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Yes I do believe it is a leap year birthday joke

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I think I had only heard of them by compiling the OBDI.

I hadn’t heard it was coming again this year. There wasn’t any BCBS so I wouldn’t be surprised at all that there would be no Utopias.

South River Brewing: https://southriverbrewing.ca/ IMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT! It is with heavy hearts that we announce the closing of South River Brewing Co. As I reach my 20th birthday (Feb 29) I feel that it is time to take a break and after consultation with partners we have decided to close the oper...

The latest from Muddy: [Stouffville, ON] – Muddy York Brewing Co. is excited to announce updated plans to relocate to a new and dynamic space in Stoufville's west-end commercial area. Following an announcement in August that the brewery would be expanding its East York operations to the historic old...

Here's A Quick Beer in East Lansing if anyone is interested:

I stopped again in East Lansing on the way home from last summer’s Grand Rapids trip and recorded some footage for A Quick Beer. Finally got around to editing it and will post up tomorrow!

Burlington Dark Ink Baltic Nitro Porter I stopped in here quite some time ago now. I have to say I found most of their beers pretty average. I still had this one around and had it tonight, and I will give this one high marks. Good to hear. Polk did a pretty scathing review on one of their beers so ...

Here's what's coming to the fest at the Only...

anthony9 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:22 am Sorry, I searched and didn't see the previous thread.

No worries at all. Thanks for posting the update about them.

(Merged with small older thread about Matron)

Saw some social posts about this yesterday. Nice folks behind it and I enjoyed the beers I've had of theirs. Hoping they pull through.

Next up, visits to Beerlab and Storm Stayed and chats with Nick, Adil & Justin. Check it out!

Craig wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:10 pm I'm sure they can, but it's not terribly popular stuff.

Curious if all the breweries and others talking about it are just trying to will it into popularity, or if folks are actually drinking it.

Which begs the question, why are NA beers stocked at the LCBO? They don't stock soft drinks or water. Seems like wasted shelf space. That's a really interesting question. And on the flipside, why isn't NA beers sold at variety stores, fast food restaurants and other quick serve places? Feels like i...

I guess they had been saving them and wanted to free themselves of the tasty bottles!



During these inflationary times there are still those willing to dish out!

FWIW, I migrated the forum to a new server in the last couple of days so hopefully it's faster for everyone.

Google's PageSpeed insights gave the site a 99/100 on desktop performance! (I should have checked before, but let's just say it was lower! )