LCBO Winter 2009 Release

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:18 pm

carguy wrote:A new LCBO opened in Cambridge yesterday, boasting to be the "largest in the region, sixth largest in Ontario", blah, blah, "with an extensive choice of wine, spirits and beer". Well, I stopped in today, and ya, it's big, but the beer selection was terrible. Not a single thing from the winter release. Just a 40 foot cooler full of lagers. Very dissapointing, as it is much more convenient for me to get to compaired to my usual, which impressed me today by having both creme brulee and Yellow Snow. Bigger isn't always better.

where is the new store carguy?

Torontoblue · Post by **Torontoblue** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:24 pm

Found it quite interesting comparing the US & Ontario labels of the Creme Brulee. Quite a significant difference has been made to the Ontario label - and all due to anal LCBO rulings, I suspect.

xocoatl · Post by **xocoatl** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:36 pm

matt7215 wrote:
carguy wrote:A new LCBO opened in Cambridge yesterday, boasting to be the "largest in the region, sixth largest in Ontario", blah, blah, "with an extensive choice of wine, spirits and beer". Well, I stopped in today, and ya, it's big, but the beer selection was terrible. Not a single thing from the winter release. Just a 40 foot cooler full of lagers. Very dissapointing, as it is much more convenient for me to get to compaired to my usual, which impressed me today by having both creme brulee and Yellow Snow. Bigger isn't always better.
where is the new store carguy?

Its on Holiday Inn drive near where the zehrs is. And I 100% concur with carguy as to its sad state. It just opened yesterday, so I plan to return later in the week and talk to the manager about hopefully reconsidering their involvement in the seasonal programs, and carrying some more interesting general listing products. Hopefully others do the same.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:37 pm

carguy wrote: "largest in the region, sixth largest in Ontario", blah, blah, "with an extensive choice of wine, spirits and beer".

Bullshit is the new Prepared!

JesseM · Post by **JesseM** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:33 pm

For those in KW, Rogue Yellow Snow, Fullers Vintage 09, and ST Creme Brulee are all at the Highland road location, just in today. This Rogue is drinking pretty damn good, super-duper hoppy and bitter.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:35 am

Good idea xocoatl, and I will do the same, so the manager knows that more than one person has noticed.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:12 pm

Yeah Jesse the Rogue is great stuff, and just when I was getting a little 'meh' on this Oregon brewer. The Hazelnut, Shakespeare, Mocha and Yello IPA all very nice recently. If in fact they are still called those names (been a week or so since I checked.)

TJ · Post by TJ » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:20 pm

Looks like Brooklyn Chocolate Stout has shown up at the Pickering and Queen's Quay locations.

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... mber=95034

Awesome.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:10 am

TJ wrote:Looks like Brooklyn Chocolate Stout has shown up at the Pickering and Queen's Quay locations.

http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/produ ... mber=95034

Awesome.

+ 1. fucking awesome, if I may say so myself.

Screw common sense, stock beer cellar with alarmingly out-of-control numbers of bottles, and worry about the sense of it all later (if ever.)

Sanchex · Post by **Sanchex** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:38 am

false alarm on the brooklyn stout at queens quay. the lcbo employee said that all 197 btls were on hold for some reason.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:41 am

I hope it's not the same for the ones listed in Pickering, as I just emailed my brother in law to pick some up for me....

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:20 am

Sanchex wrote:false alarm on the brooklyn stout at queens quay. the lcbo employee said that all 197 btls were on hold for some reason.

Probably a liscensee. They do it all the time.
I don't think they should be able to do it, because often the public has no option of grabbing some stuff. Plus, in Toronto there is a liscensee service centre.

TJ · Post by TJ » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:16 pm

carguy wrote:I hope it's not the same for the ones listed in Pickering, as I just emailed my brother in law to pick some up for me....

I just picked up twelve from Pickering on my lunch. They were still in the back and I had to ask for them. But they're there.

I can't wait to crack one open. This stuff makes Young's Double Chocolate taste like ditch water by comparison.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:19 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote:
Sanchex wrote:false alarm on the brooklyn stout at queens quay. the lcbo employee said that all 197 btls were on hold for some reason.

Probably a liscensee. They do it all the time.
I don't think they should be able to do it, because often the public has no option of grabbing some stuff. Plus, in Toronto there is a liscensee service centre.

I've had that happen at Queen's Quay too... VERY annoying.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:40 pm

SteelbackGuy wrote:
Sanchex wrote:false alarm on the brooklyn stout at queens quay. the lcbo employee said that all 197 btls were on hold for some reason.
Probably a liscensee. They do it all the time.
I don't think they should be able to do it, because often the public has no option of grabbing some stuff. Plus, in Toronto there is a liscensee service centre.

We may be jumping the gun to worry so early but yeah it's unfair to put private businesses ahead in the line. The LCBO should not be cozy with bars while ignoring us & this rule-bending is probably minor.

If BCS shows up everywhere in 5-10 days - which is how this usually goes - then we can relax. Still - the fact that many never trust things to work out shows the weakness of the LCBO's relationship with it's biggest overall client - store shoppers.

It's kind of unacceptable how much run-around & frustration our system causes, and these 'norms' indicate they really don't even want to try and see things from store shoppers point of view.

Excuses are the new Accountability.