Bourbon County Varietals in CT - Update

the place on the post road in Milford - near Raymore and Flannigans (forget the name bc they suck) i think its beverage warehouse (not the one by trader joes)? they got one case of bw in and wanted to sell me the whole case for 120 - so when i went back the next day they raised it to 29.99 a 4 or 180 a case. will never go back into that store again.

 

The two there are the Wine and Liquor Outlet and New England Beverage Co, which one are you referencing?

 

The outlet.

 

Went into Kay's today picked up some 2 btls of Barleywine. Also saw a new bottle of the Southern Tier Grand Arbor. Haven't seen that anywhere before. Am quite impressed with this store...

 

prime 16 and mcladden's had the barleywine on tap

 

Which McLaddens? West Hartford?

 

So much for McLadden's having the only keg in the state haha

 

yes, but long gone. prime in NH may have some left

 

Yes. That was a few weeks ago. Gone now. Not sure if either of the MA locations are getting it.

 

i was told that there were 6 barrels for CT.

 

I don't doubt it. It's only funny because McLadden's was bragging that they got the only keg in the state on their FB page...

 

Back on topic.

Stumbled upon the barley wine tonight at Stews Wines in Danbury. About 3 4 packs left.

 

Bw is on tap at Eli cannons

 

I read this paragraph and in my head I go "the new owner of Turnpike Wines in Fairfield was also charging $9.99 for a bottle of BCBCS, where the store down the street was selling them for $5.99. What an asshole". Well come to find out that he also owns Valley Discount Wine in Ansonia. Its all starting to make sense now!!

 

All right, I'm officially done hunting these, although I wouldn't not buy another few Coffees if I happen to stumble across them. Here's my final tally, with all the stores and how much was left the last I knew:

13x Barleywine: 4 @ Captain's Keg in Stratford, several left; 4 @ Amity in New Haven, none left; 4 at Crushed Grape in Milford, several left; 1 at New England Beverage in Orange, all allocated.

7x Coffee: 2 @ Amity, none left; 1 at Mo's in Fairfield, not sure if any remain (employee grabbed it from the office, limit 1); 4 at a store where the owner asked me specifically not to mention it, so I won't.

4x Backyard: 1 @ Amity, none left; 1 @ Mo's, not sure how many left but was told they only got half a case; 2 @ Crushed Grape, left one on the shelf, along with a few regular BCBS and Barleywine, both of which were a very reasonable $5.75. Great little store.

Cheers!

 

damn man.....You spent some serious cheese.

Cheers

 

Gotta spend the Christmas check from the folks somehow!

 

As of 2 hours ago BevMax in Stamford had 8 bottles of Backyard left (only received 12 in). I passed due to the fact that each bottle was $25.99. Seems a bit high, no?

 

Connecticut Beverage Mart in Middletown is charging 29.99 a bottle!!!

 

A bit, yes. I got mine for $23.99 (Mo's and Crushed Grape) and $24.99 (Amity).