The Bar Towel

Last year the details about the summer release came out on april 9th.. so we should hear any day?

Going by the latest seasonal releases and news out of KGBO, it really won't be too hard to beat people's already low expectations.

Here it is:

405860 Rogue 7 Hop IPA $7.25 650 7.4
318758 Cuvee des Jacobins Belgian Lambic Ale $3.95 330 5.5
447995 St. Louis Fond Tradition Kriek Lambic $5.60 375 4
365726 Samuel Smith's Organic Apricot Ale $5.95 550 5.1
442517 Freigeist Abraxxxas Pear Lichtenhainer $5.95 500 6
406447 Aecht Schlenkeria Rauchbier Weizen Dark $3.85 500 5.2
455964 Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere $9.95 750 4.5
441964 Saison du Japon $4.25 330 5
441972 Chimay Gold $3.65 330 4.8
441980 The Calling IPA $14.95 1420 8.5

couple of repeats and a couple of decent beers.. the jolly pumpkin is a nice surprise

happy to get more jolly even if it's one of the ones i like the least

My southern friends are saying to try The Calling IPA. Apparently its very good.

CoolB wrote:My southern friends are saying to try The Calling IPA. Apparently its very good.

Rated 98 overall on Rate Beer: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/boulevard- ... pa/315817/

98 is too good to be true.. especially once it sits in the lcbo warehouse for a while.

spinrsx wrote:98 is too good to be true.. especially once it sits in the lcbo warehouse for a while.

Joykill

Why does one of the biggest booze monopolies in the world need to keep these lists so short? Why can't you give us at least 20 seasonal choice.

Don't get greedy!

Lukie wrote:Why does one of the biggest booze monopolies in the world need to keep these lists so short? Why can't you give us at least 20 seasonal choice.

I would like to see them focus on improving their warehouse-to-shelf turnover rate before they start bringing in huge numbers of new SKUs. 20 new labels every season would be great... but not if they're showing up 3 months late, and all of the hop-forward ones are stale and not worth paying for.

spinrsx wrote:Don't get greedy!

Lukie wrote:Why does one of the biggest booze monopolies in the world need to keep these lists so short? Why can't you give us at least 20 seasonal choice.

Just want to restore what we had 1-2 years ago. Seems standards are going down, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

darmokandjalad wrote:I would like to see them focus on improving their warehouse-to-shelf turnover rate before they start bringing in huge numbers of new SKUs. 20 new labels every season would be great... but not if they're showing up 3 months late, and all of the hop-forward ones are stale and not worth paying for.

Yes, that is important. If logistics are a problem, they should consider flagging certain beer styles for faster shelf delivery so that they can be enjoyed sooner, leaving the maltier beers on the list that can wait longer, for later delivery in that season.

Lukie wrote:

spinrsx wrote:Don't get greedy!

Lukie wrote:Why does one of the biggest booze monopolies in the world need to keep these lists so short? Why can't you give us at least 20 seasonal choice.

Just want to restore what we had 1-2 years ago. Seems standards are going down, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

We've gone over this. The LCBO gave up brewery features and stated they were reducing their seasonal offering right after they negotiated selling 12 packs and getting beer in grocery stores.

There was no implicit statement saying this was at the request of the macro owned beer store, but you could see this being part of the negotiations, along the lines of "we'll give you twelve packs and allow grocery outlets, if you stop bringing in the good stuff only available at the LCBO, so that we level the playing field and can compete with our swill..."