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Great Lakes Anniversary beers?

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Belgian wrote:Saw it at Summerhill on Tuesday. In my opinion this beer calls for some bottle aging to bring the sweetness into balance, but it's nice.
Picked up a case at the brewery along with some Vanilla Porter today. As i was loading it into my car a random guy walking by asked me if I had tried the Robust Porter, he was quite enthused about it. People are talking!
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Picked up a couple bottles at Weston & 7 today, will likely try one tonight to determine if I want to pick up a few more [/b]
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Only 3 left in newmarket. Grabbed a couple earlier
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icemachine wrote:Picked up a couple bottles at Weston & 7 today, will likely try one tonight to determine if I want to pick up a few more [/b]
It is going fast. I stopped at Weston & 7 too and picked up a couple. After I left there was only 4 or 5 on the shelf.
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anyone see the GREAT LAKES 25TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL BLACK IPA ?

noticed it now at least listed on the lcbo site.....
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Droogy wrote:anyone see the GREAT LAKES 25TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL BLACK IPA ?

noticed it now at least listed on the lcbo site.....
Ouch, this one has come and gone, I'm afraid. Find a friend with a bottle and talk him/her into sharing!
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probstk wrote:
Droogy wrote:anyone see the GREAT LAKES 25TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL BLACK IPA ?

noticed it now at least listed on the lcbo site.....
Ouch, this one has come and gone, I'm afraid. Find a friend with a bottle and talk him/her into sharing!
Doh, meant to say the Imperial BBA Stout... jeez, what's wrong w/ me?!
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Stout isn't out yet. Latest tweet from GLB is that it should be soon.
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Droogy wrote:
probstk wrote:
Droogy wrote:anyone see the GREAT LAKES 25TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL BLACK IPA ?

noticed it now at least listed on the lcbo site.....
Ouch, this one has come and gone, I'm afraid. Find a friend with a bottle and talk him/her into sharing!
Doh, meant to say the Imperial BBA Stout... jeez, what's wrong w/ me?!
Aha! Yes, I'm looking for that one too...
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cfrancis wrote:BBA Stout isn't out yet. Latest tweet from GLB is that it should be soon.
^ Getting lots of exercise wandering into LCBOs just to see what decided to show up that day.
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They'll announce it soon. We'll likely get some lead time, as it will hit the store first, then the LCBO a few days later.
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Post by hangunder »

from Twitter:

Coming soon! Coming real soon! #GLBbourbonRIS!! http://pic.twitter.com/wP6ScxfG
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hangunder wrote:from Twitter:

Coming soon! Coming real soon! #GLBbourbonRIS!! http://pic.twitter.com/wP6ScxfG
Notice that this beer is 12.6% (maybe 12.5)? Did GLB change their minds about releasing Stalin's Choice as the fourth anniversary beer (the previous announcement said this stout would be 10% abv)?
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Ceecee wrote:
hangunder wrote:from Twitter:

Coming soon! Coming real soon! #GLBbourbonRIS!! http://pic.twitter.com/wP6ScxfG
Notice that this beer is 12.6% (maybe 12.5)? Did GLB change their minds about releasing Stalin's Choice as the fourth anniversary beer (the previous announcement said this stout would be 10% abv)?
GLB noted this is a different beer than Stalins Choice.
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Ceecee wrote:
hangunder wrote:from Twitter:

Coming soon! Coming real soon! #GLBbourbonRIS!! http://pic.twitter.com/wP6ScxfG
Notice that this beer is 12.6% (maybe 12.5)? Did GLB change their minds about releasing Stalin's Choice as the fourth anniversary beer (the previous announcement said this stout would be 10% abv)?
I doubt they had the ability to change their minds as this has been aging in bourbon barrels for months. If it came out at 12.6%, it will likely just a matter of the ABV coming out higher than anticipated or perhaps it picked up some residual alcohol from the bourbon barrels.
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