LCBO Summer 2011 Specialty Beer Release

cratez · Post by **cratez** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:52 pm

Kel Varnsen wrote:
Belgian wrote: I think Fuller's Honey Dew is a pretty nice-tasting, balanced ale with some respectable malt presence. The honey does not get in the way.
Yea from what I remember from my trip to the Fuller's brewery the Honey Dew was pretty good.

When it was on tap at Gambrinus last summer, I found it to be a decent and refreshing quaff. And you make a good point - solid sales of the Honey Dew might lead to more interesting Fuller's seasonals down the road.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:32 pm

Belgian wrote:
SteelbackGuy wrote:The Organic Honey Dew and the Brise Raspberry are diarreah dumps from a rotten asshole, in a bottle.

I think Fuller's Honey Dew is a pretty nice-tasting, balanced ale with some respectable malt presence. The honey does not get in the way.

Fair enough.
I can't stand it. It is a beer I always avoid. Thought I may have liked it last year on tap, but one was enough.Ass juice. I'll buy their other offerings though.

iguenard · Post by **iguenard** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:21 pm

I rank Cuvée René up there with Hanssen's, but not quite in the league of Girardin, "Cantiloon", or Drie Fonteinen.

One thing for sure, its VERY unline Bellevue, Mort Subite, Chapeau, and other sweet tooth schoolgirl lambics.

It deserves its place among the alphas. If Cantillon is a 4.2, this guy is a 3.9.

I surely will stock up, if not only to see the face of those gueuze first timers... and I dont think I will need to rush for it, since gueuze like this aint for the weak of heart.

GUEUZE in ONTARIO! GET EXCITED!

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:05 pm

Having not gotten to try the Southern Tier 2XIPA yet, but drunken plenty of thier regular IPA, i'm curious how similar the two are if at all?

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:05 pm

JesseMcG wrote:I've actually never had Lindeman's Cuvee Rene. When I've been able to get my hands on gueuze in NYC it's been Cantillon and Hanssens. The Hanssens Oude Gueuze is KILLER, and their Kriek is awesome too. I've got a bottle of Oude Gueuze Boon and Belle Vue I still haven't tried as well.

One of my favourite drinking moment was knocking back Hanssens gueuze from the bottle at the Buffalo grehound station. Is there a more ghetto way to drink a gueuze?

The Lindeman's is a damn good gueuze. The Cuvee renee series is the real stuff, and worth the investment. Damn good style for the summer...

ritzkiss · Post by **ritzkiss** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:15 pm

Bobsy wrote:
JesseMcG wrote:I've actually never had Lindeman's Cuvee Rene. When I've been able to get my hands on gueuze in NYC it's been Cantillon and Hanssens. The Hanssens Oude Gueuze is KILLER, and their Kriek is awesome too. I've got a bottle of Oude Gueuze Boon and Belle Vue I still haven't tried as well.
One of my favourite drinking moment was knocking back Hanssens gueuze from the bottle at the Buffalo grehound station. Is there a more ghetto way to drink a gueuze?

The Lindeman's is a damn good gueuze. The Cuvee renee series is the real stuff, and worth the investment. Damn good style for the summer...

That is one of my favorite drinking moments as well, along with the Smuttynose Robust Porter. Buffalo is a good time.

Very much looking forward to the Cuvee Renee - good beer, pretty good price point.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:08 pm

iguenard wrote:Girardin

That name sounds to me like a form of gastric distress.

Which may be a warning to newbies who may be tempted to drink a LOT of gueuze all at once.

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:34 pm

Belgian wrote: The Brasseurs du Montreal beers can be hit-and-miss, so I will reserve judgment on the Coeur Brise Raspberry till it offends me personally. I kind of like this little brew pub, even with better stuff around MTL.

I stayed at Hotel Nouvel in Montreal last year and they had the Rebelle Quebecois at $4.00 a pint in their restaurant. I was surprised that I really liked it. I'll let the fiancee take this particular hit for the team though

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:13 pm

Well imagine something like beerbistro stuck out in a ghetto corner of the Cherry Beach area near a field, with a big empty steel-fenced asphalt yard that partly serves as a patio. THAT is pretty much BDM. But -- go and enjoy some food and try 4 oz gallopins of all their stuff, and you will suddenly find the place & even some of the beers really grow on you.

They could sure make the outdoor space more intimate and less industrial, it would help!! I'm sure some plans must be afoot for decking, privacy fencing etc.

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:12 pm

GregClow wrote: 224824 / Lindeman's Cuvee Rene (Gueuze) / Lindemans / 5 / 355 / $6.45

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:25 am

Seen on Garrison's Facebook page:

Loaded up pallets of Hopyard Pale the other night. They're on the way to a summer release at the LCBO. Ontario's about to get a whole lot hoppier!

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:20 pm

phirleh wrote:Seen on Garrison's Facebook page:

Loaded up pallets of Hopyard Pale the other night. They're on the way to a summer release at the LCBO. Ontario's about to get a whole lot hoppier!

Yep, it's coming as part of a special product release, not a full beer seasonal release. More to come!

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:46 pm

Cass wrote:
phirleh wrote:Seen on Garrison's Facebook page:

Loaded up pallets of Hopyard Pale the other night. They're on the way to a summer release at the LCBO. Ontario's about to get a whole lot hoppier!

Yep, it's coming as part of a special product release, not a full beer seasonal release. More to come!

Yum, lots of hops on the pallet.

Cass that is one beer that just deserves to be here; incredible freshness and more easy drinking than its big brother Garrison IPA.

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:18 pm

phirleh wrote:Seen on Garrison's Facebook page:

Loaded up pallets of Hopyard Pale the other night. They're on the way to a summer release at the LCBO. Ontario's about to get a whole lot hoppier!

Shaping up to be a good summer!

TheSevenDuffs · Post by **TheSevenDuffs** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:37 pm

phirleh wrote:Seen on Garrison's Facebook page:

Loaded up pallets of Hopyard Pale the other night. They're on the way to a summer release at the LCBO. Ontario's about to get a whole lot hoppier!

That is excellent news!

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LCBO Summer 2011 Specialty Beer Release

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