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Walkerville brewery revived?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:25 am
by Guybrush
Looks like there might be something to do in Windsor after all....
http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2011/10 ... to-return/
New name coming soon.
Re: Walkerville brewery revived?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:42 am
by matt7215
if somehting doesnt work 2 times you might as well try a 3rd time
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:49 am
by Lecocq
I hope that the new owners do something good with this. Man, do we ever need some good beer places down this way!!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:17 am
by icemachine
Bringing back the same 3 lame brews. Pass.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:41 am
by Peter Collins
icemachine wrote:Bringing back the same 3 lame brews. Pass.
You don't want to get too adventurous too soon. It is Ontario after all.
I would love to see a (re)start up brewery come out of the gates with something insane as their first brew. Market be damned!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:54 am
by icemachine
I can understand if they came back with the amber and either of the other two lagers, but you'd think by now brewers would realize that consumers want something that pushes away from the standard Molbatts lineups. Dump the light lager and give us a bock or a shwarzbier that will get people interested
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:24 am
by Derek
I actually drank their light beer at one time... nice flavour for something so 'easy drinking'. A bit like a lighter German Pils. It was a great lawnmower brew...
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28 ... pr&start=0
Totally unlike the macro's 'lite' brews... though I've often said I prefer Blue light over Blue, as it has less bad flavour.
But yeah, with a new name, you think they'd go with some new products as well.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:19 pm
by sprague11
By bringing back the same pedestrian offerings this venture is doomed to fail.
what's keeping Old Credit?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:51 pm
by icemachine
The 3 Old Credit bottles I've bought have all been off, but unpasteurized bottles sitting in warm LC's will do that I guess. Never had it fresh but apparently its okay if you get it at the brewery.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:54 am
by Tapsucker
"one of Canada’s most highly-regarded microbrewers"
I guess I have been living under a rock, I don't recall ever having one of their beers. My bad
"Only a week ago, the company won gold for its Premium Blonde at the 2007 Canadian Brewing Awards."
When was this article published?
From another perspective, not all micros should have to be sensational. There is a lot of value in just having a basic good quality local brewer to turn to. Ratebeer be damned.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:25 am
by The_Jester
skaghevn wrote:SteelbackGuy wrote:I wonder how beers like Stella or even Blue survive for that matter.
Excellent marketing. Good marketing might allow a beer to experience a temporary upsurge in sales (ie: Black Label); excellent marketing keeps the sales pumping.
And price. For the macros, anyhow.