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Fresh Founders Centennial at the LCBO

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poor guy from California can't get any good IPA's ;)
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chris_schryer wrote:As an aside, I was drinking this past week with a friend from Cali, and he was annoyed that we had Founders at the LCBO, which he has trouble getting consistently in the USA....
Really? A guy from California is complaining that we have Centennial IPA in Ontario? I will gladly trade him Ontario's IPA selection for Cali's.
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TheSevenDuffs wrote:
chris_schryer wrote:As an aside, I was drinking this past week with a friend from Cali, and he was annoyed that we had Founders at the LCBO, which he has trouble getting consistently in the USA....
Really? A guy from California is complaining that we have Centennial IPA in Ontario? I will gladly trade him Ontario's IPA selection for Cali's.
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Belgian wrote: Also would appreciate any other 'fresh stock IPA' sightings you guys, please and thank you! It isn't right to let good fresh IPA arrive without cramming a few more sixes in the fridge.

** edit ** Green Flash and others too!
Current Southern Tier IPA stock was bottled 04/25/13. Smells and tastes great! Especially after riding 100K up and down the hills of beautiful Oro Township this morning.
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Sorry if this has been posted and I missed it but is there any freshness info on the Elysian IPA? I am hesitant to buy it knowing that there was a big delay in the original shipment and I am not sure if any subsequent shipments have arrived.

Freshness info is supposed to be on the label, but I can't find any on the LCBO bottles for the life of me...
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Agreed. I just bought a sixer at Summerhill because of the conspicuous absence of floaties (unlike others I have looked at in various stores) so I was hopeful it might be a fresh batch. I can't find any date stamp either.
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TheSevenDuffs wrote:but is there any freshness info on the Elysian IPA? ...
No. I got a single and it tasted great, though. Green Flash too.
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I am having an Elysian right now and it is really good. Best of the bunch (Founders, Green Flash, Sam Adams, Hop Circle) for my taste. No date stamp so all I can say is look for bottles with no floaties. The one in front of me now is perfectly clear and very fresh tasting. Bought at Summerhill.
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looks like there is some new fresh founders at the lcbo again
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Yep, picked up a fresh 6 yesterday at Rideau and King Edward.

Best before date is 11/11/13
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wonder why they switched from a brewed on date to a best before..
cfrancis wrote:Yep, picked up a fresh 6 yesterday at Rideau and King Edward.

Best before date is 11/11/13
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My guess is something to do with a state law.
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spinrsx wrote:wonder why they switched from a brewed on date to a best before..
cfrancis wrote:Yep, picked up a fresh 6 yesterday at Rideau and King Edward.

Best before date is 11/11/13
The case has a production date of 6/15/13
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Post by Streets »

Grabbed a dozen at Dundurn yesterday and noticed the best beforedate, figured it must be fairly fresh with a November 11 expiry!
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Post by Droogy »

I'm glad we're still seeing stock...website announced a bit of a pull back on expansion due to some delays in brewery expansion.
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