Beer Selector: Coming Soon

TJ · Post by TJ » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:54 am

http://www.lcbo.com/products/beer/en/index.shtml

What's that all about then?

lister · Post by **lister** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:59 am

My guess is a food pairing thing or a survey that'll tell you what beer is best for you.

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:06 pm

Maybe you type in your IQ and it tells you where to find the Coors Light.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:07 am

So the "Beer Selector" is working on the LCBO site, but it is a total joke. You can do a search under one of two possible choices: Ales, or Lagers. So I choose "Ales", and just about spit my coffee out my nose. The first line of bottles across the screen shows, among Abbot Ale and Anchor Liberty Ale is Ashai Super Dry, and Grolsch Blonde. Now I suppose that whomever was responisble for setting this up has never drank a beer in their life, and was unaware that if they were unsure if a beer was actually an ale or a lager, they could simply look it up on ratebeer.com. However, scrolling down the list, I see some others in the "ale" section that I think are quite obvisoulsy not ales, even to someone totally ignorant of beer, since they have names like "Brooklyn Lager" and "Dos Equis Lager", or "Elora Grand Lager". So now I decide to try the "Lager" section, and at first it looks promising, but by the time you get to the "D" (they are listed in alphabetical order) you will find Durham County Signature Ale, and Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA (Keiths IPA was listed under ales).

I don't know how many people looked at this before it went live to the public, but man, you'd think SOMEONE at the LCBO would have noticed that there were lots of ales listed under lagers and vice versa.

Anyway, besides being good for a laugh, it does do one thing that I've always wished I could do on the LCBO website, and that is actually list all the brand they carry. Just make sure you check out both sections!

Oh, and you could break your search further by things like country and colour, but I didn't bother using them, as I didn't want to waste any more of my coffee.

lagerale · Post by **lagerale** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:52 am

So I click on ales and then click on Brooklyn Lager (in the ale section as noted by others) to get get details and here is another "joke":

Available formats for Brooklyn Lager:
12x341ml, 14.95
6x355ml bottles, 11.95
710ml can, 12.45

I'll be emailing them for sure on this one....

Pub Style · Post by **Pub Style** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:38 am

Just doing a very quick scan, I picked out 20 Lagers in the Ale category, and there could be more that I missed, with notable ones like Nickel Brook Organic Lager, Creemore Traditional Lager, Cameron's Dark 266, Laker Lager, Muskoka Lager, etc....

In the Lager category they have brands like Great Lakes Devil's Pale Ale, Dogfish, Hockley Dark, La Fin Du Monde, Tank House, Neustadt 10W30, etc....

If I was a brewer and I came across this I'd be calling the LCBO first thing to have the information corrected.

TJ · Post by TJ » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:10 am

Oh man. It's beyond disheartening that the people in charge of selling beer at the LCBO don't seem to know a whole lot about beer.

inertiaboy · Post by **inertiaboy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:40 am

Almost makes this page from the Beer Store look good. Almost...

Matty D · Post by **Matty D** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:47 am

inertiaboy wrote:Almost makes this page from the Beer Store look good. Almost...

That page should be shortened to just "Varieties that the Beer Store doesn't carry... save for lagers... did we mention that you can get a 28 of Canadian for the price of a 24 this week!"

As for the LCBO beer listing. Yes that is messed up horribly. However the fact that they are trying to show case a large variety of beer that is not mainstream is exciting, so kudo's for that

I'm sure it will get sorted out, regardless if it turns a ale-a-phobe onto something new and craft brewed who cares if the category is wrong

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:35 am

Matty D wrote:
inertiaboy wrote:Almost makes this page from the Beer Store look good. Almost...
That page should be shortened to just "Varieties that the Beer Store doesn't carry... save for lagers... did we mention that you can get a 28 of Canadian for the price of a 24 this week!"

As for the LCBO beer listing. Yes that is messed up horribly. However the fact that they are trying to show case a large variety of beer that is not mainstream is exciting, so kudo's for that I'm sure it will get sorted out, regardless if it turns a ale-a-phobe onto something new and craft brewed who cares if the category is wrong

I've contacted the person in charge, and they will look after it shortly.

TJ · Post by TJ » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:18 am

Whoops:

And for people who like beers with semicolon:

I scanned a couple of the descriptions at random, and to be fair, most of them aren't too bad as these things go. Some are weird. Waterloo Dark's is "xxxx"

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:26 am

inertiaboy wrote:Almost makes this page from the Beer Store look good. Almost...

Haha, that's good. I especially enjoyed this tidbit from the "Specialty Beers" description:
These beers range in alcohol content from 5.0% - 9%.

The Beer Store HATH SPOKEN!!!!

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:27 am

Bytowner wrote:
inertiaboy wrote:Almost makes this page from the Beer Store look good. Almost...
Haha, that's good. I especially enjoyed this tidbit from the "Specialty Beers" description:
These beers range in alcohol content from 5.0% - 9%.

The Beer Store HATH SPOKEN!!!!

So labatt max ice and colt 45 are specialty?

heheh

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:41 am

Even better is the search by type option. Here are the choices:
Ale
Lager
Light
Malt
Mix
Stout

Behold the mysteries of the 'Malt' type beers:
http://www.thebeerstore.ca/Beers/brands ... esults.asp

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:43 am

Whoops sorry. It includes Wellington Iron Duke, Brador, citrus Mead, Niagara Eisbock and Olde English. All fine 'malt' beverages.