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MetalHead wrote: I think it may also have to do with the lack of knowledge and exeperience drinking craft beer of a lot of the population. When you're stuck with molbatts etc.. anything crafty is an improvment.
I think this is a very important point. Also even very good craft breweries need some more accessible beers. Let someone taste what a well-made pilsner or lager tastes like and maybe they'll transition from the Molbatts (I like this term) swill they're used to. Then maybe they'll explore the world of IPA's, stouts, etc. Someone who only knows Bud Light and Labatt's is probably not going to be wild about an IPA the first time they try it.

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Karma Citra returns to the GLB bottle shop tomorrow at 10am.

Still doing the 2 case limit. Hopefully that means there's a large quantity available.

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jeremyg wrote:only had a few Rainhard beers and they were all good, but nothing really stuck out to me aside from the imperial stout, whatever it's called.
I'm drinking the imperial stout right now on tap (at Tequila Bookworm -- $5 for 15oz til 5pm) and it doesn't have a name. It's really impressing me. Would love to get this in some bottles sometime.

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I think the only imperial stout he has released was "Hearts Collide"

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nickw wrote:
jeremyg wrote:only had a few Rainhard beers and they were all good, but nothing really stuck out to me aside from the imperial stout, whatever it's called.
I'm drinking the imperial stout right now on tap (at Tequila Bookworm -- $5 for 15oz til 5pm) and it doesn't have a name. It's really impressing me. Would love to get this in some bottles sometime.
With all of the mixed reviews that I have heard so far, the one constant seems to be that people love the imperial stout. I have yet to try that one myself, so I can't comment on it.

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If anyone is willing to part with some Karma Citra from tomorrows release drop me a line.
"A good light beer is one that doesn't taste like piss!" - Frank d'Angelo

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sprague11 wrote:If anyone is willing to part with some Karma Citra from tomorrows release drop me a line.
Just as a heads up it was released today, not tomorrow.

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Even worse!
"A good light beer is one that doesn't taste like piss!" - Frank d'Angelo

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ScienceKiller wrote:
sprague11 wrote:If anyone is willing to part with some Karma Citra from tomorrows release drop me a line.
Just as a heads up it was released today, not tomorrow.
Just a heads up, it was released yesterday, not today. :P

Their Twitter is saying they had 10 cases left around midday today (Saturday) so it didn't sell out as quickly as it did in January when cans were released without an LCBO bomber release.

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Great Lakes Beer CDN ‏@GreatLakesBeer 2h2 hours ago
#GLBretail Fridge UPDATE

650ml bottles of Sweet Zombie Jesus Peanut Butter Milk Stout now available! Limited. $6.95

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Left Field Brewery ‏@LFBrewery 19h19 hours ago Left Field Brewery
Excited to announce that our first September call-up, Grandstand hoppy wheat is now available in the Bottle Shop!

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Post by Craig »

I doubt I'll get to try this one, but it's nice to see an Ontario brewer taking on the style:

Stone City Ales ‏@StoneCityAles Aug 28
It's here. Peach, Don't Kill My Vibe is available on draft and in our tap room!

(It's a peach Berliner Weisse)

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Craig wrote:Peach, Don't Kill My Vibe
Sounds yummy, and nice hip hop reference (Kendrick Lamar). Shame I won't be able to get out there.

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Craig wrote:I doubt I'll get to try this one, but it's nice to see an Ontario brewer taking on the style:

Stone City Ales ‏@StoneCityAles Aug 28
It's here. Peach, Don't Kill My Vibe is available on draft and in our tap room!

(It's a peach Berliner Weisse)
Hope it's better than Muskoka's Peach Kolsch (yes I know, different styles) because that was some weak sauce on the peach side of things.

My favourite peach beer right now is Oast's Peach Ale only available at Momofuko. I was hoping Oast's more widely available Konichiwa was close but I didn't really care for it.
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Napalm Frog wrote:
Craig wrote:Peach, Don't Kill My Vibe
Sounds yummy, and nice hip hop reference (Kendrick Lamar). Shame I won't be able to get out there.
This is on tap at Barhop right now. Anyone tried it?

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