Notable Releases - DC/NOVA/MD

Do fresh Grapefruit Sculpin cans, i.e. under 2 months old, still exist in the DC? For the last two to three months I can't find any that are under three months old. WF P Street and D'Vines regularly have been putting cans out that are over three months old. This past summer I could always find fresh cans at those locations.

On another note, does anyone else notice the scarcity of Tasmanian IPA this fall. It was always my go-to beer November-January, but it seems to be scarce and when I have found it it is already going on two months old.

 

TIPA seemed to drop all at once in September. There's still some on the shelf at WF Foggy Bottom, but i'm guessing its pretty old by now. Makes me sad to see hoppy beers waste away on shelves--I keep seeing Founders Harvest around and i'm sure it's a shadow of itself by now.

 

WF Fair Lakes still has a ton of Harvest and Double Trouble. no thanks at this point

 

True, it's everywhere here.

 

It does make sense, seeing as how the beer was brewed in Colorado. Sure, Stillwater is "based" in Baltimore, but most beers are brewed far away from here.

 

No, not going to boycott them, they have some good stuff there, they are welcome to do as they please, just doest seem typical is all

 

Supposed to go out across Stillwater's entire footprint. I may be wrong, but I believe they made more this time which is possibly the reason it was contracted brewed. Don't think it went to the entire footprint last time.

 

Dude doesn't have a brewery, it has always been contract brewed. I hope they are brewing more this time though, I missed out before.

 

Was last years brewed at Westbrook?

 

ISO Pineapple Scuplin

 

Ah okay. I thought he brewed some stuff at Of Love and Regret.

 

It was tapped there last year, not sure if made on premises... Stillwater is as mentioned one of dem gypsy brewers thing am a job... thing.. love a lot of their stuff.

 

I've seen the same everywhere I stop in MD and DC. Everyone has old stock even when they are getting new shipments. It seems like Grapefruit has caught up to the rest of the Ballast Point line where there is more inventory than demand and the old stuff is sitting around. When they first started brewing, you could count on fresh beer. Too bad, I'd buy it everytime I saw a fresh batch show up. I guess the $15+ a 6-pack catches up with them.

 

Yes

 

their was a glut of supply of fresh hop ipa's this year.

 

He doesn't own any equipment. Of Love and Regret is basically just a townhouse in Baltimore with a kitchen and two floors of dining. And I think even OLAR got a limited supply of GGW kegs.

 

Is there any Jubelale on shelves in NOVA? Need a sixer for early Christmas festivities on Sunday. thx

 

*there. yikes. must have been incorrectly auto-corrected from my cell.

 

What are the Hardywood brewery releases usually like? I may be in Richmond this Saturday and am curious if I'd have to get their around opening or whether I can walk in later in the day.