LCBO Beau's Brewery Feature

liamt07 · Post by **liamt07** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:34 pm

MatttthewGeorge wrote:Just saw a tweet saying they're at Queen's Quay, with this photo:

So the price is starting to make a bit more sense now, with the barrel-aging and the pretty packaging.

Looks hideous. Seriously. I've never come across a beer where the "bag on the bottle" look has made me go, "OH HEY THAT LOOKS DELICIOUS!"

Quit it breweries.

atomeyes · Post by **atomeyes** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:57 pm

TheSevenDuffs wrote:And paying for extra layers of packaging is not something I support.
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bingo.
you just throw that wrapping paper shit out.
beer geeks are paying for that silliness. guessing we're not their target audience anymore.

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:06 pm

I still say a 4 person tasting with each person springing for one bottle is the way to go at 10 bucks a pop.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:15 pm

sprague11 wrote:I still say a 4 person tasting with each person springing for one bottle is the way to go at 10 bucks a pop.

I'll hold you to that

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:17 pm

liamt07 wrote:
MatttthewGeorge wrote:Just saw a tweet saying they're at Queen's Quay, with this photo:

So the price is starting to make a bit more sense now, with the barrel-aging and the pretty packaging.
Looks hideous. Seriously. I've never come across a beer where the "bag on the bottle" look has made me go, "OH HEY THAT LOOKS DELICIOUS!"

Quit it breweries.

packaging makes me think of this..

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:20 pm

icemachine wrote: I'll hold you to that

Serves me right I guess. As long as I'm not stuck buying the Sargon. Ginger and Rum are great.... for helping shorten a flu.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:42 pm

icemachine wrote:I am sure that the LCBO must have some sort of annual Can-Con percentage for these brewery features, but I can't blame (Brewery X) for jumping on it. They market extremely well even if they don't make mind-blowing beers, and that's what concerns the LC the most

I always figured that about another Ontario brewery who once regularly crammed the LCBO shelves with questionable stuff. Homer support.

That said, if Beau's is better than 'them' ^, and the LC's helping Beau's tremendously, then what's to stop even more Ontario breweries from taking advantage? I could see that happening with a sharp-looking brand such as Bellwoods.

groulxsome · Post by **groulxsome** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:53 pm

Beau's wrote:From our 100% post-consumer posters, brochures and coasters to our enviro-friendly packaging choices like tree-free labels, we approach each decision with mindfulness of its environmental impact.

Remember that as you're pumping these wrappers down the recycling shoot! :p

Really, isn't less packaging better than more if you're into enviro-friendly packaging?

cfrancis · Post by **cfrancis** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:18 am

liamt07 wrote:If these are barrel aged, I'm assuming they're part of the Greener Futures project as well. Which means I've already paid for them. I guess that's a good thing?

doubt it. Greener Future is supposed to be exclusive. Those beers are not available to the public. I would be disappointed if these are available via GF

spinrsx · Post by **spinrsx** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:35 am

curious to see what people rate these at..

be funny if after all of the hate - the reviews for these beers were all 'world class'. People tripping over each other trying to buy them etc

groulxsome · Post by **groulxsome** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:39 pm

FYI. No proper link from the homepage, but there's a drinkvine page for this release now:

http://drinkvine.com/drinkrelease.php?n ... beaus_beer

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:18 pm

Not hate on my part, just indifference toward the brewery itself, and some apprehension for these particular beers at 10 dollars a pop. Maybe one or two of them will be world beaters and Americans will be offering up Beatifications and Duck Duck Gooze for them. Who can say?

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:16 pm

spinrsx wrote:be funny if after all of the hate - the reviews for these beers were all 'world class'. People tripping over each other trying to buy them etc

We live in the most likely of all possible worlds.

TJ · Post by TJ » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:09 pm

The last and only enjoyable beer I had from beaus was the beaver river ipeh about four or five years ago. Then they changed it and it was just another Crappy hoppy amber masquerading as an ipa. We have more than enough of those in this province.

Lug tread is a bore but sometimes the best option available when drinking out.

The best of beaus four packs were four kinds of meh.

So I'm not a huge fan

That said.

I had the Siduri tonight. I would call it mediocre. Not terrible. Just not worth the money. Not even at half what they're charging.

The Sargon tastes like a flat shandy mixed with toilet water. I love ginger. I love beer. But this sucks.

I'm kind of done with beaus.

Kekumba · Post by **Kekumba** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:26 pm

I had Siduri tonight and would say it's above average. Nice spicy fruits, light pepper. Really, exactly as advertised. If someone told me this was the wheat wine, though, I would have believed it. But that's just me. Absolutely worth half of what they're charging.