Kane Brewing (December 2015)

for all the whining and complaining people did on those FB threads, trolling was well deserved. I know people who have friends go to a release take a picture of everything combined just because it looks impressive.

 

I asked at the release. Per Kane employees: white = vanilla, silver = coconut

 

Thank you for attending the A Night To End All Dawns release. The variant identification is based on the color of the wax over the crown. It is not listed on the label. The variants are as follows:

Black: A Night To End All Dawns
White: Vanilla
Silver: Coconut
Brown: Cocoa

Thank you again for your purchase and we hope you had a great experience at the release.

 

This was the best limited bottle release I've seen. Completely stress free, in and out in 10 minutes. Unlike some other breweries that make you wait around their brewery all day so you can buy more of their beer.

As far as the guy who posted 24 bottles for the sole purpose of trolling, look on the bright side: he has to go through life being an asshole, you probably don't.

 

thanks! my mistake for not asking, didn't realize the wax was the only difference! Can't wait to get my friends over to get into these. So pumped. Kane did a great job yesterday and think that all limited releases should be handled in a similar manner. Very organized. I know people were disappointed, but if there was a line people would have been shut out too, so either way disappointment was bound to be a part of this [and every other big] release.

 

thanks for the clarification! just saw the e-mail from BPT.

 

Now that 9am has come and gone any guesses on number of entries to the email lottery? I'll guess 8200

 

Can't wait to break into my bottles, but figured i'd ask: how do you think the vanilla and cacao variants will age? I figure the coconut should be had fresh (like many other coconut beers), but wasn't sure of the other two.

 

I suspect there were a few people who complained about the ticket system being exploited and then asked everybody they know to enter the lottery.

 

There were people directly on the FB threads tagging other people and asking them to spread the word to enter for them.. Didnt cross check any of them but I suspect your right. Oh well I have one entry in there so hoping for the best but not expecting anything! Just hope that the people that do win are ones in it to actually enjoy the beer not try to resell/trade and arent bitching out of one side of their mouth while trying to take advantage out of the other!

 

After trying ANTEAD for the first time at EBF this past March then again at GABF, I couldn't bring myself to trade it for anything really. It is so damn good. The regular is one of my favorite for sure and the coffee & vanilla were both in my top 5 at EBF.

 

I'll let you know how last year's Cocao is holding up soon. I cracked my first one at my bachelor party last October and it might be the best beer I've ever had. Can't wait to give it another go

 

Never tried any of the variants but I did get to taste regular at the Kane Anniversary party and it was glorious. Both myself and my wife fell in love with it and really hope we get it! Can understand how it has high trading power but I agree I can barely bring myself to share it with other people let alone give it up for some other beer in another region!

 

Have a '14 Cocao and '14 Vanilla for some compare/contrast one night.

 

Guessing most people are watching this thread for people to reply if they get an email. Thats what I'm doing. Dont think there was ever any official word on how many bottles are up for grabs. It was very vague but my interpretation is by stating BY 12/15 they expect to have word out some time today. As for the rest of the bottles, I'm suspecting it will be done as quietly as possible..

 

Gotta love all the sanctimonious neck beards who were sure the ticket sales were rigged (botz! scriptz!) yet have no qualms doing what they have to to rig the lottery to their advantage. Then justifying it to themselves by insisting the ticket sales were a sham, or that locals got screwed etc...

That said, I wonder when they will announce the winners.

Hoping some of you guys who got locked out of tickets, yet kept a cool head, will have fortune smile upon you.

 

I'd guess around 2000 bottles were left, so 650-700 winners??

 

They said on Facebook they will announce by Tuesday

 

@bbpro47 is that guy. Maybe he'll have something to say