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Only in 1 store east the downtown core...

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PeenSteen wrote:Southern Tier Warlock
Malmgårdin Panimo Arctic Circle Ale
these look interesting

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vandutchy wrote:
Ceecee wrote:Karma Citra is half-assedly listed on the Food & Drink site.

Product number 394213.
Karma Citra is in stores now. Picked up a few bottles yesterday at Cooper St.
Woohoo! Now we just need some THRUST!
^^^Hop-head ^^^

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IPA_Lover wrote:
vandutchy wrote:
Ceecee wrote:Karma Citra is half-assedly listed on the Food & Drink site.

Product number 394213.
Karma Citra is in stores now. Picked up a few bottles yesterday at Cooper St.
Woohoo! Now we just need some THRUST!
I hear that! I still have a full case of Thrust left so I plan on doing a taste comparison tonight.

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vandutchy wrote:
IPA_Lover wrote:
vandutchy wrote: Karma Citra is in stores now. Picked up a few bottles yesterday at Cooper St.
Woohoo! Now we just need some THRUST!
I hear that! I still have a full case of Thrust left so I plan on doing a taste comparison tonight.
Seriously? Why have you waited so long to drink that?

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liamt07 wrote:
vandutchy wrote:
IPA_Lover wrote: Woohoo! Now we just need some THRUST!
I hear that! I still have a full case of Thrust left so I plan on doing a taste comparison tonight.
Seriously? Why have you waited so long to drink that?
Some people don't realize how quickly hoppy beers degrade, especially our LCBO overlords.

Noticeable differences after 1 month, not the same beer after 2.

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ercousin wrote:
liamt07 wrote:
vandutchy wrote: I hear that! I still have a full case of Thrust left so I plan on doing a taste comparison tonight.
Seriously? Why have you waited so long to drink that?
Some people don't realize how quickly hoppy beers degrade, especially our LCBO overlords.

Noticeable differences after 1 month, not the same beer after 2.
Or the guy holding onto an ENTIRE CASE of this beer for a few months after it's release.

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I read somewhere that IPA/DIPA turns into barleywine when you age it

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liamt07 wrote:
ercousin wrote:
liamt07 wrote: Seriously? Why have you waited so long to drink that?
Some people don't realize how quickly hoppy beers degrade, especially our LCBO overlords.

Noticeable differences after 1 month, not the same beer after 2.
Or the guy holding onto an ENTIRE CASE of this beer for a few months after it's release.
I had always heard this, but never experienced it until now actually.

As of this past weekend I had 3 cans of Thrust! left, all of which had been refrigerated since buying it on release day it. I've had 2 of the last 3 cans this week and they are very different from the first week of drinking it. It's still very enjoyable but definitely different.

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liamt07 wrote:
vandutchy wrote:
IPA_Lover wrote: Woohoo! Now we just need some THRUST!
I hear that! I still have a full case of Thrust left so I plan on doing a taste comparison tonight.
Seriously? Why have you waited so long to drink that?
I actually found that it tasted better about 2 weeks after the release once it had time to settle and it's still tasting just as fresh now as it did last month.

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PeenSteen wrote:Southern Tier Warlock
i was just talking about wanting to track this down the other day.... this makes it much easier!

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Post by rfrf »

King/Spadina have bottles of Karma Citra now, not yet out on the shelf though.. call ahead!

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ercousin wrote:
liamt07 wrote:
vandutchy wrote: I hear that! I still have a full case of Thrust left so I plan on doing a taste comparison tonight.
Seriously? Why have you waited so long to drink that?
Some people don't realize how quickly hoppy beers degrade, especially our LCBO overlords.

Noticeable differences after 1 month, not the same beer after 2.
Great, so is that bottle of Bellwoods 2014 Motley Cru I have laying around going to taste like crap now?
^^^Hop-head ^^^

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Karma is flying off the shelves! Grabbed the last 4 bottles at Queens Quay yesterday. Guy said they had close to 100 the day before.
^^^Hop-head ^^^

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Post by Craig »

IPA_Lover wrote:
Great, so is that bottle of Bellwoods 2014 Motley Cru I have laying around going to taste like crap now?
The Motley is a different beast because of all the Brett and the barrels. It's got a whole lot more going on than just being an IPA. That said, I probably wouldn't hang on to it for months and months. I'm going to drink my last sometime this summer.

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