Twin Cities Bottle Hunt - 2016 Edition

I fear the future of craft beer may be nothing but BA stouts and IPAs.

 

16X16gal kegs = 32,768 ozs / 25 oz(per bottle) leaves us around 1300 bottles that got kegged. Im pretty sure they haven't kegged a lot in the past, this seems like the reason they ran out of bottle so quickly

 

~2 barrels worth for bottles + 16 kegs worth (5 barrels) probably seems around 7 barrels made

 

slight cross-post, fwiw, King Sue bottles released at TG.

 

Omnipollo Symzonia and Fatamorgana, Gose Gone Wild, Saison d'Erpe-Mere, Hanssen's Oude Gueuze and Oude Kriek are all in at Lakeridge Liquors, Vadnais Heights. Also of note...2/3 Light Speed, 1/29 Sue, Green Flash Dia De Los Serranos and Cosmic Ristretto...6ers of Weihenstephan Pils, Hefe, Original and Vitus...Otra Vez, Fair State FSB, Boulevard Imperial Stout w/Coconut and mixed 4-packs of '12+'14 Brooklyn Black Chocolate.

I've cracked open a Fatamorgana as part of my beer tasting tonight, so if you're in the area, stop in and see me!

 

I was told 5 whiskey barrels (bigger apparently) by a worker from there. If it is 16 16 gallon kegs, the number do not add up then.

 

When I spoke with Andy briefly, he mentioned they had 16 full kegs, and they released roughly 540 bottles. Not sure what the math comes out to, but , Jason apparently didn't want to deal with the lingering bottles at the taproom, he wanted them gone quick, thus all the kegs

 

Anyone know what the bottle # and limit was last year?

 

Im fairly certain the bottle limit was 4 , but I can't recall what the amount , according to my pictures on my phone it was released 99 weeks ago

"3/28 at 3pm. 4 bottle limit. $20."

 

Wasn't sold last year, its every 2 years. Two years ago I was buying bottles in July still.

Either they had issues with some barrels or most is going to distribution. No way there is only 500 bottles.

 

See above , they kegged the equivalent of 1300 bottles

 

I thought the same thing... Maybe stop by Sunday or next week and grab a few bottles and avoid the crowd. Oops! oh well, you win some you lose some

 

Ohhh yeah, this didn't come out last year. I was just trying to understand how it didn't sell out so quickly last time. They did respond to someone on Twitter saying ~500 bottles, which seems ridiculous if they kegged so much. I guess I understand not wanting bottles to linger for months, which is why I was wondering how much they bottled last time that it hung around so long.

 

.........The Future?

 

Looking for Hopslam in north metro, missed the release while out of the country. Any help is appreciated.

 

Do you have a liquor store nearby? Most places got cases upon cases.

 

I'm kinda surprised Steel Toe had a 4 bottle per person limit at a ~500 bottle count release... not that it mattered to me, nor that it was a bad call, just wondering if they properly anticipated the demand. I, like others, thought I could waltz in this weekend or next week for a bottle or two! Good for Steel Toe to sell out of a release within two hours, though. Proves they are making legit product.

 

Yeah but they could have sold out in 7 minutes with a case limit...or instantly with a 2 case limit

 

I think his point was a 1 or 2 bottle limit could have been a better idea to allow more people a chance to buy some while still selling out rather quickly.

 

Yes I was being facetious. I too agree with that thought process