558755 Fri Sep 19 11:14:24 -0700 2008 15 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 4047567 Anyone know of a pub or L.C. that carries this product? Fri Sep 19 11:14:24 -0700 2008 93777 philly cheeze 1 4047647 We've picked some up in Buffalo before but never seen it in Toronto. Fri Sep 19 11:44:20 -0700 2008 4047567 13587 LovesToEat 1 4047928 Rolling Rock is not available in Canada. However, since it's just another bland, generic lager brewed by a major brewing conglomerate (it's been owned by Anheuser-Busch since last year, and by InBev/Labatt for many years before that), distinctive only because it's in a retro-looking bottle, you should be able to find dozens of beers up here that are just as "good". Why not drink Steam Whistle? Similar bottle, but much better beer. And it's fresh and local! Fri Sep 19 13:28:43 -0700 2008 4047567 20196 gregclow 2 4049120 Rolling Rock is a excellent light light and far better than Steam Whistle. It may be owned by a big company, but it is an independent brewery with a long history. The only comparable Canadian beer in style and quality is Labatt Classic, if it's still around. Before Interbrew, Labatt owned it directly and it was widely available in Toronto. Sat Sep 20 05:38:08 -0700 2008 4047928 227391 evansl 2 4527338 I'm a Canadian, I've had both beers many, many times. Rolling Rock is better. Infact Rolling Rock is one of my favourite beers of all time and I still cannot figure out why it isn't available in Southern Ontario, or Canada for that matter? Sun Mar 22 10:01:04 -0700 2009 4047928 265757 cupidom 1 4048579 I'm always told Rolling Rock is an American beer to try as well. The Monarch where Caplansky's Deli is actually has a Rolling Rock light in the window, but definitely they don't sell it there :( Fri Sep 19 18:58:52 -0700 2008 4047567 115105 duckdown 1 4049049 I know what you mean Rolling Rock is an excellent beer - just watch the movie Deer Hunter and you'll want to slug back a few RRs before the end of the movie. Toronto bars actually sold RR for awhile about ten years ago in an attempt to explore the interest level up here - I guess there wasn't enough sold. I went for a tour of the brewery years ago in Latrobe, Pa. What do the numbers on the backside of the RR label represent? Sat Sep 20 04:05:07 -0700 2008 4047567 110268 jkmanosque 2 4049123 The 33 on the back of the bottle refers to 1933, the year Prohibition was repealed in the US. When you grow up in western PA, that's the kind of beer lore you learn at daddy's knee. It's funny - I can all the Rolling Rock I want here in NYC, but the memory of the beer we drank while motorcycle trip through Nova Scotia back in the 80s still lingers: Schooner. Is it still around? Sat Sep 20 05:44:26 -0700 2008 4049049 10787 Deenso 3 4049257 i went to school in the states and enjoy a rock when i get to the states. in my opinion rr is not a generic beer, it's better than that...i dont like steam whistle and havent seen a schooner out of the water in a long time... Sat Sep 20 07:41:16 -0700 2008 4049123 196530 ribboy 4 4049297 SInce the brand was sold it is no longer brewed at Latrobe, PA. RR was an ok beer of its type, probably better than a lot of light lagers, but with Anheuser-Bush now making it, it is a totally different beer. It's really just a brand name now rather than a beer of any real distinction. I agree that RR was once not a generic beer. It is one now. Sat Sep 20 08:10:20 -0700 2008 4049257 116047 The Professor 1 4052930 The best U.S, beer I've had from the LC lately is Anchor Steam from San Fran..has some nice hop bitterness. Mon Sep 22 13:49:12 -0700 2008 4047567 10789 Wiley 1 4061143 I've always gone to Buffalo to pick some up. I like RR. Many of my friends make fun of me though. Strangely enough many of my friends agree that it is a good beer. I guess it's either a love it or hate it type thing. <shrug> Thu Sep 25 11:13:22 -0700 2008 4047567 53671 Davedigger 2 4205804 Rolling Rock is great beer for a cheap price. It's to bad beer in Ontario is so over priced and the beer stores carry a poor selection of beer. The only way your going to see more American and foreign beers in ontario is if they privatize their stores. Thu Nov 27 13:30:53 -0800 2008 4061143 21924 Jab05 3 4205912 Yes, The Beer Store carries a poor selection of beer, but then again it's not Canadian-owned, so they don't care. If you bothered going to a good LCBO (Queen's Quay, for example) you would see plenty of excellent American beer (Anchor, Southern Tier, Rogue) and thankfully no Rolling Rock, which is shite. The LCBO also carries many good Ontario microbrews that blow RR out of the water. Thu Nov 27 15:54:41 -0800 2008 4205804 182474 Malcolm 1 4527427 I am also in the anti Rolling Rock group and agree the Steam Whistle is a much superior Lager. No wonder American beer gets such a bad rap in Canada, the only exposure that the LCBO and Beer Store allow up there is basic, generic American beers which are on par with Molson, Labbatt, etc....(with the exception of Sam Adams which seems to be in most stores) It also explains why everyone in Toronto wants me to bring back beer from Boston when I come back to Toronto for my visits. Sun Mar 22 10:39:07 -0700 2009 4047567 126590 Matt H 2 4528774 There are actually a few good US craft beers available on the LCBO's general list - Anchor Steam & Liberty Ale, Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, Brooklyn Lager, Southern Tier IPA and Rogue Dead Guy Ale - and a few others that show up as part of the seasonal beer program at selected locations. But yeah, considering the number of fantastic beers being made south of the border, it's a tiny representation of what's available. Sun Mar 22 21:01:27 -0700 2009 4527427 20196 gregclow