Timmins

nickelass · Post by **nickelass** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:57 pm

Anyone on this forum from Timmins? I'm moving up there this week and I won't know anyone or if there any places that have decent beer.

Rob Creighton · Post by **Rob Creighton** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:12 pm

Wow, there's a question. I suspect a predictable result and I don't recall a Stompin Tom song about a great craft beer bar in Timmins.

nickelass · Post by **nickelass** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:26 pm

Well at least they have an LCBO to bring in my private orders..

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:13 pm

I have a couple family up there. A bigger wasteland for beer you will not find.

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:47 am

I found your fortune cookie:

"You will become a great homebrewer."

nickelass · Post by **nickelass** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:37 pm

Haha, that may be the case if I get bored!

nickelass · Post by **nickelass** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:50 pm

Yup it's a beer wasteland here!! One place sells Guinness. From what else I can see it's purely Coors, Canadian, and Rickards!

Raisy · Post by **Raisy** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:34 am

sprague11 wrote:I have a couple family up there. A bigger wasteland for beer you will not find.

Windsor? Has to be a close second.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:49 am

Raisy wrote:
sprague11 wrote:I have a couple family up there. A bigger wasteland for beer you will not find.
Windsor? Has to be a close second.

I think you're about right. At least you have that lounge....what is it called .....Phog Lounge or something?

kwjd · Post by **kwjd** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:26 am

SteelbackGuy wrote:
Raisy wrote:
sprague11 wrote:I have a couple family up there. A bigger wasteland for beer you will not find.
Windsor? Has to be a close second.

I think you're about right. At least you have that lounge....what is it called .....Phog Lounge or something?

I love Phog for concerts. I think they had a couple Wellington products on tap last time I was there (may have been only beers on tap?). I've been to another place in Windsor that had Delirium and much of the Mill Street line. When you add in the close proximity to Michigan, Windsor isn't anywhere close to the 2nd worst.

Sudbury would be an example of a city that is worse.

Raisy · Post by **Raisy** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:56 am

Yeah, Phog has a couple of Wellington products and gets a lot of great bands coming through. I'm not sure I know of any place in Windsor that has Delirium or Mill St. products on tap. My gripe really is with the lack of anything good being on tap and the lack of seasonals that make it to the local LCBOs.

robinvboyer · Post by **robinvboyer** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:19 pm

How bad do you want craft beer? There is a new brewpub in rouyn noranda Quebec. It's about 225 km from timmins. I'm planning on checking it out this summer

biegaman · Post by **biegaman** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 1:01 pm

Raisy wrote:
sprague11 wrote:I have a couple family up there. A bigger wasteland for beer you will not find.
Windsor? Has to be a close second.

Living in Windsor you're way closer to a way better selection of beers than you are nearly anywhere else in the province. Michigan offers not only a plethora of great micro breweries but also a solid few bottle shops within a couple hours drive of the border. I wouldn't mind living closer to say Merchant's, or Kuhnhenn.

As for Phog, it was (as far as I know still is) co-owned by a Bar Towel member. They do what they can to keep decent offerings on hand; Wellington (including the Imperial when available) is available, St.Ambroise too if I'm not mistaken.

Raisy · Post by **Raisy** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:04 pm

biegaman wrote:
Raisy wrote:
sprague11 wrote:I have a couple family up there. A bigger wasteland for beer you will not find.
Windsor? Has to be a close second.
Living in Windsor you're way closer to a way better selection of beers than you are nearly anywhere else in the province. Michigan offers not only a plethora of great micro breweries but also a solid few bottle shops within a couple hours drive of the border. I wouldn't mind living closer to say Merchant's, or Kuhnhenn.

As for Phog, it was (as far as I know still is) co-owned by a Bar Towel member. They do what they can to keep decent offerings on hand; Wellington (including the Imperial when available) is available, St.Ambroise too if I'm not mistaken.

Don't get me wrong I don't disagree that I am fortunate to live near Merchant's, I usually make a monthly trip over. As I said what I hate about this area is the lack of interesting beer on tap. I am friends with the owners of Phog, and yes they do their part to support, but they are one bar in a city that is full of them.