Archive for February, 2008

Well, we finally did it! That’s right, we got our LCBO #. We’ve lined up stores. We’ll be delivering on Tuesday. The LCBO! Now we just need to figure out how to invoice them, how delivering works and stuff like that. You know, the everything else.

My sister, Jen, spent a half day calling prospective stores and got 10 lined up, which was really cool. Here’s the list so far:

RIDEAU & KING EDWARD
275 RIDEAU STREET, CORNER OF KING EDWARD AND RIDEAU ST, OTTAWA-CENTRAL, K1N5Y3

RICHMOND & KIRKWOOD
222 RICHMOND ROAD, OTTAWA-WEST, K1Z6W6

CARLING & WOODROFF
2211 CARLING AVENUE, OTTAWA-WEST, K2B7E9

WOODROFFE & BASELINE (COLLEGE SQUARE)
1363 WOODROFFE AVENUE - UNIT A, COLLEGE SQUARE, OTTAWA-NEPEAN, K2G1V7

HUNT CLUB & MERIVALE (NEPEAN CROSSROADS)
543 WEST HUNT CLUB RD., OTTAWA-NEPEAN, K2G5W5

INNES & TENTH LINE
4220 INNES RD, UNIT #1 BUILDING F, OTTAWA-ORLEANS, K4A5E6

HWY 34 & HWY 17
56 MAIN STREET EAST, HAWKESBURY, K6A1A3

BARRACK & KING
34 BARRACK STREET, KINGSTON, K7K7A9

PRINCESS & CONCESSION
905 PRINCESS STREET, KINGSTON, K7L1G7

QUEEN MARY & BATH
1280 BATH ROAD, BAYOU PLAZA, KINGSTON, K7M4X3

Pretty exciting stuff. I started looking into the listing process in May 2007 and its been a long journey getting here. The staff at the LCBO have been really quite helpful though; I can’t imagine how difficult it would have been without their extra help.

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Hello friends,

This month’s Cameron’s Cask Night will be on Thursday February 28th, from 6:00 - 8:00pm

Cameron’s Cask Nights are a casual and intimate monthly event at the brewery. The guestlist only event is mainly a chance for us to share a glass of our latest creation with our friends, supporters and our local community.
For those who have not been to the brewery before, this is a great chance to meet the folks behind the scenes and to tour our facility.  As always, you are welcome to show up between 5pm and 6pm if you’d like a free tour of the brewery.
We will be tapping the Cask between 6pm and 6:15pm.  Some people asked for a BIG beer at the last cask night…this one should be BIG.

We will bring in some local food to enjoy as well.  The food will be available at 6pm.
Check out some Cask Night Video Clips on our Facebook Fan Page or on You Tube.
The event is capped at 60 people to keep it intimate and to ensure everyone gets a taste of the cask.  We have already had some people pre-RSVP, so we’re down to roughly 30 remaining spots…so confirm your attendance as quickly as possible.
For any questions or to RSVP (if you haven’t already), email mike@cameronsbrewing.com
For more information or to get directions, visit this Cameron’s link.  Hope to see you all there.
Cheers.
Mike

Note:  The times on this email are correct as they may vary from the times on our website.

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Well, the new Cameron’s coaster campaign is under way. Most pubs that carry Cameron’s ales and lagers have been shipped a few sleeves of our new coasters.

The new Cameron’s coaster may seem like a typical coaster, but it is uniquely different. We decided to fashion our coasters like a postcard allowing people to connect with the brewery in a unique way.

The back of the new coaster looks like a traditional postcard with the ‘Send to’ already addressed to the brewery. The idea is to use the coaster at the pub, fill out your return address on the back and mail it to Cameron’s. In return, we will send you one of our flashy new bottle openers.

As coasters come in, we will add them to the ‘Great Wall of Coasters’ at the brewery. Those who have mailed back a coaster and then come to the brewery to find it, will earn themselves a discount on swag, a ticket for a Cameron’s event or something totally random, but cool.

We are striving to create a culture around a simple ol’ coaster. We will also send out brewery updates, first access to Cameron’s events and as a grand prize, we will email one person this summer to say, “We’re coming to your house with beer, food and music.”

Our coaster campaign officially kicked off February 1 st with coasters starting to arrive in pubs and restaurants the week of Feb 4th. As of this morning, the ‘Wall’ is already a considerable size.

For more information on what establishments carry Cameron’s, kindly email info@CameronsBrewing.com or call 905.849.8282 or visit our website.

Cheers and we’re keeping an eye out for your coaster…

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I posted up on my blog a story about the naming of our new seasonal Bog Water and all the disucssion going on bartowel.com about it.

Check it out, yo.

http://beausbeer.blogspot.com/

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Pat Ryan of Modesto California visited Toronto in the summer of 2007. He tried our Auburn Ale at a pub and upon returning home, Pat told his wife that this Ontario beer he tried was better than ‘Mother’s Milk’. Knowing that Pat couldn’t get our beer in California, Pat’s wife surprised him with a rather unique birthday present - she sent him back to Toronto with his brother for a few days to check out some sites and to visit Cameron’s Brewing Company.

We hosted Pat at the brewery, put him to work and let him package a few 9-packs of Auburn to take with him.

We decided to give Pat the VIP tour of Toronto by taking him to a few of our favorite accounts in the city…

Thanks to Pat for a great visit to the brewery and thanks to his wife Debbie for making it happen.

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