midlife crisis wrote:I don't think so -- it has to be brewed on-site for them to sell it directly out of their facility. If a distributor could simply open up a retail storefront (which is what you are suggesting they are doing), then surely Keep 6, R&R and all of our other excellent distributors would be doing so too. The only retail outlets for beer in Ontario are TBS, LCBO, some groceries stores, and on the site of the brewery where it was produced.
Craig wrote:midlife crisis wrote:I don't think so -- it has to be brewed on-site for them to sell it directly out of their facility. If a distributor could simply open up a retail storefront (which is what you are suggesting they are doing), then surely Keep 6, R&R and all of our other excellent distributors would be doing so too. The only retail outlets for beer in Ontario are TBS, LCBO, some groceries stores, and on the site of the brewery where it was produced.
I'm not sure that's true, or maybe just that it might not be enforced that way. For example, Amsterdam have been selling double Tempest at the brewpub and the brewery for ages, and I doubt they're making separate batches for each location.
Granted, imports are a whole other game.
Gleemer Imports wrote:La Trappe Quad, i believe, is brewed at Brunswick in Ontario.
and it's Netherlands, not Belgian.
Napalm Frog wrote:Craig wrote:midlife crisis wrote:I don't think so -- it has to be brewed on-site for them to sell it directly out of their facility. If a distributor could simply open up a retail storefront (which is what you are suggesting they are doing), then surely Keep 6, R&R and all of our other excellent distributors would be doing so too. The only retail outlets for beer in Ontario are TBS, LCBO, some groceries stores, and on the site of the brewery where it was produced.
I'm not sure that's true, or maybe just that it might not be enforced that way. For example, Amsterdam have been selling double Tempest at the brewpub and the brewery for ages, and I doubt they're making separate batches for each location.
Granted, imports are a whole other game.
Re Amsterdam, I'm not sure of the exact rule, but my understanding is a brewery is allowed two bottle shop locations, as long as sales from a second facility do not exceed 50% at that location. See Bellwoods as an example, where the bulk of staples are brewed at Hafis, and the seasonals and one offs (that aren't foeder or barrel aged) are done at Ossington.
Napalm Frog wrote:Craig wrote:midlife crisis wrote:I don't think so -- it has to be brewed on-site for them to sell it directly out of their facility. If a distributor could simply open up a retail storefront (which is what you are suggesting they are doing), then surely Keep 6, R&R and all of our other excellent distributors would be doing so too. The only retail outlets for beer in Ontario are TBS, LCBO, some groceries stores, and on the site of the brewery where it was produced.
I'm not sure that's true, or maybe just that it might not be enforced that way. For example, Amsterdam have been selling double Tempest at the brewpub and the brewery for ages, and I doubt they're making separate batches for each location.
Granted, imports are a whole other game.
Re Amsterdam, I'm not sure of the exact rule, but my understanding is a brewery is allowed two bottle shop locations, as long as sales from a second facility do not exceed 50% at that location. See Bellwoods as an example, where the bulk of staples are brewed at Hafis, and the seasonals and one offs (that aren't foeder or barrel aged) are done at Ossington.
seangm wrote:So I suppose the imported beers Brunswick sells fall under this rule. I didn't think it would apply since they're imports and not even Brunswick's own beers, but I guess they've found a loophole. Either way it's pretty nice since the LCBO seems to have stopped carrying Weihenstephaner Dunkel (my favourite dunkelweiss) and now I have a source for it again.
Hopefully this will lead to a further loosening of retailing rules, because it would be amazing to have a boutique Keep 6/R&R/etc. bricks and mortar shop.
seangm wrote:
So I suppose the imported beers Brunswick sells fall under this rule. I didn't think it would apply since they're imports and not even Brunswick's own beers, but I guess they've found a loophole. Either way it's pretty nice since the LCBO seems to have stopped carrying Weihenstephaner Dunkel (my favourite dunkelweiss) and now I have a source for it again.
Hopefully this will lead to a further loosening of retailing rules, because it would be amazing to have a boutique Keep 6/R&R/etc. bricks and mortar shop.
midlife crisis wrote:I don't think so -- it has to be brewed on-site for them to sell it directly out of their facility.
portwood wrote:midlife crisis wrote:I don't think so -- it has to be brewed on-site for them to sell it directly out of their facility.
So how do we explain taprooms selling beer from other breweries.
recent example: Rouge River had a beer from Barncat
current example: https://www.rougeriverbrewingcompany.co ... p-tap-list scroll down to find they are selling Bellwoods White Picket fence
having said that, I haven't seen any brewery sell beer from another brewery (i.e. Brunswick selling laTrappe) to take away - only on-tap
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