LCBO Summer 2010 Release (Full list)

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:34 pm

A poor release, IMO, since I'm not particularly a fan of fruit or wheat beers (though I will try the Hopfen Weisse, given everyone's very positive recommendation). Looks like my personal summer release will again be B.O. Summer Saison!

Rosko · Post by **Rosko** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:57 pm

A couple winners and a couple interesting sounding brews, but is there really a market for fruit-flavoured beer?

I'll be loading up on the Hopfen Weisse - by pedigree alone, it should be a winner.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:36 pm

Some good picks. I'll let everyone know if Gaffel is worth it after I'm in Cologne in 2 weeks

JB · Post by JB » Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:57 pm

The year's first batch of Green Tea Ale was brewed today (I think our brewer's still finishing up actually), and we've made some tweaks since last year.

We're confident it'll end up with a much more pronounced "tea" flavour, and much closer to what we originally intended. We've also adjusted some fermentation times and temperatures to help it really come out nice.

It should be a nice summer drinker, and I encourage everyone to give it another shot even if it wasn't your cup of tea last year.

John

kona · Post by **kona** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:04 pm

biegaman wrote:On a separate note, that Skjálfti is from Iceland!??! That's got to be a new 'tick' for most people out there.

I would urge bartowellers to give this beer a try. Iceland's craft beer market is in its infancy having only legalized beer in 1989 after decades of prohibition. Support now could mean some very interesting brews in the future.

kwjd · Post by **kwjd** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:07 pm

When is the summer release supposed to start showing up in stores?

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:08 pm

kwjd wrote:When is the summer release supposed to start showing up in stores?

fall

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:35 pm

matt7215 wrote:
kwjd wrote:When is the summer release supposed to start showing up in stores?
fall

Let's cut em a little slack Matt. I'll say winter of 2012.

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:41 pm

JB wrote: The year's first batch of Green Tea Ale was brewed today (I think our brewer's still finishing up actually), and we've made some tweaks since last year. We're confident it'll end up with a much more pronounced "tea" flavour, and much closer to what we originally intended. We've also adjusted some fermentation times and temperatures to help it really come out nice. It should be a nice summer drinker, and I encourage everyone to give it another shot even if it wasn't your cup of tea last year. John

Good to hear. I'll give it another go!

kona wrote: I would urge bartowellers to give this beer a try. Iceland's craft beer market is in its infancy having only legalized beer in 1989 after decades of prohibition. Support now could mean some very interesting brews in the future.

Didn't know this. BA lists Skjálfti as a California Common, so it might be worth trying just by virtue of the style's rarity.

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:47 pm

I really didn't like the Hitachino Ginger last time I tried it, but I'll give it another shake. I'm happy to see Christoffel Bier back, which I enjoyed quite a bit more than the Nobel anyways. Hopfen-weisse truly deserves its reputation. Being organic, I'll assume the Sam Smiths will have a natural raspberry flavour to it. I like the Edelweiss Snowfresh, but I'm strongly biased in favour of weissbier anyways. I'll give Lug Tread another go after my previous negative experience with it, and drink it after the Gaffel in order to compare. I really liked Peche and Corne, so I'm looking forward to trying another offering from Dieu du Ciel.

boney · Post by **boney** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:36 pm

mintjellie wrote:I really didn't like the Hitachino Ginger last time I tried it, but I'll give it another shake.

Yeah, the Hitachino Ginger definitely isn't one of thier better beers. I hope it does extremely well though and opens the door for more of thier beers in subsequent releases similar to the histories of Schneider, Christoffel, Rogue, Dieu du Ciel etc. Hitachino's Espresso Stout is a world beater IMO. Hopefully it'll make its way into a fall or winter release.

Not a bad release. Not great, but not bad.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:54 pm

JB wrote:T Green Tea Ale ... should be a nice summer drinker, and I encourage everyone to give it another shot even if it wasn't your cup of tea last year.

It tasted a good deal like ice tea actually! And I will.

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:50 pm

Good part about the Rosee (can't find the accented e) making it's way here is I can grab a bottle whenever I want during the summer and try a couple new beers when I hit Quebec!

northyorksammy · Post by **northyorksammy** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:50 pm

outside of the hopen-weisse, which will help convert people to craft beer,
ho-hum

cfrancis · Post by **cfrancis** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:08 pm

I was in the Rideau/King Edward store tonight after work. Some of these are already on the shelves.