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	<description>independence, variety, choice</description>
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		<title>Pabst Blue Ribbon or Old Vienna??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following is a great little post from Great Canadian Pubs and Beer.
I came across this newspaper article today from the Windsor Star - Draught Beer Switch Earns Licence Suspension.
It appears that a bar in Windsor was serving Pabst Blue Ribbon (Sleeman) from the Old Vienna (Molson) draught line, using the Old Vienna tap handle, without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/23/pabst-blue-ribbon-or-old-vienna/</link>
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		<title>A Brewers Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Ontario, a  Free house is a pub that is free of the control of any one particular brewery or pub supply group. The restaurant chains that dominate the landscape here are typically tied to one brewer under contract or belong to a buying group that limits choice but offers a better selling price based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/21/a-brewers-perspective/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s never to late to try new things&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that when a customer asked for a Rickers Red,  Len or I would say &#8220;we only serve real beer here,&#8221; only to confuse some patrons. Then we would suggest something simular &#8211; and would prattle off beers that the customer had no clue to. I find it much easier to just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/19/its-never-to-late-to-try-new-things/</link>
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		<title>Enjoy Seasonal Beers with Autumn Dishes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that we are into the autumn season,  we should enjoy the seasonal beers out there and incorporate them into food &#8211; such as Grand River&#8217;s Pumpkin Beer or Berry Wheat etc. Here is a recipe for an autumn soup that I used in a beer matching dinner a couple of weeks ago.
CURRIED SQUASH SOUP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/18/enjoy-seasonal-beers-with-autumn-dishes/</link>
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		<title>Montreal&#8217;s tempest in a beer cup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following is an article from the Globe and Mail by LES PERREAUX.
Montreal&#8217;s tempest in a beer cup
A summertime deal between Labatt and the city&#8217;s Gay Village raises questions about private interests dominating public spaces.
LES PERREAUX
MONTREAL — Stéphanie Dagenais didn&#8217;t mind the Bud Light parasols and cups she was forced to use on her restaurant patio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/17/montreals-tempest-in-a-beer-cup/</link>
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		<title>Farewell to LCBO freebies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following is an article from the Ottawa Sun by freelance writer DAVID MENZIES. It refers to
the LCBO but is relevant to what we are talking about.
Farewell to LCBO freebies
By DAVID MENZIES
Let&#8217;s all raise a glass of bubbly and say mazel tov! as we toast the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
The reason? Nearly a year after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/16/farewell-to-lcbo-freebies/</link>
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		<title>What is the purpose of this site?</title>
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The beer world has gone mad!
Big breweries are buying up independent breweries at an alarming rate. Fighting for market share, they offer contracts to pubs and restaurants…giving them price discounts based on volume but limiting them to selling only the brewery’s products plus a few select imports.
THE BREWERY IS DICTATING WHAT BEER THE PUB OWNER [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://afreehouse.org/14/what-is-the-purpose-of-this-site/</link>
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