Twin Cities Bottle Hunt - 2019

Shorewood Liquor got Drekker Nightman, Insight Oak and Scotch Gravity Well, BA Ten Fidy, A few of the New Junkyards, OMNI 2X Rasp/2X Vanilla, and a little Drekker Mind Bullets/Ectogasm in the back.

 

Minnetonka MGM has a couple of Bourbon County wheat wines $25 each

 

I am really surprised that the Hat Trick stout at Sisyphus is still available both on draft and in bottles. That is a VERY solid barrel aged stout if I say so myself.

 

Well who said anything about it before? Or is this your way of saying it's available?

 

I suppose it’s my way of saying it’s available.

 

It seems like almost every brewery makes some kind of barrel aged stout now so they are rare anymore. Throw in $20 per bottle, which some people like me are tired of paying for bombers, and many BA stouts may not sell out quickly any longer (even great ones like BA Silhouette).

 

Because this is so limited in 750 ml bottles, we won't be able to pour any the day of the event. We will however have other exclusive barrel tastings that day. Cheers!

 

I meant to say BA stouts are NOT rare anymore. Bad typing skills.

 

looks like Birch's are selling their Oud Bruin bottles (750ml) for $7.50.
"Barrel soured traditional Flanders Brown Ale aged in used red wine barrels with tart cherries for over 2.5 years"

 

This BA sour from Birch's went on sale 11/23/18 for $20/bomber and obviously must not have sold well.

 

Anybody have any recent sightings of Indeed's Old Friend? (preferably SE Metro)

I just remembered that this is the last year for it and I never grabbed a bottle.

 

That's a really good beer, up there with the best of Wild Mind and Fair State among Minnesota slow sours, in my opinion. It's obviously a big departure from the kettle sours on which Birch's largely built its reputation (deep and complex v. light and refreshing).

 

Two parter here:

1) If you haven't made a trip out to the Plymouth Hy-Vee Wine and Spirits you're missing a gem. It's is the old Cellars that was in the same lot as the old Rainbow Foods out there. Between the layout, decor, and selection, it's a night and day difference from what it was. I believe I counted three different aisles of beer, all refrigerated and that's still not counting what's in the walk-in cooler. I don't think I saw a single beer sitting out that wasn't behind a refrigerated door. This may be the biggest Hy-Vee liquor I've seen and I frequent several of the Des Moines area ones.

2) For those that do make the trip there, they have Avery gold foil bottles priced at $5/bottle. I was able to grab some Pump[ky]n, Rumpkin, Uncle Jacob's, & Tequilacerbus with the added bonus of an additional 10% thanks to their mix-a-six or more that these counted towards. Wouldn't be surprised if other Hy-Vee's have this deal too.

 

Shhhhh... but yes, it is very nice. Vinifera's always first on my list but swing into HyVee if I'm going for some grocery.

 

Yes and no - The main reason for the price change is that our ownership has always made our beer available at an accessible price point. We want to share our product with you, rather than drain your bank account. This was our first bottle release, and we tried the standard pricing, but are now going back to our original philosophy. We have always kept our pricing low: $3/$4 Happy Hour, $6 pints, $7.50 Crowlers - for any beer we make, regardless of style or manufacturing cost.

That being said, we bottled most of the batch of Oud Bruin and would rather see them being drank than of sitting on a shelf. We aged the beer for close to 3 years - we are really happy with where it's at now, and want to encourage folks to enjoy it too.

Cheers!

 

Need some of those Avery's for sure......will be checking the DSM HyVee's after work.....hahaha.....suprising that HyVee seems to "get" the craft beer trend.....many HyVee stores have a massive selection nowdays......the Eagan one up there aint bad either!!

 

Did our market ever get 2018 Cuvée Van De Keizer Blauw? Latest I've seen is 2017.

 

Saw a few bottles at Zipp's today that made me scratch my head & wonder where the hell the beer scene is headed. If you don't like old man rants, I'd suggest averting your eyes.

Blacklist 750ML bottles of BA & BA Cherry Stout for $20, Gravity Well 750ML for $25, Klockow 750ML BA Rye something for $20.

What the hell is wrong with these breweries? I understand that the "going rate" for a BA Stout bomber is now $20 give or take, but I've never had a big beer from Blacklist or Klockow, & wouldn't gamble that much to take them home. And while I'm sure it has its fans, $25 for Gravity Well - a sub-standard BA Stout - is laugh out loud stuff.

Seems like breweries (including Birch's, before the apparent rollback) are just throwing $20 price points out there because they hope that's what they can get for them. I'll happily plunk down $20 for Central Waters 4 packs (though I've never had to!), or BA Darkness, or even BA Hat Trick from Sisyphus, but I honestly hope some of these newer brewery's offerings rot on shelves, & they get the message.

Put out a relatively affordable BA 4 pack, or even a $10 bomber, & I'm in. If your initial offerings in the Big Barrel Aging arena are on par price-wise with established, amazing offerings, I'm going to pass by almost every time. I hope others do as well.

/rant

 

How many were left?

 

Plenty.