The Bar Towel

So I got a call this morning from Bloomex asking if I wanted to get in the beer club. I asked them how they got my number and they said it was from when I got the free 6 pack of Express Beer back in December 2023. Before I could say anything he asked me how that experience was, which I told him &qu...

This is more of a location than brewery closure, but I saw on Steve Abrams's Facebook feed that Mill Street's Bermondsey spot apparently has closed.

I've finally gotten the first episode of Windsor ready. The weather's turned so it looks like it does now, lol. I do enjoy Windsor and hope people check it out. I wish the city would (could?) clean up their downtown a bit as I'm sure many people's impressions are shaped by a small area that's not gr...

Yeah, seems kinda weird. $2.50 a can is impossible for reselling other people's beer so probably is (as you pointed out) expired stock or cans breweries want to get rid of for some reason. They show a pic of Sawdust Twin Pines, which is over $4. There's just no way.

I was thinking about spring events and was wondering about Zwanze, and had kind of forgotten that it is now every other year. So no edition in 2025. In case anyone was also thinking about it!

I'm not sure who is running things these days, but it's pleasantly surprising to see Cask Toronto still going. I get their newsletters and they continue to have cask beer events at some of the usual suspects around town. Good for them in keeping the fire burning when there really aren't many events ...

My hot take: the LCBO is indeed restrictful regarding shipping. but they negotiate a pretty great freight rate (at least for international items). if you can get your beer/wine to the port, that $ amount per case is peanuts. $16 per case for the LCBO to pick it up from my Belgian breweries is a per...

MatttthewGeorge wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:13 pm 1000 posts!

Seemed like an appropriate place to post this

Now that is cool! Congrats!

I think I've become very jaded/cynical, but a lineup featuring an amber, pilsner, stout and IPA doesn't really scream bold new era to me. Granted I'm happy to see breweries returning to classic, simpler styles, however this screams coprorate buzzwords/marketing speak over substance. Their post look...

I'm a bit conflicted in posting these up from the U.S., but here's the second episode from Saratoga County. I really enjoyed Dancing Grain and had a great chat with brewer Duffy. A very knowledgeable guy and much of the fun discussion was off-camera, as is usually the case. https://www.youtube.com/w...

MatttthewGeorge wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 12:50 pm It's posts like these (and the Evergreen/Pistols mention in the other thread) that really make me miss the OBN map.

Jordan maintains a database & map, updated in December from the looks of it:

https://saintjohnswort.ca/ontario-brewery-map/

Evergreen from Ottawa is merging? bought? by Stratford Fox distillery (never heard of them) to become Pistols Brewery.

We had been sitting at 10,999 all-time threads for a few days so I thought I'd just post a new one to tick it up

Anyway, just a thread for the sake of a thread but thanks all for keeping the Ontario beer beat alive on the ol' forum!

I'm a bit confused about the various issues here. If I recall, the few out of province brewers that engaged to sell in Ontario largely gave up due to byzantine LCBO regulations, not so much shipping or tariff costs. From my days importing (which I did for Garrison & A La Fut), the shipping is s...

S. St. Jeb wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:53 pm Was looking up something else and stumbled across a reference to this brewery which I don't recall hearing about before.

Cold Bear

Never heard of them either. They aren't on the OBDI so I *really* hadn't heard of them.