Alpine Availablility in NC?

And Boulevard, and Troeggs, and so many other countless breweries that make really great beers, but arrive to much fanfare only to crowd distributors' overloaded books and gather dusts on shelves. All these arrivals are always trumpeted, then two months later it's shelf turd city.

 

Agreed, but at least Troegs has a decent dating system!

 

You guys bring up a great point about the importance of freshness. I find I buy fewer brands that I know turnover consistently at Beer Study like Dirt Wolf, Lil Sumpin Sumpin, & Pernicious. I rarely buy Green Flash b/c it's so hit or miss

 

It's in Pa and NY. What I've had is every bit as good as what's came out of Ca. Damn good beer.

 

Duet just went on tap at Beer Study. I assume other shops will soon follow.

Pure Hoppiness bottles too...

 

Yep. The other 3 have been in SE VA for over a month and are sitting around now.

 

Sam's Quik Shop (Durham) just got Nelson and Pure Hoppiness in bottles.

 

Nelson is pretty damn good. Haven't had Pure Hoppiness yet.

 

Who's the distributor up there? RAJ?

 

I personally enjoyed the Pure Hoppiness over the Nelson, but they are two entirely different hoppy beers

 

I'm pretty sure Nelson instantly became the best IPA you can buy off the shelf in NC (when you can find it).

 

Definitely top 3 or 4 at the very least. I'd say that, the latest Jade, and fresh Pernicious are about neck and neck for best IPA below 8% available for me right now.

 

Quit being a homer

But in all seriousness, Nelson dethroned Pernicious for me. I would say Grapefruit and regular Sculpin have to be in the discussion as well. The shelf IPA selection in NC has gotten really good over the past couple years.

 

Ha i know you're joking about the homer comment, but for me it really does just come down to freshness when we're talking hoppy beers. Particularly when you're talking standard ipas. So the best NC ipas are obviously going to be up there on my list because I get them the freshest. But when stuff like Nelson, Hop Shovel, Lagunitas IPA's, etc. gets here just as fresh then yeah it's right there with the best we've got here.

 

You convinced me to pick one up on the way home from work tonight. Nice work.

 

Good luck finding it at this point. Glad I bought one of those cases of Pure Hoppiness in your prior pic. An outstanding IPA.

 

I found it no problem. Saw more today.

 

My spot got more Nelson today actually.