2015 BCBS/Variants in Denver

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  1. spoony

    spoony Pooh-Bah (2,591) Aug 1, 2012 Colorado
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    For those still on the hunt, Joy has roughly 20 bottles of BCBS and two BC Barleywine left (or they did as of about 20 minutes ago).
     
    #81 spoony, Nov 27, 2015
  2. LFinCO

    LFinCO Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2014 Colorado

    Interesting, since the beer guy at Mondo Vino told me last week they wouldn't be getting any and then starting going off on how they screwed every year because they don't sell enough Bud Light.
     
    #82 LFinCO, Nov 28, 2015
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  3. profbobo

    profbobo Crusader (443) Apr 24, 2008 Colorado

    I mean a lot of us ended up waiting from the wee hours (as early as 1:30 am) at argo and weren't able to purchase an entire allocation.
     
    #83 profbobo, Nov 28, 2015
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  4. jerichobear

    jerichobear Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2010 Colorado

    Has anyone had Rare this year and can comment on it?

    Related: any tappings of Rare or other variants in Denver this weekend?
     
    #84 jerichobear, Nov 28, 2015
  5. krameriffic

    krameriffic Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2015 Colorado

    I was at the Cheeky Monk's 2PM tapping and they opened 2 bottles of rare and gave away 1 ounce pours to as many people as they could. It was excellent. Very smooth up front followed by an almost marshmallow like sweetness and finish. Worth $60 a bottle? Maybe not, but definitely a noticeable cut above the regular.
     
    #85 krameriffic, Nov 28, 2015
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  6. poonamibaxter

    poonamibaxter Pundit (836) Jun 26, 2007 Colorado
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    Posts like this are why I love this site. It was really cold out last night and this morning, why on earth would you stand outside all night to buy beer? El oh el, you people are something else.
     
    #86 poonamibaxter, Nov 28, 2015
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  7. buttesnake

    buttesnake Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2013 Colorado

    1:30?!?! That's crazy.
     
    #87 buttesnake, Nov 28, 2015
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  8. darkfallberg

    darkfallberg Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2015 Colorado

    Right, @profbobo sorry your priorities are so clearly out of wack. I headed out at 12 pm hunting today and got home around 5 with a half case of Rare and 12 bottles of Coffee and Barleywine from a few LLS only 2 miles from my house.
     
    #88 darkfallberg, Nov 28, 2015
  9. ArrogantB

    ArrogantB Grand Pooh-Bah (3,248) Jun 9, 2006 Colorado
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    So is the coffee all gone? I was able to buy regular but got shut out everywhere on coffee.
     
    #89 ArrogantB, Nov 28, 2015
  10. eawolff99

    eawolff99 Pooh-Bah (2,422) May 10, 2010 Minnesota
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    ^^this. Me too. I got everything except coffee :slight_frown:
     
    #90 eawolff99, Nov 28, 2015
  11. eawolff99

    eawolff99 Pooh-Bah (2,422) May 10, 2010 Minnesota
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    Riiiiiiiiiight, where? :slight_smile:
     
    #91 eawolff99, Nov 28, 2015
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  12. darkfallberg

    darkfallberg Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2015 Colorado

    South of Colfax, West of Santa Fe. That's my promised land.
     
    #92 darkfallberg, Nov 28, 2015
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  13. profbobo

    profbobo Crusader (443) Apr 24, 2008 Colorado

    This is the one real indulgence I've allowed myself all year besides easy pick ups and phone orders. Priorities out of whack or not doesn't really excuse having a huge allocation and holding stuff back IMO. And going early let me sneak out while my son was asleep and spend the rest of the day with him. So you can say my priorities are out of whack, but this let me do my beer hunting and still spend time with my family.
     
    #93 profbobo, Nov 28, 2015
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  14. JoeySchlitz

    JoeySchlitz Initiate (0) Jun 1, 2008 Colorado

    Can't wait till next year's BCBS Chelada Rye! Heard that every store will get at least 1 bottle, so we can all camp out overnight in anticipation of the potential of maybe buying one!
     
    #94 JoeySchlitz, Nov 28, 2015
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  15. JakeT469

    JakeT469 Initiate (0) Jan 13, 2012 Colorado

    To be honest man, my journey today wasn't as bad as it may sound. Without going in a huge rant about my day I'll try to tell in a nutshell... I live 2 blocks from Argo, got in line at 530ish and was 15th in line. I got a heads up on what to expect from one of the main beer guys and the general manager that work there. Got my allotment and the freebies. Had a bunch of time to kill before Mr. B's and got in line there a couple hours early. Got my full allotment there as well and went straight to Cheeky Monk for a great tapping of all the variants except for Rare. However, The GI reps at the Monk gave out free pours of Rare from the bottle. Amazing laid back vibe and they still had everything on tap when my crew and I left around 6:00.

    Side Note: met some awesome Denver/Colorado folk today on my journeys. Shared stores and beers with many people and this was a great first Black Friday out in Denver for me. Hope everyone else had a great day as well.
     
    #95 JakeT469, Nov 28, 2015
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  16. Cotchept

    Cotchept Initiate (0) Jan 14, 2013 Colorado

    Today went pretty smoothly. Hit up Argonaut, Highlands Wine, and Mr. B's. Got pretty much everything I wanted. Would have liked to grab a few more Ryes but I'm sure I can track some down.

    Nice meeting you at Mr. B's, Jake. Go Bears!
     
    #96 Cotchept, Nov 28, 2015
  17. ablackshear

    ablackshear Zealot (695) Sep 17, 2010 Minnesota

    Reported for spam
     
    #97 ablackshear, Nov 28, 2015
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  18. Prospero

    Prospero Pooh-Bah (2,680) Jul 27, 2010 Colorado
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    Oh you're that dude, I was at Argo ~15 in line too, nice to meet you man, glad you could enjoy BCS day in Colorado with us! Cheers!
     
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  19. Kramerbarthomer

    Kramerbarthomer Pooh-Bah (2,116) Mar 22, 2012 Colorado
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    Goose Island is a hype machine. They need to change the name of "Rare" to "Fairly Common" and of "Regal Rye" to "Annoyingly Rare"...
     
    #99 Kramerbarthomer, Nov 28, 2015
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  20. Jasonrm72

    Jasonrm72 Maven (1,386) Apr 29, 2012 Colorado
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    Same boat. Noon was too late for coffee at the places we got to.
    Got regular and rye, turned down. I was going to skip Rare, but I may divert my Coffee $ allocation to it since it looks like coffee is a no-go
     
    #100 Jasonrm72, Nov 28, 2015
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