Beer shop finds.

Nice! I enjoy Central waters BA stouts quite a bit. Haven’t they been on shelves here already though?

 

I thought craft beer was dying though?

 

Imagine if all these places hit distro 7-8 years ago? People would be losing their minds. CW makes great beer but I just see it sitting in MA like everything else.

 

Great minds...

 

anyone know if DDH pseudo sue is gonna make it to MA?

 

The ONLY new brewery outside NE I’d like to see distributed here is Great Lakes Brewing. Dortmunder Gold & Eddie Fitz Porter would absolutely be in my reg rotation.

 

I would assume it is. We got it in bottles and we’ve seen almost every big can release. I’m still holding out hope for Morning Latte even though I found Rover Truck to be a bit underwhelming....

 

This is my pipe dream: I wish the opposite. I wish nothing would come to new markets, and I wish everything that isn’t would go back. All local (let’s say New England). Want Stone, Modern Times, go to San Diego; Want Revolution, go to Chicago.

Too many great beers sit on shelves because they’ve been in warehouses and in trucks bumping across the country. I love Firestone, for example, but I don’t buy it because I don’t want an 8-month old Pivo. So I’ll just get it when I head out west.

I care about beer. I work in beer. But even I get overwhelmed with options at the beer store.

 

This beer hit weeks ago, and came and went my friend.

It might be still kicking around some places? But I think the canning date was 6/28.

Unless there's a new batch?

I would have liked to have seen Surly Bitter Brewer rather than Todd the Axe Man.

Breweries I'd love to see in MA that will likely never make it here...

Live Oak, Olde Mecklenberg, and New Glarus would be great.

But then again...

I also agree with this.

 

no different sue

 

Oh shit, yeah sorry. I was thinking of Galaxy Pseudo Sue.

 

The Central Waters news is great news. As someone who used to live in WI, I can attest that they make outstanding beer and sell it at very reasonable prices, at least in the Midwest. Concerns about shelf sitting are warranted, but I'm a much bigger fan of their dark beers than their hoppy offerings anyway, and those won't suffer as much from being a little old. All of their barrel aged beers are highly recommended. I only hope the pricing here is close to what they sell it for in their home region.

 

Ha!

Good one.

 

What do they sell for back in WI?

 

Generally $9 or so for a 6x12 of their standard offerings: stout, scotch ale, pale ale, IPA, porter, and red ale. 4x12 of barrel aged stouts for around $12-13.

 

There's no way they'll be that cheap here. My guess is $12 sixers and $16 BA 4pks.

 

The Central Waters barrel-aged 4-packs (all or almost all of them?) have been intermittently in MA for a few years at this point. I think they usually come in at around $15, but can’t recall since it’s been a while. They are quite good though, especially the BBA barleywine.

 

has anyone sighted DDH cans of Pseudo Sue yet?

 

I've almost given up on Toppling Goliath in CT. Every can or bottle I find is at least 3 months old. I really wanted to get Hopsmack but the bottles I find are all sitting at room temp and are from March or April.

 

Does anyone know how long Von Trapp pushes out their best buy date? Had some best by Nov pils this week and thought it was excellent.