2017 3-Way

The date on mine wasn't on the very bottom, but on the side, really close to the bottom.

 

It's on tap at Beer Junction right now BTW.

 

Drank the last can of the 4pack I bought a couple weeks ago, last night. Unlikely to buy more, if I see it. Strokes for folks, more for y'all, not my jam.

 

So... have had b1,2,3... Had b2 and b3 last night side by side... b3... just not as good. Anyone else?

 

I don't know but I had a month old can recently (6/14 can date) and it was better than I remembered. I think someone else mentioned the same here, that it's better with a few weeks on it than fresh.

 

Absolute freshness is overrated IMO. 2-3 weeks for most IPAs is about right. YMMV

 

I'd agree with this to an extent. Haze/NE style IPAs definitely need time to mellow (Instant Karma and Phantom Chair definitely needed some gestation time), but some beers like Fremont's F2F, Block 15's Sticky Hands, or Bale Breaker's Bottom Cutter are best as fresh as possible.

I haven't been able to sit on a 3 Way yet, though. Keep drinking them too fast.

 

I grabbed the last 4- pack (7/12 batch) at WF RSQ this morning. Crazy.

 

Nice to know there's a new batch out there. The newest cans I'd seen (as of last weekend) were from late June.

 

I'm done with 3-way except what I have in my fridge now. Time to move on. Too many beers and all that ...

 

The local WF (Bellevue) only got 1 case yesterday, picked up 2 packs (for science).

 

The Reuben's taproom still has 4 packs as of noon today . I picked one up along with a 6 pack of latona crush.

 

I think mine did too. I was there earlier in the morning and saw that they had four or five, but for some reason didn't buy one at that time. Came back a half hour later and there was only one left.

 

I hear ya. It's been too hard to find this year. Annoying.

On the other hand, the scarcity of 3-Way led me right to the considerable charms of pFriem Summer Pale.

 

I got curious a couple weeks ago and contacted Click Distribution. They said they had been asking Ft. George for more but have only been getting one case per account every two to three weeks. This was seemingly at odds with the Ft. George response via Facebook I got, that was to effect of, "We're sending those cans up to Washington as fast as we can brew them."

I got a few four-packs last month though, not to mention Latona Crush last week and yesterday's crowlers of Skookum on the way home from Camano Island should tie over any hankering for haziness. And to be honest, I've been enjoying "regular old IPAs" like Lush and Bodhizafa, and have found them pretty damn refreshing after so much haze lately. Hell, I even bought a sixer of Fremont Summer Ale yesterday. Pale ale? I damn near forgot what that was!

 

Fremont Session Pale and Field 41 have been great summer beers. They always are.

 

I've still only managed to find one 4-pack of 3-way this year. Ridiculous. Hoping there's still some Latona Crush tomorrow, when I finally have a chance to get down there.

Bodi's been my main summer beer this year, so I'm not crying too hard over the lack of 3-way.

 

I am currently in Rockaway on vacation with the wife and 2 little boys. Has there been any 3-way sightings nearby on the coast? Tillamook? Seaside? Don't think I can convince the wife to let me drive up to Astoria 1 hour and 15 minutes each way to Ft. George according to google.

 

Found a can in Kennewick, Washington.

Except that it's last year's version.

 

Reubens was out of Latona Crush cans, but had it on tap. Looked like there was plenty of 3-Way left, though.