At the time that the MFA went into effect in 2015, The Beer Store made up 50.3% of the alcohol retail market in Ontario, with the LCBO sitting at 37.7%. This has largely reversed as a result of the MFA and the dwindling market share of beer when compared to wine and spirits, but m...
” that there is a diminishing return on such things but – as we know from our Bible story time – avarice will have its way. Just as there is no thrill seeing another run of the mill Sam Adams product on a beer store shelf here in Ontario, I trust and likely hope that my ...
12 years ago I upped my game and began purchasing more than one bottle each year. I usually would buy three bottles: one to drink right away, one to enjoy after a couple of years, and one to store away until…now. A 12 Year Tasting of Fuller’s Vintage Ales I thought after I had...
Having lived in Alberta before and after privatization, it was easy for me to call out the Beer Store on the steaming piles of bullshit it used to dump on Ontario. I probably wouldn’t have ended up in the beer industry if not for coming of age in a province that was so much more...
In 1892,an advertisementin New Haven, Connecticut touted Genesee Liebotschaner as made from “German hops” and “Canada malt”. The hops could have been Czech Saaz, given German culture permeated Libotschan at the time. Canadian malt, likely from the Bay of Quinte in Ontario, was considered...
I did a prettyin-depth write upabout Beau’s when I met with co-founder Steve Beauchesne, but I do want to reiterate a bit about the brewery. Founded in 2006 inVanleek Hill, Ontarioby father and son Tim and Steve Beauchesne, Beau’s is anemployee-ownedand completely independent Canadia...
Ontario, under the banner of “social responsibility”, had mandated a “floor price” for beer — the lowest possible price at which beer could be sold. In 2002, that minimum price was $1 for a 341-mL bottle. However, this was not the price at which brewers HAD to sell their beer,...
The first chapter, “How’s This for Openers”, pictures a pile of bottle openers. It’s funny, or was then! The book comprises mainly short pieces by people of diverse backgrounds. There is Ted Dunal who ran a Henninger Brewery branch in Ontario in the 1970s. It made a clone of the...
Nancy, Ontario, Canada Great taste My local store was out of my usual so I tried the Rum Cask Dark and was very impressed. Will buy again for sure. Douglas, New Jersey USA Caribbean Rum Caak I just love the original I & G !! But I'm in love with the Caribbean Run Cask !!
None of which to say there is no excellent beer brewed in Ontario – there is, and even more very good beer and still more good beer – but in my view it is not enough to say ‘buy local’ or ‘support your local brewer’ without excessive care being given by the brewer first to ...