man...i've been searching high and low for busch...i can't believe they have it...and at such a great price
- _nay_

WTF. Well I guess the term "Craft" has been commandeered. I assume ABInBev now owns its rights and every time you use the term, you owe them a shiny nickel.

Got them yesterday... Updated with dates

Will maybe trade a couple. Almost all of the worthwhile beers are imperial stouts. A bit redundant in a tasting.

I know I could get a lot for the female doges Brew... but I probably will never get the opportunity of tasting it again


ÉTATS-UNIS
Dogfish Head Brewery - World Wide Stout – bottled in November 2008
Dogfish Head Brewery - Miles Davis' female dog's Brew – bottled in December 2010
North Coast Brewing Co. - Old Rasputin – no date
Matt Brewing Company - Saranac Black Forest – no date

ANGLETERRE
Fuller Smith & Turner - Fuller's Vintage Ale 2010


BELGIQUE
Brasserie Lefèbvre - Abbaye De Floreffe Double – best before September 2012
Brasserie Rochefort - Trappistes 10 – bottled in June 2009

ALLEMAGNE
Erdinger Weissbräu - Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel – Best before July 2012

QUÉBEC
Le Trou Du Diable - La Grivoise De Noel – no date
Unibroue - Noire de Chambly – bottled in March 2011
McAuslan - St-Ambroise Scotch Ale 2010 (x2)
McAuslan – Stout imperial russe 2010
McAuslan – Oatmeal Stout – best before february 2014
Maître Brasseur - Stout Impérial (x2) – best before may 2012
Simple Malt – Stout impérial – no date
Dieu du Ciel - Pêché Mortel – bottled in November 2011

Got them yesterday... Updated with dates

Will maybe trade a couple. Almost all of the worthwhile beers are imperial stouts. A bit redundant in a tasting.

I know I could get a lot for the female doges Brew... but I probably will never get the opportunity of tasting it again


ÉTATS-UNIS
Dogfish Head Brewery - World Wide Stout – bottled in November 2008
Dogfish Head Brewery - Miles Davis' female dog's Brew – bottled in December 2010
North Coast Brewing Co. - Old Rasputin – no date
Matt Brewing Company - Saranac Black Forest – no date

ANGLETERRE
Fuller Smith & Turner - Fuller's Vintage Ale 2010


BELGIQUE
Brasserie Lefèbvre - Abbaye De Floreffe Double – best before September 2012
Brasserie Rochefort - Trappistes 10 – bottled in June 2009

ALLEMAGNE
Erdinger Weissbräu - Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel – Best before July 2012

QUÉBEC
Le Trou Du Diable - La Grivoise De Noel – no date
Unibroue - Noire de Chambly – bottled in March 2011
McAuslan - St-Ambroise Scotch Ale 2010 (x2)
McAuslan – Stout imperial russe 2010
McAuslan – Oatmeal Stout – best before february 2014
Maître Brasseur - Stout Impérial (x2) – best before may 2012
Simple Malt – Stout impérial – no date
Dieu du Ciel - Pêché Mortel – bottled in November 2011
- _nay_

I will say I'm not a fan of that Black Forest - kind of just obvious. Saranac makes a good Lager, Adirondack Lager, and the rest to me is pretty forgettable. That parent company (Matt) recently bought the local purveyor here - Flying Bison. They've done well by these guys - letting the brewmaster do his thing but giving them access to distribution and marketing Tim (the brewmaster) couldn't get to. And Tim helps brew their product - it's a great symbiosis.

So a great company, even if that's not my favorite of their varieties.

Coming soon to the LCBO:

Dieu Du Ciel - Penombre Black IPA
Les Trois Mousquetaires Doppelbock
Midtfyns X-Porter
Amager Rye Porter
Sawdust City Long Dark Voyage to Uranus Stout
Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
Xbeeriment Black Force 1 Imperial Stout
8 Wired iStout
Box Steam Funnel Blower Porter
Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout

Quite the variety of styles......

Coming soon to the LCBO:

Dieu Du Ciel - Penombre Black IPA
Les Trois Mousquetaires Doppelbock
Midtfyns X-Porter
Amager Rye Porter
Sawdust City Long Dark Voyage to Uranus Stout
Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
Xbeeriment Black Force 1 Imperial Stout
8 Wired iStout
Box Steam Funnel Blower Porter
Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout

Quite the variety of styles......
- daeth

I wish our LB's carried Trois Mousquetaires

I wish our LB's carried Trois Mousquetaires
- Double_A

Their baltic porter is the best baltic porter I've ever had.

Their baltic porter is the best baltic porter I've ever had.
- daeth

I've only had the Doppelbock, which was (frank)ing awesome.

Coming soon to the LCBO:

Dieu Du Ciel - Penombre Black IPA
Les Trois Mousquetaires Doppelbock
Midtfyns X-Porter
Amager Rye Porter
Sawdust City Long Dark Voyage to Uranus Stout
Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
Xbeeriment Black Force 1 Imperial Stout
8 Wired iStout
Box Steam Funnel Blower Porter
Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout

Quite the variety of styles......
- daeth

Black Butte is good stuff... deep.

Coming soon to the LCBO:

Dieu Du Ciel - Penombre Black IPA
Les Trois Mousquetaires Doppelbock
Midtfyns X-Porter
Amager Rye Porter
Sawdust City Long Dark Voyage to Uranus Stout
Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique
Xbeeriment Black Force 1 Imperial Stout
8 Wired iStout
Box Steam Funnel Blower Porter
Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout

Quite the variety of styles......
- daeth

Deschutes

Black Butte is good stuff... deep.
- nfph

i see what you did there. ..i think.







if that's what you did there.

Just traded a 2010 Saint Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout (already have 2 2011 and 4 2012) for 750ml bottles of Belgian Brett APA and Quad from L'Harmonique, a very small microbrewery who are starting to win some contests in Quebec. I believe I made a good deal.

Belgian Brett APA:


Quad:

i see what you did there. ..i think.







if that's what you did there.
- kicksave856

It's pronounced "boot" kick, gawd.











Totally what I did there.

Has anyone here ever had this? I picked up a case today for my up coming vacation.

Has anyone here ever had this? I picked up a case today for my up coming vacation.



- Hop Head

pretty sure that's the only trappist beer ive ever bought

and it was awesome

Has anyone here ever had this? I picked up a case today for my up coming vacation.



- Hop Head

It's a top 10 tripel for me.

Just traded a 2010 Saint Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout (already have 2 2011 and 4 2012) for 750ml bottles of Belgian Brett APA and Quad from L'Harmonique, a very small microbrewery who are starting to win some contests in Quebec. I believe I made a good deal.

Belgian Brett APA:


Quad:

- _nay_

Why are there so many good breweries in Quebec? It's a shame they don't really distribute outside of Quebec because they don't get the respect they deserve. Really only Unibroue and Dieu Du Ciel are widely available outside of Quebec or bars in the rest Canada.

Has anyone here ever had this? I picked up a case today for my up coming vacation.



- Hop Head

i sure have

i have a fondness for the dubbel as i first had it in bruges, so it's a special memory

but the tripel is also delicious

Why are there so many good breweries in Quebec? It's a shame they don't really distribute outside of Quebec because they don't get the respect they deserve. Really only Unibroue and Dieu Du Ciel are widely available outside of Quebec or bars in the rest Canada.
- daeth

last time i was in montreal i had a day by myself. i was trying to find a bar where i could get some of these quebec beers that i can't find in the US, but it was surprisingly difficult

i'd love to try this!

last time i was in montreal i had a day by myself. i was trying to find a bar where i could get some of these quebec beers that i can't find in the US, but it was surprisingly difficult

i'd love to try this!
- -davies-

yeah you really have to do your research before you go there. most bars suck but the good ones carry a large selection of quebec beers.

i need to go there next summer or something. such a great city. i just wish i spoke french.

i sure have

i have a fondness for the dubbel as i first had it in bruges, so it's a special memory

but the tripel is also delicious
- -davies-

I figured you would.

I cracked one open late last night and poured it into a Chimay glass. It was excellent.

A nice departure from my usual hoppy beers.

We're getting Achel Bruin (I don't think it's Achel Extra Bruin but I'm hoping it is) and Rochefort 10 here in time for the winter. St Bernardus 12 is coming here soon as well.



The only way this could get better would be if this came back too.

last time i was in montreal i had a day by myself. i was trying to find a bar where i could get some of these quebec beers that i can't find in the US, but it was surprisingly difficult

i'd love to try this!
- -davies-

There aren't a lot of those downtown, if that's where you were searching. St-Bock are very good. Most of the time they have about 20 beers on tap, 50% being their own and the rest being from other breweries in the country. They also sometimes have a couple of somewhat rare belgian beers. Had some Gueuze there once. Not too far from there is the Amère à Boire. They only carry their own products, but all their beers (Czech inspiration, not bottled) are great. There a couple of other great pubs/brewpubs (Pub Broue Haha, Vices et Versa, Succursale, Dieu du Ciel), but you'll need to do some research and planification before going, if your hotel is downtown.

But the best thing you can do, as a lot of Quebec's best breweries (Charlevoix, Brasserie du Lièvre, Naufrageur, Pit Caribou, À l'abri de la tempête, notably) are from the country, is to go in some specialized beer store (Peluso's the best) and buy everything you can bring back to the States.

Tonight, black velvet with Loulou Porter from Hopfenstark and Flag Hill Farm cider from Vermont

I haven't had a black velvet in years. I don't think I'd like it anymore.

Just bought a 5 gallon whiskey barrel to age some porter