Woody's Wild at LCBO Vintages Corner in Dundas, Ont

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:59 pm

In a very disturbing turn of events, I stopped by my local LCBO to pick up a Tuesday night assortment of "Winter Warmers" only to be struck dumb (dumber?) by a vast selection of Woody's something something nicely arranged in the Vintages section. Is this a sign of the times? Is this a Vintages worthy product? Did Superman reverse the rotation of the earth? I left with six St. Ambroise's Oatmeal in one hand, two Celebration Ales in the other and my jaw dragging on the ground.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 5:10 pm

What is Woody's? Some sort of alcopop? I tend to avoid the "cooler & party drinks" aisle in my local LCBO, so I'm not really in touch with the latest & greatest in that department.

Greg

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 5:17 pm

I don't know what exactly they are, I've never tried one. The term "malternative" comes to mind, though. This was NOT in the "Cooler and Party" drinks section, it was in the Vintages corner. My disturbance is with the fact that this is the very same section of the store where I discovered a cache of 2000 McAuslan Vintage Ale.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Wed Feb 26, 2003 6:37 pm

Woody's is a line of flavored vodka coolers from the UK...if they were in your VINTAGES section then there were just borrowing the space as I'm sure this weather has led to a huge demand for a product named Woody's Ice.

joey_capps · Post by **joey_capps** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:17 pm

Soes I goes to da Dundas store, I does, and, lo, there ares thems Woody's. Now, I buy Peter's explanation that they're just borrowing space and not a regular Vintages product. But they are displayed on one of those aisle wine racks. You know the one where one bottle lies slightly elevated on top and the rest of the bottles are stacked in a column directly below. They had an entire section, 8-9 columns, dedicated to Woody's. It looked ridiculous.

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:24 pm

Thanks for the validation Joe. Did you notice that there was a piss-pot of empty shelf space in the "Import Beer" aisle?

Jeff

joey_capps · Post by **joey_capps** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:35 pm

On 2003-02-28 20:24, Gunny wrote:
Thanks for the validation Joe. Did you notice that there was a piss-pot of empty shelf space in the "Import Beer" aisle?

Jeff

That I did, sadly. That I did.