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Post by groulxsome »

Seems a few of these are released under different SKUs at a few stores.

TREE BREWING HOPHEAD DOUBLE IPA
LCBO 209346 | 650 mL bottle

(the old SKU)

and

PHILLIPS HOPERATION TRIPEL CROSS IPA
LCBO 376632 | 650 mL bottle

The latter only having a few bottles at the downtown locations. I suspect that it might be old stock from the testing phase and the new SKU will be used when the release is actually out... can't wait until the end of May!
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Post by spinrsx »

may 2015 release perhaps?
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Post by vandutchy »

The Phillips triple is rolling out now as I picked up a few bottles today downtown and the BB is nov 12 2014 so it's fresh!
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Oddly, of all of those beers, I think that the Mellow Moon Pineapple Hefeweizen is the best. I'm curious to try the Phillips beers a little fresher than they were at the LCBO tasting. A couple of months will make all the difference on big IPAs like that.
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Grabbed a Hoperation to enjoy later today...
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Post by Stroonze »

Store manager in Aurora today mentioned that besides the triple cross, no others from the BC release have even hit the warehouse yet. God i love release dates. Moving to BC next month and am so happy to put all the bullshit that comes with the LCBO in my rearview. Cheers boys!
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Stroonze wrote:Store manager in Aurora today mentioned that besides the triple cross, no others from the BC release have even hit the warehouse yet. God i love release dates. Moving to BC next month and am so happy to put all the bullshit that comes with the LCBO in my rearview. Cheers boys!

Store manager in Aurora is wrong....everything but the P49 is in the warehouse
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PeenSteen wrote:
Stroonze wrote:Store manager in Aurora today mentioned that besides the triple cross, no others from the BC release have even hit the warehouse yet. God i love release dates. Moving to BC next month and am so happy to put all the bullshit that comes with the LCBO in my rearview. Cheers boys!

Store manager in Aurora is wrong....everything but the P49 is in the warehouse
True, but they're nearly a month late on this release. It's frustrating.
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saints_gambit wrote: True, but they're nearly a month late on this release. It's frustrating.
Can't disagree with that
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PeenSteen wrote:
saints_gambit wrote: True, but they're nearly a month late on this release. It's frustrating.
Can't disagree with that
Such things aren't limited to the LCBO. Was at Amsterdam Brewhouse the other day. They have a "beer calendar" on their menu of release dates for special beers. If I didn't know better and showed up and looked at it I'd be quite disappointed certain beers aren't around. "Supplier issues" was their reasoning for delays and changes.

I doubt they'll make the same mistake again by printing actual menus with beer release dates many months ahead of time....
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Post by admviolin »

Just picked up the Tree Hefe, the Pyramid IIPA and the Phillips IIPA at Queens Quay, couldn't find date codes on any of them.
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Post by spinrsx »

these are listed now

PHILLIPS AMNESIAC DOUBLE IPA
LCBO 376624 | 650 mL bottle
Price $ 5.80

MELLOW MOON PINEAPPLE HEFEWEIZEN
LCBO 376590 | 650 mL bottle
Price $ 5.35
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Why give product numbers out and then list them under different numbers? So strange LCBO.
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Post by groulxsome »

[quote=LCBO]Snap Crackle Hop IPA hasn't been received by our warehouse yet, so it should be a few more weeks until this one hits stores.[/quote]

Just had a tweet from the LCBO, looks like the Parallel 49 beers will be starting to edge into the fall release...
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the Parallel 49 beers are showing stock now
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