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Based on these reviews, I think I'll let my bottle spend some time in the cellar before cracking! Maybe next winter.

This should really have been called Ommegang of Thrones for maximum punditry.

How did the 2012 and 2013 Dogstalker Bock compare? I always wonder if bocks are worth aging.

I love this beer and always try to stock up both my parents' cellar, and my fridge, when I visit Cambridge. I hear what you're saying with the winey undertone - it comes out really nicely, even over a few years. I also noticed the version bottled late last year was marked 8%, while bottes from Janua...

Haha, the furious hate for Lug Tread is hilarious. I've enjoyed it many times as simple, fresh summer beer (I like the slight grassy taste). I also quite like Strong Patrick, especially after being out of the fridge for a while. Funny, I had it on tap at the Cloak and Dagger and was pretty disappoin...

Got excited seeing the shelf labels (upside down) for this release at King/Spadina last week. Refrained from hassling staff about stock.

This is good news, because wow was their Moroccan brown ale ever a terrible sweet mess! I will give Spearhead another try with this stout.

on the plus side, it does have an awesome name...

Thanks for helping put this together, Greg. The food was very, very good. The sunchoke soup and corn dog with the Long Dong Pilsner was my favourite pairing, and the Pompous Ass on Nitro was possibly my favourite beer. My lady had the Veg option which was arguably even better than the regular course...

^Yeah what happened with that? Just had a bottle of their Art of Darkness on the weekend which was quite enjoyable.

This LCBO batch did seem much gentler than in June. Back then it was a punch in the face of bitterness. Maybe I just wasn't used to drinking the big beers in the summer months.

Is it possible it has mellowed significantly over the last 5 months in the bottle?

1 for me as well. Very curious!

Those champagne bottle stoppers are great as well. I bought it thinking it would encourage me to drink less in one night, but lately I seem to be using it as an excuse to have a taste from one *more* bottle!

Sorry all! Not really sure how I fell off the cask wagon on that one.

*historian alert* If you are writing about Labatt in the 1884-1894, you are actually writing about the nineteen-hundreds or 19th century, not the 1800s. A bit counter-intuitive, I know. It's been awhile since I've looked through old account books in an archives. Enjoy your research in one of my favo...