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I know I don't live in the country that boasts Steven Ames or anything but I'm pretty sure my post was a direct quote from one of the McKenzie brothers Don't get much more Canadian than that!

I didn't know Brewers Retail by that name; a quick google search revealed it's the same thing as one of my all-time favorites: "The Beer Store"!

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Not sure if they still do this, but last time I went to one of these in Toronto, my beer order came out of the back room on a conveyor belt...loved it (I'm easily amused). Growing up near Detroit, I can assure you that The Beer Store(s) in Windsor were very popular destinations for Michiganders under the age of 21!

The Beer Store and the Brewers Retail are one and the same, the latter being more old school. Im more of a classicist, eh.

Yup, still got the conveyor belt and the guy on the microphone barking orders to his buddy in the back in the cool room, "Two four of five Oh", "party pack of Molson" etc. All sort of like a Soviet style distribution center or something.

If you think this is funny you should have seen the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) stores twenty five years ago. A small governmental like store, no advertising, no shelves or displays, you'd fill out a paper check list and hand it to a cashier who'd hand it to a clerk who'd go in the back and bring out your paper bagged order. Like you were buying illicit pharmaceuticals in east germany in the 1960's or something.

O.B.