
- Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: "major initiative" to boost ontario craft beer....
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13978
The OCB head (John Hay) has already provided a dismissal of this effort which I assume means he is speaking for us though it is certainly not GRB. I'm not sure what great fear this sparks in the heart of the average Ontarian but it strikes me as pathetic and cowardly. (Not something Canadians are re...
- Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:51 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Loblaws pitchman Dave Nichol dead at 73
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3792
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:10 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO Ontario Craft Beer Press Release
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2729
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:04 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Boycott of Labatt
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5262
“Concessions included a 20 per cent cut in medical and dental benefits, no medical benefits for all retirees going forward, and a removal of the no contracting out clause, to name a few.” And this is why you will see more and more local, small business'. If you are not going to get benefits anyway,...
- Wed May 15, 2013 3:40 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: The Beer Store Cartel
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2485
- Wed May 15, 2013 3:20 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO strike vote
- Replies: 76
- Views: 27452
Wow, Belgian!?! What are you smoking? We need a pot smoking, glazed look, rose coloured glasses emiticon. The government is leading the way in a trend that I see in virtually every major industry and employer in South Western Ontario. Let unionized full-time staff with big benefit packages retire an...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:01 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: SlyFox introduces a beer can with a completely removable top
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2713
Although the sharp edge of the lid is a potential issue, it's probably something that can be engineered around Nope, I drank a couple of Sly Fox IPA's in DC and have one in front of me. No problems at all with the lip. I'm sure some moron suffering from a horrible social disorder will rub his tongu...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:44 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Big bottles equals Wines...?????
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8858
It doesn't have to be decarbonated beer. Rogue is in the Keykeg which is carbonated and being dispensed widely across Ontario. The filling tube in the Keykeg is a rippled piece of plastic to prevent the bag from collapsing. Ingenious but way over engineered and way too much waste. The PETkeg is far ...