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GregClow · Joined: 10 Aug 2001 Posts: 3835 Location: Parkdale

The following beers are included in the LCBO's Spring, 2008 seasonal beer promotion. All have been spotted in at least one LCBO location as of March 6th:

Duchy Originals Organic Ale (LCBO 26971) - $3.55/500 mL bottle
Orval (LCBO 439992) - $3.45/330 mL bottle
Jenlain Bière de Printemps (LCBO 65771) - $2.45/330 mL bottle
St. Louis Gueuze (LCBO 468660) - $3.95/375 mL bottle
Trafalgar Oak Aged Rye (LCBO 67173) - $3.95/650 mL bottle
Weltenberger Kloster Asam Bock (LCBO 893974) - $3.25/500 mL bottle
Westmalle Tripel (LCBO 676577) - $3.95/330 mL bottle
Rogue Brutal Bitter (LCBO 909770) - $5.95/650 mL bottle
Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23 (LCBO 65763) - $2.60/330 mL bottle

Bobsy · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 2076 Location: Toronto

Pretty solid selection there. I wonder how the Trafalgar will turn out? I see from reviews that it fares better than their other beers.

Thanks for posting the list, Greg.

GregClow · Joined: 10 Aug 2001 Posts: 3835 Location: Parkdale

Andicus · Joined: 08 Feb 2002 Posts: 614 Location: St. Catharines

I already picked up a case of Orval, so I'll be stocking up on the Brutal Bitter.

grub · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: Re: LCBO Spring 2008 release

tuqueboy · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 576 Location: Toronto

Belgian · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 7067 Location: I Heart TO

Ya fink?

I do hope so.

Trafalgar (shaking my head) is a amazingly lucky brewery to still be in distribution, and I do attempt to try one of each beer when it comes out just to see how it will be before a full week passes & it dies on the shelf.

We have not had the Westmalle since Christmas of 2005, and I'm glad we will once again have it alongside Chimay Blanc for a direct comparison of two good Tripels. NOT something you want to do before operating a motor vehicle.

The Super-Strong Eggenberg 23º from Austria should be outstanding, as should the Rogue ESB (American Beer IN CANADA??)... and, hey... the Jenlain (French not Belgian) might be a fairly interesting, rare treat, with only 50 ratings on RateBeer.

Everything else is a repeat, some better than others - the Dutchy's is a lush, fragrant very drinkable ale so I'l be grabbing lots of that, & the Welty, & the Orval.

So thank you to all the importers who've worked so hard to get some decent beers approved with the big bad LCBO!
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tuqueboy · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 576 Location: Toronto

[quote="GregClow"]The following beers are planned to be included in the LCBO's Spring, 2008 seasonal beer promotion. Beers in this release are due to appear in stores in March, although St. Louis Gueuze Lambic is already available at several locations.

Rogue Brutal Bitter

Hmm. This is part of the spring release eh? Funny, that LCBO call for U.S. micros a while back seemed to imply that the U.S. stuff was all gonna come out together, didn't it? Guess they're spreading it throughout the seasonal releases then, judging by this and the Southern Tier stuff. A little birdie tells me Brooklyn Local 1 and Black Chocolate Stout have been accepted. (for sometime this spring and winter, respectively).

GregClow · Joined: 10 Aug 2001 Posts: 3835 Location: Parkdale

The_Jester · Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 555 Location: Peterborough

I was kinda hoping for a few more eastern European lagers and British bitters, but I guess this will have to do.

On a more serious note, repeats aren't such a bad thing. The last time some of these beers were here, I was still pounding away the Ex, so I'm really looking forward to them.

So whomever I need to thank for this - Thank-you.

Bobsy · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 2076 Location: Toronto

esprit · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:26 am Post subject:

We're happy to have been able to offer 4 of these (Orval, Westy, Rogue and Weltenburger) and appreciate everyone's support in going out and buying up as much as you can as quickly as you can...we'll be buying up some quantities for the bar/restaurant trade but we're trying to have stocks sent to one store and we'll try to keep it to a minimum so as not to deprive retail customers as two of these beers are regular Consignment items so they will be available after the promo ends, but we expect demand to be high and for these beers to be sold out long before the end of the 3 month promo.
For some time we were the bad boy in our relations with the LCBO but that is all behind us and the LCBO has been very receptive to the offers we've made for Summer and Autumn 2008 as well as the Holiday Gift Program (you'll see some repeats but some interesting new stuff as well). Also, we'll have a couple of U.S. micros hitting the permanent General List shelves in about 2-3 months time but I'm just going to tease you at this point.

Bobsy · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 2076 Location: Toronto

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tuqueboy · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 576 Location: Toronto