Focus on the LDB III
In what is becoming a regular feature here, I will now perform my every-2-or-3 week count of LDB advertisements on their website, and then proceed to point out that there are lots of interesting beers in the LDB inventory to talk about. So, let’s get on it.
As of right this moment, there are a fairly normal seven ads on the LDB website. These contribute to our ongoing ad count as follows:
Liquor: 2
Corporate: 2
Wine: 3
Beer: 0
This brings our running total to:
Liquor: 6 (+2)
Corporate: 7 (+2)
Wine: 15 (+3)
Beer: 0 (+0)
At this rate, I suspect we’ll see an ad for pruno before we see an ad for beer. Now on to the second part of these posts, were I highly some great beers that the LDB inexplicably stocks but doesn’t advertise.
Beer 1: Green Flash West Coast IPA
Considered by some to be one of the best IPAs on the planet, and I can’t say that I disagree. Ratebeer.com gives it a 99 overall and a 100 in style, meaning it’s not just one of the best IPAs, but it’s one of the best beers on the planet period. How this wound up in the LDB is a mystery that will likely never be resolved.
Listing: http://bcliquorstores.com/product/737338
Price: $10.99 for 4x355ml
Availability: Limited
Beer 2: St. Sylvestre 3 Monts
A beer with a cork in it! At the LDB!?! Maybe they ordered this thinking it was a bottle of wine? Sure, the listing has no picture, and doesn’t mention the brewery. And sure, it’s likely crammed in the back of the “misfits” shelf in the craft beer section (you know the one), but they have it, and at $6.99 it doesn’t get much better than this.
A great example of a high-test French table beer, this guy is all about the yeast, the nose, and the high carbonation. Open a bottle and remember what summer once felt like.
Listing: http://bcliquorstores.com/product/460758
Price: $6.99 for 750ml
Availability: Widely Available
Beer 3: Lagunitas Lucky 13
Okay, it’s listed as “Lagunitas Seasonal” but the picture is Lucky 13, which is a malt-forward red (ish) ale. Brewed to celebrate their 13th aniversary, this beer was so popular with the staff that they decided “fuck it” and began brewing it each and every year. That was 6 years ago.
Listing: http://bcliquorstores.com/product/888149
Price: $5.99 for 650ml
Availability: Fairly Widely Available