Posts Tagged: Ontario
Ontario Beer Prices Go Up For No Good Reason At All
Posted by on Sunday, December 21, 2008 in - 4 comments
Liar, liar, pants on fire. That is what the Toronto Star says about the LCBO and Ontario's government anyway: • That 6.7 per cent increase in the floor price of a case, bottle deposit excluded, has nothing to do with supply-and-demand, production costs, overhead or distribution expenses. Instead …
Ontario: Yuletide Cherry Porter, Barley Days, Picton
Posted by on Sunday, December 21, 2008 in - leave a comment
Apres shovel. • I had been waiting for this beer for a while. In 2006, I even went looking for it only to find the predecessor brewery rather empty. Fortunately, the Barley Days story has been a happy one so far. I have been a repeat purchaser of their Wind and Sail Dark Ale, though I heard from …
The Hieronymi Were Here...As Were Steve and John!
Posted by on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in - 1 comment
So beer writers Stan and Daria and family were here getting a break from the camper on their world beer tour 2008. As it turned out, so were Steve from Beau's and John o' Church-key. Between them the lads drove 500 km to get here and as much to get home - nothing compared, however, to the … read more »
All We Want Is A Free Beer Market...
Posted by on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in - 13 comments
...or is it a beer free market? Not so sure. But one Ontario man - the interestingly named Mr. Forward - is. He has started a petition to free Ontarians from the two-headed monster that is the government owned LCBO and the macro-brewery owned Beer Store: • His petition says: "We the people of …
Ontario: Stuart's Natural, Scotch Irish Brewing, Lanark
Posted by on Sunday, July 6, 2008 in - 4 comments
Out and about on Friday I was quite happy to see this stubby at the LCBO, a cousin to the porter, imperial stout and IPA made by the Scotch Irish branch of Heritage Brewing. I was even more happy to see that it was a 3.7% ordinary bitter for $2.20 a bottle. • It pours a bright caramel-amber with …
Ontario: Georgian Bay Dipper, Hockley Valley Brewing, Orangeville
Posted by on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in - leave a comment
A simple can that I hadn't noticed before at the LCBO. I'll try anything once. I also hadn't noticed that it was contract brewed by Hockley Valley Brewing - though I think when the label says "Brewed for Midland Beer Works by Hockley Valley Brewing Co." that really isn't contract brewing so much … read more »
Ontario: A Dry Visit To County Durham Brewing
Posted by on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in - leave a comment
Spending the day with the kids at the Toronto Zoo on a field trip, I thought on the way back I would pop into County Durham Brewing in Pickering just to grab a few brew and have a chat with brewer, Bruce Halstead. Instead, I got a brief glimpse into the most trim and most successful small Canadian …
A Romp Around The Internet As The Red Sox Play
Posted by on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in - leave a comment
Now that I have got some key relief for my case of internetum tremens, I can refocus on my other mild case of addiction and think about beer again. There's plenty going on this evening as Bartolo Colon starts his Red Sox career against the Royals. A shining model for all of we who are not wee …
Ontario: West Coast IPA, Church-Key, Campbellford
Posted by on Thursday, April 10, 2008 in - 3 comments
Driving back from Toronto, today I thought that the 50 km's worth of relief from the 401 would be worth it if only there were some of that West Coast IPA. Well, not only was it there, it was on tap for the growler fill and John was around just before heading out for a 6 hour round trip delivering …
Ontario: Scottish Pale Ale, Neustadt, Bruce County
Posted by on Thursday, March 13, 2008 in - leave a comment
A Scotch ale from the good people of rural south-western Ontario's Neustadt Springs Brewery. And in a can. Our masters at the LCBO (aka "the government store") have decided that the 473 ml can is the way to go and those wanting to sell through them do well to fall in step. The best thing about it …
