Beer that leaves your area

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  1. johnnybgood1999

    johnnybgood1999 Savant (1,000) Oct 31, 2008 Virginia

    Which beers or breweries have left your area that you miss the most? I grew up just north of Kansas City and have fond memories of Boulevard Wheat in the Summer, with a lemon wedge. After I moved back home to Virginia they started distributing here. Tank 7, dark truth, saison Brett, wheat would all be mine again!!

    Well, they had a strong presence for a while and poof, no more wheat, no more dark truth, no more tank 7. I can find hoppy wheat, which is ok, but i'm not a hophead and prefer the original over the lightly hopped version. This is my personal beer tragedy, what is yours?
     
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  2. PatriotsRule

    PatriotsRule Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2012 Massachusetts

    Missing Watch City Brewing, which used to be in Waltham MA.
     
  3. ArsMoriendiOU818

    ArsMoriendiOU818 Pooh-Bah (1,632) Nov 5, 2013 Virginia
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    Can't say I've ever experienced this problem, fortunately. I'd imagine downstate New York is a very profitable distribution area, so I see little incentive for brewers or distributors to pull out of the area.
     
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  4. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    Beer just keeps pouring :rolling_eyes: into NY - hate to rub it in :wink: - can't think of a single brewer that's left the area - but over the past few years, we've gotten distro from Great Divide, Bell's, Boulevard, and more... :stuck_out_tongue: - and that's just three relatively big names that sprang to mind...
     
  5. WiscoTerr

    WiscoTerr Initiate (0) Feb 20, 2014 Colorado

    Stone, may be the last state to get them back.
     
  6. johnnybgood1999

    johnnybgood1999 Savant (1,000) Oct 31, 2008 Virginia

    Speaking of Great Divide, they did leave VA at one time, but thankfully they came back. I have my eye on a barrel aged old ruffian for next week.
     
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  7. johnnybgood1999

    johnnybgood1999 Savant (1,000) Oct 31, 2008 Virginia

    If you're a hophead I could see that being a problem. I've been debating picking up a chair imperial stout by them.
     
  8. drinkin-beeers

    drinkin-beeers Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2014 Montana

    I miss bear republic. They pulled out of MT since they've had the drought. Racer 5 and hop rod rye are 2 of my favorites. Hop rod rye is still the best rye beer I've had.
     
  9. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I have to admit, I miss picking up a few bottles of Pliny every month or two.
     
  10. Monkeyknife

    Monkeyknife Grand Pooh-Bah (5,873) Jan 8, 2007 Missouri
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    FFF was fairly common for a while just across the river in Southern IL.
     
  11. PA-Michigander

    PA-Michigander Grand Pooh-Bah (3,372) Nov 10, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    I can't recall anything leaving PA, and if they did I guess it didn't impact me much at all.
     
  12. johnnybgood1999

    johnnybgood1999 Savant (1,000) Oct 31, 2008 Virginia

    Hold up, are you saying the California drought is causing breweries there to leave states?
     
  13. drinkin-beeers

    drinkin-beeers Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2014 Montana

    Unfortunately yes, but MT was probably one of the smallest population states they distributed to. We are barely over 1 million I think.
     
  14. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Pooh-Bah (2,890) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina
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