LCBO Summer 2012 Release

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:42 pm

The following beers are planned to be part of the LCBO Summer 2012 seasonal release, scheduled to arrive in stores the week of May 27th. As always, all details are subject to change.

LCBO# / Product name / Alc. / Size / Suggested Retail
224824 / Lindeman's Cuvee Rene / 5.5 / 355 / $6.45
288522 / Dieu du Ciel Rosée d'Hibiscus / 5.9 / 4 x 341 / $11.85
283945 / Phillips Ginger Beer / 5 / 650 / $5.15
280065 / Schneider Nelson Sauvin / 6.9 / 750 / $8.95
271783 / Weihenstephan Kristallweissbier / 5.4 / 500 / $3.10
273656 / Ayinger Brau-Weisse / 5 / 500 / $3.45
164046 / Schneider Hopfen Weisse / 8.2 / 500 / $3.25
273706 / Birrificio del Ducato Nuova Mattina (New Morning) Saison / 5.8 / 330 / $4.15
272369 / Thornbridge Kipling South Pacific Pale Ale / 5.2 / 500 / $4.75
224600 / Celt Golden Crafted Ale / 4.2 / 500 / $3.50
676858 / Fuller's Organic Honey Dew / 5 / 500 / $3.25
149773 / BrewDog Punk IPA / 6.2 / 330 / $2.60
271700 / Shipyard Smashed Blueberry / 9 / 625 / $7.95

Some early speculation and discussion about this release took place in this previous thread: http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=7842

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:53 pm

Following up on something from the previous thread, re: Cuvee Rene:

I thought Peter said that the BO rejected their submission...Hm...sounds like Cuvee Rene verticals this summer!

According to the info from the LCBO, Lindeman's is now being repped by Merchant du Vin.

boney · Post by **boney** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:45 pm

As I said in the speculation thread, not a bad summer release, all things considered.

I'm looking most forward to the two Schneider's and the Weihenstephan. The Cuvee Rene is a great staple beer and the Nuova Mattina is an interesting beer if you can get past that it is not terribly saison-like.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Thu May 03, 2012 6:23 am

Thanks Greg - the cuvee really bumps this release up a notch and it's great to see it back!

Having said that, there's some other one's I'm excited about too..

A saison
A gueze
Both Schneiders
Phillips' intro to the province

About the only things I'm not excited about are the Celt, the Fullers, and I can't imagine the Shipyard will be my sort of thing either, but I'll give it a try.

Pretty good release for the summer, IMHO.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu May 03, 2012 8:10 am

GregClow wrote: According to the info from the LCBO, Lindeman's is now being repped by Merchant du Vin.

Lindeman's and Dupont both coming, both not from Esprit, who gonna rep Orval and get it back into the LCBO

edit* i realise Dupont isnt on this release but it is coming to the LCBO from R&R

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:25 am

matt7215 wrote: who gonna rep Orval and get it back into the LCBO

Hopefully Merchant Du Vin just browsing their website they've got it listed as their product as well.

http://www.merchantduvin.com/index.php

TheBeeraholic · Post by **TheBeeraholic** » Thu May 03, 2012 9:39 am

GregClow wrote:According to the info from the LCBO, Lindeman's is now being repped by Merchant du Vin.

Greg do you have a contact email or phone number for them? They've got some glasseware I'd like to buy but won't accept my postal code.

atomeyes · Post by **atomeyes** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:12 am

wow.
homebrew it is!

BrausBackinTown · Post by **BrausBackinTown** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:12 am

matt7215 wrote:
GregClow wrote: According to the info from the LCBO, Lindeman's is now being repped by Merchant du Vin.
Lindeman's and Dupont both coming, both not from Esprit, who gonna rep Orval and get it back into the LCBO

edit* i realise Dupont isnt on this release but it is coming to the LCBO from R&R

WHAH? where did you hear that saison dupont is coming?

I think I'm gonna be buying quite a few of those new mornings.

kafercrazy · Post by **kafercrazy** » Thu May 03, 2012 10:30 am

this release is meh.

too many weisse beers for my taste. and blueberry & honeydew? no thanks.

I'll stick to the Cuvee and the Italian Saison ... and the rest'll be OCB pale ales.

cheers!

Stroonze · Post by **Stroonze** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:23 am

The lack of great US brews in these releases are quite upsetting.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:44 am

Stroonze wrote:The lack of great US brews in these releases are quite upsetting.

what breweries were you hoping for?

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:46 am

BrausBackinTown wrote:
matt7215 wrote:
GregClow wrote: According to the info from the LCBO, Lindeman's is now being repped by Merchant du Vin.
Lindeman's and Dupont both coming, both not from Esprit, who gonna rep Orval and get it back into the LCBO

edit* i realise Dupont isnt on this release but it is coming to the LCBO from R&R
WHAH? where did you hear that saison dupont is coming?

I think I'm gonna be buying quite a few of those new mornings.

right here:

Roland + Russell wrote:
zachariaIPA wrote:Does anyone know if these will ever (or are in-planning to) come back to the LCBO? I fantasize about them daily.
Roland + Russell represents Brasserie Dupont in Ontario and a fairly complex project is well underway to bring to LCBO shelves several of their beers including Saison Dupont. Our strategy is to include the dry hopped version too.

We hope to be able to share further details with this community in about four weeks or so.

Regards,

Stroonze · Post by **Stroonze** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:48 am

Ballast point, smutty nose, another southern tier offering, new belgium, bells, founders, elysian etc....Oh one can only dream.

Kel Varnsen · Post by **Kel Varnsen** » Thu May 03, 2012 11:57 am

Stroonze wrote:Ballast point, smutty nose, another southern tier offering, new belgium, bells, founders, elysian etc....Oh one can only dream.

I am not sure about the others, but I read an article awhile back about New Belgium. The are currently the 3rd biggest craft brewer in the US, and at the time of the article they were looking at building a second brewery just to meet their current US demand. And according to some quick google research they are only available in around 30 states. So if that is the case with the 3rd biggest craft brewer in the US, and they can't even keep up with their current demand, what motivation would there be to expand into another country?