Grimm of the Future

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  1. SasquatchB2

    SasquatchB2 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2015 Minnesota

    @JoeGrimm - I just had the chance to try Tesseract yesterday. Fantastic beer! Any thoughts about bottling it?
     
    #21 SasquatchB2, Mar 18, 2015
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  2. CraftFan5

    CraftFan5 Pooh-Bah (2,264) May 14, 2013 New Jersey
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    Hey, what can we expect the price point to be on the BA 2xNeg? I would love to be able to buy multiples to drink both now and later.
     
    #22 CraftFan5, Mar 18, 2015
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  3. JoeGrimm

    JoeGrimm Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2015 New York

    We would like to bottle or can, but since we don't have a brewery where we can sell direct to people... bottling it increases the likelihood that it'll get stashed in a back stockroom shelf for months and lose freshness. We decided that for now, the best way to present these super fresh hoppy beers is to go draft only. That's why this round of BFF is draft only as well. (for example, somebody on untappd was drinking a 10 month old BFF just yesterday... we hate that. yuck, seriously just pour it out!)

    We were at our Staten Island partner brewery yesterday kegging BFF 2015. It's tasting really good, and folks at Bondurants tonight will get to drink it one day out from kegging.

    NYC shops have their pricing all over the place. There's no pattern really. I would expect them to charge $15-18 per bottle.
     
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  4. WiscoNYC

    WiscoNYC Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2012 New York

    That's awesome. I'll be there and can't wait to try it.

    How come Telekinesis isn't on the list for tonight? Not ready? I'm clearly very excited for that one.
     
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  5. CraftFan5

    CraftFan5 Pooh-Bah (2,264) May 14, 2013 New Jersey
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    Thanks @JoeGrimm. Pricey, but most likely worth it. Hopefully I'll pick up 2.

    2 things:

    1. What are your thoughts on trading? I'm sure plenty of folks around the country would want to get their hands on these, but one would hate to deprive your loyal, local drinkers. What say you?

    2. Beermenus is fine, but you guys should let us know exactly where your beers are distributed so we know where to get a hold of them. I used to hit American Beer Distributors once a month or so, and I they always had your stuff aplenty. But now they're closed, and stores in Manhattan are hit or miss on Grimm. Thoughts?

    Keep up the great work.
     
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  6. joehill

    joehill Zealot (594) Apr 11, 2008 New York
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    Do you guys still get your beer to the PS Food Coop? It seemed like the first place I ever saw your beer, and now that other places are getting it in distro more, I've noticed we haven't gotten as much.
     
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  7. SasquatchB2

    SasquatchB2 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2015 Minnesota

    Makes sense to me. Thanks for the response. I will have to be sure to get a few more pours in before Tesseract disappears on draft. Thanks!
     
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  8. Jlabs

    Jlabs Pooh-Bah (2,682) Nov 11, 2013 New York
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    will bottles be for sale @Bondurants tonight, or just tap only?
     
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  9. JoeGrimm

    JoeGrimm Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2015 New York

    It's fermenting now, and should be out in a couple of weeks. I'm excited for it too!

    - I think trading is a good thing overall. It gets great beer circulating among the people who care about it the most, and it fosters some level of critical discourse. But I also think there should be per-customer limits; it's not fair for somebody to bogart a case and then use it as trade bait. I'd prefer a 2-bottle limit, one to drink and one to trade. Hoppy beers are not to be hoarded, but i feel like traders understand that these days thankfully. The real trouble is with people trading poorly-filled growlers!

    - I also wish we had more consistent places where it's easy to find Grimm bottles. But no particular shop gets more than 1 to 2 cases of each batch... it seems fair to spread it around, doesn't it? We only make so much beer. Back in the day, American could reserve as much as they wanted because they were our distributor at the time.

    When American was distributing us, they were especially tight with the Food Co-op people. Try St Gambrinus, it's in walking distance of the co-op and they get 2 cases of pretty much everything.
     
    #29 JoeGrimm, Mar 18, 2015
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  10. JoeGrimm

    JoeGrimm Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2015 New York

    They're not selling bottles as far as I know.
     
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  11. WiscoNYC

    WiscoNYC Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2012 New York

    Fantastic. And I love your level of dedication to answering questions and being active here on BA.

    I'm heading over to Bondurants now. Looking forward to trying everything.
     
    #31 WiscoNYC, Mar 18, 2015
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  12. Onizilla

    Onizilla Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2009 New York

    @JoeGrimm Fantastic job on the BA Double Negative, I'm proud to have your bottles in my store at a constant rate. Popping a Gradient tonight!
     
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  13. taestee

    taestee Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2012 New York

    Anyone know where I can find BA Double Negative in Manhattan?
     
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  14. WiscoNYC

    WiscoNYC Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2012 New York

    You can come to Bondurants right now. As for bottles, I don't think they've hit the city yet.
     
    #34 WiscoNYC, Mar 18, 2015
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  15. Jlabs

    Jlabs Pooh-Bah (2,682) Nov 11, 2013 New York
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    Bottles should start to appear tomorrow and friday
     
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  16. Fahmie25

    Fahmie25 Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2008 New York

    I heard tomorrow as well from a few places in Manhattan
     
    #36 Fahmie25, Mar 18, 2015
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  17. BoardwalkBock

    BoardwalkBock Pooh-Bah (2,041) Aug 18, 2012 New York
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    Ugh of course the bottles show up on the only weekend I'm going to be out of the state. I really hope places will have some left Monday night into Tuesday! If anyone could pick up an extra bottle for me, I'll make it worth your while!
     
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  18. taestee

    taestee Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2012 New York

    agh. stuck at work unfortunately!
     
    #38 taestee, Mar 18, 2015
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  19. CraftFan5

    CraftFan5 Pooh-Bah (2,264) May 14, 2013 New Jersey
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    Saw Bklyn Harvest Mkt posted on beermenus. $19.99 each! Yikes. I'll probably hit WF Bowery, New Beer, and Top Hops early this afternoon. Anyone know if the bottles will hit by then?
     
    #39 CraftFan5, Mar 19, 2015
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  20. Tbub18

    Tbub18 Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2014 New York

    You probably need to buy a couple of 4 packs of garbage beer at Bklyn Harvest in order to buy it though...
     
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