Canadian Alcohol Ban, Beer Distributors & the Drink of the Summer

Send us Fan Mail Is Crown Royal banned? The Canadian alcohol ban went live September 29, and two Ohio bar owners walk through what's still safe on the shelf (Crown Royal, Fireball, Labatt Blue, Molson Golden) and what's likely going away (Canadian Club, maybe Moosehead). Plus why beer distributors keep raising prices, the drink of the summer, and the phases of a bar shift. Bar Pod is brothers Ryan and Chad talking about what it actually takes to own and run bars, recorded at Paddle Bar in Sandusky, Ohio. Season 3, Episode 4. IN THIS EPISODE 🥃 The Canadian alcohol ban: what's banned, what's exempt, and why where it's bottled matters 🚚 Beer distributors: built to protect the little guy, now setting the price. Minimum orders, fuel charges, fewer delivery days 🥤 Drink of the summer: Super Lyte, and why the name brand crushes the copycat that tastes exactly the same 🍺 The customer who drank half a pilsner and asked to swap it. "This isn't Starbucks." 🕘 Phases of a bar shift: early regulars, the dinner crowd, and the 20-somethings at close 🚽 Why hair sticks to porcelain like glue (it's surface tension, and we looked it up) 🐸 "This frog orgy is crazy" and other things you only hear at a bar in Vermont 🛑 The Target stop sign update, a pink Barbie Mobile, and a Pokémon card drop at Sam's Club 🎵 Driving songs: Radiohead, Radar Love, I Can't Drive 55, The Boys of Summer 🧢 Bring back the tall hat (Harry Hogge, Days of Thunder) CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 2:15 School traffic in Sandusky 3:49 Beer of the day: Schnitz Oktoberfest, and the half-a-beer return 6:19 "This frog orgy is crazy" 7:16 The Target stop sign update and 4-way stop standoffs 10:19 Canadian alcohol ban: is Crown Royal banned? 12:10 The politician test 13:43 Beer distributors and why prices keep rising 15:45 Drink of the summer: Super Lyte 19:02 America.gov and "no cap" 20:48 The pink Barbie Mobile and a Pokémon drop at Sam's Club 26:04 Phases of a bar shift 27:57 Why hair sticks to porcelain 31:04 Driving songs 33:12 Bring back the tall hat 36:24 Sandusky bar trivia What's the strangest thing you've seen a customer try to get away with? Tell us in the comments. Subscribe for a new episode every week. 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bar-pod/id1861599696 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CZ00KI2gH3TbfvGTOJwHa 🌐 https://barpod.net 📸 Instagram: @barpod419 #BarPod #BarOwner #Bartender #CanadianWhisky #SanduskyOhio