450 North Brewing

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Anyone on here a regular of theirs? I have made the trip down there a few times for fresh cans and they distribute all around my area and I had a very hard time finding consistency in their beers. Last time I gave them the real college try was over the summer but it was the same as I remember, decent but inconsistent and forgettable.

 

Anyone know the average costs of their cans? Slushy, nugget varieties?

 

I think regular slushies (6% ABV) are usually $18.50 per 4 pack. XL slushies (8%) are $22.

 

Yeah, fruited IPAs (fresh froot) are always 20. Single hopped IPAs are 16, doubles are 18-20

 

I generally try about everything from them except the slushies as I live within 10 miles. Just can't get into that style.

In general their beers that see distro are not very good. I would say they are inconsistent on the okay to very good scale on their limited release IPAs. I rarely get a bad one or a great one. I do tend to really like their triples and milkshakes.

 

FYI... They announce prices and allotments for every release on Facebook.

 

450 N jumping on the Sour IPA bandwagon with the next release. It's a style I haven't had. Looking forward to trying something different from them.

 

450 north probably goes through more lactose than any other brewer besides hudson valley

 

I like their milkshake IPAs, probably because they are lactose/vanilla bombs. They other (few) examples of the style I've had are lacking in that quality and have always come across as grassy IPAs with fruit.

I dislike their stouts in general though. This sour IPA will be a new experience for me. I will be curious to see how those more familiar with the style compare 450 N's attempt, if for no reason more than to help me ground myself in what the style is supposed to me.

 

I just wish their fruit stuff was stable enough to ship down South without explosion, as I'd love to have a constant trade going with it. Only had one, but I loved it.

 

So I am driving to Nashville from Chicago and was going to hit 450 on the way to or from. Leaving on a Thursday and coming back on a Sunday. Do cans ever last the whole weekend or so they sell out every Friday?

 

The slushys normally sell out while there is still a line. The froot is going to sell out too. The only thing that might be around are IPAs. They have been dropping single and double IPAs sporadically through the week and keeping them in their cooler in the restaurant for to-go, so you might have luck there.

 

Anyone else experience a geyser upon popping a Bahamamama XL Slushy!?!?

 

Sounds like it wasn't stored correctly. Maybe heated up and started fermenting again

 

Had a glass of Sapphire today, and it was a solid meh for me. Sour OJ, basically. This appears to be another series, like the Slushies, that I can just ignore. I'd be curious to know how others think this one compares to others in the "style."

The strawberry/banana Fresh Froot lived up to my high expectations for the FF series. A vanilla bomb with strawberry and a hint of banana.

Our waitress said that today's line was the biggest they've had (and it was cold and windy today). Looks like the 450N hype isn't going away anytime soon.

 

I had an infected cocoa nuggets once from 450. With the amount of beer they're producing, and the different types things can happen.

I messaged them on Facebook about it, they were super cool about it and shipped me a mixed four pack and a bunch of swag. YMMV.

 

What, if any, 450N beers make it to distribution? Heading down to Indy next week but won't make it down to the actual brewery.

 

A buddy of mine has had it happen for two cans. His cans went overnight in a non-refrigerated state though, so the re-fermentation seems likely there. His raspberry jam and blackberry dessert slushies did as well and haven't been a problem though. The area where they were stored overnight is very cool and it's unlikely the temp ever reached above 50F though. It sucks if they're THAT sensitive.