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Photo: An LCBO store As the province-wide LCBO strike continues, many Ottawa residents are turning to alternative vendors for alcoholic beverages. The province has released an interactive map with a huge variety of choices - all the brew pubs, grocery stores, cideries, distilleries, etc in Ottawa that are open and sell beverages you can take home. ...

Lindt by Gamachephoto, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group Here’s what’s open and closed on Easter Weekend 2021 in Ottawa. Good Friday is on April 2, 2021. It’s a statutory holiday in Canada so just about all businesses are closed. Saturday is business as usual, notwithstanding any temporary changes due to COVID-19. ...

Forbes Travel Guide is gushing about Ottawa’s craft beer scene, highlighting some of the best breweries, tours, brew pubs and festivals. _ Canada’s national capital, Ottawa, now has one of the country’s most active craft beer scenes, with nearly two dozen small-batch breweries and beer-focused experiences in and around the city. ...

_ (Via Big Rig Brewery) _ OTTAWA—( Aug. 15, 2016 ) Big Rig Brewery is ecstatic to introduce three beers to grocery stores across Ontario. Alpha Bomb, Canadian Amber and Salute 1179 will be available in 473mL cans at select grocery stores later this month. ...

If you’re a fan of beer, these are for you. Three brewery events came across the _ ** OttawaStart.com ** _ events desk this week, all starting this Friday. Yep, it’s gonna be a good weekend in the capital region! ** Goose Island Beer Co. ...

_ (press release) _ In May 2015, ** Brew Donkey ** made the bold decision to offer its tours free of charge, after the ** Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) ** notified them that the company was not compliant with the Travel Industry Act because it was providing a regulated travel service without being registered. ...

_ (This article originally appeared on our sister site, StittsvilleCentral.ca ) _ Time to raise a glass to ** John ** and ** Kathy vanDyk ** from ** Covered Bridge Brewing ** for their gold medal win at the ** Canadian Brewing Awards ** on the weekend. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA—( May 26, 2016 ) Today, Big Rig Brewery officially releases ** Salute 1179 ** . Although a brand new beer to enter the brewery’s core lineup, Salute 1179 has been years in the making. Big Rig Brewery brewmaster Lon Ladell had a standing offer on the table for Chris Phillips, his partner and long-time NHL defenseman, since the inception of the brewery. ...

For this year’s lists, please see: https://ottawastart.com/whats-open-and-closed-in-ottawa-on-victoria-day-weekend-2018/

_ (press release) _ Big Rig Brewery walked away with 5 medals last night at the 2016 Ontario Brewing Awards. The gala, which was hosted at The Great Hall in Toronto, had a total of 45 categories. This year, entries increased by 50% to 600 and participating breweries increased by 65% to 112. ...