Beer shop finds.

Jai Alai is the #1 selling craft six pack in the country?

 

I think they left out the word 'canned.' I thought Dale's was #1 but both are in the top spots

 

Nice job on the new can design. I always thought the old ones were butt ugly.

 

Doubtful.

I picked up a 6er tonight, it’s as meh as I remember from a year ago. Not bad but just a whatever beer.

 

Of the breweries that have entered the market within the last year or two, who has been effective or will continue to be effective? Pipeworks? [canned] TG?

 

^^^ those are my two most common purchases

 

Doing my best to keep TG stocks fresh.

 

Stopped at Provisions in Northampton today, purchased this batch
2016-2016-2015
Cheers all

 

I can't say I've bought any Pipeworks, but I've been buying Pseudo Sue consistently due its price point and quality. PS just hits the right Citra charged notes for me.

Yeah, I haven't been enamored personally by Pipeworks, but I've also heard people talk about its price point as being a huge draw. TG is definitely staying on shelves longer, but I'd take it over most of what's available at packies, even some of the fresher local stuff.

For me, I've got to check the date and also consider what my time horizon for finishing those brews is. If it's going to hang out for a while, it better be very fresh. If I'm splitting it with others over the course of a night, I am good with it being around a month old.

 

That store is sooooo legit. Full of great stuff

 

L. Knife has picked up distro on Fat Orange Cat for all you south shore people, 4 packs of Vito the Beer Whale Cat have been popping up. Cigar City as mentioned above too.

 

I'll post some of this in the "Summer Beers Thread", but I already picked up BBC's Busker Pils and Springdale's Das Weizen twice in the last week at Ball Square in Somerville (I rarely purchase full six and/or four packs, and even less rare would be a repeat purchase in the same week).

Both are excellent in my opinion, 5% ABV, cheap if I recall correctly, and great summer beers in cans.

Also picked up a single of Small Change's "A Little Rain". A dry-hopped pale ale at 4.9%. Haven't tried it yet, but they're a new brewery, might as well give it a shot. They're doing an English Dark Mild at 3% next, can't wait for that one.

 

Didn't realize the Berkshire pils was in cans now. Halleluja.

 

Just had a can of Viot the Beer Whale Cat. I found it quite tasty. I'm less excited about NEDIPAs in general these days, but this hits all the notes I'm looking for. Maybe a slight alcohol presence as it warms near the end.

Tasty beer.

cigar city, otoh...

 

Was the Vito brewed at Dorchester Brewing Co.? I recall seeing a recent batch brewed there. While they haven't all been winners, I like that Dorchester Brewing Co. has introduced or expanded the presence of a variety of brands in our market (Evil Twin, Omnipollo, Stillwater, Fat Orange Cat, Radiant Pig, etc.).

 

I didn't check before hand, but checking now, and yes it was!

 

Is there a shop on the North Shore that has a solid and fresh De La Senne section? Looking for at least fairly fresh Taras Boulba, along with the rest of their lineup.