Public support helps reinstate Beau’s home-delivery service in Ottawa

A decision to shut down a home-delivery partnership between Beau's All Natural Brewery's and an Ottawa-based charity was reversed by Queen's Park late last week after an outpouring of public outcry quickly worked its way up the ladders of provincial government.

The BottleWorks partnership, between Beau's and Operation Come Home, expects to raise money for the charity through delivery fees and help a few homeless youth by providing them with jobs.

It was shut down on its first day of operation, Thursday, November 24, by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, because of a provincial legislation that states alcohol intended for home delivery must be purchased from the LCBO or The Beer Store.

But Beau's co-founder Steve Beauchesne received word late Friday afternoon from Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MPP Grant Crack that an exception would be made.

The service was reinstated as of 5:15 p.m. on Friday, December 2, with deliveries beginning Monday.

Read more in this week's edition of The Review.