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Throw Your Own Oktoberfest Party With These Beers
While some craft beer snobs turn up their noses at the Marzenbeirs served at Oktoberfest for their lack of IPA-level hops, these beers are fantastic, and make at least one beer writer more than a little giddy. Yes, …
Top 4 Fan-Favourite Beers Chosen for 2014 Best of Beau’s Mix Pack
Holiday mixer 4-pack will include a lavender-infused gruit, a coffee-infused amber ale, a Gold-medal-winning vanilla porter, and an American-Style IPA OTTAWA – (July 4, 2014) The votes are tabulated for the brands that …
Somersby Cider at the LCBO
Well, this is cider week, and so news should be cider-related, right? I'll cut right to the chase: Somersby Cider, the highly popular draught cider introduced in Toronto last year by Carlsberg, is now available in the …
Christmas Shopping 2011
Well, it's about that time of year again. Head down to the local shop, and prove how much you love your friends and family by spending money on them. Don't send the wrong message; spend up! Seriously, I would encourage …
LCBO Summer Release
Fell behind on this one, but a lot of the LCBO stores are still sorting out inventory anyways, so this is probably just in time. The full listing of beers is available in a fair few places (Bartowel, for one), so I won't …
Black Creek Historic Brewery releases their Pale Ale at the LCBO
I've gotta say: I love going to Pioneer Village; I always have. So when they started an historic brewery as part of the village I was stoked. When the beers they produced were excellent, I was very excited. When their …
Stuff you need to know today - March 1st 2011
Wow, blink and suddenly there's like a billion cool beer events and news items to address. Okay, maybe not quite a billion, but a lot. Get your calendar and bank statement out, and get planning! March promises to be a …
LCBO Spring Release
So, by now, most of the beers brought in for this year's spring release at the LCBO should be on the shelves. And I must say, they just keep upping the ante. Only one "Okay" beer, and everything else was at least "Good". …
Tree Brewing in Ontario
I'll touch on this again (hopefully later today), in my LCBO spring release post, but I got the press release in my inbox this morning, and I'm trying to be a little more on the ball. The release is pretty clear but …
Winter Warmers - LCBO Winter Release
So I posted a few days ago, and mentioned the new beers in the LC, but thought I'd give you the full break-down of what they've got to keep you warm through our long nights. Can I just take a moment and say how awesome …
Stuff you need to know today - Tuesday, December 7th
Doing it again, stuff I think you can't live without... A Night with Fred - Hopfenstark - Bar Volo So, immediately below this post is my post for this event. I won't repeat myself, I just thought I'd point out that it's …
Ola Dubh - Harviestoun
This week marks the launch of a pretty exciting line of beers at the LCBO. As of today, you can purchase all 5 varieties of Harviestoun Ola Dubh, which is very good news indeed. You might remember Ola Dubh from last …
LCBO - Fall Release - Today, Tuesday September 14th
So I had meant to get this written sooner, but with a best-friend house-guest, my time is less available then normal. Anways, last Thursday I was able to pop by the LCBO offices to get a sneak-taste of the Fall and …
Catching Up
Hey there, Okay, so first off, I'm still alive after the 67 experience. Tough, you know? I just reviewed the empties that I really need to return, and it occurs to me that I need to be more mentally aware of which LCBOs …