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by Cass
Wed Feb 12, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Can prices going up due to tariffs
Replies: 12
Views: 549

Re: Can prices going up due to tariffs

Craig wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:31 pm Maybe this will encourage someone to bring back growlers. It's been ages since I've seen one of them!
Oh man, I don't think I've had a growler since COVID lockdown days. I used to get Greenwood growlers from Beertown. Can't remember the last time I had one from a brewery.
by Cass
Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:00 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Can prices going up due to tariffs
Replies: 12
Views: 549

Re: Can prices going up due to tariffs

Time to bring back bottles! I thought about this very thing! Perhaps it helps breweries that may still bottle, but the move in retail away from bottles to cans will be so hard to change. I wonder if any small breweries kept their bottling lines. Maybe it would be an option for at-brewery sales to s...
by Cass
Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:06 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: 2025 Spring Import/Quebec/Ontario/BC LCBO Release
Replies: 8
Views: 3077

Re: 2025 Spring Import/Quebec/Ontario/BC LCBO Release

Would still like R+R to change their tactics to get some Boon geuze in stores. I wonder how R&R are doing nowadays. Haven't seen them around the forum for a while. I wonder if the LCBO beer team still does the "you're either in or out" with no explanation of why, when it comes to the ...
by Cass
Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:02 am
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
Replies: 134
Views: 221850

Re: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out

sprague11 wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 10:07 am Saw a post on Reddit that Saulter Street is closing. Can't say I ever enjoyed anything I had from them
Not super surprised at this. The space was nice but it felt like they never broke through.
by Cass
Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:13 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: 2025 Spring Import/Quebec/Ontario/BC LCBO Release
Replies: 8
Views: 3077

Re: 2025 Spring Import/Quebec/Ontario/BC LCBO Release

Thanks for sharing! Some nice ones here.
by Cass
Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: 46 North (Sudbury)
Replies: 7
Views: 1531

Re: 46 North (Sudbury)

I see that I had them on OBDI, so I must have learned about them at the time. But yeah, other than that, never heard of them either :)
by Cass
Fri Feb 07, 2025 9:46 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 16
Views: 8096

Re: LCBO & the Trade Wars

Interview with Mark & Mandie from Left Field by Josh in the Star about the tariff issues:

https://www.thestar.com/business/trump- ... c6f22.html
by Cass
Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 16
Views: 8096

Re: LCBO & the Trade Wars

anthony9 wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:49 am I think you're right, but I believe any conversation involving beer and provincial borders is a good and helpful one.
Definitely - any awareness to the issue is a good thing to educate folks.
by Cass
Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:25 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 16
Views: 8096

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...
by Cass
Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:13 am
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Furnace Room Brewery - Georgetown
Replies: 0
Views: 1268

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...
by Cass
Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:51 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 16
Views: 8096

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 ...
by Cass
Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:19 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 16
Views: 8096

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)...
by Cass
Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:51 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO & the Trade Wars
Replies: 16
Views: 8096

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...
by Cass
Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:29 am
Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
Topic: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
Replies: 134
Views: 221850

Re: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out

Shillow in Ottawa closing up this weekend.

by Cass
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: 1323

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.