Ontario Beer prices. Billy Dee Williams is spinning in his grave.

...or he would be if he were dead and did not stop the Colt 45 endorsements so long ago.

The price of malt liquor beverages in Ontario has skyrocketed.

A 40 of Olde English that was once $3.95 is now $5.60! A 12 case of 710 mill Colt 45 was once $33 and is now $40.

A sign next to my favourite section read something like this: "We on the Ontario Liquor board are committed to responsible drinking. In response we have raised the price on all beers over 6% alcohol content. Thank you, blah blah blah."

This combined with the new "beer tax" the the finance minister of Ontario introduced a few weeks ago ($4 per 24) has made drinking in Ontario not so satisfying.

The price of Lucky Lager and Laker seems to not have been effected. 24 for $24. That's all I'm drinking right now.

This is my rant.

I have found other places to spend my money. Such as rent, gas, insurance, food.

Alcohol isn't my main priority. When I chose to get drunk with the boys I want to do it economically.

Ontario isn't helping me out.

first off $3.95 ???!!!

then to $6 ?????

i'm sensing an excellent oppurtunity for mail order bidnasss here..

round my mothafuckin way, 40s of OE cop for $1.50

Yeah around my way every 40 is under 3 bucks. That sucks for you.

Max Ice 40s went from $4.00 to $4.95. I don’t drink Lucky, but I would imagine that it’s price would have been affected, too, considering it’s Labatt’s.

This really does suck. Luckily it’s not too bad, because I can still hit the LCBO and drink my Duvels and Holsteins (my usual strong beer selections) for the normal price.

You think it has to do with Ontario people having money? I know this wouldn’t fly in Scotia, or some place like that.

1.69 a 40 here...

it's a buck off moosehead 6packs !!!!

and we all know what this tax truly means....

the rummies are gonna have to ask 10 more people on the street to get that bottle.

Damn......$6 40's? That's like...an oxymoron if I ever saw one

Canadian money isn't equal to American money.

yeah...

$5 canadian is $3.60 american (as of today}

yep

i figured even WITH the xchg rate you were still screwed.

yeah... 'cheap booze' is more expensive in canada but 'expensive' booze is grenerally cheaper.

crown royal is so much more expensive in the states it makes me laugh.

like 2x - 3x more in some places.

drinks are so variably priced in this city.

we have bottom of the barrel to top shelf, and everything in between..

and i'm talking about bars, not liquor.

the good spot round my way will sell you a glass [of four fingers] of crown royal for $4

there's another one close by that would not even sell you that drink because technically it's illegal to serve that much to a person at once, then the halfsized drink you ended up with would cost twice as much.

5.06 for 2 mickey's.. but that was for the late night spot just outside the city limits.

i ussually go for the 99 cernt 32 of high life

fortys here reach around 9 to 10 dollars......depends which store store you snake it from though.......but yeah.....mostly 9$......fuckers

I picked up a 12 pack of Schlitz Malt Liquor tall boys for $4.15...tax included.

Originally posted by blood.face.

fortys here reach around 9 to 10 dollars......depends which store store you snake it from though.......but yeah.....mostly 9$......fuckers

This is obscene. Where the fuck do you live, the gulags?

^ in addition to your flask of rum?

same thing here !@#$%?

some bars will charge you $2 a pint and others will charge $8 for a domestic bottle.

either way.... it's still cheaper than southbeach.

$16 for two bottles of perrier? what the hell?

Originally posted by <KEY3>

^ in addition to your flask of rum?

werd...that flask is always with me and the bike...as well as some selection of cheap beer. one of these days the bars are gonna catch on and kick me out.

<knocks on wood>

Originally posted by non-hetero

The price of Lucky Lager and Laker seems to not have been effected. 24 for $24. That's all I'm drinking right now.

your getting 24 bottles(i'm guessing) for about £15. Stop fucking complaining.

wait.... isn't drinking considered a luxury?

wait.... isn't drinking considered a luxury?

then how come the poorest people I see are the ones drinking all the time?

there's a couple local bums that have

MONEY FOR BEER

and WILL WORK FOR BEER signs

in seattle i saw

NEED MONEY FOR WEED

one guy out here has a sign that says:

$3 SHORT OF TAKING OVER THE WORLD

honestly.... I cant think of one really good reason not to give him change.

and another cat had one that said

KICK A BUM FOR A BUCK (IN THE BALLS FOR $20)

Re: Re: Ontario Beer prices. Billy Dee Williams is spinning in his grave.

Originally posted by can of worms

your getting 24 bottles(i'm guessing) for about £15. Stop fucking complaining.

A. It's cans

B. It's Lucky Lager. $1 a can is charging too much.....

The booze situation in canada (minus quebec) is rediculous. You choices are shit, and what you can get you pay too much for. Here in vancouver, if you want a 40 you only got 3 choices. Some big brands you cant even get, like Red Stripe. Somthing as trivial as the liquor store starting to stock PBR (sixer of cans for $6.99) was just about enough to knock me on my ass in shock.

Not at the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), ese. Last night, I was drinking Okocim, Old Speckled Hen, Director’s Bitter, and Tuborg.

yes and no.....

get this... the LCBO is the worlds largest beer and liquor chain.

yes... the worlds biggest, and because of that they pull lots of weight.

here's how it works...

if a brewery wants a case beer on the shelf at the LCBO they have to pay.

If they want 'beer' and 'beer light' they have to pay more.

If they want to seel their beer in 6packs, they have to pay again.

and 12 packs... you guessed it.. more pay.

every size beer comes in is considered a new product and costs more.

That's why unless you're under the molson/labatts/slemans umbrella it gets damn expensive.

that's why moosehead light and moosehead IPA just came out in ontario but have been out for decades on the coast.

to battle this the 'brewer's retail' store was opened, know as simple 'the beer store'.

Now this company is regulated by the lcbo, and owned by the major brewers.

Imagine how hard and expensive it is for some microbrew to get on the shelfs?

yeah... big BIG money.

there was a few cats that would go around telling jokes to everyone... then ask for change.. good jokes too. .. another of his was "money for a hair transplant.. i'm trying to become a sasquatch"

a few guys always "collected" for the "anheiser foundation".

i had one guy ask me for "money for some food" once... i told him to dig in the dumpster.. and that it's full of canned foods. what was funny was he was w/ his girl.. who def. wasn't homeless (his shoes were better than mine), and he says, "how dear you tell me to dig in the garbage like a damn dog," and i had my arms full of garbage food.

yeah vanity.. it's true that some just cant keep the story straight.

Got some money for food?

err... no... you want this other pizza slice?

FUCK OFF!!!! garrghaafffhssss!

and what's up with asking for the time?

Maybe people who beg just need some

confirmation that they are still slightly

functional humans? Last night this bald

asain man on the subway asked me for

some spare change. I told him I didn't have any.

Then he asks 'cant you at least tell me the time?'

sure... 10:15.... is that a big deal to a guy asking for change?

why? gonna be late for work?