Time for another "best find at your local store" thread

Was recently at bottle shop in NJ and they just so happened to have one 4 pack of Devil Dancer and 1 bottle of Founder's FMB left. They also had one bottle of Black Ops left and one Rogue Voodoo Dough Bacon Maple (wanted it to share at a tasting and couldn't find it anywhere in PA).

 

Just bought a 4pk of '11 BCS at the same place I found the 09 bomber.

Anyone remember what a 4pk cost when they were released?

 

Tart of Darkness! Fruet and White Oak last week at Total Wine.

 

A normal day here in SoCal.

 

Why I otta!!!! (in my best 3 stooges voice)

 

Went to my local liquor store, picked up some two hearted and the guy in front of me had about 10 bombers of stone and I asked what he got, to my surprise a bunch of stone vintages. So I immediately went back and got three 2009 old guardians and two bottles of 08-08-08 vertical epic. They where all priced at 5.99 a bottle. Pretty cool day.

 

Got to talking with a really great guy while on our brew trip through Michigan. We started talking about bourbon and ended up talking about Founders and then KBS. After a little while I mentioned Nemesis and he then led me down to the cellar and pulled out a bottle of 2010 Nemesis from a box! He sold it to me, and I was grateful!

 

One of the owners of a bistro here in Houston got their hands on case of '10 Abyss. Somehow, they still have it on their menu!

 

4 pack of Gandhi Bot at my go-to store last night. I have never seen it in RI (not to say it hasn't been here before, perhaps it has). I was stoked!

 

Got a six pack of Batch 9K at a run down liquor store in Wixom, MI about 2 years ago, it was gathering dust on the shelf.

Went into a local whole foods during lunch a few weeks ago, check out the beer section and notice a row of 4D just sitting on the shelf.

Also hit up a local liquor store around the same time, look on the shelf of singles.....just sitting there were about 10 KBS. I grab about 4 or 5 of them, pay for them at the counter, cashier says "oh I think there are a few more of these behind those empty six packs down there too", look behind them, and see another 2 4 packs of KBS.

 

Thank you Whole Foods!

 

Last year I was at my local shop in Milan and found a Blabaer on the shelf (long story behind, but in short I ended up with a 375ml Blabaer for 10 euros). A few weeks later, while leaving a small pub in the country side, I spotted something familiar behind the counter: two minutes later I was walking out the door with a Kaggen in my hands (10 euros again). I guess I should stop chasing whales and just wait to come across them.

 

Usually I don't have much to add to these threads, but recently I found a few that I thought were noteworthy: I bought a 4-pack of Goose Island Christmas Ale for $3.24 and another local store has Goose Island Sofie, Matilda, and Pere Jacques for $4.39 a bomber (haven't bought any though).

 

One time I was at a bar and asked the bar tender if hopslam had come out yet because I hadn't seen it at the liqour store earlier that day and the forums were abuzz with its release. He told me it had been out for a few weeks and the stores were all sold out. Then he smiled, reached into the cooler, and pulled out a bottle. Turns out the bar had gotten 1 sixer and was keeping it as a secret stash for some of the more loyal customers. Luckily for me I go there every week.

 

How about a case of Cantillon Classic Gueuze 375's, no bottle limits? That was a good one.

 

A couple months ago I found some DFH Raison D'Extra and 120 minute from 2007 for $8 a piece. I was pretty excited.

 

Walked into a bar today that had cantillon gueuze on the menu; walked out with two bottles. It is sad that this seems like a big deal, but it is not easy to find nowadays.

 

I found two bottles of Nebraska's Black Betty at the Total Wine in Thousand Oaks, CA. I don't know how easy it is/was to come by when it was first released, but I had never seen any make it to SoCal. The other close second was a few bottles of Parabola at my local Whole Foods. I picked up two and left the third for the next person to try.

 

I found Magic Ghost on the shelf of a store in Santa Monica not too long ago.

 

Just walked out of a store with a 2009 Cascade Kriek