Coming Soon to the LCBO

cfrancis · Post by **cfrancis** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:38 am

spinrsx wrote:I'll find the room somewhere. Just need to truck in the beer when my wife isn't around

Amen brother!

Andrenaline · Post by **Andrenaline** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:59 am

cfrancis wrote:
spinrsx wrote:I'll find the room somewhere. Just need to truck in the beer when my wife isn't around

Amen brother!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who needs to use such tactics!

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:03 am

PeenSteen wrote:It looks like the Sam Adams Barrel Room Collection is made up of New World, Thirteenth Hour and Tetravis

The St.Ambroise BW is a 3 pack with 2011, 2012 and 2013

Speaking of which, I see the RIS is getting stocked now. Anyone know if the sparse rollout of the BW mini-vertical is it, or can we expect a more widespread distribution in the coming days/weeks?

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 11:15 am

PeenSteen wrote:Flying Monkeys The Chocolate Manifesto

for those wondering this is an imperial chocolate stout with cinnamon. Is is very sweet and very chocolatey. The cinnamon is subtle.

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:25 pm

from GLB's facebook feed:

Great Lakes Brewery
Lake Effect IPA - Coming soon...coming very, very soon to an LCBO near you!

(confirms what peen previously mentioned)

Blasphomet · Post by **Blasphomet** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:26 pm

What's the deal with distribution of the Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw? It's in a lot of stores, but I don't see it near where I work nor where I live. Is the release finished, or will it be coming to more stores?

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:45 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
PeenSteen wrote:Flying Monkeys The Chocolate Manifesto
for those wondering this is an imperial chocolate stout with cinnamon. Is is very sweet and very chocolatey. The cinnamon is subtle.

The packaging says nothing about cinnamon:

any source for that info?

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:15 pm

instantkamera wrote:
any source for that info?

It was on cask at Bar Hop last Friday and the description said "Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout Steeped with Cinnamon". Perhaps it was just the cask that got the cinnamon treatment. I tried it and there was definitely cinnamon in the cask version...

groulxsome · Post by **groulxsome** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:22 pm

Wonder if this is a Flying Monkeys Collaboration?

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:31 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
instantkamera wrote:
any source for that info?
It was on cask at Bar Hop last Friday and the description said "Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout Steeped with Cinnamon". Perhaps it was just the cask that got the cinnamon treatment. I tried it and there was definitely cinnamon in the cask version...

yeah probably a semi-one-off of the same base beer. I think I'd rather it didn't have cinnamon, but you have my interest piqued now. Maybe it would be good for the coming season, with a spice note that you often find in winter warmers.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:51 pm

instantkamera wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:
instantkamera wrote:
any source for that info?
It was on cask at Bar Hop last Friday and the description said "Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout Steeped with Cinnamon". Perhaps it was just the cask that got the cinnamon treatment. I tried it and there was definitely cinnamon in the cask version...
yeah probably a semi-one-off of the same base beer. I think I'd rather it didn't have cinnamon, but you have my interest piqued now. Maybe it would be good for the coming season, with a spice note that you often find in winter warmers.

Sorry for the misleading information...

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:44 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
instantkamera wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:It was on cask at Bar Hop last Friday and the description said "Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout Steeped with Cinnamon". Perhaps it was just the cask that got the cinnamon treatment. I tried it and there was definitely cinnamon in the cask version...
yeah probably a semi-one-off of the same base beer. I think I'd rather it didn't have cinnamon, but you have my interest piqued now. Maybe it would be good for the coming season, with a spice note that you often find in winter warmers.
Sorry for the misleading information...

I think it's an easy mistake - FM seems to like to put "testers" out there - I remember before the BNL beer came out, they seemed to have 4 or 5 versions of chocolate stouts at bars and festivals in the months prior.

instantkamera · Post by **instantkamera** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:25 am

TheSevenDuffs wrote:
instantkamera wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:It was on cask at Bar Hop last Friday and the description said "Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout Steeped with Cinnamon". Perhaps it was just the cask that got the cinnamon treatment. I tried it and there was definitely cinnamon in the cask version...
yeah probably a semi-one-off of the same base beer. I think I'd rather it didn't have cinnamon, but you have my interest piqued now. Maybe it would be good for the coming season, with a spice note that you often find in winter warmers.
Sorry for the misleading information...

hahah dont worry about it. I figured it was just as JeffPorter said. It's just, the more I think about it, the more I want to try that too

Blasphomet · Post by **Blasphomet** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:16 am

I greatly look forward to dipping into my cellar this weekend, now that some returning beer has been released!

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:06 pm

instantkamera wrote:
TheSevenDuffs wrote:
instantkamera wrote:
any source for that info?
It was on cask at Bar Hop last Friday and the description said "Imperial Chocolate Milk Stout Steeped with Cinnamon". Perhaps it was just the cask that got the cinnamon treatment. I tried it and there was definitely cinnamon in the cask version...
yeah probably a semi-one-off of the same base beer. I think I'd rather it didn't have cinnamon, but you have my interest piqued now. Maybe it would be good for the coming season, with a spice note that you often find in winter warmers.

I think cinnamon is traditional in hot cocoa drinks, and like vanilla bean or orange peel it seems to heighten different flavor aspects of chocolate.

In chocolate stout the cinnamon might just blend nicely in especially if you aged a bottle. I'd like to try it on tap.