Is Deschutes Black Butte difficult to get?

It's dead easy to find sixers of all over the place in the PNW and elsewhere, you probably just need the right trader to see the post (i.e. a porter fan in the west coast ditro range). Alternatively, you could order it from France44 (they've had it in the past). When I lived in Oregon it was one of my go-to fridge filler packs.

 

Its probubly just a matter of finding the right person. Coming from ri, you may have more luck with some other porters that are a little better known/in demand as im sure you realize nobody really asks for only ok brands when trading (its not worth the expense). But you could always just offer ft: locals and see what ppl want.

 

It's on the shelves in mass quantity year round here.

 

I've received various vintages as extras a number of times.

The older ones are pretty good.

 

I would try Ballast Point, Ithaca, Pretty Things as trades, assuming those are easy for you to get.

Edit: your idea is cool, but you'd end up dropping $40 for an $8-$10 mix sixer for having to ship to two people.

 

Another possible source: if you use Letspour, they often have Black Butte bombers available.

 

black butte should be in the royal shelf turd family most everywhere there is deschutes products.

 

One approach that might be more successful for you is trying to arrange a trade that's based around some more limited beers (like say, Ghandi-Bot/Heady for Pliny/Blind Pig or something like that) then see if they will expand to throw in a sixer each of shelf porters.

 

For what its worth, I really like Black Butte Porter

 

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