The Locals HINTS AND HAULS THREAD

Would gladly pick anything you want up for you!

 

Who ended up winning?

 

That would be @xlCooRsYlx who guessed 25, and nailed it! His porch is scheduled to get a hefty workout this morning! Was gonna post the pictures of the top has, but being i haven't figured that part out yet! Here's the list. 249 jade, foothills
236 deliverance, the lost abbey
230 founders porter, founders
184 Edmund Fitzgerald, great lakes
180 two hearted ale, bells
171 dirtwolf, victory
167 chimay grand reserve (blue), bieres De chimay
163 grapefruit sculpin, ballast point
156 saison-brett, boulevard
147 duvel, brouwerij duvel moortgat
138 ruinten ipa, stone
124 ten tidy, Oscar blues
121 imperial biscotti break, evil twin
116 founders imperial stout
104 lagunitas sucks, lagunitas
101 ayinger celebrator dopplebock, privatbraueerei Franz inselkammer kg
91 victory at sea, ballast point
85 imperial Russian stout, stone
82 speedway stout, alesmith
54 sculpin, ballast point
46 St. Berardus ant 12, brouwerij St. Bernard's Nv
27 trappistes rocherfort 10, brasserie De rocherfort
26 founders breakfast stout
5 pliny the elder, Russian river
2 heady topper, alchemist

 

889 for the win

 

Very original

 

Lets go with 915 and thanks for the chance.

 

I'll go with 1,134 miles, thanks!

 

How many states truly have good local sours? California obviously (RR, Bruery, FW, Almanac, Rare Barrel, etc.) and I guess CO (Casey and Crooked Stave) but there's a pretty limited number of breweries making world class sours overall. In MA we have Night Shift which is hit or miss with sours, Jack's Abby is OK, Trillium is getting better but still nothing fantastic and that's about it.

 

Mystic and CBC are going to be pumping out some bottled sours now that they've got their system up and running. Two underrated breweries imo... keep an eye out for them soon!

 

Good call on CBC. Although everything we've mentioned is pretty much brewery only and doesn't hit distro.

Off the top of my head, I know I see White Birch Berliner on shelves, Anderson Valley Gose, and the occasional Allagash 375.

 

Thanks for the chance! I'm going to go with 1,050 round trip.

 

PA actually does pretty ok. Bullfrog's Grrrz is definitely considered world class; Pizza Boy is doing pretty well and may not be quite world class but is definitely better than hit or miss; and Tired Hands, though very limited and few and far between, makes very good sours as well. Weyerbacher and Forest & Main have put out a few that were pretty good, and Free Will is um... trying.

 

1,313 and I hope to pay it forward as well!

 

946, thanks!

 

Tree House LIF:

OK, since I've entered a couple of your LIF's already, and my RWC one isn't going to be done until the end of October, I figured I should come up with a "fresh" one here. Get your guesses in quick - the deadline for this one is TOMORROW - Thursday, August 13th at NOON.

This Friday I'll be stopping in at Tree House on my way to my friend's house in northern CT. Since I'm working all day, my arrival time is going to be around 7pm, shortly before closing and well after the initial can rush. My plan is to get the maximum allowed cans, and if it's something unique (a new Curiosity or a rarity of some kind) I'll also have my gf come in with me so I can get 2x the daily limit. Also, if the wait for growler fills is less than 15-20 minutes and there's something worth while I'll probably get a 750 or maybe a 2L since we're visiting friends who also like good beer.

So, my question to you is: How many ounces of delicious Tree House beer will I leave Monson with? Closest (no PIR) will get a variety of Tree House cans as well as whatever else I can fit in the box. Have at it!

 

I think a lot of smaller guys have sours -- Plan Bee is hitting sour season, there's a tiny place called the Brewery at Bacchus near me that makes great ones too. Captain Lawrence supposedly makes great ones, but the quantity and distro system make it ridiculously hard to acquire. I also think there's a difference between one-off type of sours and widely distro'd ones.

Also, doesn't Texas (Jester King, Wicked Weed) have a decent selection of sours? I'm still not 100% sure of the distinction between sours and wild ales sometimes.

 

Wicked Weed is in NC

 

Bold is my middle name. Its actually not but you get the idea.

 

I'll go with 1,001 miles, thanks!

 

Gonna go with 242 ounces. Thanks for the Chance!