A sign hangs outside the Oakridge Great Canadian Superstore reading "Beer. Here!" as the province rolls out a pilot program for selling beer in Ontario supermarkets.

The London grocery store was included in the first round of stores offering a variety of different brew.

There are a total of four locations in London where beer is either available or will be soon:

  • Real Canadian Superstore, 1205 Oxford St. (now available)
  • Farm Boy, 1415 Beaverbrook Ave. (expeced to start Dec. 18)
  • Food Basics, 509 Commissioners Rd. W.
  • Walmart Supercentre, 1280 Fanshawe Park Rd.

Premier Kathleen Wynne made the announcement Tuesday morning then made history by buying a six-pack of beer at a Toronto grocery store, something that hasn't been legal in Ontario since prohibition.

Wynne was carded by the cashier when she bought beer at a Loblaws store, starting the long-promised roll out of beer sales in select grocery outlets across the province.

The goal is to have six-packs of beer available at 60 grocery stores by the end of this year, eventually expanding to 450 grocery retailers -- large and small -- by 2017.

Last month, the Liberal government announced 13 grocery stores and chains that were chosen to sell beer in the first round, including retail giant Walmart Canada, Metro Ontario and Sobeys, which all have stores across the province.

Of the 60 beer licences, 12 were reserved for small grocers including Starsky Fine Foods in Hamilton, Pino's Get Fresh in Sault Ste. Marie and J-&-B La Mantia in Lindsay.

Loblaws announced beer is now available in 19 of its outlets, including some Real Canadian Superstore, Your Independent Grocery and Fortinos locations.

A full list of stores is available on the the province's website.

With files from the Canadian Press