Alesong Thread

Very happy to see Alesong now ships to WA. The setup with Tavour currently has some issues, but I expect those to be worked out over time and enough emails to support.

Looking forward to the Pinot Spontanée.

 

It's possible I'm blind, but where are you seeing the info about Tavour shipping?

 

Are you on their email list? It's part of the email titled "Summer Release Open & Shipping to 17 States!".

It takes you here to order, but this is missing some of the FAQs from the email.

 

That's really cool, too bad there isn't an option to pick them up at Tavour's office.

 

If Tavour is shipping Alesong bottles from Seattle, you may be able to but you'd have to confirm with them. They do typically allow local pickup: https://www.tavour.com/shipping-policy

 

Yeah, I know they do pick up. It just doesn't give that option with the pre-set bundles and a $15 shipping fee.

These bottles will probably be pretty easy to pick up on store shelves here, too.

 

Hey Washington folk- I'm glad you are liking the ability to get beer shipped to you. While that $15 flat fee is pretty great, we'll check to see if we can add a "pick up at Tavour" option and save you that money to buy another great beer
Also, for everyone hoping they can get our beers on the shelf, I just delivered Kind of Blue and Oregon Honey to SEA and Tacoma, but we sold out of French 75, Bailey's Joy, and Pinot Spontanee. Feel free to pre-order and make sure you get anything you want. No membership fee and no obligation to buy anything. Cheers! -Matt

 

Big fan of Alesong. Over the summer, I purchased a case of Strawberry Symphony. It was fabulous to say the least. Throw in the case discount and each bottle averaged around $8 per! In my personally opinion, this was one of the easiest drinking Sour-Goses around.

Like others have mentioned, Alesong is not too difficult to find in various areas of Oregon/Washington. That being said, I've had a difficult time locating bottles of their Blueberry release (Kind of Blue).

 

I heard Kind of Blue was hitting WA right around now. I think some of the bottles released at the same time sold out before they could even make it up to WA.

 

For what it's worth, at least one of the bottles released during this same round sold out before the pre-order was even over. The word is out on these guy. Plus the shipping option allowed a whole lot more folks to participate this time around I think.

 

For what it's worth, I've seen multiple releases at Market of Choice. So glad I got into Alesong early, I have my one bottle of Cocoa Maestro which I am debating opening.

 

Has the Alesong Guava Berliner Weisse at the BeerMongers killer Matt event. Probably the best Berliner Weiss I have had. Soft, smooth, tart, sour, and a guava nose that was outstanding. Well done Alesong

 

Placed an order over the weekend for some of their new releases - some good looking barrel aged beers that I'm looking forward to trying. I was down in Eugene on Saturday but the release was on Sunday so I'm having them shipped instead. Hoping to check out their pub at some point, anyone here been?

 

Been a couple responses on the "Visiting Eugene" thread.

 

This was one of their better releases, in my opinion, with regard to the quality of the beers released. Kentucky Kilt was my surprise favorite of the day, but I enjoyed all of the others as well.

I always enjoy their taproom, though it is a bit out of the way. However, that's part of its charm (very relaxing to drink beer on their patio and enjoy the quite, peaceful scenery). Would definitely recommend a visit and would say it's worth the drive.

 

Good to hear. I doubled up on Kentucky Kilt and Rackhouse Reserve as those were the two I was most interested in.

 

Matt wanted to have a beer drinking experience that was more like wine, hence the the very wine tasting room vibe (and it doesn't hurt that King Estate is literally right next door).

 

Matt is responsible for one of the OG white whales, Wooden Hell, during his time at Flossmoor Station. If he wasn’t one of the sweetest, smartest, most generous people on the planet, the pedigree alone should make you pay attention to him. Try his beer and form your own opinions, but know that Alesong’s bottles are worth your consideration. If you visit the taproom and don’t get to hang with him a bit, you missed a bit of what makes Alesong special. Can’t say enough good things about Matt and the Coombs brothers.

 

There is a tasting for alesong tonight (2/14/18) at Special Brews in Lynnwood, WA if anyone is interested. They posted on their website (the store that is) what beers will be there. Not an employee of either but frequent the store. Enjoy if you can!

 

Heard about these guys for the first time tonight when I found bottles of their Rackhouse Reserve at a bottle shop here in NorCal. I really hope this beer is good. I love barrel aged beers and am always looking for breweries that will produce world class barrel aged beers and ship them directly to me in CA. I signed up for the interest list and have high hopes for this beer I'll be drinking tomorrow. If it's good I'm all in!