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The following beers are planned to be included in the LCBO's Autumn 2009 seasonal beer promotion. The official release date for these beers is Sept 14th. Note that as always, all details about the release including the beers included are subject to change.

LCBO Stock #/Product Name/Size/Retail/Country/Region

74484 Bombardier Burning Gold 500 ML $3.45 England
96180 Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar 650 ML $6.15 Oregon
96198 St. Peter's Cream Stout 500 ML $3.75 England
125153 Affligem Dubbel 330 ML $2.75 Belgium
125401 Peche Mortel 341 ML $3.80 Quebec
125435 Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel 500 ML $3.05 Germany
84889 Hofbraeu Oktoberfestbier 500 ML $3.25 Germany
125450 Samuel Adams Octoberfest 6 x 355 ML $13.50 Massachusetts
125476 Southern Tier Porter 355 ML $2.20 New York
125468 Gouden Carolus Classic 330 ML $3.05 Belgium
127316 Innis & Gunn Triple Matured Oak Aged Beer 330 ML $4.95 England
417816 Belhaven St. Andrews Ale 500 ML $3.45 England
574236 Erdinger Dunkel Weissbier 500 ML $3.15 Bavaria
676965 Westmalle Dubbel 330 ML $3.75 Belgium

It'll be great if we actually see those Octoberfests! (note: Black Oak is doing one as well).

The Weihenstephaner is great stuff too!

not a bad release

I'm am over-joyed to see the Hazelnut Brown come back! And if the Oktoberfest beers actually make it in this year I'll be buying boatloads of them too. I'm definitely looking forward to this release!

Yeah. Not bad.

Nothing from Ontario though.

And a couple of minor price increases by the looks of it.

But it's certainly far more exciting than the summer release.

I'll be buying lots of:

St. Peter's Cream Stout
Affligem Dubbel
Peche Mortel (definitely a case!)
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel
Gouden Carolus Classic
Westmalle Dubbel

I'll be buying a few bottles of these too:

Hofbraeu Oktoberfestbier
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Belhaven St. Andrews Ale
Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar

So yeah... on the basis of that a pretty kickass release.

Thank you Greg.

96198 St. Peter's Cream Stout 500 ML $3.75 England
125401 Peche Mortel 341 ML $3.80 Quebec
125435 Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel 500 ML $3.05 Germany
125443 Hofbräu München Oktoberfestbier 500 ML $3.25 Germany
125450 Samuel Adams Octoberfest 6 x 355 ML $13.50 Massachusetts
125476 Southern Tier Porter Dark 355 ML $2.20 New York
125486 Gouden Carolus Classic 330 ML $3.05 Belgium
127316 Innis & Gunn Triple Matured Oak Aged Beer 330 ML $4.95 England
417816 Belhaven St. Andrews Ale 500 ML $3.45 England
574236 Erdinger Dunkel Weissbier 500 ML $3.15 Bavaria
676965 Westmalle Dubbel 330 ML $3.75 Belgium

Well these are a few standouts I esp. look forward to, with the others providing some real entertaining drinking as well.

I really like the St. Peter's Cream Stout.... and I hope Péché Mortél will be fantastic as I remember. Let's buy up all that Péché to keep the DDC coming!

I also see many of you like the very age-worthy Gouden Carolus Classic?

I'll be doing at least a case of the peche mortrel!!!

The Péché Mortel is in Buffalo already, along with the Corne du Diable and a couple of others. More Canadian beer that Americans can get and we can't. Over $6 a bottle! I just got 6 in Montreal for $14!

This is a pretty good release. I'll probably buy either all or most of these to try them at least once and see if I should buy more.

While there are a couple on that list, I wish they would have included more North American micros since there are some pretty awesome beers that we just cannot get here. (Actually I'd prefer them to give up their monopoly on alcohol and let people buy whatever the hell they want to from wherever the hell they want to, but that's obviously too much freedom for Ontarians to handle.)

pretty solid release. definitely picking up lots of hazelnut brown, peche mortel, and st porter, and ill try a bottle or two of the rest.

Not bad.

Will be nice to get more of the Gouden Carolus Classic without having to jump through the private order hoops.

Great to see DDC in Ontario (I thought we were also getting the Corne du Diable in the fall?), though a bit pricey compared to Quebec.

Happy to see more Weihenstephaner. I'm hopeful that this could open doors to the Vitus in the winter release?

sstackho wrote: Happy to see more Weihenstephaner. I'm hopeful that this could open doors to the Vitus in the winter release?

It's alright, but I absolutely love the Korbinian. We got a few good doppels last year, so hopefully history will repeat!

The Peche Mortel is certainly more expensive than in Quebec (approx $15/sixer), but also cheaper than in Buffalo ($36+tax and deposit according to a Buffalo friend). So I guess it all depends on where you are in the Province. I'll be buying it - Quebec is 4-5 hours away for me, and this beer is totally worth the premium of having it at a local LCBO. Nice looking release overall.

To answer another poster, I think you'll see a separate Halloween release with Corne Diable + some Ontario brews (Great Lakes and maybe even Grand River?) as part of it.

tupalev wrote:The Peche Mortel is certainly more expensive than in Quebec (approx $15/sixer), but also cheaper than in Buffalo ($36+tax and deposit according to a Buffalo friend). So I guess it all depends on where you are in the Province. I'll be buying it - Quebec is 4-5 hours away for me, and this beer is totally worth the premium of having it at a local LCBO. Nice looking release overall.

To answer another poster, I think you'll see a separate Halloween release with Corne Diable + some Ontario brews (Great Lakes and maybe even Grand River?) as part of it.

Jeff, you are correct in regards to the Halloween release. Same thing happened last year too. I think it is neat that we get a Halloween release and a Christmas release on top of our other ones. I hope this year, the quantities of the Mcauslan Pumpkin are more bountiful though.

Agreed on your first point as well RE:Prices. I'll happily pay $3.80 a bottle so that I don't have to drive 6 hours to go pick some up. Even Buffalo is 3-4 hours for me, and I can't find their stuff in MI.