BCBS 2018 NYC Releases

ABC Ditmars:

Theyre also raffling off Reserve and Bramble

 

Damn, that is the furthest thing from what I experienced. I recommend giving it a try somewhere else. This was the best of the bunch for me and the coffee flavor was silly. I am a bit nuts about coffee like I am with beer and I was loving the coffee notes.

 

Yeah, my friend basically bought my allotment for $50 less. Yeesh...

And I didn’t try Coffee BW there. Super crazy if they tapped a wrong keg. I would’ve said something.

 

If you're in Queens and are interested in vintages of BCBS at 9.99-11.99 same price they sold at that year, Triboro has 2014-2017 BCBS for sale on the shelves. Also like said above Astoria Bier & Cheese Ditmars has cases and cases of the variants. Just bramble & reserve were raffle only. The Coffee Barleywine was probably the best on draft for me. Coffee definitely there!

 

Orange, Vanilla and Wheat are $17+ tax in my local ‘fancy’ bodega. Looks like nobody in north Brooklyn got any other variants though.

 

Any idea on the pricing at bier and cheese? They are normally a few bucks more given the venue - but sometimes way out of line compared to triboro or crown.

 

I believe the Coffee and Wheatwine were $19.99 and the Orange and Vanilla were $29.99. They were each 1 per customer.

 

I never had previous years of vanilla rye which apparently were great, but this years version is pretty damn good. This one is not sweet at all, sometimes I find BCBS to be too sweet, this one is smooth as silk. Did this fly off the shelves or is it still sitting for exorbitant prices?

Croxleys event was good, nice space, good staff. But dropped a bit from last year, no food and no live band. I wish they would do smaller pours , 8 ounce pours for high octane beers with a wide selection means can’t try as many as you want. As usual, best part is meeting people, I met some new people, some people I saw there last year and was great to see @Daveshek28 and his crew, hope to see them at next OH/Sixpoint get together.

 

I was there as well. I went by myself but met a couple of people that I ended up splitting pours with so we could try everything including the 17 Coffee bottle. Definitely need to have the option for half pours though.

 

Think PlayItAgain might be right above. I only bought the Coffee Barleywine (19.99) & won raffle for the Reserve bottle. Think the rest may be correct though the Wheatwine may be cheaper? I wouldn't pay the price for that orange.

 

WF Bowery still has Vanilla, Orange, Wheatwine and tons of regular.

 

WF Bryant Park has regular, orange and wheatwine as of 8:15 this morning.

 

WF columbus has orange, regular, wheatwine and vanilla as of this morning.

 

Anyone hit WF Union Square at all? Was thinking of hitting either there or WFCC around lunch to poke around.

 

Anyone in line at Carmine’s?

 

WFCC had a bunch of Reg, Orange, and Vanilla on Friday. Also CBS on sale for 23.99. I think it was like a dollar off...

 

About thirty or so at Carmine's.

 

I’m a few from the back. Blue jacket, and black back pack. I’d tell you I have a beard, but that wouldn’t help narrow it down.

 

Saw a bunch of CBS at BP also. Several cases on the floor. Amazing how that all changes in a year.

 

anyone know how many bottles of reserve they have at Carmines? I'm guessing they'll be gone by the time that I can get down there. Still hoping to track a bottle down somewhere but thinking it's unlikely.