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February 25, 2014

Another beer I really miss is Grizzly Beer by Amstel, "a roaring good beer".  Amstel was a Dutch owned brewer located in Hamilton.  Grizzly Beer (you can't just say "grizzly", you have to say the whole name) was a lager with a premium taste to it.  It could be hard to find at times but I recall a joint called the Running Pump on Danforth near Greenwood that kept it.  That place is long gone along with its terrific nachos.

It started out in tall bottles, then cans, then it returned as a stubby and then it was gone.

I don't mind saying that the packaging was great and so were the bus shelter ads and especially the radio spots.  If you visit <http://www.spiritofradio.ca/Sounds.asp> and enter grizzly into their search function you will find a fine example.

Amstel's Grizzly Beer has nothing at all to do with or in common with Bellwoods' Grizzly Beer.  I wonder if they think they came up with the name.

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