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by El Torpedo
Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:30 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

Congrats everyone on the acquisition! Lets see some pictures once you gets your hands on it! Here's mine, with my 2009 behind. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/photo2goy.jpg I had left about 2oz of the 2009 in the bottle - I hadn't taken any extraordinary measures to keep it beyond tightly c...
by El Torpedo
Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:35 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

TheBeeraholic wrote:Finally got the call and picked mine up today.
Ditto! No glass yet, though.
by El Torpedo
Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:10 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

Coming up on 5 weeks, and still no word from my LCBO. I know, I know, they said 4-6 weeks, so I'll try and remain patient. I happened to be at the store this afternoon picking up some wine, and stopped at the Customer Service desk just to check in on the off chance it had arrived but they hadn't got...
by El Torpedo
Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:59 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO strike vote
Replies: 76
Views: 27099

As long as it's not before I get my bottle of Utopias...
by El Torpedo
Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:42 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

TheSevenDuffs wrote:Got my call on Friday when I was out of town and picked mine up yesterday from my local store in Mississauga.
Which is your local store? I'm in Mississauga too - I asked for it to be sent to the Erin Mills/Eglinton outlet. Have not heard from them though...
by El Torpedo
Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:22 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

Does anyone know if this release comes with the Riedel glass? Would be nice. But I doubt it. Did the 2011? My 2009s didn't. I went back to my old emails - for some reason I had remembered the glass being with the bottle when I picked it up at the store (the first release in 2010). I'm wrong though ...
by El Torpedo
Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:49 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

Does anyone know if this release comes with the Riedel glass?
by El Torpedo
Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:53 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Sam Adams Utopias
Replies: 76
Views: 32404

woohoo, I finally got one! 20min of busy signals, then 20min on hold, but i was victorious! Congrats! I was able to get one last year. I think even with the media attention, seeing that this is the 3rd release those on the board who are diligent should be able to score one! Agree. I completely luck...
by El Torpedo
Fri Dec 14, 2012 8:16 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Westy 12 release: mid December
Replies: 741
Views: 223375

Royal Bank Plaza LCBO. By 7:45 the line up was at least 100 strong. Was told by the cashier yesterday they were only getting 20 units. LCBO inventory says 40. Either way, people are stupid.
by El Torpedo
Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:48 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Spearhead coming to lcbo
Replies: 38
Views: 11342

Listing at $13.95 on the LCBO site. Happy to see the $16 + predictions were wrong. Now only if I could find a store that actually carries it...
by El Torpedo
Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:19 pm
Forum: Local and Imported Beer Reviews
Topic: Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
Replies: 39
Views: 7743

A great beer and great news that they sold out so quickly. The only time I am a fan of 'limits' is at actual events such as CaskDays, etc. Those are somewhat meant for people to be able to sample a range of unique brews...so the goal is getting beers in as many different hands as possible. Black Oa...
by El Torpedo
Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:44 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO/Vintages - Sam Adams Utopias 2011
Replies: 49
Views: 22972

Well, I lucked out last year with the lottery, but no go this year. Finally goth through at 9:45, was on hold until 9:58 and was told I missed the last one by about a minute. Damn.
by El Torpedo
Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:22 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Flying Monkey Smashbomb IPA
Replies: 389
Views: 111549

Hi Peter, I've had a thought regarding this unfortunate turn of event and I was wondering...Is it possible that the product was rejected due to bad timing? I mean, I was reading an article that many television stations were pulling episodes of the Simpsons that referenced a nuclear disaster or Tsun...
by El Torpedo
Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:09 pm
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: If you were only allowed to drink...
Replies: 34
Views: 8337

Mill Street.
by El Torpedo
Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:48 am
Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
Topic: Professor brews beer with 45 million-year-old yeast
Replies: 3
Views: 1863

Wow. Good to see the Star is keeping current! This story is at least 2 years old. If anyone's interested, there's a much better article here: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-08/ff_primordial_yeast?currentPage=all The yeast apparently has some interesting characteristics - top-fe...