Archive for May, 2008

Share Your OCB Discovery Pack Experience!!! May 6th, 2008 No Comments »

The OCB Discovery Pack is a special six-pack sampler featuring a half-dozen unique and refreshing pre-selected OCB beer brands. It’s on the shelves now!! Visit your local LCBO to pick up this great pack!

The brands featured in Discovery Pack No. 1 are: Wellington Special Pale Ale, Great Lakes Red Leaf Lager, Walkerville Amber Lager, Mill Street Organic Lager, Lakes of Muskoka Cream Ale, and Brick J.R. Brickman Pilsner. Check out the Ontario Craft Brewers webiste to learn more about the OCB Discovery Pack and pick up some great recipe tips!

We’d love to hear what you think and hear some of your adventures while you ‘Discover’ these and other great Ontario Craft Brewers Brands this summer! Tell us what you think of these beers, and to give us your suggestions as to which beers should be inluded in our next Discovery Pack.

Cheers! and Happy Discovery with the OCB!

Posted in Wellington, Great Lakes, Ontario Craft Brewers, OCB, Brick, Mill Street, Walkerville Brewing Company, OCB Discovery Pack (No1) | No Comments »

LCBO District #11 Visits Ontario Craft Brewers May 2nd, 2008 No Comments »

Last year, I had the pleasure of sitting beside Chris Elliot (District Manager for the LCBO) at a Beer Guys & Gals training session. The LCBO “Beer Guys & Gals” are the brilliant group of people that the LCBO employs and trains to help and to empower YOU beer lovers to explore the ever-expanding beer section at the LCBO. When Chris and I met, we talked about having some of his store managers ‘live in the shoes of an OCB brewer for a day’….. well…. as we all know – time fly’s by and we pulled the day together just last week!

The OCB hosted the Chris Elliot and 15 of his managers from District 11 (Mississauga/Oakville/Burlington). The group visited 5 OCB breweries: Cameron’s Brewing Company, Black Oak Brewing Company, Great Lakes Brewery, Nickel Brook Beers, and Trafalgar Brewing Company.

Attendees spent the morning at these breweries and enjoyed a brewery tour, a quick sampling of some of OCB beer… and then it was time to work!! Though not all the breweries were brewing that day…. there’s never a shortage of work to be done! Attendees were put to work doing quality checks (with some sampling of beer in the early stages of ‘brewing’ cycle), Kettles were scrubbed… and so much more. Not to worry though – fun was had by all!

Following a morning of work, the group were invited by Mike Arnold of Trafalgar brewing to enjoy chef George’s great food at The Tide House! Everyone enjoyed a fantastic meal, with food made with beer (the chilli is my personal favourite!) along with a beer matching (who can resist the Maple Beer?!). The OCB shared some insight as to all the exciting things happening this summer – including the OCB’s Discovery Pack re-launch!

The OCB was really pleased to have Chris and his team visit a few of our breweries for the day! I always say that the best way to experience the OCB is to visit the brewery first hand! Thank you Chris for your enthusiasm and for your continued support as the OCB builds our partnership with the LCBO!

Enjoy a couple of photo’s from the day – we hope to see some of Chris’s team ‘jump on this blog’ and share some of their experiences from the day!
Cheers!

Relaxing after a day’s work at an OCB Brewery!

Trafalgar Chef: George

LCBO’s Chris Elliot

Posted in Brewmasters, Great Lakes, Ontario Craft Brewers, OCB, Black Oak, Trafalgar Brewing, Nickel Brook, Cameron's | No Comments »

Ontario Brewer Podcast #18 - Mill Street Brewery, Steve Abrams May 1st, 2008 No Comments »

Show Notes:

Episode 17

Interview Steve Abrams from the Mill Street Brewery

01:05 – In this episode Steve talks about the Mill Street Pub, some of the fabulous beers available on tap and a special award of recognition they received last year.

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