Abrasive is close!

I can't see them compromising Mn's beloved Abrasive allotment for Chicago. That said, the nose on this stuff alone conjures up nostalgia. Sooooo damn good. I feel truly blessed to be able to have this at the ready 5 months of the year. Recently discovered a cousin in Cali has access to Russian River. Gonna send him a care package this Christmas of Abrasive, Darkness and some Indeed. Hopefully he can send me some of those RR Sours.

 

Byerlys in SLP has a bunch. Just got another shipment today.

 

It was speculated in another thread recently that with Surly's new distribution partners, we may not see couple day old Furious any longer. This doesn't seem to be the case with this Abrasive release as I just grabbed some marked 11/05 from First Grand. Hopefully this remans true with the rest of their offerings.

 

Please update if anyone see Abrasive with dates other than what has already been posted (10/30/13).

 

Thomas has 11/05

 

The stuff I got from Princeton's tonight was 11/05/13

 

10/30 or 11/05 - does it really matter?
Abrasive is known for holding up well for up to 3 months - at least.

Went to the tap room tonight.
I Had 3 Abrasive, and 0 Darkness (or anything else offered up).

Yeah, enough said....

 

Ha, I was there tonight as well. Talked myself into one Darkness just because it is Stout Day but only had Abrasives other than that. I found an Abrasive that was canned in mid February of 2013 in the way back of my fridge 2 weeks ago. It still tasted fantastic and I would take an 8 month old Abrasive over just about any other beer out there.

 

I think it will. For example back in Sept when they released Wet they stated they only could brew about 1/2 what they normal due to capacity. This is pure speculation but after hearing they are distributing later this month in Chicago. I think they had to cut back on Wet so they could ramp brewing of their regular beers to head down the road to Chicago.

But back to topic. I think Abrasive is great (and expensive) and it is comparable with the other top IIPAs

 

Man, this is a tough week for drinking anything other than fresh hops/ (I)Ipas. Just hitting the market in the last weeks in addition to Abrasive is Schells Fresh Hop Pils, Founders Harvest, and Victory Dirt Wolf. They are booting all the stouts/ BW/ etc. back in line. Abrasive is great as always - makes up a bit for the letdown with Wet.

 

I thought they brewed half as much wet because later batches ended up sitting last year?

 

Pretty sure the reason for less this year was because they got much less hops than previous years? Last year they used 2400lbs of Simcoe, this year it was 800lbs of Cascade and 400lbs of Centennial, so half the amount of hops.

Back to Abrasive talk.....if I didn't have a 10 week old baby, I'd making a road trip right now to go get some. Guess I'll have to wait to get my Abrasive fix this year....brother in law will be coming down from Twin Cities around Christmas. Hopefully he'll bring me 1/2 a case.

 

They are brewing almost 24/7 now so they are really pumping out the beer. Its a smarter move for them to cover several key markets rather than try blanket a certain radius from their brewery with beer. Not like they'd sell alot in rural areas anyways. Chicago, Philadelphia, DC, Portland, etc...

I know they were going to send Darkness bottles to Chicago last year and something happened with that; I believe it was a legal issue with the bottle labels? You'll remember that a bunch of Darkness popped up in stores for sale months after Darkness Day, that was that beer.

 

The wonderful aroma of Abrasive from last night is lingering in my beard and making me want another...

 

Sending Darkness to Chicago would bother me, at least until I can easily grab 2 bottles at a store and not have to camp out for it. And besides, it would take away the IL contingent at Darkness Day.

 

Keep the seasonals and special releases in state. More importantly, keep the KIBs in Illinois.

 

That very well could be it too but I thought I recall reading they had capacity issue. I doubt it would be from lack of sales like another poster mentioned..IMO.

 

<-------Waiting for Abrasive in Winona . . .

 

Stinson said Abrasive won't be back until next week. I don't understand the shortage with seasonals.

 

Everybody buys cases for their trading partners when it first comes out?