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by vandutchy
Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:50 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Coming Soon to the LCBO
Replies: 3108
Views: 1219337

peen: any sign of Stone or Sierra Nevada coming to the LCBO? Both of the news releases from january said march/april for lcbo releases on these.. It's not even July yet! They were slated for a August/September release date if you apply the normal four month LCBO cellaring program which most nice fr...
by vandutchy
Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:43 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Spring Craft Beer Release 2015
Replies: 110
Views: 55434

rfrf wrote:bottle date on the Moralite I just grabbed is jan 28.
Do you know if that is the bottled date or best before date? Crossing my fingers it's the bottled on date......
by vandutchy
Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:01 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Coming Soon to the LCBO
Replies: 3108
Views: 1219337

From Central City, Look what we have coming to an LCBO near you. Yes, we are proud to announce we will have our Red Racer ISA in 473ml cans in Ontario from April. As far as ISA's go, it's not bad. Good camping beer! NOT coming from Central City: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/brewery-...
by vandutchy
Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:09 pm
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Bier Markt -Esplanade
Replies: 9
Views: 6726

Re: Bier Markt -Esplanade

Although this is not a place I regularly go I stopped by yesterday to see if they did in fact have some of the new beers that many of us have been waiting for to hit the Ontario market. It did not disappoint...on Tap to name a few were Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone IPA, Goose Island IPA...another d...
by vandutchy
Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:07 am
Forum: Good Pubs, Brewpubs & Beer Bars
Topic: Bier Markt -Esplanade
Replies: 9
Views: 6726

Bier Markt -Esplanade

Although this is not a place I regularly go I stopped by yesterday to see if they did in fact have some of the new beers that many of us have been waiting for to hit the Ontario market. It did not disappoint...on Tap to name a few were Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone IPA, Goose Island IPA, Brew Dog Pu...
by vandutchy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:13 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Winter Craft Beer Release 2014
Replies: 166
Views: 72939

BakaGaijin wrote:I was told a restaurant cleaned out the QQ location. Bought everything.

Makes sense....they'll probably sell for $30 and make a killing.
Lots of new Rodenbach on the shelves as of this morning. Fairly dispersed too across province
by vandutchy
Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:30 am
Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
Topic: Stone Brewing Beer Launch Events Ontario - Feb 23-27
Replies: 14
Views: 6481

You have to wonder if Stone announcing these dates and places kind of took the wind out of Horizon Beers sail? I suspect that Stone removed this from their website at the request of somebody or some agency....
by vandutchy
Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:14 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: New Arrivals at LCBO & TBS
Replies: 5283
Views: 1871898

nice new beer at TBS - if you're into buying kegs Red Racer India Session Ale 4% ABV Quantity: 1 × Keg 50000 ml Price: $276.00 I am curious to try this and will need to track down a bar that will be carrying this in Toronto as I have never had a Central City beer that I did not like. I find it a bi...
by vandutchy
Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:26 pm
Forum: Beer Events & Festivals
Topic: Stone Brewing Beer Launch Events Ontario - Feb 23-27
Replies: 14
Views: 6481

Stone Brewing Beer Launch Events Ontario - Feb 23-27

For all of us that are patiently waiting.... Just hold on a few more weeks! Events right across Ontario

http://www.stonebrewing.com/canada/

Cheers,
RV
by vandutchy
Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:08 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Winter Craft Beer Release 2014
Replies: 166
Views: 72939

sprague11 wrote:Any sightings of Black Betty asides from Dufferin?
Cooper Street LCBO has it on the shelves as I saw it at lunch. Fair warning though it was brewed/bottled in September and looked to have a fair bit of sediment on the bottom.
by vandutchy
Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:28 am
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO PRICE CHANGES - BEER
Replies: 4
Views: 3424

LCBO PRICE CHANGES - BEER

I noticed that there are several Belgian beers that are going to have Price changes -all the Chimays for example. Does anyone know anything about this or when and what these prices will be? Likely going up since our dollar has been around 88 cents for awhile now......Peen or Peter do one of you know?
by vandutchy
Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:54 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO Mikkeller Brewery Feature
Replies: 139
Views: 64865

Re: Selection

Roland + Russell wrote:Mikkel himself decided what he wanted the agency to submit for the feature.
Cheers,
hey r&r any chance you can find out or ask him directly why he decided on these beers for Ontario and the LCBO? Curious to know his thoughts? Cheers
by vandutchy
Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:14 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: LCBO.com
Replies: 58
Views: 42027

Hey guys not sure if anyone posted this already but you can also get inventory of beer through searching for it on the Vintages site at www.vintages.com and it seems to be accurate (as much as the lcbo can be ;) ) just like the old one
Cheers
by vandutchy
Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:59 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Fresh Founders Centennial at the LCBO
Replies: 132
Views: 47917

Cass wrote:Founders has confirmed they have withdrawn from Ontario.
Thanks Cass for the update although it will be sadly missed at least Red Racer is still here! For how long though is anyone's guess!
by vandutchy
Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:32 pm
Forum: LCBO, Beer Stores, Grocery & Indie Stores
Topic: Green Flash no longer at the lcbo
Replies: 18
Views: 6614

run of the mill 99/100 ratebeer? I will miss this stuff :( http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/green-flash-west-coast-ipa/44905/ Look at it from a good angle... local IPAs are catching up, may be no longer need for this run of the mill west coast IPA anyways Just saw they had fresh West Coast IPA (in the ...