The Bar Towel

So it appears that the Canadian restaurants Association has filed a complaint with the federal government about this. Not sure if anything will come of it, since from the sounds of the article I read, this kind of collusion is all nice and legal as long as the government is the one involved in it. h...

Ha! Not much chance of Stone Enjoy By coming to the LCBO? Slim to none. Stone has very specific guidelines about the handling and shipping of their product. Most of which the current LCBO does not adhere to. That's true, although I thought Sierra Nevada had similar guidelines that the LCBO couldn't...

Another thing, why are corporations and unions allowed to donate to political parties at the provincial level? This was outlawed years ago at the Federal level... I wondered about that too. Reading the article I wondered how campaign contributions could be such a big deal (thinking it was like fede...

That's not exactly news to any of us, nor would I argue that we want that reversed. If all else remains equal, that's just more SKUs/shelf space eaten up by the big guys anyway. It depends I suppose. Yes there could be less shelf space. On the other hand the beer store will give a reduced price if ...

You are incorrect on almost all fronts Ren. If the smoking ban infringes on a property owners rights, then it is unjust. You can debate until you're blue in the face that property rights have nothing to do with the ban, but you are incorrect. The ban is telling property owners what they can and can...

Pondering this ^ do we still have the right to build with asbestos or Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation? Does that ban offend our sacred property rights? If (it may be argued) getting rid of smoking in bars has no more effect on business than getting rid of lead in gasoline or getting rid of CFC's ...

- Adding 12-packs to the beer selection at the LCBO, which is currently limited to selling 6-packs or smaller formats due to an agreement with The Beer Store. I read this story earlier today. Makes me wonder, if they start adding 12 packs and other formats of the products that sell in high volume, ...

If you are pissed it about the deal sounds more like jealousy (for missing out on the profits) than anything else. Thats just how it comes off. No offense meant. Not even remotely. More just annoyed with the fact that beer trading (amongst a wide variety of other (somewhat) niche hobbies) has been ...

Aside from Hobgoblin, I haven't had any of these. But the last time I had a Marston's "very special" pedigree I nearly puked. And all 6 beers get pretty unexciting reviews. The average grade for the six is 79 at BA, ranging from a high of 85 to a low of 74. To be fair to that earlier post...

Lol how terrible does that look? $19? LOOOOOOL! Not sure I see the issue. Then again I like English bitters and it seems like there aren't as many as their used to be at the LCBO. I will give this one a try. As for the price, these are all 500 ml bottles and most 500ml bottles of English beers are ...

They must have relaxed those expectations. We've got the pale and torpedo all over BC and it definitely isn't all refrigerated. The person from SN who told me about the refrigeration thing told me that it was just refrigerated transport and warehouses. They made no mention of requirements for their...

Because the LCBO is the largest purchaser of alcohol in the world. Sounds like reason enough to me. Ontario is also a lot closer geographically for some U.S. breweries to ship to than some States which are on the other side of the Continent. I get that they are the biggest purchaser in the world. A...

this would be great. Pretty amazing that we don't have stone/new belgium/lagunitas/sierra nevada/firestone here in canada, considering how big they are in the states. On the other hand pretty much all of those breweries don't distribute to the entire US. I think for New Belgium and Stone they only ...

Hopefully we will be getting fresh stuff. Last October I took a run down to Watertown NY to get some beer and picked up a bunch of SN stuff. I bought a bottle of Hoptimum, Torpedo, Tumbler and Ruthless Rye. The Tumbler was from the 2012 release, the Hoptimum and the Ruthless Rye were from very early...

Went to Vermont this past weekend. Hit most of the usual places, but found one place not mentioned. We went to Middlebury to check out the Woodchuck Cidery. We were looking for somewhere to go for dinner with the kids and we came across the Fire and Ice restaurant. I will just say the place was awes...