private order #2?

lister · Post by **lister** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:35 am

Belgian wrote:Don't forget the Hercules IIPA, you Hop Fiend...

But surely kind sir it would be grossly inappropriate and in bad form for me to deprive you and your brethren of that bitter elixir you all love so! Oh how it gives me chills that I still have a DFH 60min in my fridge feeling unloved, unappreciated and sadly spared the joy of passing the connoisseur lips of you hardy drinking lot.

(Now available in convenient snack size.)

(Not convenient enough.)

flip · Post by **flip** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:43 pm

inertiaboy wrote:When it rains, it pours... Just got a note from Sylvia about pricing from Anderson Valley, Three Floyds, and Hair of the Dog:

"In response to your inquiry for the above-mentioned products, unfortunately the suppliers are not sending the pricing information we requested."
Back to square one (and I don't mean Mississauga...). Maybe our approach should be to contact our target brewery directly and see if they are interested in shipping an order to Ontario. Once we have that contact established, then we get the LCBO involved. Anyone want to take the lead on this?

I'm willing to contact the above breweries, but I won't be able to do so until after Labour Day: I'm heading out east for a few weeks and won't be back until then. So, unless someone wants to contact them earlier, I'll take care of it.

JWalter · Post by **JWalter** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:17 pm

bump... I'm thoroughly enjoying the GD Titans, hoping that we don't lose our momentum... What's the latest on this?

inertiaboy · Post by **inertiaboy** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:56 pm

no update from my end - my last four requests to the LCBO resulted in failure so I'm willing to let someone else take a kick at the can.

Moylan's is next up on the Bieropholie private orders so they are probably willing to ship to Ontario as well. Might be a good place to start.

flip · Post by **flip** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:00 pm

I'm in the midst of drafting emails to Three Floyds, Hair of the Dog, Bear Republic and Anderson Valley. They should be dispatched in the next day or so.

If I get a favourable response from any one of them, I'll post and then follow up with the LCBO to see if they can get their act together.

emjay · Post by **emjay** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:38 pm

those sound like some nice choices flip... i'd have liked to get some cases from dogfish head, but those would be good too

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:28 pm

emjay wrote:those sound like some nice choices flip... i'd have liked to get some cases from dogfish head, but those would be good too

Dogfish Head cannot do private orders into Ontario since they are repped here by Esprit.

Al of Kingston · Post by **Al of Kingston** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:11 pm

Would there be any value in a mass purchase through a US store and we all head down to pick up the load and come back together through customs? It seems to me the effort and weeks of delay are a heck of a lot compared to the welcome a shop like Finger Lake Beverages in Ithaca would give us all. Heck, that is a land of many pubs so maybe we make it an overnighter.

[Thinks to self: wow - where do I think I am going to scrape together all the credits I need to actually pull of this plan myself?]

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:58 pm

Al the beerblogger wrote:Would there be any value in a mass purchase through a US store and we all head down to pick up the load and come back together through customs? It seems to me the effort and weeks of delay are a heck of a lot compared to the welcome a shop like Finger Lake Beverages in Ithaca would give us all. Heck, that is a land of many pubs so maybe we make it an overnighter.

[Thinks to self: wow - where do I think I am going to scrape together all the credits I need to actually pull of this plan myself?]

I have been thinking of that myself. If only as a political statement.

jkubik · Post by **jkubik** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:54 pm

What is the customs charge at the border if done that way?

Al of Kingston · Post by **Al of Kingston** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:37 pm

PST+GST+duty+LCBO markup = about 37%

flip · Post by **flip** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:53 pm

flip wrote:I'm in the midst of drafting emails to Three Floyds, Hair of the Dog, Bear Republic and Anderson Valley. They should be dispatched in the next day or so.

If I get a favourable response from any one of them, I'll post and then follow up with the LCBO to see if they can get their act together.

Update: I just heard back from Alan Spirits at Hair of The Dog. He said that he'd already handled an order from the LCBO this year. I haven't yet followed up with the LCBO.

inertiaboy · Post by **inertiaboy** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:57 pm

flip wrote:Update: I just heard back from Alan Spirits at Hair of The Dog. He said that he'd already handled an order from the LCBO this year. I haven't yet followed up with the LCBO.

Here's my conspiracy theory: the LCBO didn't actually send out the request for quotes to the four breweries I asked about because they don't want to encourage these types of orders. Instead, they just told me that they didn't get any responses. If you are talking to Alan again, can you ask him if he received a request from the LCBO in July/August?

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:12 pm

flip wrote: Update: I just heard back from Alan Spirits at Hair of The Dog. He said that he'd already handled an order from the LCBO this year. I haven't yet followed up with the LCBO.

Probably Ralphs Volo order?

flip · Post by **flip** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:22 pm

JerCraigs wrote:
flip wrote: Update: I just heard back from Alan Spirits at Hair of The Dog. He said that he'd already handled an order from the LCBO this year. I haven't yet followed up with the LCBO.
Probably Ralphs Volo order?

It could be because Alan specifically mentioned the 5 case per product limit...