LCBO Holiday Beers/Gift Packs 2008 Release

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:11 am

Pinguino, doesn't matter what the shelf price tag says, it will scan at $13.95. I'll contact the store and find out why they're posting the wrong price.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:15 am

The Maredsous just seems to be slow getting to the stores that's all. No explanation...there never is. It'll get there eventually...be patient and then buy all their stock. The Maredsous is the smallest of all the gift box purchases from Esprit so I don't think it will languish on the shelves.

dutchcanuck · Post by **dutchcanuck** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:32 am

I don't care if its slow on the roll out, I'm a patient man, I just don't want to drive to the GTA to pick one up

Thanks for the update Esprit.

El Pinguino · Post by **El Pinguino** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:09 pm

I must have missed the Hobgoblin glass last time it was here as I don't have one in my collection...so for me, any Hobgoblin is a good Hobgoblin.

I picked up a couple Monty Python Holy Ales too....I know they don't rank well, but I find them very tasty and look forward to them each year.

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:07 pm

My eternal thanks for the new Christoffel offerings and brick bats for not renewing the Robertus Xmas order...although I anticipate the new dopplebock will dull my outrage.

tuqueboy · Post by **tuqueboy** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:36 pm

pootz wrote:My eternal thanks for the new Christoffel offerings and brick bats for not renewing the Robertus Xmas order...although I anticipate the new dopplebock will dull my outrage.

yeah, that robertus was nice stuff. don't quite know why it's classed as a vienna lager, though...

emjay · Post by **emjay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:27 pm

So any word on whether the Christoffel Winterbier is actually the blonde?

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:50 pm

tuqueboy wrote:
pootz wrote:My eternal thanks for the new Christoffel offerings and brick bats for not renewing the Robertus Xmas order...although I anticipate the new dopplebock will dull my outrage.
yeah, that robertus was nice stuff. don't quite know why it's classed as a vienna lager, though...

hmmm the location of the brewery IS confusing, a "Vienna" from Holland but the Danes are also making some great Viennas...the last place to find a Vienna Lager is Vienna

...it's a mattter of defining the style which is a horse that has been whipped to death here...concrete style parameters are hard to find as the style was more or less defunct and the real secrets of the style died with Anton Dreyher but from the few records left the main character is soft , malt forward subtleness verging on sweet but toasty, red-brown color with a clean crisp finish where noble hops are detected.

Robertus is not a thinner Vienna like Nils Oscar or Eliot Ness, it's more of an intensified rich version but I'm willing to call it a "Vienna" beats Dos Equis.

At any rate I love this stuff and could drink oceans of it.

devonsleigh · Post by **devonsleigh** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:15 pm

Is there a reason why there are different glasses in the St. Peters gift pack? I noticed that the gift packs packaged in front have the St. Peters logo along with some award they received from the Queen from 2006 stamped on it, while the others behind it only had the St. Peters logo on the glass.

I was as the Cooper St LCBO again and most of the gift packs were on the floor, however I found it curious that they kept the Chimay gift packs at the front of the store in the corner, separate from the others and the opposite corner from where they stock the beer.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:31 pm

..ran out of one set of glasses and then used a new design...that's pretty much it...does it matter? Be the first in your neighbourhood to have both. Don't know why the Chimays are in front...technically, none of them are supposed to be out yet but we'd obviously prefer them in the beer section and we'll follow up on that as we approach the actual release date. Many stores are sitting on their stock and follow the letter of the law when it comes to putting them out...others just put them out right away which is what we'd prefer. I needed some glasses and had to twist a store manager's arm to get him to sell me a case of Westmalle Gift Packs but they're still not on the shelves in that store.

cannondale · Post by **cannondale** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:28 pm

cannondale wrote:
Is the glass in this years Hobgoblin pack the same as 3 years ago? Tulip glass with etched Hobgoblin logo?

Nope, it's a tall straight glass which was out in the UK about 5 years ago!!!!! I was looking forward to a new glass this year but already have this one

And a very nice glass it is. This one, the Westmalle and the St. Peter's are all excellent glasses.

The seemingly inexplicable synergy of good beer in its own glass continues to baffle me..haha

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:47 pm

I hope the Westmalle glass is the fat style one, I don't make much use of these tall skinny chalices that are fluted like giant champagne glasses (though I love Maredsous beer so a few more of these v-shaped beauties will crowd my cupboards.)

The only tall chalices I regularly use are the Petrus ones from years ago, which round out a bit at the bowl, and then angle in slightly at the top - a much better shape IMO. I assume tall glasses just happen to be a better fit for gift packs.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:08 am

The Westmalle is the fat chalice style with faux cut crystal.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:17 am

I actually prefer more of a tulip to contain the aroma. I haven't seen a maredsous glass yet.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:27 pm

You can see the glass on Belgian Shop http://shop.belgianshop.com/acatalog/Page_3.html