LCBO Autumn 2011 Specialty Beer Release

Sil · Post by **Sil** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:31 pm

Porter Baltique is in at Queens Quay/Cooper St. Not listed yet, but I just picked some up.

Jonah Hex · Post by **Jonah Hex** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:00 am

Also, the RENAISSANCE STONECUTTER SCOTCH ALE is starting to show up:

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=236992

munrets · Post by **munrets** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:48 am

Just back from Queens Quay with Porter Baltique, Stonecutter, and the Corne Du Diable 4-pack, plus another SuperCollider. Go get 'em...

uno99 · Post by **uno99** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:39 pm

Grabbed 6 Porter Baltique. Should be quite cellarable...

They are going fast. I had to ask the guy for them and he was shocked that the shelf was "already empty".

The Mick · Post by **The Mick** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:45 pm

The LTM just showed in my local 'bo today, accompanied by the Stonecutter and Supercollider as well. It's going to be one of the best days of beer foraging at the LCBO in a long time. Likely follwed by one of the hasiest beer drinking nights in a long time, but such are the sacrifices I am willing to make.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:53 pm

I know this is nitpicky but...

I notice that the Baltic label still says 10% but the LCBO says 8.3.

I'm thinking the website got it wrong otherwise they would have changed the labels (AND it woulda been held up till Christmas!)

It's almost too awesome looking to drink...how many to cellar? How many to drink now? Also - I noticed that it's almost four month in the bottle already...cool!

Got some of that plus the stone cutter!! That along with the supercollider in the fridge...worth the wait to the end of October I think.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:31 pm

JeffPorter wrote:I know this is nitpicky but...

I notice that the Baltic label still says 10% but the LCBO says 8.3.

I'm thinking the website got it wrong otherwise they would have changed the labels (AND it woulda been held up till Christmas!)

It's almost too awesome looking to drink...how many to cellar? How many to drink now? Also - I noticed that it's almost four month in the bottle already...cool!

Got some of that plus the stone cutter!! That along with the supercollider in the fridge...worth the wait to the end of October I think.

Is there not a sticker on it that says 8.3? The super collider has a blue sticker over the ABV that says "10.5%"

uno99 · Post by **uno99** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:27 pm

Someone may correct me here, but it's up to the LCBO retail employees to afix those ABV amendment stickers.

source: overheard conversation between LCBO employees.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:32 pm

uno99 wrote:Someone may correct me here, but it's up to the LCBO retail employees to afix those ABV amendment stickers.

source: overheard conversation between LCBO employees.

Pretty sure its the responsibility of the brewer or import agent to do it, or pay LCBO warehouse staff to do so.

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:29 pm

Just returned my remaining bottles of LTM Baltique Porter. Not much of a hassle at all. I am very disappointed with the fact that this year's batch was off.

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:22 pm

Had a bottle of the Stone Cutter last night. Loved it. Not my favourite style but was a nice change.

JeffPorter wrote:I know this is nitpicky but...

I notice that the Baltic label still says 10% but the LCBO says 8.3.

I'm thinking the website got it wrong otherwise they would have changed the labels (AND it woulda been held up till Christmas!)

It's almost too awesome looking to drink...how many to cellar? How many to drink now? Also - I noticed that it's almost four month in the bottle already...cool!

Got some of that plus the stone cutter!! That along with the supercollider in the fridge...worth the wait to the end of October I think.

ProgMetalHead · Post by **ProgMetalHead** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:10 pm

Am I the only one that thought the Porter Baltique was pretty disgusting? The sour smell was probably what turned me off the most. I'd smell it every sip I took!
If I swallowed quickly, there were pleasant flavours, but if I tried to "enjoy" the flavours, that unwanted sourness would come through and ruin it.

probstk · Post by **probstk** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:24 pm

ProgMetalHead wrote:Am I the only one that thought the Porter Baltique was pretty disgusting? The sour smell was probably what turned me off the most. I'd smell it every sip I took!
If I swallowed quickly, there were pleasant flavours, but if I tried to "enjoy" the flavours, that unwanted sourness would come through and ruin it.

Sounds like you got an infected bottle. This is unfortunate and, from my experience, rare for the Trois Mousquetaires 750s. My suggestion is to convince a friend to buy another bottle (or befriend someone who already has a bottle) and try it again...if it isn't infected, it is really good.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:24 pm

See the conversation here

http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=7409