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toronto, labatt brewery???

jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
edited May 2009 in The Porch
hey guys...

this is a question for those upstairs in canada... just drinking my favorite beer right now... labatt blue... and realized that the label says its brewed in toronto... is the brewery in toronto proper... or on the outskirts... i would love to vist, if at all possible, the brewery (a la the simpsons) and take a tour... have a few before the pj show...

is this at all possible???
it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
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  • mr_canadamr_canada Posts: 555
    It is not downtown but is in Toronto. It's right off the 401 which is Ontario's main freeway. Try a Moosehead...green bottle...nice taste.
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    mr_canada wrote:
    It is not downtown but is in Toronto. It's right off the 401 which is Ontario's main freeway. Try a Moosehead...green bottle...nice taste.

    thanks for the info... is that far from the downtown area? about how long of a cab ride and how much $ would that cost to get over there... do they have public tours there? Ill def try the moosehead, but i am hellbent on labatt... been drinking this stuff for close to ten years now as i attended college in upstate ny and labatt was more than readily avail... i want tshirts and labatt on tap drunkeness
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • VartVart Posts: 291
    been drinking this stuff for close to ten years now as i attended college in upstate ny and labatt was more than readily avail... i want tshirts and labatt on tap drunkeness

    Where'd you go to school?
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    labatt blue?? you got something against good beer?? :mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    mr_canada wrote:
    It is not downtown but is in Toronto. It's right off the 401 which is Ontario's main freeway. Try a Moosehead...green bottle...nice taste.

    thanks for the info... is that far from the downtown area? about how long of a cab ride and how much $ would that cost to get over there... do they have public tours there? Ill def try the moosehead, but i am hellbent on labatt... been drinking this stuff for close to ten years now as i attended college in upstate ny and labatt was more than readily avail... i want tshirts and labatt on tap drunkeness
    I don't think you have been to enough shows.. lol. 45!!!
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    mr_canada wrote:
    It is not downtown but is in Toronto. It's right off the 401 which is Ontario's main freeway. Try a Moosehead...green bottle...nice taste.

    thanks for the info... is that far from the downtown area? about how long of a cab ride and how much $ would that cost to get over there... do they have public tours there? Ill def try the moosehead, but i am hellbent on labatt... been drinking this stuff for close to ten years now as i attended college in upstate ny and labatt was more than readily avail... i want tshirts and labatt on tap drunkeness
    I don't think you have been to enough shows.. lol. 45!!!

    well my goal is to break 50 by end of 09...as of now with toronto and chigago it will be 48...just need to get to at least two more
    ...and those were good shows too... some of the best!
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    Vart wrote:
    been drinking this stuff for close to ten years now as i attended college in upstate ny and labatt was more than readily avail... i want tshirts and labatt on tap drunkeness

    Where'd you go to school?

    syracuse... had a bunch of friends at albany though... in fact... i attended an all boys military school for high school in albany...my dad was head master at aa... not sure if you are familiar with it
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    labatt blue?? you got something against good beer?? :mrgreen::mrgreen:


    not at all i love all beers... but labatt brings me back to times of mischief... and i think its damned good too
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • VartVart Posts: 291
    I know of it, but I didn't grow up here so I'm not too familiar with the schools.

    And Syracuse isn't upstate, it's Central NY. :D
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    Vart wrote:
    I know of it, but I didn't grow up here so I'm not too familiar with the schools.

    And Syracuse isn't upstate, it's Central NY. :D

    its up there
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • Child Of The 90sChild Of The 90s Posts: 526
    I think you need to get onto the Labatt 50. That's all I have to say.
  • bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 2,040
    edited May 2009
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    I think you need to get onto the Labatt 50. That's all I have to say.

    secondedededdd. once 50 shows is completed.

    as for the brewery, the main toronto one is no longer :( :cry: :(
    all brewed in london, ontario.

    http://labatt.com/english/lbc_company/lbc_ontario.htm
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    I think you need to get onto the Labatt 50. That's all I have to say.

    whats the labatt 50?
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 2,040
    stubbybeerbottlelabatt0d.jpg
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    bobby dazzlers wrote:
    stubbybeerbottlelabatt0d.jpg

    is that a different type of labatt or is that 50 ounce bottle???
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    mr_canada wrote:
    It is not downtown but is in Toronto. It's right off the 401 which is Ontario's main freeway. Try a Moosehead...green bottle...nice taste.

    Yeah, I fully recommend getting a Moosehead Green! Like Mr_Canada says, it's in the green bottle! It's damn tasty!! :D

    I actually think I'll have one right now! :lol:
  • Child Of The 90sChild Of The 90s Posts: 526
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    Child Of The 90s wrote:
    I think you need to get onto the Labatt 50. That's all I have to say.

    whats the labatt 50?

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  • nippleholicnippleholic Toronto Posts: 1,085
    labatt sucks...it tastes like fart in a bottle...moosehead is way better
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  • DB41DB41 Posts: 539
    Try to find a Steelback if you can. Used to be really shitty but they overhauled everything but the name (last year, I think) . Now its become one of my favourite Canadian beers.
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  • twojawastwojawas Posts: 318
    Labatt and Molson = poop.
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    labatt blue?? you got something against good beer?? :mrgreen::mrgreen:
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  • FW46778FW46778 Posts: 227
    For those going up to the show, try the steam whistle brewery tour, which is right near the Rogers Centre. You and your buzz won't be disappointed (that's if it is still open)
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  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    FW46778 wrote:
    For those going up to the show, try the steam whistle brewery tour, which is right near the Rogers Centre. You and your buzz won't be disappointed (that's if it is still open)


    The Steamwhistle tour is excellent. They give you two free samples just for walking in the door (and more if you take the tour). Mill Street is also brewed in Toronto, I haven't been on their tour but they make excellent beer.
  • FW46778FW46778 Posts: 227
    we got there realll early for our tour, and they literally just kept letting us drink. it was awesome. I was there about a year and a half ago, and i think they have expanded since
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  • Green Disease ReduxGreen Disease Redux Posts: 401
    labatts is brewed in London, ON not Toronto

    I think the brewery that you are thinking about by the 401 is molsons

    anyway do the steamwhistle tour
  • bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 2,040
    yes, steamwhistle tour recomendededed.

    labatt's, molson, coors, rolling rock, steamwhistle, heineken, sapporo, fosters, sam adams, newcastle brown ale, corona, carlsberg, etc...

    all good chilled.
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  • grapejamgrapejam Posts: 10
    Take coors(we cant say anything good about our beer execpt its cold?!?) & heinie-n-can off that list at least for your own credibility man! Maybe when i get to the nursing home and can't remember my own name.
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,966
    jimbo, when will you be in toronto man? :D
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,742
    Bleh.

    I'm Canadian and I hate most of the big name generic Canadian beers. Labatt's Blue, Molson Canadian, LGD, kokanee etc... they're all not that good. Light years better then American beer (which isn't hard to do) but on the grand scale of global beer they aren't in the ballpark.

    I think the best generic Canadian beer would be Alexander Keith's, then you get into the premium beers Sleeman's has some good brews.

    Most of my favorites are imported.. Heineken, Amstel, Guiness, Boddington's, Corona.

    I think Canadian beer gets a better wrap than it deservers, just because its way better than US beer, but I think we as Canadian's overrate our domestic beers :)
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    demetrios wrote:
    jimbo, when will you be in toronto man? :D

    ill be flying in the day of the show...afternoon...i owe you some beers...
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,966
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    jimbo, when will you be in toronto man? :D

    ill be flying in the day of the show...afternoon...i owe you some beers...

    sweet! :)
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