LCBO Holiday packs 2006

beergut111 · Post by **beergut111** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:10 pm

Hello, ive been reading these forums for quite some time but have yet to post . I just wanted to say hi to all and I am looking forward to talking about the beer scene in Toronto with you all .
I havent heard anything yet so I was wondering if anyone has any information on what beer packs the lcbo will be releasing this winter.

Damian

iguenard · Post by **iguenard** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:15 pm

I remember reading from esprit that the Chimay 3-pack + glass was going to be included.

Who knows what else!

beergut111 · Post by **beergut111** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:44 pm

That just made my day!

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:22 pm

The 6 pack of stubby bottle of belgian beer (taste of belgium) will be back.

emjay · Post by **emjay** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:34 pm

Oh man why did you have to make this thread? Now i'm going to be all excited about this for MONTHS

beergut111 · Post by **beergut111** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:24 am

The cool weather today got me thinking about it.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:47 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote:The 6 pack of stubby bottle of belgian beer (taste of belgium) will be back.

Yes. I'd much rather know sometime after the FALL release is played out, not now-

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:33 pm

Any Londoners interested in stocking up on any of the Christmas Gift Packs, whether for gift or private purposes, will see all of them available at the Masonville LCBO starting October 17th, or thereabouts.

i've made sure of this.

Stomp Brockmore · Post by **Stomp Brockmore** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:15 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote:The 6 pack of stubby bottle of belgian beer (taste of belgium) will be back.

Which beers are included in this? Didn't pick it up last year. Is this the one with Leffe, Hoegaarden and Stella Artois?

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:33 pm

Stomp Brockmore wrote:
SteelbackGuy wrote:The 6 pack of stubby bottle of belgian beer (taste of belgium) will be back.
Which beers are included in this? Didn't pick it up last year. Is this the one with Leffe, Hoegaarden and Stella Artois?

Well, that's the shitty of belgium.

The other one will have the 6 strong beers like Gulden Drak, Piirat, etc.

the budels one will also be returning, though they leave lots to be desired.

El Pinguino · Post by **El Pinguino** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:03 pm

My fave that I picked up last year was the St Bernadus pack.
Hopefully we get some new gift packs this year, although the Chimay one is worth grabbing again.

StevenThrasher · Post by **StevenThrasher** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:37 pm

El Pinguino wrote:My fave that I picked up last year was the St Bernadus pack.

Yep. The St. Benardus pack was great. Only one Abt. 12 in the pack though. I liked the Prior 8 as well. The others in the pack were decent but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

There is a Abt. 12 Special Edition just out that I'd love to get my hands on somehow. Doubt that would make it into a gift pack however.

El Pinguino wrote:Hopefully we get some new gift packs this year, although the Chimay one is worth grabbing again.

An Abbaye des Rocs gift pack would be great but I doubt there are any distributors in Ontario for them.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:02 am

StevenThrasher wrote: An Abbaye des Rocs gift pack would be great but I doubt there are any distributors in Ontario for them.

I think its either Esprit or Rubaiyat, someone brought them in - a couple of bars had them at one point.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:24 am

StevenThrasher wrote:
El Pinguino wrote:My fave that I picked up last year was the St Bernadus pack.
Yep. The St. Benardus pack was great. Only one Abt. 12 in the pack though. I liked the Prior 8 as well. The others in the pack were decent but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

There is a Abt. 12 Special Edition just out that I'd love to get my hands on somehow.

I kind of like the whole St. B range, some to drink now and a bunch of Abt/Tripel to drink later on as it ages (I grabbed quite a few!!!) There are times for every level of intensity. The almost banana-estery/deep fruity quality of Pater and Prior and Watou make these as good as anything for general consumption - and I think the price for 5 bottles was artificially cheap.

If we saw a Rochefort mix pack (6,8,10) I would grab about 10 of those. There aren't many options left are there! Well Koningshoeven or Achel would be more than welcome too. Even Maredsous can be damn nice.

And I agree the StB-12 SE would be neat to try - probably they are competing with Westvleteren for attention. Westy 12 going #1 was part of the reason we saw St. Bernardus last year so it's remotely possible they would bring in the 12SE given the past relationship, no? I'd be all over getting a case of that.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:16 pm

Our gift packs include:

Budels
Chimay
Samuel Smith

All others including last year's submissions were rejected...apparently they sold too well. We offerred a lot of great packs this year but they need the room for Rickard's and Corona packs.