Suggest a brewery you'd like to see in Ontario

NRman · Post by **NRman** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:29 pm

Derek wrote:Bells.

World class brews, large brewery & it's relatively close.

I'll second Bells and add Founders while we're in Michigan and Flying Dog out of Frederick MD.

www.flyingdogales.com

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:59 pm

Stoudts

http://www.stoudtsbeer.com/brewery.html

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:06 pm

Torontoblue wrote:
Tapsucker wrote:I'd like to see Central City in regular LCBO stock and on tap around town. Private order prices this great brewery out of the game for me.
It's not just private order prices in Ontario which take this outta the game. Here in Alberta we're paying $17.99 a six pack; that's $4.00 higher than virtually every other domestic and US 6 pack. A 6 of Anchor Liberty Ale is only $14.00 and far superior, IMHO.

I like to support local and home grown, but not when the pricing is outta kilter!

Why are they so expensive?

And apologies for going off topic.

Interesting, the Central City stuff is totally reasonable in B.C. Maybe the other provincial agencies are gouging to keep them out of the market?

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:07 pm

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Stone.

bartle · Post by **bartle** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:21 pm

Bells, 21A, Founders, Jolly Pumpkin.
Honorable mention for Lost Abbey...The Angel's Share is pretty gnarly.

Lackey · Post by **Lackey** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:38 pm

Just one brewery? Russian River - no contest.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:39 pm

Tapsucker wrote:I'm surprised nobody mentioned Stone.

I love them... but they're constraining their (geographical) expansion & keeping it more local.

Founders for sure! There's a ton of great breweries in Michigan, but those two are relatively large AND world class! (I miss being close to Michigan).

notdan · Post by **notdan** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:42 pm

This article is somewhat in opposition to Stone trying to keep things local: http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive ... ope/59589/

Seems they want to build a brewery in Europe.

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:42 pm

notdan wrote:This article is somewhat in opposition to Stone trying to keep things local: http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive ... ope/59589/

Seems they want to build a brewery in Europe.

Good for them. They will either fall flat on their faces or be the thin edge of the wedge that wakes up the continent. Good old American risk taking.

Queef · Post by **Queef** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:47 pm

dreamers

mahcinesquad · Post by **mahcinesquad** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:35 pm

Another vote for Great Divide

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:36 pm

I will raise my original vote a Jolly Pumpkin, and vote for Jolly Pumpkin again.

Weebay · Post by **Weebay** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:50 pm

Another vote for Great Divide

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:11 pm

notdan wrote:This article is somewhat in opposition to Stone trying to keep things local: http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive ... ope/59589/

Seems they want to build a brewery in Europe.

Depends how you define local...

"Stone currently exports a limited amount of its beer, but doing so doesn't make much sense. It creates a huge carbon footprint, exposes the beer to harmful heat and light, and, when all the shipping and taxes are added in, the beer is outside most European consumers' price ranges—assuming they're willing to try an American beer in the first place. "It changes it from something you could enjoy regularly to something you only drink on special occasions, and that's not the way to win skeptical potential customers," Koch says."

Hey, if it works out... maybe they'd build in Canada?

As long as we're totally dreaming, how about some New Glarus?

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:33 pm

Derek wrote:
notdan wrote:This article is somewhat in opposition to Stone trying to keep things local: http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive ... ope/59589/

Seems they want to build a brewery in Europe.
Depends how you define local...

"Stone currently exports a limited amount of its beer, but doing so doesn't make much sense. It creates a huge carbon footprint, exposes the beer to harmful heat and light, and, when all the shipping and taxes are added in, the beer is outside most European consumers' price ranges—assuming they're willing to try an American beer in the first place. "It changes it from something you could enjoy regularly to something you only drink on special occasions, and that's not the way to win skeptical potential customers," Koch says."

Hey, if it works out... maybe they'd build in Canada?

As long as we're totally dreaming, how about some New Glarus?

Well, Ontario may not be local but it sure isn't that much less local than New York State.