2017 Beer Wish List

A pipeline from Magnolia to my house in Bryan. Flowing inside that pipeline: fresh Yellow Rose ... all I can drink.

And three day trips to Jester King. *At least* three ... but if three's all I can squeeze in, I'll be happy with my three.

 

I want Jackie O's in South Carolina!

 

They do seem to be. I always look forward to Anderson Valley's Summer Solstice, definitely a good ond

 

Brew Kettle available in Ky again
Another chance to try Vanilla Noir from Prairie Ales
FRESH Founder's All Day IPA

 

At one time several years back I had about 40 in the top 250 but it changed so much.

 

Breweries decided they would rather sell a $10 4-pack over a $15 6-pack due to brewery costs. This has been normal for the passed 5 or 6 years. Where have you been?

 

^^That vanilla noir tastes like a baby/detuned VR...it's fantastic. It's definitely the best batch they've put out IMO. It's a shame the distribution for this seems sporadic in terms of geography and quantity.

 

We're getting Toppling Goliath??

 

1. More Amber Ales
2. More Brown Ales
3. Another Treehouse beer
4. A Trillium beer or two
5. Visit all the local breweries popping up around town
6. A Cigar City beer or two

I suppose there are more breweries I want to sample then anything else. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get something rare and try it, but I'm going to try and spend 2017 enjoying more styles. I set out to try more styles in 2016, and while I did, I clearly favored stouts and IPAs. I'll plan on spending more time diversifying my beer knowledge and tasting experience. Maybe I'll visit some of the classic Belgian saisons I see all over the place as well.

 

1. Lagunitas High West-ified in 12 oz. bottles
2. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid in 12 oz. bottles
3. Weyerbacher Sunday Morning Stout

 

hey Lauganitas! please produce enough High Westified so that it doesn't run out in two hours.
we could use some beer distribution from Tree house and Trillium and Cigar city here inChicago.
and I would like to see more Hopslam actually sitting there on shelves in stead of being kept in the back.this spring!

 

I was at a liquor store in a small town called North Jackson, OH on Christmas Eve and on the shelf stood an IPA with a bottling date of 9/2015. lol

 

The two biggest things on my 2017 wish list are brewery visits. I want to visit Troegs in PA (Not to far from me in central MD) when they release Nimble Giant. That DIPA might be my favorite beer of 2016. I also want to head over to the eastern shore to re-visit RAR but this time I want to go when they have one of their limited beer releases. I need some Hyde, Pulp or 1st Meal in my life ASAP lol

 

Taking a trip to Austin in the spring, I'll get to check out Jester King, which has been something I have wanted to do for a while. My wish is that they have a good variety of brews that I can try and bring home when I am in the area.

 

And PA (the stouts, that is)

 

Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine (coming in January!)
More Parabola & Sucaba (probably via trades)

 

Certain breweries start to franchise and we can get fresh Julius wherever we go. Distribution takes too long.

 

Founders is launching in Boise around Feb. 15th so that answers one of my hopes. Next is to get Boneyard to distro the 4 hour drive from Bend to Boise. I mean they go to Seattle already, why not Boise.

 

They are very unpredictable. At the very least you will be able to load up on Live Oak, Austin Beer Works, and Lone Pint.

 

Have you been to Troegs? If not and you plan to do a tour, sign up 3-4 months before you go.