u/keithplacer

With most provincial liquor boards either not selling American whisky at all or having a very limited assortment (Alberta excepted) it strikes me that this is a huge opportunity being missed by the Canadian whisky industry to stake out new markets. I am in Nova Scotia - admittedly one of the provinces with one of the worst provincial liquor boards in terms of product assortment - and I checked this morning to see what our Canadian whisky selection looked like. Assuming their new (and unbelievably awful) new website is correct, it is absolutely atrocious. Nothing but bottom-shelfers with a few exceptions. Even borderline decent stuff like Collingwood Double-Barrel is missing, and forget about the premium Alberta, Lot 40 and Pike Creek variations. There is just nothing particularly good.

Alberta aside, is this typical in other provinces? The distillers should be rushing in to fill the hole created, and liquor boards should be asking them to do so as well. But it seems neither side cares. If the Canadian whisky industry has any aspirations to move upmarket from the commodity level they mostly are at presently, this is the time.

About 18 months ago as part of my kitchen reno I bought a Bosch 300 series DW. It has been fine and I have no reason to replace it, but at the time it was a toss-up between it and one of the higher-end Whirlpools or KitchenAids. I bought a Frigidaire refrigerator and range at the time and also looked at their dishwashers but at the time they didn't seem to have anything that was all that well-regarded, so I looked elsewhere..

Recently quite by accident I stumbled onto this:

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/frigidaire-gallery-24-42db-built-in-dishwasher-gdph4525af-stainless-steel/18472894

It gets great reviews and is very quiet, comparable with the quietest brands at 42db. It is also reasonably priced. The one odd thing is that it retains a plastic interior, not the stainless that other higher-end brands have. That doesn't bother me too much but it does seem a bit odd. If anyone who actually owns one of these could weigh in, I'd be appreciative.

For the last year I've been using a Bosch 300 series dishwasher that replaced a 20+ y-o GE Quiet Power III unit that never gave me a problem. Despite its name, it wasn't particularly quiet which was really the only thing wrong with it. But it cleaned very well.

I am not particularly enamored with the Bosch aside from it being much quieter. I find it a bit more challenging to load and the flatware bins seem chintzy. However one thing that it does that I never had a problem with before is cleaning stainless flatware. Every load comes out with black specks/marks on the stainless. They aren't loose bits that can be wiped off easily. They seem almost like ink marks (they obviously aren't that though) which cannot be felt if you run a fingernail over them. They are very well-bonded to the stainless. They need to be buffed or polished away using a cleaner. Can anyone explain why this is happening? I have used a variety of detergents. Both Cascade and Finish pods of varying grades, and following a comment I read online, also a first dose of powder dishwasher detergent as a first step. Nothing seems to help.

https://preview.redd.it/su0akvmnz30h1.jpg?width=2141&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17aa78ae5f9f6179e1575d772dc49ac9afae0eb9

According to Autoblog, now cheaper than the RAV4 plug-in.

https://www.autoblog.com/news/mazda-cuts-5k-off-cx-70-phev-now-cheaper-than-the-toyota-rav4-phev