Elysian and Bear Republic coming to Ontario

[Belgian]

American brewers are starting to realize we now have craft beer in Ontario.

[groulxsome]

With their comments of "Who knows" and "Maybe this will show up one day" - Certainly seems like they're putting the cart before the horse.

I got the sense that they've made the orders but are not willing to speculate about delivery dates after the red tape monster of Green Flash. They said a while ago that they were finished adding breweries to their portfolio and starting to focus on getting the beers they have more regularly in the LCBO. I would guess that they have orders with breweries for these beers, but that guessing shipping and LCBO times is something they are not willing to do anymore!

[heebes]

having sierra nevada here would be f'n fantastic

[Belgian]

having sierra nevada here would be f'n fantastic

Harvest and SN Pale alone would be huge. And I believe well-priced.

SN have long-standing objections to LCBO's no-guarantees policy for storage and handling temperatures. But seriously. We've bought SN from unrefrigerated shelf stock in the USA, even at places like Wegman's.

[icemachine]

Well NAC just put this out

We are pleased to announce that: Phillip's Hop Circle IPA, Elysian Immortal IPA, Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA and the Un-paralleled mix 6 pack from Parallel 49th Brewery have all been accepted at the Lcbo. See you in March 2013!

[heebes]

June 7th NAC wrote "Something big on the horizon.."

wonder what it could be?

also, still no Bear Republic?

[matt7215]

June 7th NAC wrote "Something big on the horizon.."

wonder what it could be?

also, still no Bear Republic?

its been said before but i wish NAC would tweet when they have products in the warehouse about to hit shelves instead of
"Something big on the horizon.."

i dont care whats on the horizon, i care what i can drink on my patio this afternoon

[TheSevenDuffs]

its been said before but i wish NAC would tweet when they have products in the warehouse about to hit shelves instead of
"Something big on the horizon.."

i dont care whats on the horizon, i care what i can drink on my patio this afternoon

And I have said this before as well but: +1 to that.

I am so tired of the way they do things at NAC.

[MatttthewGeorge]

Whatever it is, they'll ship the entire thing and let it sit in the warehouse while it goes through the tests. Then we'll get the 4+ month old stock.

[ErkLR]

Apparently they're shooting for October for Racer 5:

[aser]

Apparently they're shooting for October for Racer 5:

Not missing much, red racer is much better imo. I haven't even had red racer on tap, but racer 5 on tap is nothing special. Also their stupid lawsuit left a sour taste in my mouth.

[TheSevenDuffs]

l. Also their stupid lawsuit left a sour taste in my mouth.

Me too.

[vandutchy]

Apparently they're shooting for October for Racer 5:

Not missing much, red racer is much better imo. I haven't even had red racer on tap, but racer 5 on tap is nothing special. Also their stupid lawsuit left a sour taste in my mouth.

Not missing much, red racer is much better imo. I haven't even had red racer on tap, but racer 5 on tap is nothing special. Also their stupid lawsuit left a sour taste in my mouth.[/quote]

Agreed! After having visit this red neck brewery and basically being ignored for service due to a NASCAR race( even though there were only 5 people in the brewery) I wil not support them in the Canadian market. Customer service is not their forte and there are a lot of Canadian craft beers out there that are a lot better at making great beer IMO who are also very appreciative of their customers.

I hope you get a flat tire Racer 5

[spinrsx]

Guess not October...

Apparently they're shooting for October for Racer 5:

[spinrsx]

not going happen according to NAC "no dice. Bear Republic was unable to commit to Ontario due to increased sales in their own markets."