Flower Child Cans

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  1. PenningtonNY10

    PenningtonNY10 Zealot (687) Nov 20, 2009 Connecticut

    Sonoma in Glastonbury just got some today so it looks like the answer is yes!
     
  2. WeymouthMike

    WeymouthMike Savant (1,097) Jun 22, 2004 Massachusetts

    Picked some up at the Beer Cellar Braintree on Friday
     
  3. nolanz14

    nolanz14 Pundit (827) Aug 31, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Atlas in Quincy had some.
     
  4. pbrian

    pbrian Pooh-Bah (2,118) Feb 8, 2001 Connecticut
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    Conveniently right around the corner from where I work! Thanks
     
  5. rojapa

    rojapa Savant (1,100) Jun 26, 2013 New York

    I was in MA over the weekend and grabbed a sixer of this and three other local IPAs from a Wine and More for $9.99 each.

    ETA: I had a can of each yesterday and they were all great. The others were from Baxter, Berkshire, and Foolproof.
     
  6. TwinCam

    TwinCam Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2014 Connecticut

    Picked up a 6pk of this, haven't tried it before, so excited how it is! If anybody in CT is looking for this Kay's Wine and Spirits has some.
     
  7. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

    nice, they have a lot of fridge space too. are they refrigerating it?
     
  8. TwinCam

    TwinCam Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2014 Connecticut

    Yes, they got it in the fridge! haha...
     
  9. ActonBrewer

    ActonBrewer Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2009 Massachusetts

    I had one the other night and it definitely did not taste like what I had in bottles last year. Anyone else notice a SIGNIFICANT difference?
     
  10. FrankLloydMike

    FrankLloydMike Maven (1,308) Aug 16, 2006 Massachusetts

    I can't remember how it tasted in bottles last year, but I am significantly pleased with the taste of the beer in the cans.
     
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  11. Horbar

    Horbar Pooh-Bah (1,593) Feb 24, 2012 Rhode Island
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    Does anyone know if CBC will be producing this beer all Summer? Or is it a one shot deal?
     
  12. ActonBrewer

    ActonBrewer Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2009 Massachusetts

    I would say it was a lot better last year compared to the can I had last week. I couldn't find any dating on the cans, so it could have been a little green still. Last years batch was floral, fruity, beautiful...
     
  13. bring

    bring Zealot (730) Aug 17, 2005 Greenland
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    Should be a best by date on the bottom (5 mos out, I believe).
     
  14. Robtobfest

    Robtobfest Initiate (0) Oct 21, 2009 Connecticut

    Sept. Best by date.
    Picked up cans today in New London. Loved this last year. Hope it is just as good or better.
     
  15. nolanz14

    nolanz14 Pundit (827) Aug 31, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Anyone seen these around Boston lately?
     
  16. huuvola

    huuvola Zealot (715) Oct 29, 2005 Massachusetts

    They are still for sale at Cambridge Brewing Company (in the small fridge with growlers). As others have noted, $12 per 6-pack. I picked up one just last week.
     
  17. Longstaff

    Longstaff Initiate (0) May 23, 2002 Massachusetts

    Remain in Light Lager should be hitting shelves soon.
     
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  18. HuskyHawk

    HuskyHawk Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2014 Massachusetts

    Just bought a bottle to try it. Way over carbonated. Don't like the hops in this, very bitter, not at all juicy or citrusy. Very harsh. Not my style of IPA.
     
  19. Sesmu

    Sesmu Pundit (768) Feb 28, 2007 Massachusetts

    Is there a date? I didn't know they bottled it this year.
     
  20. Stormfield

    Stormfield Savant (1,065) Feb 21, 2011 Massachusetts

    You are correct, sir. Flower Child was canned this year, not bottled. Any bottles out there are well over a year old. If Husky Hawk bought one of those old bottles, the age of it would explain the lack of hop character.
     
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