LCBO Halloween 2012 release

[heebes]

Shipyards arent getting much of a distro outside of T.O

[JeffPorter]

Shipyards arent getting much of a distro outside of T.O

I think because it's a brewery features, it only sells from those select 40 or so stores.

[clockwerk]

Shipyards arent getting much of a distro outside of T.O

I think because it's a brewery features, it only sells from those select 40 or so stores.

Having tried them all now, I can't say I'm disappointed. There's nothing like pouring an Imperial IPA, and finding out its essentially a Barley Wine. Not cool Shipyard.

[JeffPorter]

Shipyards arent getting much of a distro outside of T.O

I think because it's a brewery features, it only sells from those select 40 or so stores.

Having tried them all now, I can't say I'm disappointed. There's nothing like pouring an Imperial IPA, and finding out its essentially a Barley Wine. Not cool Shipyard.

I agree - the IIPA was like the barley wine, except I liked the barley wine a lot more. Of the beers, that was the only one I wouldn't go back to, not because it wasn't good, but just because it was so similar to an already better beer!

[clockwerk]

I think because it's a brewery features, it only sells from those select 40 or so stores.

Having tried them all now, I can't say I'm disappointed. There's nothing like pouring an Imperial IPA, and finding out its essentially a Barley Wine. Not cool Shipyard.

I agree - the IIPA was like the barley wine, except I liked the barley wine a lot more. Of the beers, that was the only one I wouldn't go back to, not because it wasn't good, but just because it was so similar to an already better beer!

I wouldn't go back to any of them to be honest. The IIPA isn't an IIPA as far as I'm concerned, the "Imperial" Porter was thin, the Barley Wine was ok. Actually I might do the Barley Wine again, but I'm thinking we will likely get some far better ones come the Christmas Seasonal.

I thought the Smashed Blueberry was literally abysmal.

Now don't get me wrong, we aren't talking Trafalgar bad here, but it was still really unimpressive. Maybe we can get a Three Floyds brewery feature? A guy can dream right?

[JeffPorter]

Maybe we can get a Three Floyds brewery feature? A guy can dream right?

A feature with 4 different years of Dark Lord!

[JeffPorter]

Anyone heard anything about when Howe Sound will get here?

[Gedge]

Anyone heard anything about when Howe Sound will get here?

As well as:

296111 / Witches Brew Tripel / 750 / $7.95
296186 / Chatoe Rogue Pumpkin Patch Ale / 650 / $6.75

[Jonah Hex]

BEAU'S WEISS O'LANTERN is showing up in stores. Technically not part of the Halloween release, but it seems like it should've been, eh?
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... ber=315853

[Lukie]

Tried the Pumking and Black Creek today. Obviously the ST offering is the star here with a velvety creamy profile you can sip on all night long, but the Black Creek isn't bad either. A lighter interpretation, but the sharp spices make it tasty and worth while.

[Belgian]

I thought the Smashed Blueberry was literally abysmal.

How so? Did you literally find your bottle while in an abyss, or did you drink it in an abyss?

I didn't mind the Blueberry, but how interesting all these low opinions of Shipyard. It's not like our expectations are insanely high for this market, we are fairly accepting. I might still take a stab at the BW for thanksgiving (along with a ST Pumking, of course!!)

Nothing this year beats the GR Highballer for me and I wasn't even fond of it a year or two back.

[dale cannon]

I thought the Smashed Blueberry was literally abysmal.

How so? Did you literally find your bottle while in an abyss, or did you drink it in an abyss?

Yes to both.

In fact, every beer that you, clockwerk, and everyone else for that matter drinks, is done so while sitting comfortably on a rather large, mostly rocky oblate spheroid, which happens to be hurtling through an abyss.

[maple99]

Anyone seen any Aecht Schlenkerla sitting around lately?

Yes, there is a pile of it at my local LCBO, I think it has been sitting there for approx 3 years now. Look at LCBO.com inventory, there is some out there still.

[sprague11]

I thought the Smashed Blueberry was literally abysmal.

How so? Did you literally find your bottle while in an abyss, or did you drink it in an abyss?

Yes to both.

In fact, every beer that you, clockwerk, and everyone else for that matter drinks, is done so while sitting comfortably on a rather large, mostly rocky oblate spheroid, which happens to be hurtling through an abyss.

Reminds me. I once went to a hockey game where there were fans literayy handing from the rafters. Although I don't blame them, I haven't been back to the Air Canada Centre since.

[Belgian]

I thought the Smashed Blueberry was literally abysmal.

How so? Did you literally find your bottle while in an abyss, or did you drink it in an abyss?

Yes to both.

In fact, every beer that you, clockwerk, and everyone else for that matter drinks, is done so while sitting comfortably on a rather large, mostly rocky oblate spheroid, which happens to be hurtling through an abyss.

Your definition is literally out of this world.