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Fresh Founders Centennial at the LCBO

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Fresh Founders Centennial at the LCBO

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not sure if this is old news, just saw a bunch of founders centennial at the ottawa lcbo that has a bottle date of April 16th printed on the neck

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sweeeeeeet.

What location?

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rideau/king edward - they had a bunch

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stopping there after work! yippee!

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Some of the fresh stuff in Aurora aswell

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spinrsx wrote:not sure if this is old news, just saw a bunch of founders centennial at the ottawa lcbo that has a bottle date of April 16th printed on the neck
You always seem to be reporting stock from stores all over the city at 9 or 10 am. You know it is not a good sign if you are at a random LCBO stores when they open. :lol:

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haha, when that drinkvine notification email comes rolling in, I feel the need to pounce :)
Zuma wrote:
spinrsx wrote:not sure if this is old news, just saw a bunch of founders centennial at the ottawa lcbo that has a bottle date of April 16th printed on the neck
You always seem to be reporting stock from stores all over the city at 9 or 10 am. You know it is not a good sign if you are at a random LCBO stores when they open. :lol:

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Zuma wrote:[You know it is not a good sign if you are at a random LCBO stores when they open. :lol:
It's worse showing up right when they close. Hey... why DO all LCBO stores close?? A few 24/7 stores would be *ahem* convenient.

Also would appreciate any other 'fresh stock IPA' sightings you guys, please and thank you! It isn't right to let good fresh IPA arrive without cramming a few more sixes in the fridge.

** edit ** Green Flash and others too!
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Belgian wrote:Also would appreciate any other 'fresh stock IPA' sightings you guys, please and thank you! It isn't right to let good fresh IPA arrive without cramming a few more sixes in the fridge.
On that note, I noticed last week that Boneshaker 6-packs are now dated on the box. Mine read D-1813, which I took to mean bottled on April 18... It was super fresh!
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Belgian wrote:Also would appreciate any other 'fresh stock IPA' sightings you guys, please and thank you! It isn't right to let good fresh IPA arrive without cramming a few more sixes in the fridge.
Was at King & Spadina yesterday evening, picked up a six of Founders Centennial bottled on Apr. 15 2013.

edit: last night I had my last beer from the initial roll out and of course it was good... However, I just opened one from last night's pack... I dunno if it's the power of suggestion but it really does taste even better... wow :D <conspiracy>Once I learned about the 'bottled on' date on the necks I was checking the previous bottles I bought, never did find a date... did they get removed by the LCBO cuz they were that old after working their way through the initial testing/warehouse labyrinth?</conspiracy>

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Grey wrote:<conspiracy>Once I learned about the 'bottled on' date on the necks I was checking the previous bottles I bought, never did find a date... did they get removed by the LCBO cuz they were that old after working their way through the initial testing/warehouse labyrinth?</conspiracy>
I bet you any money that's exactly what they did.
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Back when the first batch was released I came across Centennial in 3 different LCBO's and couldn't find a bottle date on the neck of a single bottle (and I went through multiple 4 packs in each store). Maybe there is something to this.

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I had bought several cases of the first batch of the founders that came in, just took a large chunk of it back to the lcbo and exchanged it for the fresh dated bottles. Not receipt, and no issues at all.

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TheSevenDuffs wrote:Back when the first batch was released I came across Centennial in 3 different LCBO's and couldn't find a bottle date on the neck of a single bottle (and I went through multiple 4 packs in each store). Maybe there is something to this.
The date appeared on the cardboard 24 case not on individual 6 pks or the neck.

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spinrsx wrote:I had bought several cases of the first batch of the founders that came in, just took a large chunk of it back to the lcbo and exchanged it for the fresh dated bottles. Not receipt, and no issues at all.
I don't think that's a fair thing to do.

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