Goose Island Bourbon County - Houston

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  1. Lubrification

    Lubrification Initiate (0) Aug 27, 2013 Texas

    Completely agree. Coffee just needs to be renamed Green Pepper Bourbon County Stout.
     
    #61 Lubrification, Dec 10, 2015
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  2. tx_beer_man

    tx_beer_man Pundit (902) Jan 22, 2013 Texas
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    Ah chit, well its good to know that now
     
    #62 tx_beer_man, Dec 11, 2015
  3. fl_beer_fan

    fl_beer_fan Initiate (0) Jun 9, 2015 Texas
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    I've had regular, coffee, regal and barleywine so far, and coffee has been the best in my opinion. No off flavors, just a nice coffee presence that integrated well with the base.

    But hey, ya know, that whole opinions and assholes thing.. Really subjective
     
    #63 fl_beer_fan, Dec 11, 2015
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  4. Can_has_beer

    Can_has_beer Initiate (0) May 14, 2013 Texas

    Opinions are a lot like assholes. I shared mine on the Internet and strangers got mad at me. - Anonymous
     
    #64 Can_has_beer, Dec 11, 2015
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  5. Maich

    Maich Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2014 Texas

    Bell Pepper or Green Peppercorn?
     
    #65 Maich, Dec 11, 2015
  6. lilsquiggz

    lilsquiggz Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2015 Texas

    How is it that the "release" city gets everything a couple weeks later than Austin?
     
    #66 lilsquiggz, Dec 12, 2015
  7. TheGentleman

    TheGentleman Initiate (0) May 6, 2007 Texas

    There was no "release" city. Each major market (DFW, Austin and Houston) had a flagship release location.

    Each city also is serviced by different distributors.

    Everyone has been asking and I haven't been able to get info, so I did some pestering. It sounds like distributor should receive next week and then figure out what they're doing with what they've got. My guess is you'll see it later next week or the following.

    Keep you posted to what I hear.
     
    #67 TheGentleman, Dec 12, 2015
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  8. mattchow

    mattchow Savant (1,009) Jun 24, 2012 Texas

    it just depends how your palate is geared, its either going to be great, bitter, roasty, coffee or green pepper. i liked coffee, as i tasted the former, but it was the weakest as compared to the rest. coffee in the past years has been nothing short of amazing. it really seems like the variants missed the mark this year.
     
    #68 mattchow, Dec 12, 2015
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  9. Maich

    Maich Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2014 Texas

    anyone seen any reg BCBS kicking around lately?
     
    #69 Maich, Dec 12, 2015
  10. mattchow

    mattchow Savant (1,009) Jun 24, 2012 Texas

    specs kirkwood.
     
    #70 mattchow, Dec 12, 2015
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  11. fl_beer_fan

    fl_beer_fan Initiate (0) Jun 9, 2015 Texas
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    I can agree on Regal, didn't really hit it for me. Haven't tried Prop yet. And as always.. Barleywine is a hero who gets little credit
     
    #71 fl_beer_fan, Dec 12, 2015
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  12. lilsquiggz

    lilsquiggz Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2015 Texas

    I'm pretty sure I didn't imagine seeing several times on promos that Houston would be a "release city" getting the treatment this year that dallas got last year. I'm pretty sure im not alone here either. But... We're ALWAYS 2-6 weeks later than Austin and Dallas for EVERYTHING, so I'm not sure why I'm surprised.
     
    #72 lilsquiggz, Dec 12, 2015
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  13. erushing

    erushing Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2014 Texas

    I would say that "release city" went out the window the moment they didn't get label approvals for anything in time for the actual release events. Austin's official release location (HEB Mueller) didn't get Regal at all. It all went to Spec's and somehow at least one Whole Foods got a single case.
     
    #73 erushing, Dec 12, 2015
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  14. SuperBlackNinja

    SuperBlackNinja Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2011 Texas

    HEB out here Fry and 99 said he got a case of Rare a week later after black Friday. Gone in a flash!
     
    #74 SuperBlackNinja, Dec 12, 2015
  15. wiingman

    wiingman Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2013 Texas
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    Squigz, I saw an internal Goose Island document and can confirm that Dallas, Austin, and Houston all had official launch events.

    Also, quit the whining about us being so far behind. Austin has released their variants, but Dallas has t yet. We may even be ahead of them. Be patient and quit being so whiny. We'll get it next week.
     
    #75 wiingman, Dec 13, 2015
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  16. lilsquiggz

    lilsquiggz Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2015 Texas

    Wing do you even listen to hardcore? Everybody skips Houston! It's not fair.
     
    #76 lilsquiggz, Dec 13, 2015
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  17. mattchow

    mattchow Savant (1,009) Jun 24, 2012 Texas

    i got notification of its existence at 2:26 on 11/30, by 2:36 when i arrived, it was all gone.
     
    #77 mattchow, Dec 13, 2015
  18. fl_beer_fan

    fl_beer_fan Initiate (0) Jun 9, 2015 Texas
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    How the hell do you get notification of these things? Are you plugged into the Matrix?
     
    #78 fl_beer_fan, Dec 13, 2015
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  19. Maich

    Maich Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2014 Texas

    Paying off delivery truck drivers, step up your beer hunting game
     
    #79 Maich, Dec 13, 2015
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  20. SuperBlackNinja

    SuperBlackNinja Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2011 Texas

    dude said people were just trying to help theirselves to the back stock area.
     
    #80 SuperBlackNinja, Dec 13, 2015
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