Hill Farmstead Bottle releases

Just check here before you go. http://www.hillfarmstead.com/retail/

 

One guy bought 12 cases of twilight of the idols last weekend.

 

That had to be a bar-owner or distributor from Philly or NYC. Probably was just saving Shaun a trip.

 

Nope just a member here, 12 cases and 30 growlers. Picking up for lots of people I think.

 

Depends how you define 'specialty' beers. It really varies, but stuff like Arthur/Clara/Everett generally seems to last a while, as they make a decent amount. For example, I was there in August when they had just recently released a couple of saisons, and they are still for sale now.

The more limited stuff goes pretty fast though. The brewery is in the middle of nowhere, but their name is no longer a secret. The big releases attract sell-out crowds.

Always good stuff in growlers, so a trip there is never wasted regardless of what is in bottles.

 

These last ones have been lasting at least a week on the shelves. I expect the next one (Juicy) to go somewhat faster because the date it will be on the shelf is already advertised. Civil Disobedience #5 has been on the shelf for two weeks now.

 

No he didn't. He bought 13.



If the limits don't change...probably do the same when Birth of Tragedy hits the shelves.

 

I heard the same guy is planning on just BUYING Hill Farmstead.

 

If bottles of Twilight were shares of stock, he'd be majority shareholder.

 

I'm not sure how much more BoT they made this year, but it was sub-1000 bottles last year and very limited quantities - I think 6 at release day and quickly moved down to 3 and 1. Given the people that will likely be flocking to this release, I'd be shocked if they didn't stick a similar limit on it. The site says "no limit", but also, "details of bottle release coming".

Twilight is just their winter porter they make in large quantities like a batch of Everett.

 

Yeah...I'm familiar. I was thinking because they said no limit that perhaps they made a really large batch this year...which would be awesome. If it's just a couple bottles, certainly no big deal. November and December are brutal months on the beer budget anyway. With Dark Horse's 4 Elf gig coming up and Kuhnhenn's Winter Solstice quick on it's heals...you have to pick and choose your battles.

 

You guys are my heroes! Hook me up with some BBPt5 if its released at 4 elf again!

 

Birth will not be unlimited. It is planned to have a 4 bottle limit (same as last year). 2,000 bottles if I recall correctly(?)

 

It lasted the day they released it, a few hours I believe.

 

Not true - it lasted a couple of weeks. (As did Daybreak) Release day started at 6 and dropped to 4 bottles.

I went the week after release, Thanksgiving weekend, when limits were down to 3 bottles per person. They quickly lowered it to 1 not long thereafter to try to make it last through Christmas. I don't think it quite lasted that long, but it was still available for a little while.

That said, that was last year. That was probably also the last release before Hill Farmstead officially exploded into beer geek consciousness. Plus Birth of Tragedy is now a known commodity - one of the best beers they make. I doubt it lasts weeks this time around unless release day is bad weather and then they drop the limit to 1 per.

 

Just an FYI, HF updated their Retail Page with a couple new nuggets of info:

- CD5 will likely be gone just after they open on Wednesday.
- Juicy is getting released this Saturday
- Birth of Tragedy marked as 4 bottle limit, release likely on 12/1

As always, here are the details: http://www.hillfarmstead.com/bottle-release/

I'm looking to make a Saturday trip for Juicy and will spend all week hoping they still have S&S #5, which I think is the best IPA I've ever had (this took that distinction from S&S #4, which had previously blown me away).

 

Anyone have any more info on Juicy? I put out an ISO pretrade and didn't get a response for what I thought was a very fair offer. Maybe the right person didn't see it? Or maybe people are hesitant to start a pretrade? Any help would be appreciated.