Founders Breakfast Stout

Discussion in 'New England' started by OrangeAmps, Aug 17, 2012.

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  1. bkny27

    bkny27 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2007 Massachusetts

    I bought a 4pk at Whole Foods River Street in Cambridge today... that seemed to be the last one. Was pretty shocked to even see it, thought it was more late Aug/Sept release.
     
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  2. jomobono

    jomobono Savant (1,114) Mar 12, 2012 Massachusetts

    I bought a 4 pack today at Julios.
     
  3. bootdown21

    bootdown21 Savant (1,078) May 14, 2009 Connecticut
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    It has hit Hartford County on Thursday and is still on the shelfs in some places. M&R in Avon had at least four 4pks left as of Friday night while Liquor Depot only had one (which I bought). Bottle date 8/1/2012.

    Good luck!
     
  4. messrock

    messrock Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2010 Massachusetts

    this was the story last year. That magical supply never happened. The second shipment ended up in a handful of cases per store, if any at all.

    No sir, I ain't believing it.
     
  5. JDurand

    JDurand Devotee (304) Jan 29, 2007 Connecticut

    Was able to pick some up at M&R...thanks.
     
  6. Dools9

    Dools9 Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2011 Massachusetts

    Any sightings in South Shore, MA area? Dying to try this stuff.
     
  7. JaredKent

    JaredKent Initiate (0) May 11, 2011 Rhode Island

    I just put the order in for 5 cases (we'll see what I actually get) at our store in RI. Unfortunately we wont be getting it early. We'll be seeing it around the normal September release date.
     
  8. sandman3479

    sandman3479 Initiate (0) Dec 8, 2006 Connecticut

    My buddy picked up a case today by the casino's
     
  9. slangtruth

    slangtruth Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Kentucky

    What's the real deal with availability on this? I saw a lot in a Western MA store on Friday, but didn't get it because I was in to buy cheap beer for the weekend, and figured since the actual release date was still weeks off it would still be there when I went back next week. Does it usually come and go that quick?
     
  10. PackieMcHopHead

    PackieMcHopHead Devotee (313) Oct 1, 2009 Massachusetts

    Picked some up at Redstone's in Stoneham around noon today. Not much left though.
     
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  11. messrock

    messrock Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2010 Massachusetts

    Picked one up around 9. Prob 2 or 3 4-pks left.
     
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  12. cbeer88

    cbeer88 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2007 Massachusetts

    Heh? There was a pretty decent amount of FBS last year. It's very popular, but it comes in multiple shipments, and people only really go nuts for the first shipment. Subsequent shipments usually linger a bit. I casually grabbed 3 or 4 4-packs last year, and passed over countless more...

    FBS is one of those beers you're better off buying at the non-mega stores. A place like Julio's probably gets 5x the amount, but also has 100x the demand.
     
  13. KBrennan1000

    KBrennan1000 Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2010 Massachusetts

    Man, we were told there was no way we could get any before Sept. 4. Either someone's holding out on us or we just don't get the special treatment that stores with 100 times our buying power do. I just hope they leave some for us by the release date.
     
  14. pjs234

    pjs234 Maven (1,453) Jun 29, 2008 Connecticut

    Both CT Beverage Mart in New Britian and Harvest in West Hartford have some. Both only got a case each and both have bottle limits (CT Bev - 1 bottle and Harvest - 2 bottles).
     
  15. ksc5804

    ksc5804 Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2010 Massachusetts

    south shore is always a week or 2 behind city because the distributorcan not get its act together
     
  16. cbutova

    cbutova Initiate (0) Oct 10, 2008 Massachusetts
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    I agree with cbeer on this one. Last year it was extremely easy to find FBS at any store that gets Founders distro. Like hole in the wall stores that aren't even on BA had it for 4-5 months after it was released. Last year Julio's got 2 if not 3 shipments and each time it was a very large amount (20+ cases, one time there was like 40 cases on the floor). It lingers pretty well in stores not named Julio's and Table and Vine, not really sure what goes on in Boston.
     
  17. messrock

    messrock Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2010 Massachusetts

    I'm going to the wrong stores. Spots around here (North Shore, inside 128 belt) were dry 2, maybe 3 weeks after initial shipment. When the second shipment hit it was a couple of cases, if any at all, per store.
     
  18. HevvyMetalHippie

    HevvyMetalHippie Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2010 Massachusetts

    They have odds and ends there that are very curious. Found some weird Mikkeller there once and no one seemed surprised or even knew what it was...strange
     
  19. sjverla

    sjverla Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2008 Massachusetts

    Gordon's in Watertown looked to have at least another case or so when I was in on Saturday.
     
  20. Providence

    Providence Pooh-Bah (2,628) Feb 24, 2010 Rhode Island
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    Any sighting's in Rhode Island or Southern Mass. (Yankee in Attleboro didn't have it this past Saturday)?
     
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