LCBO Holiday/Gift Packs 2011

[phirleh]

Is it worth the $10?

It was crowned "Worlds Best Beer" (among four others including Weihenstephaner Vitus) at the 2010 World Beer Awards . It's the top notch Unibroue beer, right up there with Terrible.

[uno99]

I cant find any of this stuff on the website. I went into the leaside LCBO which usually has the best stuff in my area and there wasent anything worth picking up there.

Im really looking for the Chimay blue and the Uni 17. Anyone spot these in Toronto yet?

[The_Jester]

They're on to us. They're in stores, but most are hiding them in back 'til the current promotion is done. They're not registering them on the website yet so we won't know where to go and pester the help.

[Actatu]

Spoke with someone from the Liberty Village LCBO; they have a couple cases of Unibroue 17. For some reason it is not showing up on the website but according to their internal system a number of stores in downtown Toronto (Queens Quay, Danforth & Victoria Park, Young and Wellesley, etc.) have it in stock. Just call your local LCBO and ask them to perform a search to tell you what stores have the new beers in stock.

[JeffPorter]

In fairness to the "front-line staff" at the LC, they're getting hit pretty hard right now with stock...Went to Orion Gate last night...it was disappointing, but what was notable were the sheer number of boxes of gift pack (wine, whiskey etc) all over the floor.

It's probably just going to take them a while to sort out - and also...they seemed to have come out early this year!

[TheBeeraholic]

I've never had Unibroue 17 - anything familiar to compare it to? If I like trois pistoles will I like this? Is it worth the $10?

I've never had it either. I did pick up three last night though. Cracking into one tonight. I love the trois pistoles as well. I'm hoping this to be similar to la terrible though.

[TheBeeraholic]

Any spottings of the Chimay Grande Reserve Canister?

[icemachine]

Any chance we can get the LCBO Product #'s for all of these?

[Ukie]

So this is the list (so far) of seasonal/gift packs that should be showing up beginning-mid November

Seasonal:
676213 Fullers Vintage Ale
408005 Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale
Christoffel Winter Bier Jug
252098 Jenlain Or Biere Blonde
190488 La Chouffe
Bah Humbug Christmas Cheer Ale
256297 Unibroue 17 Grand Reserve
258327 Samuel Adams New World Triple
Mill St. Barley Wine
St.Peters Winter Ale

Gift Packs:
Biere Du Boucanier Mix Pack
Samuel Smith Selection
Erdinger Gift Pack
6 Exclusive Belgian Ales
Amsterdam Entertainer
Historic Ales Of Scotland
Rickard's Taster Pack
Bavarian Alps 3 Collector Bottle Gift Pack
254672 OCB Holiday Discovery Pack
251157 St. Ambroise Gift Pack
Innis & Gunn Connoisseur Oak Collection
King Brewery 3 Kings
Taste Of Belgium
Alexander Keiths Barrel Gift Pack
Faxe Premium Gift Pack
251181 Old Speckled Hen Bottle and Glass
Tiger Gift Pack
European Beer Mix Pack
Duvel Twinpack with Glass
925818 Maredsous Chalice Gift Pack
De Koninck Belgian Gift Pack
Mill Street Organic Gift Pack
Mill Street Tankhouse Gift Pack
Mill Street Coffee Porter Gift Pack
Chimay Grand Reserve Canister
St. Bernardus Gift Pack
St. Peters Twinpack with Glass
251694 Sapporo Holiday 2011 Gift Pack
Stella Artois Chalice Gift Pack
Steam Whistle Gift Pack

I have added some of the numbers to PeenSteen's original post. Any repeats will probably have the same number as last years.

No info on the St. Bernie or Chimay, maybe later or not at all?

[Soods]

The LCBO website really seems to be lagging.

I picked up some Fuller's Vintage Ale today, but it doesn't register at all on the website!

[liamt07]

Which beers are included in the Bavarian Alps gift-pack? Further, what beers are included in the Biere du Boucanier Giftpack, European Beer giftpack and the de Koninck gift pack (if anyone knows...)

[jprime]

Where has the Unibroue 17 been seen? I hope to pick up some tonight

[Belgian]

I've never had Unibroue 17 - anything familiar to compare it to? If I like trois pistoles will I like this? Is it worth the $10?

A 8 or 10 month-old bottle from PG. (Edit - bottle is original brewing from 2008 or something like that.)

Challenging and strange, but it's unusual with a lot of impressive character unlike other beer. Mulled spiced cherry, dark berries, cinnamon, rustic Italian dry grape/wine flavor like Ripasso. I'm not going crazy stocking up, may go get one more to be sure.

Anyone tried the 2011 Fullers, he asked knowing full well this Q should be under 'beer reviews...'

[uno99]

Cooper st LCBO has a bunch of Unibroue 17.... They have much less now

Anyone know the details of this beer?

When was it brewed? is it the same recepie as the old 17?
Also curious if anyone has tried both old and new 17 and if the new batch is as good.

[Belgian]

Anyone know the details of this beer?

When was it brewed? is it the same recepie as the old 17?

Well the packaging on the 'new edition' you bought indicates it is a NEW brewing of the same recipe from 3 years ago. But it also says it is aged in oak (or near oak, beside oak - made oakish in some permutation.) I don't think the last one was oaky in any way. Will RateBeer encourage a separate oaky entry?

It would be hard to compare the ones I got with the old Uni 17 since that was a well-aged, possibly damaged bottle, and these are newer ones aged in oak. But it's a cool and exciting development from the normally predictable Unibroue.