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While we're doing off the cuff reviews the gose and hefeweizen from the Collective Arts variety pack are decent, solid, if uninspired. But I think you could say that for the majority of craft brew at the LCBO. That said, happy birthday my fellow mannerly donut, hockey, nature and beer loving Canadia...

In my humble opinion there is no comparison in any possible way between GLB and FM. In my not so humble opinion there is an easy comparison to be made. Both suffer in the same distribution system that doesn't allow for the best brewers to make their beers readily available. But I'm a crusty old fuck.

Lukie wrote:

Blasphomet wrote:

spinrsx wrote:
SMASHBOMB ATOMIC IPA CAN
Canada | Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
LCBO 461798 | 473 mL | $ 2.95

Yes! \m/

Meh, same beer in a can at roughly same price. It's a hardly a blip on my radar. Monkeys have been disappointing for a few years.

I feel the same way about GLB.

I was going to post a link to the LCBO Media Centre that had a story about accepting submissions for up to 70 more grocery stores this fall, but I see they've taken it down already. Here's a link to the story though: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/lcbo-invites-bids-grocers-sell-163100707.html htt...

http://www.lcbo.com/content/lcbo/en/cor ... 06-09.html So this is the guy we can blame for holding beer hostage.

Let them stock what the customer wants. This way the LCBO in rural Ontario doesn't have to stock the exact same products as the one in hipster central in Toronto. I wish rural Ontario stocked the same products as Toronto. My old LCBO carries...well I was going to say Canuck and that's it, but it do...

so how is the mill street west coast ipa? anyone had the chance to try it? seems like it is getting solid reviews As much as it pains me to agree with Mr. Beaumont, I do, right down to the orange juice. I also agree with Mr. St. John's assessment in regards to the wheat. If I were the west coast I ...

While I have to admit the overall snarkiness of the recent post regarding Mill Street's new beer (remember when they were the closest thing you could get to a west coast hoppy beer here on a regular basis?) was initially a real bummer, I have since reversed my opinion, and am enjoying these passiona...

Looks like the title of this section of the forum will need a change at the end of the week:

http://bensbeerblog.com/2015/12/11/lobl ... eer-sales/

Rochefort 10 back at the LCBO. I grabbed a case, the clerk opens it up, scans the same bottle 4 times (assuming it's the same as 4 six packs), puts it back in, closes the case, and asks for $16.40+tax for the case...I speak up saying that's not right it's 24 bottles. If only I weren't an honest man...

Personally, I'd like to see a few more "flagship" stores in the province. As it is the LCB of ONTARIO, i don't think its fair to the rest of the province that only those in Toronto are lucky enough to get anything. I would have had to take the day off work and leave at 5 30 in the morning...