New Arrivals at LCBO & TBS

[Lecocq]

Picked up a six of the St Ambroise Oak Aged Pale Ale to give a try. A refreshing treat in contrast to the onslaught of hop bomb IPA's lately. Goes down quite well!

[Belgian]

The King-Spadina LCBO rang it in as 3x as well, but the cashiers all had notes stuck to the registers with the real one.
So strange, but it's the LCBO so...

I guess you could return a few boxes at a dumber store and get triple your money back?

The distribution is mostly around Yonge or west of there, chance it will still pop up elsewhere.

[Belgian]

Arrogant Bastard's good, but not my favourite example of the style. The Double doesn't do it for me, I find it too malty to be a big IIPA and too hoppy to be a barley wine. The Oak I thought made the beer worse and I can't really imagine the coffee combo working out well either.

I'm sure someone will be along shortly to call me a heathen for discrediting the pinnacle example of the style.

You're just not worthy! Kidding aside I agree the American oak-chip ageing made the Oaked Bastard tedious going after a few gulps, and I only imagine the same of the Depth Charged coffee version as well. Bastard to me is a 'sometimes' beer. Still might get these for the fun of it.

[spinrsx]

new at TBS

Big Rock Rhinestone Cowboy
6x Bottle 330 ml Price: $13.75

Ransack The Universe IPA
6× Bottle 355 ml Price: $13.95

Strathroy 1815 Freedom Frmbois
Bottle 341 ml Price: $5.00

Strathroy 1815 Lockstock Ale
Bottle 341 ml Price: $3.25

[jp_jkl]

Ransack The Universe IPA
6× Bottle 355 ml Price: $13.95

This was previously called Hemisphere IPA. I had it on tap at WVRST almost a year ago and it was quite good. I may be making first purchase at the Beer Store in over a year if this isn't at the LCBO.

[gordonpeterwiebe]

wow! ransack at the beer store... yup, it will be my first time buying something there in over 5 years.

[instantkamera]

Be careful when buying the Stone box, at least at Dundas and Dovercourt. It scans in as 3 whole boxes, so they need to manually enter in. I was shocked at first as I wasn't paying attention and was charged $130 for the box and some tallcans. It's quite obvious something was wrong, but if you aren't paying attention you might not notice.

Yep, happened here in Brantford too (yeah, that's right, for some reason Brantford is the only place west of TO to have this).

[distr0]

Be careful when buying the Stone box, at least at Dundas and Dovercourt. It scans in as 3 whole boxes, so they need to manually enter in. I was shocked at first as I wasn't paying attention and was charged $130 for the box and some tallcans. It's quite obvious something was wrong, but if you aren't paying attention you might not notice.

Yep, happened here in Brantford too (yeah, that's right, for some reason Brantford is the only place west of TO to have this).

and at the icomm lbco too, wasn't it?! that store is so odd, it gets some random gems like 2 or 3 times a year, and the rest of the time it's pretty meh

[instantkamera]

and at the icomm lbco too, wasn't it?! that store is so odd, it gets some random gems like 2 or 3 times a year, and the rest of the time it's pretty meh

Precisely.

[mattg]

I picked up a Bastard Box, cans of Stranger than Fiction and '15 Dragon's Milk at QQ today.

[zaireeka]

and at the icomm lbco too, wasn't it?! that store is so odd, it gets some random gems like 2 or 3 times a year, and the rest of the time it's pretty meh

Precisely.

I ordered those in, well 2 of them the other 4 they must have brought in for "shelf appeal". If you call the market st. store mon-fri in the AM they will order in anything that is available. The Bastard Boxes came in the next day, in the past it usually takes a couple days for stuff to arrive. They will actually call the store with stock for a transfer vs the lynden rd. store that orders it on the computer and then it never arrives.

[instantkamera]

and at the icomm lbco too, wasn't it?! that store is so odd, it gets some random gems like 2 or 3 times a year, and the rest of the time it's pretty meh

Precisely.

I ordered those in, well 2 of them the other 4 they must have brought in for "shelf appeal". If you call the market st. store mon-fri in the AM they will order in anything that is available. The Bastard Boxes came in the next day, in the past it usually takes a couple days for stuff to arrive. They will actually call the store with stock for a transfer vs the lynden rd. store that orders it on the computer and then it never arrives.

Yeah I actually suspected that. After my Utopias 2013 fiasco, Joan (the beer manager at the time at that LCBO) was very helpful in getting me an intact bottle, then she offered to order in anything I wanted. I actually got some of the Founder's release (Dirty and Backwoods Bastards). It's just that they rarely make an effort to stock anything on the reg, so it's hard to reason with going down there vs. Lynden Rd (I live in the North end). The rest of the big stuff either goes to Lynden, or I get it when I'm out and about in other cities.

Glad to hear they are the place to go to get things that aren't showing otherwise.

[cratez]

I picked up a Bastard Box, cans of Stranger than Fiction and '15 Dragon's Milk at QQ today.

I know where I'll be heading tonight! Thanks for the heads up.

[Masterplan]

It's interesting that the Lake Effect is cloudy again this year. Last year it was clear and the year before cloudy.

[Ukie]

Be careful when buying the Stone box, at least at Dundas and Dovercourt. It scans in as 3 whole boxes, so they need to manually enter in. I was shocked at first as I wasn't paying attention and was charged $130 for the box and some tallcans. It's quite obvious something was wrong, but if you aren't paying attention you might not notice.

Yep, happened here in Brantford too (yeah, that's right, for some reason Brantford is the only place west of TO to have this).

Now at Upper James and Fennell Hamilton, grab your free Beer Calendar while you are at it.

If you are having a barcode scan problem just buy 3!