LCBO Halloween 2012 release

Ralphus · Post by **Ralphus** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:24 pm

264184 / DDC Corne du Diable IPA / 341 / $2.90

I think this product number used to be a 4 pack.. Greg are you sure it's going back to singles? It's not like the LCBO to change the product format without changing the product number as well.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:07 am

I like pumpkin beer season, but usually the Halloween release has a couple of stouts as well, which I will miss this year. I've mixed pumpkin beer and stout in the past with pleasant results.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:59 am

If an Ontario brewer busted out a smoked pumpkin stout, I would, quite literally, lose my sh!t. But first things first, I guess - if an Ontario brewer got a smoked beer into the LCBO, well, I may not have to change my diaper, but I'd be pretty damn pleased. So many are doing pumpkins (which I admittedly love), but it would be nice to see someone step up with a rauchbier (a style I crave from Sept through December). As it stands, I've got to turn to Schlenkerla for my smoke fix (not that that's a bad thing at all, but I'd still love it if I could support a local).

atomeyes · Post by **atomeyes** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:29 am

velovampire wrote:If an Ontario brewer busted out a smoked pumpkin stout, I would, quite literally, lose my sh!t. But first things first, I guess - if an Ontario brewer got a smoked beer into the LCBO, well, I may not have to change my diaper, but I'd be pretty damn pleased. So many are doing pumpkins (which I admittedly love), but it would be nice to see someone step up with a rauchbier (a style I crave from Sept through December). As it stands, I've got to turn to Schlenkerla for my smoke fix (not that that's a bad thing at all, but I'd still love it if I could support a local).

maybe i'm wrong, but the audience for smoked beer is going to be very, very small.

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:17 am

atomeyes wrote: maybe i'm wrong, but the audience for smoked beer is going to be very, very small.

Yup. Or at least it would be pretty brave. Anyone seen any Aecht Schlenkerla sitting around lately?

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:37 am

Bytowner wrote:
atomeyes wrote: maybe i'm wrong, but the audience for smoked beer is going to be very, very small.
Yup. Or at least it would be pretty brave. Anyone seen any Aecht Schlenkerla sitting around lately?

Hows about this?

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/trafalgar- ... out/75180/

rejtable · Post by **rejtable** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:42 am

edit nm.

cfrancis · Post by **cfrancis** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:51 am

If anyone wants, I have some bottles of Bierpholie Grand Calumet sitting in my cellar. I'd love to get rid of them as I'm not a smoke beer fan.

boney · Post by **boney** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:03 pm

I was at the LCBO on Dundurn in Hamilton tonight, trying to buy some Black Creek Pumpkin. After not seeing it on the shelf I was told that the wrong scan code had been assigned to it and they wouldn't be allowed to sell any until the problem was fixed on Monday.

I'm don't know a lot about the LCBO system. Is this a single store issue or a systemmic problem across all stores?

SMC · Post by **SMC** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:44 pm

boney wrote:Is this a single store issue or a systemmic problem across all stores?

I bought a bottle of Black Creek Pumpkin this morning at Clarkson(Mississauga) with no trouble. You probably just got some lazy employee that didn't want to search for your "fancy" beer.

boney · Post by **boney** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:16 pm

The guy I talked to was courtious and apologetic. He said that a few people had been asking about it and that they had cases being stored in the basement and ready to go once the problem was solved. Guess it's a single store problem.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:17 pm

boney wrote:Guess it's a single store problem.

Probably. I bought a few bottles over a week ago (before it was even showing on the LCBO site) with no problem. Hope you get some soon, it's pretty good stuff. Seems to have more of an emphasis on the gourd and the spices are dialed back a bit. So far my fave pumpkins of this year's crop are: 1) (by a substantial margin) Grand River, 2) Black Creek, 3) Mill St. I have a couple botles of GLB's offering, but haven't tried this year's yet, and I'm anxiously awaiting the Beau's Weiss-O-Lantern. What can I say, I love me a pumpkin ale.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:50 pm

I seem to remember this happening with the Thornbridge Jaipur when it first came out at 401 and Weston.

nickelass · Post by **nickelass** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:11 pm

JeffPorter wrote:I seem to remember this happening with the Thornbridge Jaipur when it first came out at 401 and Weston.

That's the store across from my work.. they love when I ask them to check in the back. But they usually find what I'm looking for.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:10 pm

nickelass wrote:
JeffPorter wrote:I seem to remember this happening with the Thornbridge Jaipur when it first came out at 401 and Weston.
That's the store across from my work.. they love when I ask them to check in the back. But they usually find what I'm looking for.

Though, IIRC, the Thornbridge was actually on the shelf, with a tag, and it wouldn't scan, so they couldn't sell it.