Schlenkerla Fastenbier (in cans!!)

Would you mind sharing with us what you paid? Is it really a "Manhattan" thing vs. a B. United issue?

Cheers!

 

And you didn't even have to wait in line!

 

The Krausen 4-packs I can get are $16, but this store might not want to carry both at the same time and still have a few Krausens left in the fridge. I guess I'll see in a week or so.

 

Where at? I never saw the Kräusen cans anywhere, assuming we wouldn't get this one either. I did find the Urbock though this past weekend and picked up a few bottles. I look forward to picking this up though! Appreciate it ahead of time...

 

The Wine Spot got a case in. It’s moving pretty slowly from what I’ve seen.

 

I love the Aecht cans!

 

I wish I could find these out here (SF) and on the regular.

 

just saw this on Beermenus. 22 dollars a 4 pack. I will bite.

 

Cant find this in denver as per my usual German import gripes.

 

Nice seeing some excitement over a non-NEIPA four pack.

The bottle shops in my area are carrying less and less of these type beers and outside of the cases of old Bavarian beer on top of the racks languishing at the Total Wine (if they were babies, they would be walking by now)--these beers are very hard to come by. Oktoberfests might be the seasonal/regular exception.

 

Bought two 4-packs for whopping 50 dollars after tax. I'm a Schlenkerla fanboy, but I'm not enjoying this one as much as the Krausen one - but it's still a delight and I'm quite happy to have 4 more left.

 

I had a can of the krausen last night and it was dreadful. Packed with a strange green apple tartness with some smoke. I had another can after work today and it was fantastic; it really was a nice blend of their Helles with just a touch more caramel malt sweetness/smokiness from the marzen. The cans were at room temp when I purchased them so perhaps I just got unlucky with a bad can.

I'm also loving their lentbier as well. It's really packed with that bready malt flavor along with that signature beechwood smoked flavor...it just might be my favorite rauchbier ever (don't tell urbock or marzen!)

Look for your friendly local B. United supplier (if you haven't already). Typically those same shops that carry those tough-to-find Belgians also carry these canned Schlenkerla offerings. Best of luck!

EDIT: I'd try contacting the local B. United rep in CO, they're typically very helpful (I did this for tracking down a minikeg of Schlenkerla marzenbier). According to their website (http://www.bunitedint.com/company/contact_us/) your local rep is Jon Lundbom and his email is [email protected] ....hope this helps

 

Yikes, that price!

You sure you didn't pick up the DDH Fastenbier by mistake?

 

It seems to be the going rate in NYC - but yes, is expensive. BUT, when you're seemingly one of two brewers in the world doing this style and making it available in stores, you must bend to the laws of demand and expertise.

 

Well, at least there was no line.

 

Excellent! First time you see this in cans? I've only tried two Schlenkerla beers. First one (don't remember the base beer style, but made with beechwood-smoked malt) was, as I feared, way too smoky for my palate. The other (again I don't recall the style) was made with oak-smoked malt. That one was mind-blowingly scrumptious! Would love to find that again, but I haven't seen any.