Your ideal LCBO spring release

TJ · Post by TJ » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:43 pm

Clearly the LCBO's 2010 Spring Release is no great shakes—some good, some okay, mostly meh. Which got me thinking, if someone who actually cared about beer was in charge at the LCBO, what might a really topnotch spring release have looked like?

So my question is, realistically, what's your list of ten or twelve beers that the LCBO could have brought in that would have satisfied your typical beer geek and sold well to the typical curious Ontario beer drinker.

Again, try to be realistic and list beers that actually stand a chance of being carried by the LCBO.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:58 pm

Orval
Westmalle Triple
DFH 90min
Southern Tier Hoppe
Rogue Brutal Bitter
Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere
Cantillon Gueuze
Mill Street Helles Bock
Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

for starters

The_Jester · Post by **The_Jester** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:59 pm

How's this? Pretty realistic; all breweries that have, or did have, a relationship with the LC. I think. Mostly. Fairly seasonal. Nothing crazy.

Orval
Westmalle Tripel
Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock
Victory St. Boisterous Hellerbock
Rogue Double Dead Guy
Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
Weihenstephaner Korbinian
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:39 pm

I think Chimay Blanc might have hip-checked Westmalle Tripel to the sideboards, in the LC's overall plan. Notice the alarming lack of style redundancy that is so alarming?

(The Monty Python reference is intentional)

teichertbier · Post by **teichertbier** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:03 pm

Orval
Southern Tier Unearthly
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Black Oak Ten Bitter Years
Black Oak Nutcracker Porter
Dieu du Ciel Aphrodisiaque
Samuel Adams Noble Pils
Nogne O Saison

and any of these,
Victory (Old Horizontal, Yakima Twilight, Hop Devil)
Brooklyn (Local 1, Hopfen-Weisse, Monster Ale)
Dogfish Head (90 Minute, Palo Santo Marron, Festina Peche)

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:49 pm

Orval
Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock
Weihenstephaner Korbinian
Fantôme Saison D'Erezée - Printemps (dreaming?)
DDC Équinoxe Du Printemps
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (St. Paddy's day treat)
Capital Maibock (hands down, the best Maibock I've had outside Germany... someone ought to get down to Madison & get these guys in their portfolio).

Any/all locals that fit the bill.

Bonesey · Post by **Bonesey** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:10 pm

Victory Hop Devil
Orval
DFH 90
Southern Tier Unearthly
Rogue Imperial India Pale Ale (I²PA)
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years
Westmalle Dubbel
Wellington Imperial Russian Stout (Hey, spring in Ontario can be cold!)

This short list would make me a very happy man.

The_Jester · Post by **The_Jester** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:49 pm

Bonesey wrote:...Westmalle Dubbel...

This short list would make me a very happy man.

Speaking of which, for some reason my local is fully stocked in these right now. Last year's bb date (2011), I believe. I drinkvined it, and there are quite a few around! Not sure where they came from, but I'm not complaining.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:51 pm

The_Jester wrote:I drinkvined it

Look, Ralphus - you're already a verb!

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:51 pm

Things I've had before :

Orval
Southern Tier Unearthly
Southern Tier Heavy Weizen
Weltenburger Kloster-Asam Bock
Brooklyn Pilsener
Harpoon Cider <---- Not beer, just tasty.

Things I'd like to try :

Clipper City Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning
DFH Festina Peche
Saison Dupont
King Pilsbock
St. Bernardus Witbier
Cantillion Gueuze
Cantillion Iris
Red Racer IPA

iguenard · Post by **iguenard** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:17 pm

Derek wrote:Orval
Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock
Weihenstephaner Korbinian
Fantôme Saison D'Erezée - Printemps (dreaming?)
DDC Équinoxe Du Printemps
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (St. Paddy's day treat)
Capital Maibock (hands down, the best Maibock I've had outside Germany... someone ought to get down to Madison & get these guys in their portfolio).

Any/all locals that fit the bill.

Forget that one, I'm making sure none cross the border

BTW guys, if anyone goes to the St-Jerome brewery, they are selling some oak aged versions of their beers in regular but marked bottles these days.

I would really appreciate:

- Dogfish 90 mins, or imperial pilsner
- Victory Golden Monkey
- Dupont's Forest
- Schofferhoffer hefeweizen
- Celebrator Doppelbock
- Khunhenn raspberry eisbock
- Stoudt's Maibock
- Sierra Nevada Porter

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:35 pm

iguenard wrote:- Stoudt's Maibock

I haven't had it, but I recently really enjoyed their fest (which would be a great fall seasonal). If the rest of their lagers are that good, I'd love to try them.

Speaking of lagers, Les Trois Mousquetaires do some nice stuff as well.

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:39 pm

iguenard wrote:BTW guys, if anyone goes to the St-Jerome brewery, they are selling some oak aged versions of their beers in regular but marked bottles these days.

Bagged a bottle of the pinot noir barrel-aged Derniere Volonté, and man am I looking forward to cracking that one!

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:47 pm

1809 Berliner Style Weisse would have been a nice addition too.

who brings in Weihenstephan?

JimC · Post by **JimC** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:52 am

Yes

- Cantillion Gueuze
- Cantillion Iris

Double yes

- Rodenbach Grand Cru

I'd love to see:

- Cantillion Krieg
- Russian River Beatification
- Russian River Supplication
- Russian River Pliny the Elder