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One doesn't usually associate comic conventions with brand-new beers...
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... but that's what's happening this weekend at the Ottawa ComicCon.
CBC Ottawa: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ac ... -1.3062450]Actor Wil Wheaton to unveil beer at Ottawa ComicCon
(Bob, this is from the microbrewery that made the beer Attila liked when we got together last year.)
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Wasn't just Attila who liked the Clocktower beer, you know. Pity we can't just order the stuff and have it shipped.
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How hard is it to get beer across the US-Canadian border?
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Ontario is in some ways still stuck in the Prohibition era - it's illegal to sell the beer anywhere except at the brewery, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, or the monopoly "Beer Store", and none of them ship beer at all.
You're just going to have to visit Ottawa to try HefeWheaton ...
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Gotta admit, the Beer Store is pretty cool. Imagine an Apple Store for alcohol, only with an industrial aesthetic.
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Er... what I meant isn't so much the purchasing, but the transportation of said beer after purchase. You know, kinda like how here in the US they don't allow you to transport booze across state lines in some areas?
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I know how hard it is to get it into Canada from the US - declare it to Customs, take your trip deduction (varies depending on how many trips you've made in the last month, quarter, and year), pay your taxes, and go. Couldn't be easier. Getting it across provincial lines once it's in Canada, OTOH...
Going to the US from Canada... can't help you there.
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Well, we had no problems getting what was left of what you gave us through.
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Quote:Black Aeronaut wrote:
How hard is it to get beer across the US-Canadian border?
Harder than it used to be. Blame global warming. You see, I once met a (now long retired) gentleman who was a native of Port Huron, MI, who joined the CIA in the early '50s and eventually rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Director of Intelligence (or Operations, I admit I can't recall perfectly). But, according to the story he told (I heard this firsthand), when he was quite young, the river between PH and Sarnia would freeze over regularly during the winter. And there was a small bar (I've seen it myself before it was torn down about 15 years ago, it was about the size of a 1-car garage -- for a small car) located underneath the US side of the Blue Water Bridge, within spitting distance of the water. And another bar on the Canadian side, in a mirroring location.
And this future Secret Agent Man would, for pocket money, walk across the frozen river from the American bar dragging his Flexible Flyer and with a pocket full of American currency... and make the return trip dragging a load of Canadian beer atop his sled.
He didn't say what he did for pocket money during the summer. Swimming was right out, that river has some nasty currents in that vicinity, not to mention the big Lake Freighters....
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