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LCBO Winter Craft Beer Release 2014

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2 more days to meet their re-re-revised 'late december' date!
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it's funny - the lcbo has revised this list from 'mid december' to 'late december' for some beers. They can't even meet their own revised timelines. (And I'm sure it will get revised again to say 'Early January')

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i went to the 'BO on Laird.
bought some stuff, including a Sammiclaus.
guy couldn't scan it.
manually searched for the product and selected something that didn't look right to me. i told him and he ignored me.
$2.50 a bottle, he said.
"um..on second thought, i'm going to grab 2 more. thanks."

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atomeyes wrote:i went to the 'BO on Laird.
bought some stuff, including a Sammiclaus.
guy couldn't scan it.
manually searched for the product and selected something that didn't look right to me. i told him and he ignored me.
$2.50 a bottle, he said.
"um..on second thought, i'm going to grab 2 more. thanks."
Hah! Sounds like me a few years ago grabbing 4 pks of Brooklyn Monster for 3.65 each! Then I grabbed four more packs and bolted out of there like a thief.
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lol, they revised the dates again to january

re-re-re-revised now. http://hellolcbo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2262
spinrsx wrote:2 more days to meet their re-re-revised 'late december' date!
spinrsx wrote:
it's funny - the lcbo has revised this list from 'mid december' to 'late december' for some beers. They can't even meet their own revised timelines. (And I'm sure it will get revised again to say 'Early January')

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Post by Lukie »

Where the F is Peche? The BO has really perfected the art of anticlimactic availability. To hell with them and their redundant lab!

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Lukie wrote:Where the F is Peche? The BO has really perfected the art of anticlimactic availability. To hell with them and their redundant lab!
It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.

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cfrancis wrote:
Lukie wrote:Where the F is Peche? The BO has really perfected the art of anticlimactic availability. To hell with them and their redundant lab!
It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
why wouldn't it?
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cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.

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biegaman wrote:
cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Oh fuck that noise.

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cfrancis wrote:
biegaman wrote:
cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Oh fuck that noise.
Eh. You'd be surprised - shipments do show up occasionally with bottles contaminated with cleaning fluids or broken glass particles. It does happen. But, overall, I agree. It's a bit excessive.

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biegaman wrote:
cfrancis wrote:It doesn't have to go through the lab again does it? It's been in the LCBO and approved, I would assume that any subsequent shipments wouldn't need lab testing again. But I am assuming something about the LCBO.
Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
AND light the brewery on fire
AND shut off the water supply to the surrounding community.
:D
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Any sightings of Black Betty asides from Dufferin?
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King/ Spadina had it over a week ago. not sure now.

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sprague11 wrote:Any sightings of Black Betty asides from Dufferin?
Cooper Street LCBO has it on the shelves as I saw it at lunch. Fair warning though it was brewed/bottled in September and looked to have a fair bit of sediment on the bottom.

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biegaman wrote:
cfrancis wrote:
biegaman wrote: Every shipment undergoes lab testing. They usually pull a few bottles at random. If there's anything wrong with those samples they'll deny/destroy the whole shipment.
Oh fuck that noise.
Eh. You'd be surprised - shipments do show up occasionally with bottles contaminated with cleaning fluids or broken glass particles. It does happen. But, overall, I agree. It's a bit excessive.
The entire ritual is pretty absurd.

Hey LCBO, how about a reasonable compromise? If you receive goods from a reputable brewery, by all means pluck a few random bottles and test them to your heart's content, BUT, do not hold up the entire shipment in the mean time, especially if it's from a brewery you have already tested umpteen times in the past. My gosh, daily food staples on our tables aren't scrutinized as closely.
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