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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:54 am
by spinrsx
2 more days to meet their re-re-revised 'late december' date!
spinrsx wrote:
it's funny - the lcbo has revised this list from 'mid december' to 'late december' for some beers. They can't even meet their own revised timelines. (And I'm sure it will get revised again to say 'Early January')
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:29 pm
by atomeyes
i went to the 'BO on Laird.
bought some stuff, including a Sammiclaus.
guy couldn't scan it.
manually searched for the product and selected something that didn't look right to me. i told him and he ignored me.
$2.50 a bottle, he said.
"um..on second thought, i'm going to grab 2 more. thanks."
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:06 pm
by JeffPorter
atomeyes wrote:i went to the 'BO on Laird.
bought some stuff, including a Sammiclaus.
guy couldn't scan it.
manually searched for the product and selected something that didn't look right to me. i told him and he ignored me.
$2.50 a bottle, he said.
"um..on second thought, i'm going to grab 2 more. thanks."
Hah! Sounds like me a few years ago grabbing 4 pks of Brooklyn Monster for 3.65 each! Then I grabbed four more packs and bolted out of there like a thief.
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:38 pm
by spinrsx
lol, they revised the dates again to january
re-re-re-revised now.
http://hellolcbo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2262
spinrsx wrote:2 more days to meet their re-re-revised 'late december' date!
spinrsx wrote:
it's funny - the lcbo has revised this list from 'mid december' to 'late december' for some beers. They can't even meet their own revised timelines. (And I'm sure it will get revised again to say 'Early January')
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:54 am
by Lukie
Where the F is Peche? The BO has really perfected the art of anticlimactic availability. To hell with them and their redundant lab!
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:09 am
by cfrancis
Lukie wrote:Where the F is Peche? The BO has really perfected the art of anticlimactic availability. To hell with them and their redundant lab!
It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:11 pm
by atomeyes
cfrancis wrote:Lukie wrote:Where the F is Peche? The BO has really perfected the art of anticlimactic availability. To hell with them and their redundant lab!
It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
why wouldn't it?
the beer you stand in is not the beer you step in.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:24 pm
by biegaman
cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:36 pm
by cfrancis
biegaman wrote:cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Oh fuck that noise.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:44 pm
by biegaman
cfrancis wrote:biegaman wrote:cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Oh fuck that noise.
Eh. You'd be surprised - shipments do show up occasionally with bottles contaminated with cleaning fluids or broken glass particles. It does happen. But, overall, I agree. It's a bit excessive.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:50 pm
by JeffPorter
biegaman wrote:cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
AND light the brewery on fire
AND shut off the water supply to the surrounding community.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:31 pm
by sprague11
Any sightings of Black Betty asides from Dufferin?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:05 pm
by rfrf
King/ Spadina had it over a week ago. not sure now.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:08 pm
by vandutchy
sprague11 wrote:Any sightings of Black Betty asides from Dufferin?
Cooper Street LCBO has it on the shelves as I saw it at lunch. Fair warning though it was brewed/bottled in September and looked to have a fair bit of sediment on the bottom.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:35 pm
by Lukie
biegaman wrote:cfrancis wrote:biegaman wrote:
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Oh fuck that noise.
Eh. You'd be surprised - shipments do show up occasionally with bottles contaminated with cleaning fluids or broken glass particles. It does happen. But, overall, I agree. It's a bit excessive.
The entire ritual is pretty absurd.
Hey LCBO, how about a reasonable compromise? If you receive goods from a reputable brewery, by all means pluck a few random bottles and test them to your heart's content, BUT, do not hold up the entire shipment in the mean time, especially if it's from a brewery you have already tested umpteen times in the past. My gosh, daily food staples on our tables aren't scrutinized as closely.