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TheSevenDuffs wrote:

squeaky wrote:There's a rum barrel aged Mad Tom on the way.

I'm skeptical, but we'll have to wait and see.

I assumed this would just be sold in their retail store and not the LCBO. I may be wrong though...

Check out the name of this thread...

LAKE OF MUSKOKA DETOUR huh? Ins't this simply Muskoka Detour? Or did they change their branding again... I believe Muskoka's legal name is Lakes of Muskoka Cottage Brewery. They've dropped the "Lakes of" and "Cottage" from their branding over the years, but they're likely still ...

Jesse Vallins - current chef at The Saint on Ossington, formerly at beerbistro and Trevor, and an old school Bar Toweller (Kid Presentable, for you old timers...) - has asked me to pass along word of a beer dinner that he is presenting on Thursday February 20th. Feature brewery is Amsterdam, and if ...

isn't Kasteel 11% ABV? As I noted above, this was a quick cut & paste from the LCBO-provide spreadsheet, which sometimes has mistakes or typos. I'll do some double checking and clean it up soon. UPDATE: Given that the overall theme of this release is supposed to be "hoppy & sour beers&...

Being in Ottawa, this feature excites me exactly none. I will likely get to try all of these as they will be on tap around town, but I won't be shelling out any money at the BO for them. That's assuming these beers are going to be available on tap, of course. I wouldn't be surprised if they were ke...

The following beers have been confirmed to be part of the LCBO Beau's Brewery Feature: LCBO# / Product Name / Size ml / Alc./Vol % / Retail 378778 / Beau's Gilgamesh Old Ale / 600 / 8.9 / $9.85 378786 / Beau's Ashanan Wheat Wine / 600 / 9.8 / $9.85 378794 / Beau's Siduri White Pepper Saison / 600 / ...

Thanks, cratez. Someone else DMed me the same letter, but before I could follow up, the media invite for the tasting came out with the list.

I've started the new "official" thread for the release - http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=130305 - and will lock this one now.

The following beers have been confirmed to be part of the LCBO Spring 2014 Craft Beer Release. LCBO# / Product Name / Size ml / Alc./Vol % / Suggested Retail / Supplier / Country 360321 / Oakham Citra / 500 / 4.6 / $4.95 / OAKHAM ALES / UK 356246 / Celt Silures / 500 / 4.6 / $3.50 / THE CELT EXPERIE...

Ceecee wrote:Has there been any official word on this yet?

Not yet. And the beer category manager at the LCBO recently left, so I'm not sure who to contact there to get this info.

I'll hit a few other folks I know there and see if I can find out anything...

Wasn't the Perth brewery a former BYO? Yes. I believe the BYO operation is still running, but they also launched a commercial brewery last year. And in response to BlackRedGold - While I can't comment on the quality as I've not tried any Perth beers, they've been brewing more than just macro-clones...

Duke's is owned by SIR Corp, the company that also owns The Loose Moose, Jack Astor's, Reds, and a bunch of other restaurants, both chains and stand-alones: http://www.sircorp.com/ They've been making moves toward better beer in many of their properties. The Moose is the obvious one, but I was also ...

For those looking for the discussion about cross-border beer shopping that had sprung up here - I've split it off into its own thread:

http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=9428

spinrsx wrote:we need to change the name of this thread from founders to 'border beer trip info'

I've split all of the border-crossing chat into its own thread. Which you've probably noticed if you're reading this...

from NACs fb feed: A very nice and balanced Red IPA. Dinner Jacket Red IPA is brewed at 5.8% ABV with 50 IBU's. Smooth and silky and brewed with Oatmeal this IPA will offer a unique and balanced experience. We ship out to the LCBO on Jan 7th and you should see this on shelves at retail by late or e...

matt7215 wrote:The Alt will be listed at the LCBO but Im not sure when.

It's already in the Owen Sound location, with more distribution to follow in the new year:

http://www.canadianbeernews.com/2013/12 ... e-at-lcbo/