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Breweries closing and/or restructuring and/or bought out

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S. St. Jeb
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midlife crisis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:53 pm Good god, if Landshark is your "craft" beer you are in pretty rough shape, IMO. I thought Blue Moon was Molson-Coors?
Landshark is brewed by Waterloo, and yah....not really "craft" beer to me.

Blue Moon is, indeed, Molson-Coors.
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Having said that though, I don't hate the Waterloo-brewed version of Tuborg as a cheap lawnmower beer.
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I had to look it up, I was thinking of Shock Top. :oops:
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Also posted in the Bar Hop 2 thread, but their Peter St. location is closing on Jan 18th.
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Craft Brasserie closing as well, LV losing two options along with Big Rock. From what I've gleaned Left Field is doing well so I wonder if their opening is a contributing factor.
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I'd choose it.

Even though Left Field has a bit of a Ross Atkins corporate feel, it's still the Alex Anthopoulos for beer in Liberty Village.
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Seems Redline in Barrie is closed. Don't know when, but at least more than a year ago.
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Official news on Big Rock Liberty Village:

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S. St. Jeb wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:08 pm Seems Redline in Barrie is closed. Don't know when, but at least more than a year ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/barrie/comment ... e_closing/

Of the three, Flying Monkey, Barnstormer and Redline, I vastly preferred Redline both for beer and the food. All the beers were spot on, IMO, and I really liked Leather Interior.
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Shillow in Ottawa closing up this weekend.

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