Stone Brewing - Enjoy By 2.14.14

Got me a mini growler on Sunday, it was delicious

 

Welcome to West TN, glad to have you in our beer desert!

 

Whole foods in Fairfax is supposed to get it in tomorrow, but the weather up here blows goats and that could be a Thursday delivery now...

 

Just hit the capital region of NY today. Can't wait to stock up on a couple. I always love this brew.

 

Nope. Mine was $8.99

 

They vary greatly to me from batch to batch and some releases taste way more oniony to me than others. ::ducks the empty bottles thrown by the its always the same crowd::

That said I always do enjoy it, just sometimes more than others. Haven't opened up this yet but curious to see how it it.

 

Anybody in PA yet? I know Rons Schoolhouse had it the last PA release, but the bartender wasn't sure if he would be getting this one in...

 

Really guys settle down, crazy talk! Stone is awesome and they listen when something works and that makes them smart. Love them and really get pissed when people try to bash them.

 

7.99 a bottle in CT. I thinks it's fantastic . very complex hop flavor.

 

I picked up 3 yesterday and had one last night. I poured it into a glass, that I did not rinse, after finishing an Abrasive. The first sip was very odd, but after that, everything came around and it tasted fantastic. I can't say this matches my two favorites (5.17.13 and 11.12.13), but it is running a close second.

 

Enjoy by > Sucks....IMHO. I love Lagunitas Sucks but Enjoy By is so damn good!

 

I'm very excited, finally found some in Frederick, MD bottle shop last night. We're on the craft beer map, horray!

There was an old saying back in the 80's that "a town isn't a town without a McDonalds". Now I think it should be "a town isn't a town, without distribution of Stone Enjoy By"

BTW, paid $8.99 plus tax for it.

 

I have been meaning to start a thread about this since I visited San Diego and San Francisco last fall and was struck by the somewhat limited selection of beer at stores. I noticed that there were very few east coast beers and mostly west coast beers to choose from. But don't think that I didn't appreciate getting some west coast beer I couldn't get back east. Fact is, I'd like to know if it's the distribution or that store owners in those cities are more provincial than New Yorkers.

 

Still waiting for this on Long Island. It always shows up here a week or two later than everywhere else in country. Sucks for a beer that is supposed to be drank as fresh as possible.

 

If you don't mind my asking, which shop?

 

Riverside Liquors on Rt 26, next to the Walmart. Great bottle shop by the way. Just need mixed sixer option and I'd go there nearly every time (because its near my house and also the owner is a high school friend of my brother in law).

 

I've really liked the Enjoy By series in the past but I think that Hop Ranch kind of ruined 2/14/14 for me. The finish on Enjoy By was way boozy and hot. It showed every bit of its 9% abv. Hop Ranch drinks like an IPA and I can't detect the 9% at all. It's almost dangerously drinkable. Everyone has their favorites but $8.99 for 22 ozs. doesn't seem like a great price to me when Hop Ranch is $8.99 for 48 ozs. and Sucks is $10 for 72 ozs. I'm more sensitive to price point now that my beer budget has been sacrificed at the alter of parenthood.

 

Hop Ranch is so smooth I taste, well... nothing.

 

I shared a growler of Enjoy By with 2 buddies last night and we all agreed its one of the best DIPAs out there...although Sucks really gives it a run for the money. Literally. Cheaper, wide distro, and available in 6 packs. Any chance Stone would consider canning anything? As much as bombers are fun to lug around, I can imagine Enjoy By would be a winner in a 4-pack of tallboys!

 

If you are in, or around, the San Diego area Trader Joe's La Jolla has cases of them sitting around at 6.99/bottle.