The Beer Store website

S. St. Jeb · Post by **S. St. Jeb** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:17 pm

I rarely go to the Beer Store website. Saw another post about Mad Tom's IPA being available.....couldn't find it on the LCBO website......then realized the poster said it was at the Beer Store. So, to that website I went.

They don't seem to have the Mad Tom listed yet, but they have updated the site since the last time I was there. Seemed slightly more user friendly to search for a beer, but I still like the LCBO site for giving inventory, not just a listing.

notdan · Post by **notdan** » Thu May 26, 2011 11:31 pm

It's a good thing their style filter includes Amber, Red, Fruit, Golden, Honey, Lime, and Cream. Now I can find a whole bunch of new beers I know I'd love!

To be fair, it does include Wheat and India Pale Ale. Just enjoying the website's features

S. St. Jeb · Post by **S. St. Jeb** » Sat May 28, 2011 12:36 pm

Mad Tom seems to be there and working for me now.

Philip1 · Post by **Philip1** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:48 pm

I just saw it on the shelves at TBS. It sat with six packs of Muskoka Cream Ale, which I'd never seen in bottles before.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:25 pm

Philip1 wrote:I just saw it on the shelves at TBS. It sat with six packs of Muskoka Cream Ale, which I'd never seen in bottles before.

The Cream Ale was relaunched in bottles with the new design/packaging along with the launch of Mad Tom.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:26 pm

GregClow wrote:
Philip1 wrote:I just saw it on the shelves at TBS. It sat with six packs of Muskoka Cream Ale, which I'd never seen in bottles before.
The Cream Ale was relaunched in bottles with the new design/packaging along with the launch of Mad Tom.

i miss the lager in bottles for $26.40 a case

S. St. Jeb · Post by **S. St. Jeb** » Sat May 28, 2011 3:46 pm

GregClow wrote: The Cream Ale was relaunched in bottles with the new design/packaging along with the launch of Mad Tom.

Interesting move given the hype they have on their website about the benefits of having beer in cans.

http://www.muskokabrewery.com/php/whyCans.php

ErkLR · Post by **ErkLR** » Sat May 28, 2011 8:43 pm

S. St. Jeb wrote:
GregClow wrote: The Cream Ale was relaunched in bottles with the new design/packaging along with the launch of Mad Tom.
Interesting move given the hype they have on their website about the benefits of having beer in cans.

http://www.muskokabrewery.com/php/whyCans.php

If people want bottles and think "good" beer is in bottles, sometimes it's hard to argue. The only beer I've had regularly in both bottles and cans was Newcastle, and I'd swear it tasted better in bottles, but I can't really come up with a good explanation. Nothing wrong with cans IMO.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:52 pm

Yup there is, nearly all beer cans are lined with BPA (Bishenol-A), a suspected health concern which may end up in the beer you drink & act as a hormone disruptor.

Some can makers are finding safer coatings, especially for less-acidic foods. BPA does a good job of making canned foods not taste metallic.

I'd say for now drink only super fresh cans and minimize warm storage. I like my damn Kellerbier.

Rob Creighton · Post by **Rob Creighton** » Sun May 29, 2011 8:08 am

Belgian wrote:Yup there is, nearly all beer cans are lined with BPA (Bishenol-A), a suspected health concern which may end up in the beer you drink & act as a hormone disruptor.

Some can makers are finding safer coatings, especially for less-acidic foods.

In that PPG has had a dominant world position in providing the can lining material and it does contain a significant amount of BPA in parts per billion, I am very curious what alternative lining is possible (which I haven't heard about yet).

Imagine every can of spam, every vegetable can, every can of Campbell's soup, every can of Coke and Pepsi and all 2 billion cans of beer worldwide being removed at in one shot...seems unlikely

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sun May 29, 2011 10:02 am

="Rob Creighton"
In that PPG has had a dominant world position in providing the can lining material and it does contain a significant amount of BPA in parts per billion, I am very curious what alternative lining is possible (which I haven't heard about yet).

Imagine every can of spam, every vegetable can, every can of Campbell's soup, every can of Coke and Pepsi and all 2 billion cans of beer worldwide being removed at in one shot...seems unlikely

But maybe not impossible right? If people are grossed out by BPA-leaching products the pressure on sales will mandate a change.

We also once used to have lead solder sealed canned goods., et cetera.

S. St. Jeb · Post by **S. St. Jeb** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:28 pm

S. St. Jeb wrote:Mad Tom seems to be there and working for me now.

Yes, BS website said my local store had Mad Tom....and, lo and behold, when I checked today, it actually did.

Website also says the store has PW 606 IPA and Czech Mate Pilsner. Saw an empty shelf with a 606 tag on it, but no sign of the Pilsner. Didn't ask.....some other time.

ErkLR · Post by **ErkLR** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:11 pm

Belgian wrote:Yup there is, nearly all beer cans are lined with BPA (Bishenol-A), a suspected health concern which may end up in the beer you drink & act as a hormone disruptor.

I hadn't been thinking about people still being worried about BPA. It *did* create quite a media storm, but so did "power lines cause cancer" and "we discovered cold fusion". It looks like at worst, it could be bad for infants or fetuses, *maybe*. It was phased out in baby products based on concerns rather than facts, which is fine by me, but as far as male adults go, I think you've got nothing to worry about.

However, if any dudes here grow boobs from drinking canned beer (and it's not related to body mass increase), let me know

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Tue May 31, 2011 10:39 am

ErkLR - My impression is that it is more than a small concern, but perhaps not as big a deal as made out to be in the media. I'm too lazy to find a link to support it but since one of the issues was when you heat it up, I would think that cans that have been pasteurized would be non-optimal.

ErkLR · Post by **ErkLR** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:23 pm

JerCraigs wrote:ErkLR - My impression is that it is more than a small concern, but perhaps not as big a deal as made out to be in the media. I'm too lazy to find a link to support it but since one of the issues was when you heat it up, I would think that cans that have been pasteurized would be non-optimal.

Yes, from my recent reading, the impression that it was blown way up in the media, I think is correct. The funny thing is that people have started going to aluminum water bottles now, forgetting the media storm about aluminum giving us all Alzheimer's a few years ago.

It does apparently leach into more acidic or heated liquids, but it also passes out of your body in <24h IIRC.

Anyways, I spent 9 years researching a hormone receptor, and I drink my beer without a single concern that BPA will mess with my hormones. Of course a lot of people like to avoid things "just in case".