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JerCraigs wrote:Does the LCBO spread the lab test costs around, or has that just been standarding operating procedure when ordering through an agent?
Good question and I actually don't know what they would do here. My gut feel is that they would spread it across all orders, since the waiver form we signed is for the lab test itself and not for the fee. That would also allow them to deal with only one price for the product instead of having to keep track of who gets charged the tested price versus the non-tested price.
If someone wants to follow up on this, then feel free to do so. Contact Private Ordering at 416-864-6739 or 1-800-668-5144. I have been talking with Sylvia Ramirez.
Great Divide Brewing of Denver, Colorado will soon offer Hercules Double IPA and Yeti Imperial Stout in 4-packs of 12 ounce bottles, providing more choices for its growing fan base. From the time that Great Divide introduced both beers a couple years ago, they have been available only in 22 ounce bottles and draft. “For a while now, beer drinkers have been telling us they’d like to see a few of our bigger beers in 12 ounce bottles – so to keep the peace, we’re meeting the request” said Founder and President of Great Divide, Brian Dunn.
“Hercules Double IPA, Yeti Imperial Stout, Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout and Old Ruffian Barley Wine have become a very large part of our family of beers, and we’ve had a lot of fun brewing and selling them. We chose Hercules and Yeti to put in 4-packs, so these two behemoths could raise a little hell together on the cooler shelf” said Dunn.
Ahh screw it... I like a case of 12 bombers just fine. (I might certainly have preferred a two-four though!) Doesn't say the Oak Aged, either so...
I contacted Sylvia to check on the progress of the order and have some updates:
1) on Monday, she will review all the orders and request a shipping quote from the LCBO freight department. that should take 3-4 days. the original quote was for 25 cases, so she expects that we will see some savings here.
2) by Friday, she expects to be able to place the order with Great Divide. presumably, she will charge our deposits at that point. she'll give me a call when she has placed the order.
3) it typically takes 6-8 weeks for the order to be arrive, be processed, and be available for distribution. this puts the potential bottle-opening date in mid- to late-July (hopefully!).
We had great follow-through from everyone who said they were interested in ordering. According to the messages I received from everyone, at least 80 of the 88 cases were ordered and I expect the others were ordered as well. This bodes well for our next order attempt.
That's great, a few dollars less and a month earlier than I was expecting. Thanks again inertiaboy, and if your talking to Sylvia again thank her as well. Is it possible to get an email address to where we can send any feedback as to the great job Sylvia did ?
Thank you, o goddess of special ordering at the LC, who is called Sylvia.
"Yea, there was coming a Great Divide upon the people. And the Inert one looked down upon, and said, dude, this so rocks. And the people, agreeing hell yea, did rejoice, laying all manner of treasure in their cellars."
Congrats everybody, let's keep this sweet little thing going with future orders.
Hey Gents, I was curious about the status of the order, so I sent Sylvia an email, here is her reply:
The order has been passed along to a Customer Service Rep and is currently being processed. As soon as the orders are inputted into the system and purchase orders are generated, each of the customer's will receive a deposit receipt that confirms the orders have been placed.
These type of orders generally take up to a couple of months before they are received and released.
