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Poll: (Why) Does Ontario Need More Beer Retail Choices?

With the Wynne government putting LCBO grocery store kiosks on hold pending further review, Ontarians are left with the status quo when it comes to the purchase of beer in the province: LCBO locations, Beer Stores, and Breweries. Some arguments in favour of expanding retail beer selection are not overly compelling. Sure, I’d like to […]

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Would Someone Open a Leslieville Brewery Here Already?

Leslieville sits along along a long strip of Queen Street East that is ripe with restaurants, bakeries and shops but devoid of a local brewery, or even an LCBO for that matter. No it doesn’t have the density of the west end but its a well established community unto its own and the 2km walk […]

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Its Halloween. Drink a Scary Beer.

Yes, I’ve decided to a make a meaningless list with little thought – The most appropriate beers to drink on Halloween. Feel free to add to it if you read this. 5. Wychwood Brewery HobGoblin 4. Unibrou Trois Pistols Well, actually their Fin du Monde or Maudite are probably more appropriatley named, but the Trois Pistols label scares the […]

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Pumpkin Beer Challenge (?)

If you’ve been to an LCBO this Fall, you might have noticed the exactly 8000 different pumpkin spice ales available. Pumpkin is pretty good, so why not I guess. Well, honestly, I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin spice beer. Not so much because it overpowers the beer (which it often does), but mainly I just find that without […]

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Mill Street Royal Stinger Honey Ale

                      (Yes, I drank it with a Prairie Girl cupcake…what?) Brewer: Mill Street Brewery, Toronto. Other Details: See below. I’ve been sitting on this one for a while, but since it just took a gold medal in at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Montreal, figured […]

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Nickel Brook Headstock IPA

                  Brewer: Nickel Brook, Burlington ON Category: IPA Alcohol: 7% Available: LCBO Its sweet. Its good.

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McBeer? Fast Food Chains Testing Out Beer Sales

In an idea that is sure to die before it if really starts, I present the antithesis to the Brewpub model: shitty beer with shitty food. Oh, where do I get off, I love both of those things in moderation, but it’s still a bad idea. Select U.S. cities have been chosen for this pilot […]

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