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Founders coming to Ontario

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Founders coming to Ontario

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It's official... :D

FOUNDERS BREWING CO. EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION TO ONTARIO
Founders Beer Will Be Available in the Canadian Province beginning in February 2013

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 20, 2012 - Founders Brewing Co. announced today that it is expanding its distribution territory to include the nearby province of Ontario, working with Bruce Ashley Group to get their beer to the LCBO for distribution beginning in February.

“There is a growing craft beer scene in Ontario that we’re excited to be a part of,” said Co-Founder, President & CEO Mike Stevens. “Some great beer enthusiasts from our neighbor to the north have reached out to us over the past few years, and we’re looking forward to supporting that enthusiasm and to supporting recognition of the American craft beer scene internationally.”

Founders’ first shipment to Toronto consisted solely of Centennial IPA bottles. The brewery is hoping to add more beer brands to its Canadian distribution lineup in the next year.

For information on Founders’ new 2013 lineup and release calendar, visit www.foundersbrewing.com.

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Post by grub »

woohoo! it'll be nice to have this on hand without the road trip. though i do love the trip...
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Good on Bruce Ashley for securing Founders, I'm sure just about every agent in Ontario were chasing these guys!

Will be interesting to see if someone like Founders can start to change attitudes towards Ontario amongst US breweries. Clearly the paperwork and headaches will always be a pain, but possible tradeoff worth it with more and more craft drinkers here...

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Post by Belgian »

You had me at 'Founders Centennial'.
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Hot DAMN!! Sweet news.

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Post by MatttthewGeorge »

GregClow wrote:Founders’ first shipment to Toronto consisted solely of Centennial IPA bottles.
To Toronto? Hopefully they just mean for testing/warehouse.

And hopefully this won't be as long on the shelves as the Green Flash.

And hopefully this will be in my belly soon!
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MatttthewGeorge wrote:
GregClow wrote:Founders’ first shipment to Toronto consisted solely of Centennial IPA bottles.
To Toronto? Hopefully they just mean for testing/warehouse.
Yes. Full scale LCBO release planned for Centennial, as far as I know.

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Post by TheSevenDuffs »

This is fantastic news!

Hopefully this get on to the shelves much quicker than that first batch of Green Flash IPA.

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Post by Weebay »

I wonder how will Breakfast Stout bottles would go over with the LCBO.

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Never heard of these guys.

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Post by Hawks28 »

sweet. Hopefully it doesnt take too long to get some other ones up here aside from the Centennial IPA. Love fresh Centennial.

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Post by phat matt »

Great news. Founders ipa is an excellent product with great shelf life.

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Weebay wrote:I wonder how will Breakfast Stout bottles would go over with the LCBO.
Pregnant mothers will think it's baby formula. Somebody call the Social Responsibility people.

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i wholly support this

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Post by zombi69 »

Great news indeed!

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