On Tuesday December 12th, Nik Cole, an amazing GLB supporter, got inked. What makes this tattoo so special was that it features Roland Baggetts of Lake Effect IPA fame. GLB recently ran a contest to see which craft beer drinker would pledge their body to GLB art and Nik won! The tattoo was done by […]
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GLB Officially Announces 2017 Rotating IPA Line-Up
Great Lakes Brewery Officially Announces 2017 Rotating IPA Line-Up – IPA Project started in 2014 will ramp up with 30th anniversary celebrations – January 24, 2017 (Etobicoke, ON): Since 2014, Great Lakes Brewery (GLB) has unofficially run a rotating line-up of India Pale Ales (IPA) through the LCBO retail system on a quarterly basis, focusing […]
What's the deal with Lake Effect IPA?
Last week, just before Christmas, we released a limited amount of Lake Effect IPA cans in our brewery retail store. Many kegs also made their way out of the brewery just in time for bars to tap it for the holiday’s, with more rolling out across Ontario this week. We re-opened the retail store yesterday, after […]
Last call for Lake Effect IPA
We all knew this day would come, but that hasn’t made it any easier to face. Yesterday, the last tank (Tank Ten) of Lake Effect IPA went into into cans. This beer, a personal favourite for many of us here at the brewery, will soon be gone and we won’t be seeing the stoic visage of […]
Meet Roland Baggetts – Lake Effect IPA
Roland Baggetts is an often misunderstood individual, but his message is clear – “Splice this mainbrace Fresh, matey!”
“When I’m on me boat battling the waves trying to gather me fish, it takes two important factors. A keen eye and a peeled ear. Me pappy told me, ‘when you least expect it, expect it.’ And don’t let a little choppy water get in your way. So when I pops thee top of my Lake Effect IPA, I don’t fret when the crest of a wave slaps me hull, and I spill a little bit down me chin. I think of it as a favour, as it’s not too often out here that I gets to wash me beard.
Go with the Lake Effect. It will guide you right, every time.’ […]
