Almanac - Farm to Barrel

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  1. bevdaddy

    bevdaddy Devotee (355) Nov 11, 2009 Massachusetts

    I've gotten a few of these in trades (I live in Boston) and I liked them and would like to try a few more. I'll be out in San Francisco for a couple days this week. How hard to find are beers from this FtB series? Anywhere in particular that might have them? I looked at their website and it looks like it's just an office with no bottles for retail sale.

    Thanks for your help and please bust my balls if this info is somewhere obvious. I couldn't find it anywhere.
     
    #1 bevdaddy, Jan 26, 2015
  2. UnknownKoger

    UnknownKoger Pooh-Bah (1,895) Jul 9, 2010 California
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    Almanac sours are pretty easy to find. Any decent bottleshop will have a few varieties
     
    #2 UnknownKoger, Jan 26, 2015
  3. PG2G

    PG2G Initiate (0) Dec 26, 2011 California

    They are all over the place in Los Angeles so I don't think you'll have a problem finding them at any decent bottle shop
     
    #3 PG2G, Jan 26, 2015
  4. bevdaddy

    bevdaddy Devotee (355) Nov 11, 2009 Massachusetts

    Awesome. That's good news. Thanks, fellas. Any favorites I should be on the lookout for?
     
    #4 bevdaddy, Jan 26, 2015
  5. RJS83

    RJS83 Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2014 New York

    Bourbon Sour Porter and Farmers Reserve Citrus are both great options.
     
    #5 RJS83, Jan 26, 2015
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  6. UnknownKoger

    UnknownKoger Pooh-Bah (1,895) Jul 9, 2010 California
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    Dogpatch Sour
     
    #6 UnknownKoger, Jan 26, 2015
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  7. TheMagnanimous

    TheMagnanimous Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2011 Vermont

    Beer Rev in Oakland had Devil's Advocate (hoppy sour), Dark Pumpkin Sour, and Dogpatch sour when I went by tonight. Whole foods should have some, probably City Beer Store in SF as well.
     
    #7 TheMagnanimous, Jan 26, 2015
  8. Joe_Mahma

    Joe_Mahma Initiate (0) Dec 8, 2013 California

    You might be able to get them in your neck of the woods too.
     
    #8 Joe_Mahma, Jan 26, 2015
  9. sourdog

    sourdog Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2014 California
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    @bevdaddy hit me up if there's anything particular you're looking for and can't find on the shelves. I live in SF and have extras of most of the Almanac releases from the past year.
     
    #9 sourdog, Jan 26, 2015
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  10. Justinsosmart

    Justinsosmart Initiate (0) May 14, 2013 California

    They just started distributing to NY if you ever end up there.
     
    #10 Justinsosmart, Jan 26, 2015
  11. 3SH33TS

    3SH33TS Initiate (0) Dec 21, 2010 California

    Just stay clear of Sourdough Wild Ale and you'll be fine :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #11 3SH33TS, Jan 26, 2015
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  12. Original_Fake

    Original_Fake Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2013 North Carolina

    Can't like this enough. That beer was so bad.
     
    #12 Original_Fake, Jan 26, 2015
  13. chcfan

    chcfan Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2008 California

    You'll probably just be finding the 2 or 3 most recent beers from them, but that ain't bad. I recently enjoyed Tequila Barrel Noir, but have seen one or two others that I haven't tried yet.
     
    #13 chcfan, Jan 26, 2015
  14. atrocity

    atrocity Pooh-Bah (2,264) Dec 18, 2013 Virginia
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    The Sourdough was my least favorite for sure. I really liked the Farmer's Reserve Citrus that I had a couple of weeks ago. Generally can't go wrong though.
     
    #14 atrocity, Jan 26, 2015
  15. 3SH33TS

    3SH33TS Initiate (0) Dec 21, 2010 California

    Health Spirits on Castro has Citrus, Dogpatch Strawberry, Dark Pumpkin Sour, and Heirloom Barleywine in stock (all at $12.99 per) according to their beermenus which is usually pretty accurate.

    The Wine Club on Harrison has Cerise Sour Blond and Dogpatch Strawberry (at $9.99 per); again... according to beermenus

    Give 'em a call before making a trip to confirm.
     
    #15 3SH33TS, Jan 26, 2015
  16. Original_Fake

    Original_Fake Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2013 North Carolina

    Farmer's Reserve Citrus and Valley of the Heart's Delight were my favorites.
     
    #16 Original_Fake, Jan 26, 2015
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  17. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    +1

    I could not drink much of the dark pumpkin sour. I just couldn't find any pumpkin in it.
     
    #17 SDReaper, Jan 26, 2015
  18. atrocity

    atrocity Pooh-Bah (2,264) Dec 18, 2013 Virginia
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    Yeah that one wasn't my favorite. The Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine was pretty nice though.
     
    #18 atrocity, Jan 26, 2015
  19. SLOCruzin

    SLOCruzin Zealot (644) Sep 30, 2013 California
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    The Sourdough was pretty bad fresh, but I just opened a bottle last week and it wasn't too bad. The hops had mellowed a lot and it had a nice tropical Brett profile.
     
    #19 SLOCruzin, Jan 27, 2015
  20. sourdog

    sourdog Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2014 California
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    I also thought that Sourdough at release was a trainwreck. Refreshing to hear there's hope. Might need to dust off the remaining bottles in the cellar!

    Agree that Valley, Citrus and Dogpatch Sour were the top 3 releases of the last year. Farmers Reserve 3 was the standout from the previous year. Although I just opened a bottle of FR#3 last weekend and the fruit had fallen off considerably.
     
    #20 sourdog, Jan 27, 2015
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