Grimm Artisanal Ales (October 2016)

Hi guys! beer updates:
Draft only wild beers: Apricot Rebus is already starting to show up on draft, and Cube Cuvee #2: Orange Bitters Barrel is shipping to the distributor today (so will be on draft next week at the earliest).

Field Rotation bottles are shipping to the distributor today and should hit shelves early next week -- cherry raspberry pop will appear later in the month.

Awoogah is coming first -- canning today, shipping to the distributors monday most likely, so cans should be on shelves middle of next week.

Tesseract, likely the following week.

 

Best beer name ever???

 

I'm in the nether regions of the country where I have to order my Grimm Ales from an online retailer (which still limits amount of product and is embarrassingly expensive). So far I've found two, The Wine and Cheese Place and Best Damn Beer Shop.

Are there any others?

I start obsessively looking at their inventory around this time of the month.

 

Looking back quickly to last month's releases. I had been adamant about being on team Pulse over Lambo but I really liked this batch of Lambo.

What really sparked me to post was I just had Splish on draft at Haymaker and holy sh!t it was good. That hop combo sounded appealing from the get-go but it lived up to my own personal hype.

 

You're better of finding someone to trade with. It'll be less expensive and you won't be putting money into the pockets of online retailers who, by my account, are purchasing it from other retailers and selling it at an insane marked up price.

 

You're right if he purchases through the places he listed but if you search for most recent Grimm beers on sites like wine searcher you can find more reasonable shops that shii for the same rate you'd trade for.

 

B&B beverage in bayside had bottles of present and future perfect, telekinesis and another sour on the shelf turding away. Also had cans of splish in the fridge. Go get them.

 

Thanks for the heads up!

 

I've also seen a bunch of stuff at greene grape on fulton. they had afterimage last week.

 

Afterimage is not worth it at this point even if it were free. Unsurprisingly, the hop fruitiness has completely disappeared, leaving behind a terrible-tasting mess. I am embarrassed to say that I learned this the hard way. Always drink your IPAs fresh, kids, don't forget about them in your basement/cellar/fridge.

 

totally agree about afterimage. the sours should be drinkable though.

 

Had an Afterimage last week that was mistakenly lost in the back of the fridge and it was still quite good. Mind you, it's been refrigerated since I got it, but I would definitely agree that any cans that have been sitting out are shelf turds at this point.

 

I had another pulse wave last night and lambo tonight. Both were also still good! Less intense, but still very tasty.

 

Also just had an Afterimage that's been refrigerated. Saved it for a blind tasting. Still amazing.

Pulse Wave and Lambo Door are still good too, but they're really not old yet, so no surprise there.

 

I'm liking Pulse Wave more and more now that its had a few weeks to settle. Lambo holding up well too. Wasn't a huge fan of Splish but you can't love em all.

 

I now look forward to the can art as much as I do tasting these!

 

I drank an Afterimage earlier and it was still fantastic. Class, still, I'd say. I'm now drinking a Gun Hill Roll Call #2 which I'm guessing is around the same age, and it's got a big case of the floaties, is pretty malty, and, not that it's in the same caliber of Grimm, but falls way short of the mark.

 

EC2 is about two months old now

 

That was my point. Read the post again. Afterimage is 2 months old, too.

 

I had a can of EC2 and even at a week old it was full of floaties and a tone of hop matter. In my experience Grimm cans hold up better