Philly Area: Where to get Russian River brews?

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  1. BJV

    BJV Initiate (0) Mar 26, 2015 New York

    Hi all,

    New to posting on here so sorry in advance for any ignorance or faux pas. Going to be taking a trip and passing through the greater Philly area. RR puts out a distributor list in the Philly area but after looking deeper into a handful of these places, none of them seem to have any RR brews on tap or in their stores. I would love to find either a Whole Foods/Wegmans (which they list as having their beers) or a nice beer bar to grab some on my way through. The most I have seen is Supplication in 1 or 2 places but I am really looking for PTE or even Blind Pig.

    Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks
     
    #1 BJV, Mar 26, 2015
  2. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    First off, use the forum search feature to seek out similar threads in this forum. To say the least, your question comes up all the time.

    Next, bottles of Pliny and BP are not shipped to SEPA, so you'll only find them on tap. The distributor only gets a single RR shipment a month, and most places that get kegs of RR stuff, tend to run through it pretty quickly. So don't be surprised if you experience some difficulty finding it around town. That being said, Teresa's Next Door and Monks are both places that seem to be well supplied when it comes to RR stuff, so I would consider looking there.

    Good luck.
     
    #2 John_M, Mar 26, 2015
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  3. Bcrowe224

    Bcrowe224 Aspirant (200) Jul 2, 2013 New York

    Monks is a good bet. I feel like they have pliny on tap about 70% of the time i'm there... and if they don't, the usally have blind pig.
     
    #3 Bcrowe224, Mar 26, 2015
  4. RyeRocco

    RyeRocco Initiate (190) Mar 26, 2015 Pennsylvania

    TJ's is another option.
     
    #4 RyeRocco, Mar 26, 2015
  5. yoshida

    yoshida Devotee (343) Jun 7, 2006 Pennsylvania

    #5 yoshida, Mar 26, 2015
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  6. AntG21

    AntG21 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2014 Syria

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  7. SirPutzly

    SirPutzly Crusader (469) Sep 11, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Wegmans and Whole Foods in the area will more then likely only have Damnation. Do not expect them to carry any of the sours.
     
    #7 SirPutzly, Mar 30, 2015
  8. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    No matter which place(s) you chose to go to, I would highly recommend that you call first to confirm they still have the Russian River beer you are interested in. A limited supply of Russian River beer is sent to the Philly area and it moves fast!!

    Cheers!
     
    #8 JackHorzempa, Mar 30, 2015
  9. RyeRocco

    RyeRocco Initiate (190) Mar 26, 2015 Pennsylvania


    From my experience Whole Foods gets the sours in, but they're usually gone pretty damn quick. Often times not even needing to be put on the shelf.

    Another option is Capone's. He manages to get the sours in pretty regularly - both in the bottle shop and in the restaurant.
     
    #9 RyeRocco, Mar 30, 2015
  10. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    To the OP, you could watch the updates here, but realize this goes out to an email list every week:
    http://thebottleshop.biz/TBS_New_Arrivals.htm
     
    #10 jmdrpi, Mar 31, 2015
  11. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,616) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    I love TJs, but any Russian River stuff is few and far between and usually saved for special events. Pliny and Bling Pig are rarely even seen any more.
     
    #11 Kadonny, Mar 31, 2015
  12. BMitch

    BMitch Crusader (459) Jul 10, 2012 Virginia

    Grabbed a bottle of Consecration from Local 44 yesterday
     
    #12 BMitch, Mar 31, 2015
  13. AntG21

    AntG21 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2014 Syria

    Anyone go the POPE's RR event last night? Consecration, Supplication, PtE, & PtY all on tap.
     
    #13 AntG21, Apr 2, 2015
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  14. blassor

    blassor Pundit (980) Sep 2, 2010 New Jersey
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    I am surprised they kept younger that long before tapping it.
     
    #14 blassor, Apr 2, 2015
  15. AntG21

    AntG21 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2014 Syria

    Yeah, I agree.

    I know they done that before, wanting to be the "last" place to have it I guess.
     
    #15 AntG21, Apr 2, 2015
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