Darkness bottles Liquor Stores

Yeah Plymouth Liquor, where you said. He was an odd guy for sure, he had a habit of standing sideways when talking to me and kept using the phrase "It's like you say, you know...". His AB rep was there and he was giving her a hard time about all the people calling him for Bourbon County. I was thankful when a customer came in and I could break off the conversation.

I wasn't pissed about him being honest about marking up the price. If that gets you fired up, he said last year he held back 6 bottles until mid-December and put them out for $35 each. For work, I sell products to retail chains and the stores always set the retail prices. I do however suggest prices(SRP). Someone already made this comparison, but it is apt, in my mind he is just a ticket scalper and Darkness was a concert that I wanted to see really bad. After I bought my bottle I ended up getting it with my dinner last night at 3 squares in Maple Grove, and then got two more glasses at Mimosa bar at the airport today. It was delicious and I'll probably drink my bottle with friends next weekend.

He was also pissed about the guy "up the road"(he pointed East/southeast? on that same road he is on) who got 10 cases because "the owner went to high school with one of the Surly guys". It probably didn't have anything to do with the fact that the plymouth guy was kind of an ass...

 

What a douche. and dumb to admit those things.

 

I am hoping it is still there on Sunday when I arrive at the MSP airport. Not sure what my chances are, but I can at least hope.

 

has anyone seen any left around town? i'm looking for one more for a trade.

 

Any BA's in the Duluth-Superior area looking for Darkness should make a run to CashWise Liquor. When I got there they had 14 bottles back in their beer cave (of all places) for $25.99 a piece. There were 8 remaining after I left.

 

The reason they are still there is because of the price maybe ?

 

$25.99 is not exorbitant. the place in plymouth sold out at $30.

 

True. Not as cheap as some places in the MSP metro area but in line (and cheaper) than other places in the state. For someone like me who lives in WA its priceless as I can't buy what isn't distributed to us.

 

26 dollars is over priced 30 dollars is a rip off.

 

Try calling Big Discount Liquor in South Saint Paul. A buddy of mine said they still had 2 bottles of 12 Darkness in early October.

 

Still around Rochester too if you're ever down this way. I know for sure Andy's North and MGM on the south side of town has it.

 

Road trip to Rochester!

 

Just called, they said it was gone in 2 days.

 

Sounds like Chicago is about to get hit with pallets of Darkness next week!

 

seems like they should send us some more BCBS in return

 

Nnnnnoooo!

 

Now we know where the other three kegs of BA Vanilla Darkness are heading too (assuming the person who mentioned there were three others was right). I never wanted to try it anyway.

 

Wow.

"Last I heard 460 cases are coming for the Surly footprint in Chicagoland. I've not heard what the price will be yet or I'd pass it along."

 

I am not sure where my buddy got that info about the kegs but he is usually right on the money.

 

I know late in 2012 Surly produced four casks of Woodford Reserve barrel aged Darkness, finished on vanilla. This may possibly have just been one of those four. I know one went to Bryant Lake Bowl.