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WHAT IF... Beers the LCBO should carry
WHAT IF... Beers the LCBO should carry
This is the thread wherein YOU say what should & could be a regular seasonal or stock item at the LCBO. But aren't.
Keeping in mind there are so many choices, yes, yet to function a a 'fair' monopoly in the public's interest, what Belgians and IPAs and what-have-you should be part of their broader vision?
I'll say Ayinger Celebrator and the Maredsous would be a fair start. Achel as well.
Keeping in mind there are so many choices, yes, yet to function a a 'fair' monopoly in the public's interest, what Belgians and IPAs and what-have-you should be part of their broader vision?
I'll say Ayinger Celebrator and the Maredsous would be a fair start. Achel as well.
In Beerum Veritas
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Standard shelf stock: Andecher, Spaten, Augustiner, Ayinger, Weltenberger, Nils Oscar....Dunkels, Bocks, Oktoberfest marzens, Keller/Zwickel, Viennas, Alts and dortmunders....KEEP: Kostritzer, Schlenkerla, Hacker-pschorr, Paulaner, and expand the product line of these labels.
Thank you Red tape Santa for hearing my plea
Now I will go down to my Local government Dairy bar and walk past 3 rows of rot-yer-teeth over processed pasturized slovakian welfare lagers taking up space in the coolers, to (hopefully) find an untainted bottle of unpasturized micro brewed dunkel which has been stored at room temp.
RANT: I finally tried this Pivo Laska Pilsner they are over stocking at the 'bo' and it is the epitome of the twisted logic of state liquor bureaucrat thinking...it is infused with every stabilizing chemical and adjuct sweetener you can get to make it look and smell OK after the abysmal handling it gets....it is a Slovina welfare lager sold here at $2.20 for a 1/2 liter and probably cost the "bo" 50 cents a bottle...maximum profits from a shitty beer from some depressed backwater...full of chemicals so it wont spoil or skink and make a head no matter how badly you treat it...the perfect LCBO lager.
A googled quote about Laško Pivo: “Its like Jesus pissed in my mouth”.
Do the Liquor monopoly bureaucrats really think Canadians will like something which tastes like someone "pissing in your mouth"...that our tastes are similar to unevolved soccer vandals fron some vulgar war torn commie backwater??
The buyers have to become far more respectful of Canadian tastes and become more empathetic to customer's demands before we see this twisted attitude dissolve that buys skids of crap like Zlatorog instead of Ayigner.
OUTSIDE OF A FEW RARE GLIMPSES OF H-S EDELHELL OR CZECHVAR....THE LCBO HAS NO DECENT/QUALITY IMPORT LAGERS!!!
Thank you Red tape Santa for hearing my plea
Now I will go down to my Local government Dairy bar and walk past 3 rows of rot-yer-teeth over processed pasturized slovakian welfare lagers taking up space in the coolers, to (hopefully) find an untainted bottle of unpasturized micro brewed dunkel which has been stored at room temp.
RANT: I finally tried this Pivo Laska Pilsner they are over stocking at the 'bo' and it is the epitome of the twisted logic of state liquor bureaucrat thinking...it is infused with every stabilizing chemical and adjuct sweetener you can get to make it look and smell OK after the abysmal handling it gets....it is a Slovina welfare lager sold here at $2.20 for a 1/2 liter and probably cost the "bo" 50 cents a bottle...maximum profits from a shitty beer from some depressed backwater...full of chemicals so it wont spoil or skink and make a head no matter how badly you treat it...the perfect LCBO lager.
A googled quote about Laško Pivo: “Its like Jesus pissed in my mouth”.
Do the Liquor monopoly bureaucrats really think Canadians will like something which tastes like someone "pissing in your mouth"...that our tastes are similar to unevolved soccer vandals fron some vulgar war torn commie backwater??
The buyers have to become far more respectful of Canadian tastes and become more empathetic to customer's demands before we see this twisted attitude dissolve that buys skids of crap like Zlatorog instead of Ayigner.
OUTSIDE OF A FEW RARE GLIMPSES OF H-S EDELHELL OR CZECHVAR....THE LCBO HAS NO DECENT/QUALITY IMPORT LAGERS!!!
Aventinus rules!
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Boy, would I love to see those come over here. Add Ipswich to that list and I'd be in heaven!!! Some UK brewers would be much appreciated too, the likes of Cains, Harvestouin, Timothy Taylor, Meantime, Youngs and Theakston.Dokta Owange wrote:Victory, Stone, Smuttynose, Dogfish Head, Rogue, North Coast, Harpoon, Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada, Bear Republic.
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All the beers you mentioned have been stocked by the LCBO in recent years, several multiple times, albeit not as regular offerings.Cagiva650 wrote:I'll vote for Rogue. The Chocolate Stout is the best. I'd love to see Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Marston's Oyster Stout. Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout.
Hmmm, do you see a pattern here?
I don't always piss in a bottle but when I do...I prefer to call it Dos Equis.
I've had the Rogue Chocolate Stout in Ontario but haven't seen the others there. I visit ontario five or six times a year, mostly the Ottawa area,( I lived in Toronto 88,89 ) I must have missed the others. The Nova Scotia Liquor stores had the Marston's Oyster Stout a few years ago, the Young's Double Chocolate Stout was purchased in Fort McMurray of all places. A friend brought home the Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout from England.Jon Walker wrote:
All the beers you mentioned have been stocked by the LCBO in recent years, several multiple times, albeit not as regular offerings.
I hope they all become regular items on the LCBO shelves. I'm allowed to dream
Definitely agree with Stone and Bear...also Great Divide, Lost Coast, Fort Collins Brewing, and closer to home, Middle Ages
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I suppose it wouldn't be asking too much for more of the Unibroue products...750's of Trois Pistoles and the other ones that we used to be able to get would be fantastic. Chambly is just a few hours down the road for pete's sake.
Saison Dupont was delisted without too much adieu. With that there are no saisons available at the LCBO, as well as bieres de garde for that matter. Saison Dupont Vielle Provision and Saison Pipaix would be sweet.
Lastly, what about the Great Lakes Brewing Company...I hear they make some half-decent stuff...
Saison Dupont was delisted without too much adieu. With that there are no saisons available at the LCBO, as well as bieres de garde for that matter. Saison Dupont Vielle Provision and Saison Pipaix would be sweet.
Lastly, what about the Great Lakes Brewing Company...I hear they make some half-decent stuff...
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I'd vote for:
- Stone Ruination & IPA
- Stone Coast 420 IPA
- Souther Tier Harvest & IPA
- Wolavers IPA
- Great Divide Titan & Hercules Double IPA
- Sackets Harbor Thousand Island
- Lagunitas IPA
- Rogue St Rogue Red
Oops. That's the list of beers I bought at Galeville Grocery near Syracuse a couple of weekends ago. Sorry for the interruption...
- Stone Ruination & IPA
- Stone Coast 420 IPA
- Souther Tier Harvest & IPA
- Wolavers IPA
- Great Divide Titan & Hercules Double IPA
- Sackets Harbor Thousand Island
- Lagunitas IPA
- Rogue St Rogue Red
Oops. That's the list of beers I bought at Galeville Grocery near Syracuse a couple of weekends ago. Sorry for the interruption...