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[Matt R.]

I wonder if there is an issue with the now illegal plastic rings or something.

[Mike K.]

Those are illegal?

[Matt R.]

Yah. Single use plastics ban.

[Mike K.]

Oh, that’s wild. I had no idea.

[Matt R.]

… about the federal single use plastics ban?

[Mike K.]

That you can’t use those plastic tethers any more.

I do see a lot of heavy duty plastic tethers, however. They look much bulkier and snap onto the top of each can.

[Matt R.]

I am unclear on all the details of the ban, as it’s being brought in gradually. Manufacturing and imports stopped first, then distribution and use but different products have different timelines as well. I’m hoarding the compostable straws, as they are also going to be banned. Enjoy your paper lol.

[JohnsonStBridge]

Lucky Lager is brewed and imported from Edmonton. 'Vancouver Island's own' brewed in Alberta and owned by a Belgian multinational. 

[Mike K.]

Still better than drinking that condo beer made from laundry water.

[Matt R.]

Quadra St. Cascadia employees have their union drive certified.

https://beveragework...LnW0jCKBzvgEFTw

[Victoria Watcher]

$2,999,000

 

 

1240 COATS DRIVE

 

 

Located on spectacular Gabriola Island, this 27 acre property is the home of Gabbie's Cider/Ravenskill Orchard. The property backs onto an over 1,000 acre regional park and is completely surrounded on all sides by lush forest with trails. The property has a 5 acre orchard, though is largely uncleared, resource zoned, and is not in the ALR. The property's residence is a modern-style 2,610 sf estate house built in 2007 with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The 2,000 sf classic cedar cidery barn built in 2013 contains both a tasting room and fully equipped production facilities. The list price includes the property, all production equipment, business, and "Gabbie's Cider"and "Ravenskill Orchard"brands. With frequent ferry service daily to Nanaimo, this spectacular property offers the opportunity to operate an agricultural business in the idyllic Gulf Islands and cement Gabbie's as a major agritourism destination on Gabriola Island. 

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 August 2023 - 04:20 AM.

[Mike K.]

Quadra St. Cascadia employees have their union drive certified.

https://beveragework...LnW0jCKBzvgEFTw

Beverage workers rising…

Rising for what? Sclerosis of the liver, and domestic violence?

[Victoria Watcher]

Liver can’t get sclerosis.

Good thing you’re not my doctor.

[Mike K.]

I’ll settle on cirrhosis then!

[todd]

https://www.usedvict...om/all/40290891

[Victoria Watcher]

Anybody been to the Canadian Brewhouse at Uptown lately?

I wonder how it’s doing.

[lanforod]

Really bad reviews has turned me off from going, plus the prices for bowling (though I think they've changed it now, its a little more reasonable, but still more than Langford).

[Victoria Watcher]

Moon Under Water Brewpub and Distillery has been producing its product on Bay Street in Victoria for 12 years.

 

“When we started, we were the 50th brewery in the province. Now there are 240,” says owner Clay Potter. “We all got out of COVID hoping to recover and see a big boom. A lot of breweries went into debt to stay afloat and keep their staff. We got out, and the economy and the market just hasn’t kicked back yet.”

 

Potter says there’s a shift in consumer habits.

 

“Young drinkers just aren’t drinking beer,” he says. “Boomers loved beer, but in many cases, that generation has been told by their doctors to cut back.”

 

In response, Moon Under Water has gone big on non-alcoholic beer. The Dry Side of the Moon is their most popular “near-beer,” and Potter’s walk-in cooler is stocked to the ceiling with flats of their popular product.

 

“Non-alcoholic beer sales are up 2000% from a couple of years ago,” he says.

 

 

 

 

https://www.cheknews...island-1179317/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 November 2023 - 07:10 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Ricky Gervais has bought into Ellers Farm Distillery.

 

https://www.ellersfarmdistillery.com/

 

They make Dutch Barn Vodka:

 

https://dutchbarn.com/

[pontcanna]

Sad news from Chemainus. Had a nice pint of their dark mild last week at Garricks

 

Riot Brewing Co. closure a product of the times

Hard for small businesses to make a go of it with rising costs and debt-ridden consumers


The sun sets on Riot Brewing Co.’s final day Wednesday. 

Wednesday was the final ‘last call’ for Chemainus’ Riot Brewing Co.

The craft brewery in Chemainus Village Square has closed its doors for good, the victim of a variety of financial circumstances that are being felt by countless small businesses across the country. Riot’s $40,000 repayment of a $60,000 Canada Emergency Business Account loan it received following COVID was due Jan. 18 and compounded by its landlord only offering a minuscule amount of time from Saturday to Wednesday to pay its bills.

“We fell behind in rent,” said Ralf Rosenke, Riot’s co-owner along with Aly Tomlin.

Many patrons who packed the place Tuesday and Wednesday once word leaked out that the brewery was closing felt like drowning their sorrows in their beer and the whole situation did not sit well.

“Sad day for Chemainus,” said customer Peter Collum. “Another dream crushed by an absentee landlord.”

Riot went out amid as much fanfare as could be mustered Wednesday. The Grinning Barretts, who frequented the premises many times to play their unique Celtic music, were there with their bagpipes as a final salute.

“Part of it is a bit of a weight lifted off our shoulders,” reasoned Tomlin. “It’s been such a struggle since COVID. We were actually trying to sell. They could not make a deal with the landlord.

“Everyone’s watching their dollars,” Rosenke concurred. “The front-of-house lounge here is pretty much the same. But the wholesale sales dropped significantly.”

“It’s still going to be a hard couple of years before things get back to normal,” Rosenke conceded. “Maybe in a sense the landlord made us play our cards. Obviously, we wanted to keep going.”

Riot’s products consistently won major awards among its peers over the years, including a bronze for its Working Class Hero dark mild at the Canada Beer Cup in Niagara Falls, Ont. and a bronze for Lipslide Lager at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax in 2023.

But with all those accolades, “it didn’t pay the bills,” Rosenke reasoned.

 

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