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- Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:46 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6924
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:01 pm
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6924
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:25 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6924
Re: LCBO & the Trade Wars
There was that case from Quebec/New Brunswick that seemed to be in the news for a while and got a lot of coverage because of the legal challenge. Funnily called "free the beer". I always felt that was kind of like a "populist" beer story because it was some old man who wanted to...
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:13 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Furnace Room Brewery - Georgetown
- Replies: 0
- Views: 875
Furnace Room Brewery - Georgetown
Rumours have it that the Furnace Room Brewery in Georgetown has been sold to the Keenan’s Irish Pub chain. They have never had in-house food service at the brewery so I would think that this will lead to Keenan’s serving food there, and brewing beer to be served in the pubs. In recent months Furnac...
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:51 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6924
Re: LCBO & the Trade Wars
I've always wondered how my brother regularly orders wine from Blasted Church in BC to Ontario, but no breweries outside of Ontario will ship here. I've seen some breweries (a couple in the east IIRC) that will ship to Ontario through their web stores. I don't think it's technically legal, as beer ...
- Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:19 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6924
Re: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Hoping the inter provincial trade barriers come down as a result of this nonsense. I'd love to see some Quebec and BC stuff in that shelf space opening up. Hope so indeed. Covid brought about all the take out stuff, hopefully this can spark that. There was an article recently (I think in the Globe)...
- Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:51 am
- Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
- Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6924
LCBO & the Trade Wars
Hope everyone's stocks of bourbon are good. Buy local! https://x.com/fordnation/status/1886044429212926331 Every year, LCBO sells nearly $1 billion worth of American wine, beer, spirits and seltzers. Not anymore. Starting Tuesday, we’re removing American products from LCBO shelves. As the only whole...
- Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:29 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
- Replies: 129
- Views: 205398
Re: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
Shillow in Ottawa closing up this weekend.
- Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:13 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Something in the Water on Dragon's Den
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1089
Re: Something in the Water on Dragon's Den
Some clips from Ben on IG for those who don't want to watch the ads on CBC's site. The brewery pipes in to respond to the snark.
- Thu Jan 30, 2025 9:47 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Something in the Water on Dragon's Den
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1089
Something in the Water on Dragon's Den
The guys behind Something in the Water brewery made it onto Dragon's Den and pitched a "brewery franchise" concept. Some positivity for their beer but some struggles around the business and the dragons opted out. A funny story around this: my wife has a small business and pursued an appear...
- Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:49 am
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Lansing & East Lansing, MI
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15301
Re: Lansing & East Lansing, MI
A while back I visited Lansing, MI for A Quick Beer and I finally got the episode edited. A nice little city with a handful of breweries and nice bars & taverns. I really enjoyed Sleepwalker and had a good chat with the owner who was a fan of Toronto. Certainly when paired with East Lansing, the...
- Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:52 am
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: San Francisco
- Replies: 46
- Views: 72730
Re: San Francisco
https://www.eddies-list.com/p/toronado-craft-beer-bar-listed-for-sale Toronado Craft Beer, San Francisco Listed For Sale I've heard the service was crappy and they were intolerant of lots of people. Hopefully it gets replaced by something better. I'd been to Toronado a couple of times over the year...
- Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:40 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
- Replies: 129
- Views: 205398
Re: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
Official news on Big Rock Liberty Village:
- Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Best Ontario Beer to Stockpile?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3737
Re: Best Ontario Beer to Stockpile?
2-4s of Boneshaker on sale for $64.20 + deposit is a pretty banger deal at TBS
https://www.thebeerstore.ca/beers/amste ... Can-473-ml
https://www.thebeerstore.ca/beers/amste ... Can-473-ml
- Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Best Ontario Beer to Stockpile?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3737
Re: Best Ontario Beer to Stockpile?
Not Ontario (forgive me) but I loaded up on some St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout which is on sale for $2.45 per can until Feb 2 and Jolly Pumpkin Oro which is on clearance for $3.45 per can. I'll be curious to see what the LCBO puts on sale Feb 3. Yeah, I should have just said "beer" vs. Ontar...