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2020 Autumn Ontario Craft Beers, Imports & Pumpkin Beers at the LCBO

This forum is for discussing everything beer retail: LCBO, Beer Store, Grocery Stores and Indie Stores.

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2020 Autumn Ontario Craft Beers, Imports & Pumpkin Beers at the LCBO

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ONTARIO
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Ace Hill Winter Radler $3.15 473 ACE HILL BEER COMPANY
Boneshaker Skull Mug Gift Pack $22.95 1892 Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Autumn $14.95 2130 ANDERSON CRAFT ALES
Ashton Brown Ale $3.25 473 ASHTON BREWING COMPANY
Cowbell Brewing Co Pucker Piquer Raspberry So $3.7 473 BLYTH BREWING
Foliage Autumn Ale $3.35 473 BOBCAYGEON BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
Clifford Porter $3.45 473 BRAD CLIFFORD
Brock Street Munich Lager $3.35 473 BROCK STREET BREWING COMPANY
Red Hook Stout $3.35 473 FIXED GEAR BREWING
HOMETOWN BREW CO. COCONUT PORTER $3.2 473 HOMETOWN BREWING COMPANY INC.
Different as Night and Day Shift / $3.5 473 Kensington Brewing Company
Lake Of Bays Twilight Hour Coffee Stout $3.55 473 LAKE OF BAYS BREWERY
Lake Of Bays Foghorn Juicy IPA $3.55 473 LAKE OF BAYS BREWERY
Organic Sweet Potato Rye $3.95 473 LONDON BREWING
MacLean's Cherry Porter $3.3 473 MACLEAN'S ALES INC
Railway City Brewing - Steampunk Mixed Berry $3.75 473 RAILWAY CITY BREWING COMPANY
Railway City Brewing - Double Dead Elephant $4.25 473 RAILWAY CITY BREWING COMPANY
Steam Whistle Blood Orange Shandy $3.15 473 STEAM WHISTLE BREWING
Steam Whistle Cranberry Ginger Shandy $3.15 473 STEAM WHISTLE BREWING
Steam Whistle Steamy Fall Sampler $18.95 2838 STEAM WHISTLE BREWING
Waterloo Salted Caramel Porter $2.85 473 THE BRICK BREWING CO.
Waterloo Festbier $2.85 473 THE BRICK BREWING CO.
HAZELNUT COFFEE STOUT $3.5 473 THE PUBLICAN HOUSE
Monday Night Piper Scottish-style ale $3.5 473 THE SECOND WEDGE BREWING COMPANY
Slow Down Cranberry Raspberry Sour 2020 $3.5 473 TRESTLE BREWING COMPANY LTD.
Double Trouble Pecan Pie Porter N/A 473 UNITED CRAFT
Walkerville Brewery Rob Roy Scotch Ale $3.25 473 WALKERVILLE BREWERY
Welly Mix Volume 9 $13.95 1892 WELLINGTON COUNTY BREWERY
Wild Bog $3.25 473 WHITEWATER BREWING COMPANY
Spirit Wolf Coffee Blond $3.35 473 Sons of Kent
Juicier IPA $15.45 2150 ANDERSON CRAFT ALES
Omnipollo Aura 2020 $4.25 473 CRAFT BRAND COMPANY INC.
Hop City Boxcar Bock $3.15 473 THE PREMIUM BEER COMPANY INC.
Blackberry Pi $6.6 330 THE EXCHANGE BREWERY INC.
Collective Arts Pomegranate & Grapefruit Sour $4.45 473 COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING LIMITED
Junction Craft Brewing Blood Orange Sour $3.55 473 CHURCHILL CELLARS LTD.
Great Lakes Brewery - Karma Citra IPA $3.35 473 GREAT LAKES BREWING CO
Great Lakes Brewery - Burst! $3 473 GREAT LAKES BREWING CO
Left Field Prospect Sabro IPA $3.75 355 Left Field Brewery
Left Field Brewery Squints Sunflower Seed Gos $3.75 355Left Field Brewery
Collaboration Mix Pack $13.95 1892 WELLINGTON COUNTY BREWERY
Muskoka Shinnicked Stout $3.5 473 LAKES OF MUSKOKA COTTAGE BREWERY
Hazy Town IPA $3.35 473 AMSTERDAM BREWING CO. LIMITED
Fracture Imperial IPA $3.95 473 AMSTERDAM BREWING CO. LIMITED
Muskoka Harvest Ale $3.65 473 LAKES OF MUSKOKA COTTAGE BREWERY
Steam Whistle Pale Ale Lunchbox $29.95 2838 STEAM WHISTLE BREWING
Society Beer Drinking Ladies NEIPA w Clementine $3.25 473 HENDERSON BREWING CO
Export Stout $3.5 473 HENDERSON BREWING CO
Jam Hands $8 375 SMALL PONY BARREL WORKS
Lake of the Woods Wrong Side of the Tracks Porter $3.25 473 LAKE OF THE WOODS BREWING
Beau's Night Marzen $3.95 473 BEAU'S ALL NATURAL BREWING CO.
Beau's Fall Winter Mix Pack $19.95 2838 BEAU'S ALL NATURAL BREWING CO.
Amsterdam Winter Flight Pack $12.95 473 Amsterdam Brewing Co.
Sweetback's Milk Stout $3.55 473 RAINHARD BREWING COMPANY INC.
Remembrance Red Ale $3.95 473 ROYAL CITY BREWING CO. INC
Bench Brewing Pinot Noir Wildwood Barrel Aged $6.95 $500 BENCH BREWING CO.
Bench Brewing Folklore Dark Sour Ale $6.95 500 BENCH BREWING CO.
Collective Arts Raspberry Dry Hopped Sour $3.35 355 COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING LIMITED

IMPORTS
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407999 Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter
16693 Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
16185 Troubadour Imperial Stout
16694 Old Engine Oil
16689 Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale
107672 Ola Dubh 12 yr old
16688 Best of Belgium - 6 - Pack
16133 Zundert 10
16686 Rogue Coast Haste Imperial Hazy IPA
16685 Cigar City White Oak Jai Alai IPA

PUMPKIN
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Grand River Highballer Pumpkin Ale $3.4 473 GRAND RIVER BREWING
Great Lakes Brewery - Pumpkin Ale - NEW FORMAT $3.25 473 GREAT LAKES BREWING CO
Lake Of Bays Pumpkin Ale $3.45 473 LAKE OF BAYS BREWERY
518720 St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale
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Post by S. St. Jeb »

A large number of these beers are not new. To be sure, some are seasonal - which I like. I thought some of them were already permanently listed.

I'm a little surprised to see so many sours and shandies as these seem more like summer beers than fall.

That is the shortest list of pumpkin beers in many years, perhaps since they first existed. I always some of these; will probably get at least one of each.

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S. St. Jeb wrote:A large number of these beers are not new. To be sure, some are seasonal - which I like. I thought some of them were already permanently listed.

I'm a little surprised to see so many sours and shandies as these seem more like summer beers than fall.

That is the shortest list of pumpkin beers in many years, perhaps since they first existed. I always some of these; will probably get at least one of each.
The Imports section usually has the needle movers in my opinion and without it the Autumn list is incomplete :( i'll send HelloLCBO another message.

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Glad that the Henderson Stout is back, I thought that was really quite good. Interesting that Fracture seems to be listed as cheaper than in other years??Hopefully that doesn’t mean they’ve lessened the hops in it.

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sofakingdrunk wrote:Glad that the Henderson Stout is back, I thought that was really quite good. Interesting that Fracture seems to be listed as cheaper than in other years??Hopefully that doesn’t mean they’ve lessened the hops in it.
I'm happy to see Henderson back as well, that was an excellent export stout and a relatively rare offering around here too.

Lots of good ones on that list. Fall and winter usually kill the wallet since that's when all my favourites seem to come out.
JaseWescott wrote:The Imports section usually has the needle movers in my opinion and without it the Autumn list is incomplete :( i'll send HelloLCBO another message.
Agreed, I want to know what festbiers/Marzens, etc. to expect.

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sofakingdrunk wrote:Glad that the Henderson Stout is back, I thought that was really quite good. Interesting that Fracture seems to be listed as cheaper than in other years??Hopefully that doesn’t mean they’ve lessened the hops in it.
Recipe hasn't been decided yet. :wink:

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updated list with imports section. the LCBO agent isn't sure if these Imports are final and last year the Lederhosen and Dirndl packs hit late Summer or early Fall and were not on any list so keep your eyes peeled! 8)

next quarterly list should be Winter season which begins first week of Dec.

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JaseWescott wrote:updated list with imports section. the LCBO agent isn't sure if these Imports are final and last year the Lederhosen and Dirndl packs hit late Summer or early Fall and were not on any list so keep your eyes peeled! 8)

next quarterly list should be Winter season which begins first week of Dec.
Nice additions. Sam smith taddy Porter is great. Old
Engine oil and ola dubh are also big hits with me.
Anybody know what the White oak Jai alai is? I like the original, and even slight aged through the LCBO it still holds up pretty well.

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I'm pretty sure it's just Jai Alai brewed with white oak spirals. I don't think it's aged or anything.

According to their website, it's a seasonal that they stopped making in June. Maybe they made a special batch for us? Dare to dream, Craig.

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not on the list but tagged under Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dark Lager

Muskoka Munich To My Ears

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ears-16887

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JaseWescott wrote:not on the list but tagged under Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dark Lager

Muskoka Munich To My Ears

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ears-16887
The more O-Fests / marzens available, the better. :lol:

Would love to see more wet hop / harvest ales for the fall as well, but they don't seem to be as popular here as they are in the States.
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cratez wrote:
JaseWescott wrote:not on the list but tagged under Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dark Lager

Muskoka Munich To My Ears

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ears-16887
The more O-Fests / marzens available, the better. :lol:

Would love to see more wet hop / harvest ales for the fall as well, but they don't seem to be as popular here as they are in the States.
For whatever reason most of the wet hop ales I've tried locally just aren't very good. Muskoka Harvest Ale used to be my favourite, but the recipe has changed and it's nowhere near as good now. Curious which ones you've had luck with, since I've found they often taste like flatter, blander versions of an IPA/APA.

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seangm wrote:
cratez wrote:
JaseWescott wrote:not on the list but tagged under Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dark Lager

Muskoka Munich To My Ears

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ears-16887
The more O-Fests / marzens available, the better. :lol:

Would love to see more wet hop / harvest ales for the fall as well, but they don't seem to be as popular here as they are in the States.
For whatever reason most of the wet hop ales I've tried locally just aren't very good. Muskoka Harvest Ale used to be my favourite, but the recipe has changed and it's nowhere near as good now. Curious which ones you've had luck with, since I've found they often taste like flatter, blander versions of an IPA/APA.
2013 was a year where both Amsterdam and Nickelbrook had wet hop ales that were crazy good

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matt7215 wrote:
cratez wrote:
JaseWescott wrote:not on the list but tagged under Oktoberfest/Marzen and Dark Lager

Muskoka Munich To My Ears

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... ears-16887
The more O-Fests / marzens available, the better. :lol:

Would love to see more wet hop / harvest ales for the fall as well, but they don't seem to be as popular here as they are in the States.
2013 was a year where both Amsterdam and Nickelbrook had wet hop ales that were crazy good
Ah, yea I remember those ones. Amsterdam's was indeed very good, I can't remember the Nickel Brook one though. I don't recall seeing them for the past few years sadly, the only wet hop ale I tried last year was Perth's Cascader Invader but it wasn't very good.

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Wellington Collaboration Mix Pack listed

https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ ... z1V6kBFxzk

beers inside

Wellington x Great Lakes West Coast Pale Ale (5.8% abv)
Wellington x Muskoka Coffee Cream Ale (5.0% abv)
Wellington x Cameron’s Kveik IPA (6.3% abv)
Wellington x Nickel Brook Dry-Hopped Sour with Blueberry and Pear (4.8% abv)

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