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Was given a couple of cans of Bickford Brewing Dog Park Pale Ale, hadn't heard of before. Looks like a homebrewer turned contract brewer as it says on the can it's made in Wellington. Some online research and it seems to have launched sometime in the last couple of months. https://bickfordbrewing.ca...

Chalk this up to one of the things that slipped under my radar, but High Park / Lost Craft Brewery have a taproom / bottle shop (and presumably brewery) at Runnymede & St. Clair. I always thought they were just contract brews, but there's been a location for a few years. Anyone been? https://cra...

Ralphus wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:15 pm Thanks for the recent newsletter. I'm back after a long absence.

Welcome back @Ralphus! Nice to see you again on the forum.

Bummer. I can sometimes get SNPA at my local Independent (Loblaws) Grocery store. Any idea if that network would be affected as well, I'm thinking its separate? My suspicion is that it will be gone, as grocery selection is tied to the LCBO through its wholesale ops (at least I think it is). SNPA is...

I was thinking about this in light of all the convo around the government's beer announcement. In the 8 years (I think it's that long? Since 2015?) since grocery stores were able to stock beer, did a store (or stores) anywhere in the province emerge as one that curated an exceptionally notable selec...

Wow, had no idea this was still circulating. Very cool! I love the tone and it's very bite-sized and readable. If I were to offer some suggestions: - In "light" mode, the orange colour of the links is a bit hard to read. - The CTAs, linking to threads, don't always "read" as but...

From the Toronto Star article: "The shopping experience is just dreadful," said Beaumont. "They tried to elevate it with their express stores, but I think almost all of those are gone. Their model really hasn't changed in 40 years." Forty years ago, you had to look at a display ...

Just noticed that Little Beasts Brewery has been closed for 5 weeks now without an update. Doesn't look promising for them. Good news, they just posted to their Instagram account and they'll be reopening. Dates TBD. I believe it is under new ownership as I understand owner and head brewer Erin was ...

Official Statement (?) from The Beer Store: https://twitter.com/TheBeerStoreON/status/1736823678787067961/photo/1 Unsurprisingly focused on employees (the union) and returns. They were never really about the beer, so why start now. I wonder if this was in part a response to Josh's article predicting...

Some positive updates from MYBC: https://www.instagram.com/p/C04_2x2vOQm/ 1. We’re happy to announce that Muddy York will live on in East York into the New Year. We’ll be selling retail and serving in the taproom at 22 Cranfield Rd until February 17th. 2. Online orders with free delivery in the GTA ...

Craig wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:46 am extreme beer chasers

Can one be a "traditional beer chaser"? I think I've always been that It's just that 20 years ago a true IPA was extreme in Ontario!

I was thinking about this a bit in context of the numbers you recently posted regarding the return to this site. I have a half baked theory. For a while it seemed that other media outlets were paying more attention to the beer scene, possibly providing some competition in the attention sphere. More...

As suggested on another thread, and I agree this deserves its own thread. GregClow is closing up Canadian Beer News after many years and thousands of posts about the beer scene in Canada. https://www.canadianbeernews.com/2023/12/15/last-call-for-canadian-beer-news/ Greg reported for The Bar Towel wa...

No word from Greg Clow? I see him on twitter. What about Joey Capps, Dan-D-Man, Beer Kitten? Would be great for Perry to stop by, too. Same with Ken Woods. We don't seem to get Black Oak, locally, these days! Greg still does a fine job getting the beer news of the day out at Canadian Beer News, but...

Newsletter time! I'm not sure in all the years if I ever did a digest style drop about some of the threads. I'll do it from time to time and see if any new (old) folks drop by. For the regulars, any feedback welcomed.

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