Unlike the U.K. and U.S., in Ontario, Canada we can't get beer in the grocery store/supermarket. We have to go to a Brewer's Retail outlet of the brewery itself to buy our beer. Lots of them around, though and the laws about beer and liquor retailing have relaxed here since the war. In my Dad's day, you were limited on how often and how much liquor you could buy at a time. Back then, quart bottles of beer were more common than now, though in fewer choices of brands.