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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Great Lakes
- Replies: 303
- Views: 140671
Re: Great Lakes
Amazing, I've been holding out hope they'd expand delivery to Durham Region. Free for the month of April too. GLB's pricing is just so good that it makes up a large chunk of what I drink these days, so this is excellent news.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Is lining up for beer releases a thing of the past?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 301
Re: Is lining up for beer releases a thing of the past?
I can say I never lined up for a beer release, could never be bothered. Very little I'll line up for, more so now than ever. Meant I was late to the party trying some things though, i.e. I'd never had BCBS until the year the LCBO switched to the online release (2020, 2021?) Not sure what would get m...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19760
Re: Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out
Old Galt was a neat place, but man every time I went there it felt really, really expensive. I'm not sure that business model is viable in Ontario. Which is a shame, because other than the prices on the beers that place was really cool. This kind of sums up how I feel about bottle shops in Ontario....
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Down to my last bottle of Boon Gueuze
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7541
Re: Down to my last bottle of Boon Gueuze
I started reading without paying attention to the dates and was thinking, I don't remember the LCBO bringing in 96/97 Boon. Then I realized that's a 22 year old post- I was 16 at the time, so that's why I don't remember. Wasn't into lambics yet lol.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
For any folk in Durham or passing through, Town has an non-alcoholic lager right now and it's really good. It's simple, pretty much drinks like an American light lager, but it's convincing and doesn't have any strange flavours. Hoping NA releases become a regular occurrence from them if they can pu...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Kalamazoo
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15981
Re: Kalamazoo
Great scoop! I would buy the heck out of Two Hearted if it showed up around here.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
For any folk in Durham or passing through, Town has an non-alcoholic lager right now and it's really good. It's simple, pretty much drinks like an American light lager, but it's convincing and doesn't have any strange flavours. Hoping NA releases become a regular occurrence from them if they can pul...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What's Your Favourite Ontario West Coast IPA?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 8937
Re: What's Your Favourite Ontario West Coast IPA?
Finally tried Peak to Peak this weekend, was impressed. Solid WC, by far one of the better new releases from Collective Arts in a while.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Henderson Brewing Co
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15227
Re: Henderson Brewing Co
Extreme diehard fans only lol
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Outside of Ontario Beer Travel, Local Beer/Brewery Guides and Talk
- Topic: Portugal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3458
Re: Portugal
Alright, bringing this one back from the dead. I'll be visiting Portugal in June, heading from Porto to Lisbon then on to the Algarve. Possibly stopping in Coimbra and Evora in between. So- anyone visited Portugal more recently and have any recommendations? I'll also be sure to share my thoughts onc...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
I'd have to agree Jazz Hands is still one of the best I've tried and has the most complex hop profile, as well as being the most convincing. I tried Collective Arts NA IPA the other night and that one was lemony. Woo boy, like lemon drops. I did like it overall, but as I drank it I started to get a...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
I'd have to agree Jazz Hands is still one of the best I've tried and has the most complex hop profile, as well as being the most convincing. I tried Collective Arts NA IPA the other night and that one was lemony. Woo boy, like lemon drops. I did like it overall, but as I drank it I started to get a ...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
Sorry for the multiple messages...forget how these message boards work, lol. On the NOLO fest, I thought Jazz Dance was mediocre. It was tasty, but had that lemony taste that a LOT of non-alcoholic IPAs have and starts to feel generic over time. I've tried probably about 300 NA beers, and have anot...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
Sorry for the multiple messages...forget how these message boards work, lol. On the NOLO fest, I thought Jazz Dance was mediocre. It was tasty, but had that lemony taste that a LOT of non-alcoholic IPAs have and starts to feel generic over time. I've tried probably about 300 NA beers, and have anot...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Non-Alcoholic Beer
- Replies: 75
- Views: 13525
Re: Non-Alcoholic Beer
Cheers thanks. I was wondering if maybe US companies were shipping to Canada since technically it's not real alcohol, although package forwarding does sound useful in general.