Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by GAM » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:17 am

A group of Maritime brewers said they felt the expo was sketchy from the start; the amateurish website, no listing of available beers, no volunteers needed and no name or contact of organizers were among their concerns.

“(He was) stalling on questions regarding the beer list, and blaming NSLC (Nova Scotia Liquor Corp.) for this,” explained Robert McGrath, a home brewer in Nova Scotia and member of online forum Brewnosers.

“The connection was made after I made a comment on the Brewnosers forum about not wanting to get involved in an event with no contact names. Somebody mentioned that the .pdf that was sent to breweries … had a contact name — Jonathan Brett. Literally three minutes later on Google, the connection was made.”

Who's this McGrath dude? Someone buy him a beer.

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:19 am

bluenose wrote:Cool beans, but it would've killed them to hyperlink to us? :D
Would have better, but still pretty happy with that article. Thanks Tara. :cheers2:
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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by LeafMan66_67 » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:20 am

GAM wrote: Who's this McGrath dude? Someone buy him a beer.
Sandy
Must be some mystery guy on the forum! :lol:

Great job everyone.
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Post by Carla Crotty » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:39 am

mr x wrote:Good for you Carla on sticking with this. I really hope somebody follows up on the NSLC connection as well, as it would really prove fraud if he had never been in contact with them while he was telling people that he was.

And next time, somebody else talk to the media. I hate being in the press, lol...
Robert (assuming this is you from the article),

Meghan McCabe with NTV actually did follow up with NSLC yesterday....this is what her couple of tweets say:
1. Rep for NSLC says Brett contacted them yesterday (that would be Wednesday) re permits for the Great Canadian Beer Expo. He was advised by a rep there to go through beer reps.
2. The NSLC says permits can take a couple of days to a week depending on how much due diligence required on their part.

Here is here TV story from local NTV news last night...... http://ntv.ca/ntv-evening-news-16/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; at about the 26 min mark of the broadcast.

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Post by mr x » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:43 am

Well that first statement certainly doesn't jive with this statement from last week:
I completely understand the desire to wait until a list of beers is released. We are pushing hard to get provincial approval completed as quickly as possible.
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Post by Juniper Hill » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:56 am

Awesome work guys! Nice to see this guy's scam is being foiled.

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by Carla Crotty » Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:11 am

mr x wrote:Well that first statement certainly doesn't jive with this statement from last week:
I completely understand the desire to wait until a list of beers is released. We are pushing hard to get provincial approval completed as quickly as possible.

Oh believe me, as more and more light gets shed on this "event", less and less things will jive.

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by LeafMan66_67 » Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:16 am

mr x wrote:Well that first statement certainly doesn't jive with this statement from last week:
I completely understand the desire to wait until a list of beers is released. We are pushing hard to get provincial approval completed as quickly as possible.
Or this one from December 19 ...
Good afternoon Derek,
We have a tentative beer list but we are awaiting final approval from ANBL, NSLC & PEILCC on our beer selections for our expos. As soon as final approval is given from them, we will post them.

All our beer for our expos will be bought directly through ANBL, NSLC & PEILCC so the breweries will most definitely be compensated.

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Post by TaraB » Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:44 am

mr x wrote:
bluenose wrote:Cool beans, but it would've killed them to hyperlink to us? :D
Would have better, but still pretty happy with that article. Thanks Tara. :cheers2:
Thanks for your help, Robert. I've just learned that I can add the hyperlink (they are normally done automatically by our system), but it may take a while. The building that houses The Telegram offices is currently
shut down and covered in ice on the inside, thanks to flooding, and we're not allowed in. We are running a generator from the outside to have access to our systems. But I'll make sure it gets done at some point.

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by Jimmy » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:03 am

TaraB wrote:
mr x wrote:
bluenose wrote:Cool beans, but it would've killed them to hyperlink to us? :D
Would have better, but still pretty happy with that article. Thanks Tara. :cheers2:
Thanks for your help, Robert. I've just learned that I can add the hyperlink (they are normally done automatically by our system), but it may take a while. The building that houses The Telegram offices is currently
shut down and covered in ice on the inside, thanks to flooding, and we're not allowed in. We are running a generator from the outside to have access to our systems. But I'll make sure it gets done at some point.
Looks like the hyperlink has been added :cheers2:

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:20 am

Excellent job on everything Tara. Especially under your working conditions. :cheers2:
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Post by chalmers » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:33 am

Of course, we mentioned it this morning on the blog: http://atlanticcanadabeerblog.wordpress ... -20140110/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

• Last month, we mentioned the Great Canadian Beer Expo, a travelling beer festival, would be coming to six different cities in the Maritimes, starting in late January. While we had never been able to get solid details or a beer list from them (which we had contacted them for several times, in hopes of doing a full write-up), we thought it was worthy of a quick mention on the blog. In the past week, thanks to some detective work begun by members of the Brewnosers Homebrew Club, it has been determined that the event might have been nothing more than a work of fiction dreamed up by a single man, Jonathan Brett. He had previously organized “Mud Immortal“, a fall event in St. John’s, Newfoundland, that came under fire for poor management, dangerous conditions, and not following through on promises of charitable donations. In the last couple of days, the events have “officially” been canceled, and people who have purchased tickets should have received information on how to get refunds.

Link to this thread is in the original post, didn't copy over for some reason.

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by mr x » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:36 am

When is somebody going to make a sour beer 'Brett' joke! *shakes fist*

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Post by tcashin » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:27 pm

mr x wrote:When is somebody going to make a sour beer 'Brett' joke! *shakes fist*

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It happened at 8:20pm last night on the BeerThief forums :D

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Post by BobbyOK » Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:30 pm

We need to add a Hall of Fame forum. This one and Chalmers sleuth work on the Keith's recipe copy paste job should be highlighted somehow.

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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by Jimmy » Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:53 pm

An "EPIC Topic" Forum? lol

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Jimmy wrote:An "EPIC Topic" Forum? lol
May as well make me a full time resident. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by GuingesRock » Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:20 pm

This thread has already had 4036 views. Most of those are visitors to the site. Should we be on our best behavior or something?
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Post by Jimmy » Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:21 pm

GuingesRock wrote:This thread has already had 4036 views. Most of those are visitors to the site. Should we be on out best behavior or something?
No :lol: :spilly: :welcome:

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GuingesRock wrote:This thread has already had 4036 views. Most of those are visitors to the site. Should we be on our best behavior or something?
:mebeer: please. This suffice?
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Re: Warning - Great Canadian Beer Expo

Post by mr x » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:31 pm

For those of you who might have wondered what ever happened to Mr. Brett:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl ... -1.2545244" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Jonathan Brett denies claims in Mud Immortal lawsuit
Adventure race organizer wants court action dismissed


Jonathan Brett, the organizer of Mud Immortal, says he's not responsible for any injuries sustained by one of the participants during the event.

Lawyers for race participant Melissa Angel filed a lawsuit at Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in November.

Angel’s statement of claim alleges negligence and breach of contract.

In court documents, Angel says she sustained "grievous bodily injuries" to her ankle and foot after falling from the monkey bars obstacle on the five-kilometre Mud Immortal adventure challenge course.

Those allegations are still untested in court.

Brett and Mud Immortal Inc. filed a statement of defence on Feb. 11, denying Angel’s allegations.

The defendants deny any negligence or breach of contract.

The statement of defence notes that Angel signed a declaration of assumption of risk and waiver of liability for the Sept. 21 event.

By signing that waiver, the court filings note, Angel acknowledged that "participating in the event was a physically demanding, dangerous and hazardous activity and that she was familiar with the hazards and the potential for personal injury."

The defendants want proof of the extent of her injuries, and plan to call an official with MCP to be examined about Angel’s medical records next month.

The statement of defence argues that the lawsuit should be dismissed.

Brett's lawyer, Sandra Chaytor of Cox and Palmer, said the defence will not be commenting while the matter is before the courts.

The lawsuit also names the provincial Department of Environment and Conservation as a defendant, but the government has yet to file a statement of defence.
Event generated complaints

More than 5,000 people took part in last fall's Mud Immortal challenge, which sparked social media outrage over organizational and safety issues.

The controversial race generated up to hundreds of thousands in revenues, and led to a review of provincial government policy.

CBC News revealed in December that Brett, the organizer of Mud Immortal, was in personal bankruptcy the entire time he was promoting the event.
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