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Great Lakes Anniversary beers?
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Great Lakes Anniversary beers?
Is this still happening at the LCBO?
Are they still starting with the porter? Any idea when it'll hit the shelves...
Are they still starting with the porter? Any idea when it'll hit the shelves...
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From their latest newsletter (sent Mar. 4):
"We continue to brew unique limited release batches as part of our TANK 10 Series. Our first release was Pompous Ass English Pale Ale. If you missed it, there's still time to pass by the brewery retail store and pick some up. Next up is a Robust Porter which will also be the first release for our Anniversary series soon to hit LCBO shelves. If you enjoyed our last Porter from a few weeks back you'll be sure to enjoy our amped up version that is currently aging in Tank 10."
"We continue to brew unique limited release batches as part of our TANK 10 Series. Our first release was Pompous Ass English Pale Ale. If you missed it, there's still time to pass by the brewery retail store and pick some up. Next up is a Robust Porter which will also be the first release for our Anniversary series soon to hit LCBO shelves. If you enjoyed our last Porter from a few weeks back you'll be sure to enjoy our amped up version that is currently aging in Tank 10."
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Don't know the specifics. Was told that by a GL employee so the info could be incorrect.BrausBackinTown wrote:really? was there a problem?TheSevenDuffs wrote:Also, I heard that this is likely the only one of the anniversary beers that will make it to the LCBO. The rest of them will be retail store only. Apparently Harry Porter is one of them.
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Their blog update says hopefully next week (which is what they said last week) for the Porter in the store, and shortly after that in the LCBO.
I can see why they'd only go with the one beer at this point - it's been five months to get that first beer out, and it hasn't even landed yet. I imagine they'll want to see that beer for a few months at least.
I can see why they'd only go with the one beer at this point - it's been five months to get that first beer out, and it hasn't even landed yet. I imagine they'll want to see that beer for a few months at least.
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Went down today - still waiting for the labels. The bottles are also to be wax dipped and, if I'm not mistaken, they're 750ml bottles.
Also, they said the price would be 9.95.
On the plus side, tons of Bourbon Vanilla Harry Porter in the fridge, and it's nice to see that you no longer have to put down a large deposit for those project x bottles.
Also, they said the price would be 9.95.
On the plus side, tons of Bourbon Vanilla Harry Porter in the fridge, and it's nice to see that you no longer have to put down a large deposit for those project x bottles.
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From what I understand the Porter will still be at the BO.BrausBackinTown wrote:hmmm, the OCB website now says the anniversary beers will be for sale "exclusively at the brewery." I could have sworn it said "and lcbo" before. Am I being paranoid here and reading too much into this? hope not...
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Directly from their blog, posted this afternoon:
"It’s finally here!! Great Lakes Brewery 25th Anniversary Robust Porter is now in the brewery retail store! The Robust Porter will be hitting the LCBO shelves this week so make sure you grab some for the weekend!"
They also posted on their FB that they've got lots of Vanilla Bean Porter in the retail store fridges as well. And the Robust Porter is on Drinkvine already.
"It’s finally here!! Great Lakes Brewery 25th Anniversary Robust Porter is now in the brewery retail store! The Robust Porter will be hitting the LCBO shelves this week so make sure you grab some for the weekend!"
They also posted on their FB that they've got lots of Vanilla Bean Porter in the retail store fridges as well. And the Robust Porter is on Drinkvine already.