When I read these articles they increasingly remind me of the community meetings in Parks & Rec. But it's actually real in TO.

Does the booze industry in the U.S. ever talk about the drinking age? Seems like an instant expansion of the market would be helpful.

Great read. Rogue was one of the very few U.S. micro/craft breweries that consistently sent beer to Ontario, dealing with the red tape of the time. As such, they had a significant impact on beer drinkers of that era up here as we were able to try a number of those innovative brews.

Heading to MTL this week. Thanks for the tip on that bar. Find anything else interesting on your trip?

I'm heading to MTL for the first time since mid-COVID next week. Your pics have been inspiring for wander planning!

The generic & ubiquitous metal barstools are always a bit groan-worthy.

Visited for the first time on Monday!

Heading to London for first time in 5 years on Sunday and doing some pub research - very helpful article! Thanks Will.

I thought about this very thing (not realizing cool) when I read the recent Vinepair article about Cantillon. Ontarians never got behind local beers to boost their ratings, at a time when that was a thing. Certain states definitely did which drove local pride.

I'd say that's about right. Frequent posting on BT held on til '17 then started to dive.

And people gave us shit for Toronto Beer Week.

I want some bitter hop juice!

That’s brutal. Hadn’t heard that.

Give me my clear IPAs dammit!

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Yeah, not great. I'm surprised you saw it at all, I can't remember the last time I saw anything resembling a legit business ad.

Yeah, that was my first thought that it was probably cheap reach.

Pretty weird. I wonder how many 'regular' Ontario consumers are still on there.