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I bet there's almost zero chance of that. They've invested in a bottling line already. I would presume they're conserving beer so that they can actually sell what they make onsite.DeMarco wrote:Time to bring back the growlers Bellwoods!
Q. I miss growlers, man, those were the BEST! How come you hate making me feel happy and don’t sell them anymore?
A. Growlers. We have a love hate relationship with them. On one hand, y’alls love them so much. On the other, there’s that whole aforementioned lack of space issue, and a reduced fill quality to contend with. Growlers are big and they take up space — plus, we don’t have the proper equipment to clean them. We tried to do it all by hand in the beginning but then our employees had an uprising and threw rotten tomatoes at us. So we had to put an end to them (the growlers, not the employees).
What are the laws about cleaning growlers? Can I take a growler from one brewery and fill it at another?DeMarco wrote:*DeMarco
It makes sense, and because of weird ontario laws (enforced by the majority) about cleaning growlers.
Most places won't do that. There may or may not be a law out there (I haven't actually seen anyone cite it, which is why I call it "weird") but there are a few breweries that will reuse growlers that are from other breweries. Hoity Toity Cider is one of them. I'm sure there are more.napoleon wrote:What are the laws about cleaning growlers? Can I take a growler from one brewery and fill it at another?DeMarco wrote:*DeMarco
It makes sense, and because of weird ontario laws (enforced by the majority) about cleaning growlers.
I really think they should do some collaborations at some larger breweries and then sell the collaboration results at their bottle shop. Would allow them to increase inventory in the short term.napoleon wrote:Sadly it seems like the bottle shop has hit that summer lull where demand exceeds supply. They only have Wizard Wolf and Stay Classy in bottles now. Good quality beers, just not something I get too excited about.
I don't think that would be legal. I think all beer sold from the store has to be brewed at their location? What they *could* do is brew a large batch of one of their core beers and serve it on tap at the bar, freeing up space for other things. The down side to that is that it would cost them extra money for that batch.BakaGaijin wrote:I really think they should do some collaborations at some larger breweries and then sell the collaboration results at their bottle shop. Would allow them to increase inventory in the short term.napoleon wrote:Sadly it seems like the bottle shop has hit that summer lull where demand exceeds supply. They only have Wizard Wolf and Stay Classy in bottles now. Good quality beers, just not something I get too excited about.
I'm not sure if that is correct anymore. The OCB collab was at a lot of retail outlets. Was that growler only?!?JerCraigs wrote:I don't think that would be legal. I think all beer sold from the store has to be brewed at their location? What they *could* do is brew a large batch of one of their core beers and serve it on tap at the bar, freeing up space for other things. The down side to that is that it would cost them extra money for that batch.BakaGaijin wrote:I really think they should do some collaborations at some larger breweries and then sell the collaboration results at their bottle shop. Would allow them to increase inventory in the short term.napoleon wrote:Sadly it seems like the bottle shop has hit that summer lull where demand exceeds supply. They only have Wizard Wolf and Stay Classy in bottles now. Good quality beers, just not something I get too excited about.
At Bellwoods at least, they mentioned they couldn't sell the Brettalica in bottles as it was a collab brewed at Amsterdam. I don't quite know how the OCB collab worked.JerCraigs wrote: I don't think that would be legal. I think all beer sold from the store has to be brewed at their location? What they *could* do is brew a large batch of one of their core beers and serve it on tap at the bar, freeing up space for other things. The down side to that is that it would cost them extra money for that batch.
Just over 3000 bottles will go on sale starting at 11am on Friday August 28th. Bottles are $12/each, with a limit of 4 per/person.
I personally thought the first Barn Owl release was worthy of the hype of this years Motley Cru received... that is to say, I liked it Barn Owl blend #1 better than 2015 Motley Cru.snorristurluson wrote:Does anyone have any thoughts on the Barn Owl releases? Just wondering if I should buy 4 or not?