New LCBO at Rutherford (Carville/16th) and Bathurst

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:55 pm

Don't bother - its Ontario craft beer selection is 1 shelf stocked with Mill St (mostly Organic), Waterloo Dark and Steamwhistle. I talked to a guy I recognised who transferred from Yonge & 7 and he said without enough customer demand there would be no changes, and that the store was stocked based on neighboring store sales and surveys mailed out to local residents. Guess I'll continue driving over to the Woodbine & 7 store to get anything interesting.

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:36 am

Was going to post a similar review. Pathetic selection and the manager is another of these LCBO types who knows SFA about beer and couldn't care less. Essentially the Newmarket LCBO minus Beau's.

The tiny LCBO outside Promenade (No great shakes either) at least has some Dead Guy kicking around. Thank goodness for Woodbine/7 or the entire area north of Steeles would be a wasteland.

kinguy · Post by **kinguy** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:13 pm

The LCBO on the ring road outside Square One is likewise a beer wasteland.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:55 pm

I must admit this store probably has the best selection of Kosher Wines in Ontario

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:02 pm

icemachine wrote:I must admit this store probably has the best selection of Kosher Wines in Ontario

Ha! Those things are absolutely putrid. I'd denounce any religion that made me drink that piss.

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:14 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote:
icemachine wrote:I must admit this store probably has the best selection of Kosher Wines in Ontario

Ha! Those things are absolutely putrid. I'd denounce any religion that made me drink that piss.

There's supposed to be good varietal kosher wines from Israel, stuff that isn't mevushal (hasn't been boiled).

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:39 pm

mintjellie wrote:
SteelbackGuy wrote:
icemachine wrote:I must admit this store probably has the best selection of Kosher Wines in Ontario

Ha! Those things are absolutely putrid. I'd denounce any religion that made me drink that piss.
There's supposed to be good varietal kosher wines from Israel, stuff that isn't mevushal (hasn't been boiled).

The Israeli wines are well made, alarmingly expensive, and rarely anything at all special for the cost. But if you have a taste for good wine over the High Holidays I guess there are some affordable Kosher ones from France (the Fortant Chard and Merlot) and especially places like Argentina and Chile (Merlot, Malbec, Cab Sauv, Carmeniere.)

Just avoid anything that says Concord Grape among the 101 hits for 'kosher' on lcbo.com Concord is North American and not vinis vinifera, unlike nearly all other wine grape varietals.
Welch's grape juice is I believe all Concord, just as it should be.