LCBO Summer 2011 Specialty Beer Release

[GregClow]

The following beers are planned to be included in the LCBO's Summer 2011 Specialty Beer Release, being released from late May to early July. Details on expected release dates of each item can be found here:

http://www.lcbo.com/products/beer/en/co ... mium.shtml

As always, all information is subject to change.

LCBO # / PRODUCT NAME / BREWERY NAME / % alc./vol. / Unit Size (Ml) / Proposed Retail (subject to change)
224816 / Lindeman's Kriek / Lindemans / 6 / 355 / $5.95
224824 / Lindeman's Cuvee Rene (Gueuze) / Lindemans / 5 / 355 / $6.45
105874 / Great Lakes Green Tea Ale / Great Lakes Brewery / 4.2 / 650 / $4.95
165746 / BRASSERIE DIEU DU CIEL! ROSEE D'HIBISCUS / MICROBRASSERIE DIEU DU CIEL IN / 5.9 / 341 / $3.10
229629 / Dominus Vobiscum Blanche / MicroBrasserie Charlevoix / 5 / 500 / $3.85
224212 / Coeur Brise Raspberry Beer / Brasseurs de Montreal / 4.5 / 341 / $2.85
175018 / Cherry Ale / TRAFALGAR ALES AND MEADS LTD. / 4.5 / 650 / $4.50
157651 / Organic Wiesen Edel-Weisse / PRIVATBRAUEREI G. SCHNEIDER & / 6.2 / 500 / $3.25
234187 / Schofferhofer Hefeweizen / RADEBERGER GRUPPE KG / 5 / 500 / $2.50
696955 / Christoffel Bier / SINT CHRISTOFFEL BIER B.V. / 6 / 330 / $2.85
696831 / Banana Bread Beer / WELLS AND YOUNG'S BREWING CO. / 5.2 / 500 / $3.50
223818 / Sunburst Golden Ale by Dark Star Brewery / BRANDED DRINKS LTD / 4.8 / 500 / $3.45
224600 / Celt Golden Crafted Ale / The Celt Experience Ltd / 4.2 / 500 / $3.45
171439 / Samuel Smith's Organic Raspberry Ale / SAMUEL SMITH OLD BREWERY / 5.1 / 550 / $5.50
244632 / Badger Golden Champion Ale / Hall & Woodhouse Ltd. / 5 / 500 / $3.50
676858 / Organic Honey Dew / FULLER SMITH & TURNER PLC / 5 / 500 / $3.25
224220 / 2XIPA / SOUTHERN TIER BREWING CO. INC. / 8.2 / 355 / $2.95

[TheSevenDuffs]

The only one I will go out of my way for is the 2XIPA.

Overall, this is veyr underwhelming from my point of view.

[GregClow]

Overall, this is veyr underwhelming from my point of view.

Funny, I find it to be a very strong release, at least when compared to previous Summer releases:

A real gueuze, a couple of top quality fruit beers, several UK golden ales (a favourite style of mine in the summer) that have decent to great reviews on RB, some solid wheat beers, the always appreciated Christoffel - and yeah, the awesome ST 2xIPA.

I'll be buying a good chunk of these.

[TheSevenDuffs]

Overall, this is veyr underwhelming from my point of view.

Funny, I find it to be a very strong release, at least when compared to previous Summer releases:

A real gueuze, a couple of top quality fruit beers, several UK golden ales (a favourite style of mine in the summer) that have decent to great reviews on RB, some solid wheat beers, the always appreciated Christoffel - and yeah, the awesome ST 2xIPA.

I'll be buying a good chunk of these.

It all depends on what you like I guess. I don't really care for fruit beers. I haven't had the Gueuze, so I will try that one.

I guess for a summer release this isn't all that bad. I am really looking forward to the 2XIPA though. I will probably buy a case of that one.

[heebes]

alot of these i'll try as a one & done. glad to see Rosee back, though i know alot of people thought it was the weakest of the DDC beers.
i'll definately be ordering in cases of the 2XIPA & Trafalgar Cherry.

[lister]

Lindeman's Kriek / Lindemans
Lindeman's Cuvee Rene (Gueuze) / Lindemans
Dominus Vobiscum Blanche / MicroBrasserie Charlevoix
Coeur Brise Raspberry Beer / Brasseurs de Montreal
Banana Bread Beer / WELLS AND YOUNG'S BREWING CO.
Samuel Smith's Organic Raspberry Ale / SAMUEL SMITH OLD BREWERY
Organic Honey Dew / FULLER SMITH & TURNER PLC

Will definitely be buying these.

Sunburst Golden Ale by Dark Star Brewery
Celt Golden Crafted Ale / The Celt Experience Ltd
Badger Golden Champion Ale / Hall & Woodhouse Ltd.

Will have to read up on these ones.

At least it appears that Floris has been given up on.

[The_Jester]

I don't recall seeing this many first-time entries for some time.

Hopefully the Charlevoix DV Blanche sells well, and leads to more Charlevoix. Their DV Double is outstanding.

And I'll agree with Lister on the three which require further investigation. Never heard of them. (Not that that's a bad thing).

[ritzkiss]

Quite strong for a summer release. Love the Cuvee Renee and the Charlevoix in the release, those two bear repeating... and repeating... and repeating.

I also echo the hope that this means more Charlevoix offerings, that would be great!

[JerCraigs]

I think how strong you consider the release depends a lot on how you feel about the UK offerings. There are a couple new ones there for me, but the Honey Dew and Sam Smith's are decent but not ones I will personally be buying.

The Schnieder, Lindeman's, Christoffel, and Southern Tier are all top notch offerings though, and I think regardless of your own opinions on the individual beers I think we have to acknowledge that they make for a decent release all on their own!

[electroluminescent]

The Schnieder, Lindeman's, Christoffel, and Southern Tier are all top notch offerings though, and I think regardless of your own opinions on the individual beers I think we have to acknowledge that they make for a decent release all on their own!

This!

[Bytowner]

Having Cuvee Rene for the summer is worth celebrating.

[cfrancis]

Wow the Charlevoix is cheaper than what it is in Quebec!

My wife will probably want me to pick up a case of the Lindeman's. She stole it out of my hand last time when she got a whiff of it and never gave it back.

Solid release. About half the list I'll probably end up trying.

[SteelbackGuy]

Very solid. I'm quite pleased.

[JesseM]

Holy f***ing shit balls! I real Gueuze!? How the hell did this happen!?!??

[kafercrazy]

I've never tried a Gueuze, but I'm definitely intrigued.

Will pick up a couple others as well!