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?
     
    #1 johnnybgood1999, Apr 26, 2015
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  2. PatriotsRule

    PatriotsRule Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2012 Massachusetts

    Missing Watch City Brewing, which used to be in Waltham MA.
     
    #2 PatriotsRule, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #3 ArsMoriendiOU818, Apr 26, 2015
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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...
     
    #4 Greywulfken, Apr 26, 2015
  5. WiscoTerr

    WiscoTerr Initiate (0) Feb 20, 2014 Colorado

    Stone, may be the last state to get them back.
     
    #5 WiscoTerr, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #7 johnnybgood1999, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #8 drinkin-beeers, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #9 Orca, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #10 Monkeyknife, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #11 PA-Michigander, Apr 26, 2015
  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?
     
    #12 johnnybgood1999, Apr 26, 2015
  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.
     
    #13 drinkin-beeers, Apr 26, 2015
  14. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Pooh-Bah (2,890) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina
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    Flying Dog
     
    #14 TonyLema1, Apr 26, 2015
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