Cycle/ccb bottle releases

To quote an 8-year-old on a playground: "Cycle started it."

Indeed.

 

I guess I should have worded better since a big reason I stopped buying Cycle bottles was the $30+ price tag for most and a longer drive to St. Pete.

It’s nice to see bottles at Cycle back down to $25 each after they, AC, HS and CCB have been charging $30+

 

I've had Kolo ship me a couple of packages of Cycle bottles to me in Chicago and it has been very timely, well packed and a smooth experience. Keep in mind someone 21+ needs to sign for the package.

 

Hello El Catador Club
9th Edition Tampa Members

Psst... El Catador Tampa members get first dibs on Capricho Oscuro #7.

Available now until Sunday night, El Catador members can get early access to our Seventh Capricho Oscuro - A Blend Of Rum, Sherry and Cognac Barrel-aged Stouts. Available in a large format 750mL bottle just in time for the holidays.

This is a Tampa tasting room exclusive and only available for purchase and pick up in person. This beer will be available to the general public on Monday, but as an El Catador member, you can grab yours first by visiting the tasting room.

There will be no online / advance sales for this bottle. You must visit the Tampa tasting room on Spruce St. to purchase this bottle.

 

Damn, I’m non-el cat but am driving up to Tampa Sunday already lol

 

Any reports on how the Capricho Oscuro 7 is?

 

Comment from someone on the El Cat thread reported it was good.

 

They haven't advertised this but Cigar City is selling mystery bottles from old El Cat clubs in the taproom. 35 dollars each. I pulled Trousseau and BA Raspberry Halo

 

Love Trousseau, prob open my last bottle this weekend!

 

That's a tough pull, they started this around Thanksgiving, but since they haven't listed what bottles can potentially be in the mystery group, they haven't sold well. If they told people that it included BA Huna or others, I think they'd sell well, as they have in the past.

 

Or if they would’ve posted anything about it on social media. I had no idea it was happening until the bartender mentioned it as I was leaving

 

El Cat facebook page posted it November 21st.

 

Was wanting to try some newer Cycle bottles out like the Roadtrip series and saw a couple of reviews on untappd that said the Fresh Blacktop had something wrong with it, any other reports?

 

What did they say was wrong?

 

One just said infected, the other said it tasted like 3 different beers in a bad way. They seemed to be together so it might be possible they got a bad bottle

 

Just opened a fresh Blacktop last Saturday and was great.

 

RIP Egg.

 

American or English BW?

 

Can someone explain what the difference between a barleywine and a barleywine style ale is?