Okanagan Springs Pale Ale - Now at the LCBO
Just in this morning from the good folks at Okanagan Springs Brewery
Love the Beer? Bring it Home
Okanagan Spring Brewery Pale Ale Now Available at LCBO
Vancouver, B.C. (March 14, 2011) ‐ Ontario craft beer lovers can now bring home what B.C. beer drinkers have been enjoying for more than 20 years. LCBO stores around the province are now stocking six‐pack bottles of Okanagan Spring Brewery’s flagship brew, the Pale Ale.
First brewed by Okanagan Spring Brewery in 1989, the Pale Ale is a clear and copper‐coloured beer that is fruity on the palate and hearty in hops with a nice, round finish. Ontario craft beer drinkers might be familiar with this beer as it has only available on tap at select restaurants and bars over the past three years.
“The strength of our brand’s heritage and the popularity of our draught beer in select Ontario establishments have opened the doors to retail expansion.” says Glen Jessup, marketing manager for Okanagan Spring Brewery. “There has been an overwhelming response from Ontario consumers asking for the Pale Ale – and we answered. Craft beer drinkers can now savour our Pale Ale either at their
favourite watering hole, or while enjoying the comforts of home.”One of B.C.’s original craft breweries, Okanagan Spring was founded by Buko von Krosigk and Jakob Tobler: two men determined to offer an alternative to the mainstream beers of the region. Current
Brewmaster, Stefan Tobler, son of Jakob, made the recipe for the Pale Ale in his first year on the job.The recipe hasn’t changed from the original using premium, two‐row Canadian barley, Bavarian hops, a signature yeast strain and 100% pure Okanagan spring water.
“When I made the Extra Special Pale Ale, as it was called back in 1989, I had no idea it would become such a popular brew,” says Tobler. “I’m excited to share Okanagan Spring Pale Ale with beer lovers in
Ontario.”The Okanagan Spring Pale Ale six‐pack bottles are available now available at various LCBO stores across Ontario for the suggested retail price of $12.95. To find out if the LCBO near you is stocking Pale Ale,
check www.lcbo.ca and search LCBO item number 232645.For more information about Okanagan Spring Pale Ale and the Okanagan Spring Brewery, visit www.okspring.com, check them out on Facebook – www.facebook.com/okspring ‐ or follow them on
Twitter – www.twitter.com/okanaganspring.About Okanagan Spring Brewery
Established in 1985 and continuing to brew from the same location today, the Okanagan Spring Brewery resides in the heart of B.C.’s treasured Okanagan Valley. Surrounded by B.C.’s Interior Mountains and
situated among the beautiful Kalamalka and Okanagan Lakes, this location is the perfect home of Okanagan Spring.
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Why does Torontobeerblog.com seem to only promote beers being released at the LCBO? I feel that your blog only supports the Gov't stores in Ontario. I would hope that you would be unbiased. As a resident of Ontario I am proud of the environmental efforts taken on by the beer store. Fair is fair...when will you be fair?
Vic
Why does Torontobeerblog.com seem to only promote beers being released at the LCBO? I feel that your blog only supports the Gov't stores in Ontario. I would hope that you would be unbiased. As a resident of Ontario I am proud of the environmental efforts taken on by the beer store. Fair is fair...when will you be fair?
Vic
Vic,
My tendancy towards the LCBO in really only a reflection of my preference in beer. I prefer craft beer and some harder to find Europeans, and the LCBO just has a wider selection of it, and their seasonal releases are often made up of these types of beer. You might actually notice that a lot of the beers I review are actually not available at either store; they are direct from breweries, or I've brought in myself from out of province.
Furthermore, the Beer Store sells very few single bottles of beer, compared to the LCBO. While I can generally identify beers that I will enjoy, I would rather not buy six of a beer that I may or may not like. While I wish this blog generated enough income (any income for that matter), it is simply not in the budget to be buying cases of beers.
Lastly, while I do admire the recycling system the Beer Store has in place, the reality is, it is a store that is owned by the big three breweries, and while I give them credit where it's due (see the start of this sentence and my reviews of Creemore, Keith's and soon Okanagan), the reality is, I don't like the way they market mainly mediocre to poor beers.
So really, I do show favouritism. I prefer a wide selection of high-quality beers in a variety of quantities for purchase.
-- edited typo
Vic,
My tendancy towards the LCBO in really only a reflection of my preference in beer. I prefer craft beer and some harder to find Europeans, and the LCBO just has a wider selection of it, and their seasonal releases are often made up of these types of beer. You might actually notice that a lot of the beers I review are actually not available at either store; they are direct from breweries, or I've brought in myself from out of province.
Furthermore, the Beer Store sells very few single bottles of beer, compared to the LCBO. While I can generally identify beers that I will enjoy, I would rather not buy six of a beer that I may or may not like. While I wish this blog generated enough income (any income for that matter), it is simply not in the budget to be buying cases of beers.
Lastly, while I do admire the recycling system the Beer Store has in place, the reality is, it is a store that is owned by the big three breweries, and while I give them credit where it's due (see the start of this sentence and my reviews of Creemore, Keith's and soon Okanagan), the reality is, I don't like the way they market mainly mediocre to poor beers.
So really, I do show favouritism. I prefer a wide selection of high-quality beers in a variety of quantities for purchase.
-- edited typo
Dear Chris Schryer,
Your response has used a relatively large number of commas and periods. However, I do not see any semicolons, colons or interrobangs. Why are you not up on new developments in punctuation such as the sarcmark or Times New Roman specific "Oh no you didn't" waving exclamation point? I think that's racist.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, cryptofacist punctuation denier!
Muriel Teasbotham VI, deceased.
Dear Chris Schryer,
Your response has used a relatively large number of commas and periods. However, I do not see any semicolons, colons or interrobangs. Why are you not up on new developments in punctuation such as the sarcmark or Times New Roman specific "Oh no you didn't" waving exclamation point? I think that's racist.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, cryptofacist punctuation denier!
Muriel Teasbotham VI, deceased.
Hey Jordan, there's a semi-colon in the first paragraph, last sentence. Who's the facists now? Let's engage in fisticuffs at Burger Bar this Saturday to settle this.
Hey Jordan, there's a semi-colon in the first paragraph, last sentence. Who's the facists now? Let's engage in fisticuffs at Burger Bar this Saturday to settle this.