Big Wood Cans

Just Morning Wood to start with.

 

I'm excited to see what flavors they have also. Hopefully it's not just chocolate and vanilla.

 

not that that is a bad thing. Morning Wood is great!

 

Agreed. I have a few samples in my fridge right now. Jason told us at the store the other day that the first canning run will be tomorrow.

 

I have always found it to be quite annoying!

The beer is good, though.

 

Be interesting to see how Third Street does w/ their brew. I have enjoyed their own product, so I suspect the Big Wood brews will be good as well.

 

I wanted to come in here and talk about how my wife will love having Morning Wood around, but was afraid of the response I might get. Either way she is the coffee beer fanatic, I just enjoy them occasionally, and this is the only Big Wood beer I have enjoyed so far.

 

MN could soon lead the way for craft canning. Surly, Indeed, Big wood, soon to come: 612, Flat Earth...maybe more? Would like to see a brewery like Steel Toe do away w/ the bombers and move to small format cans.

 

Seing as how Cold Spring Third Street was recently approved for labels (cans) on brands from Peace Tree, Churchkey, and others*, I would hazard a guess that your "could" operative is equal to will.

*And how could I forget Finnegans?

 

I think Excelsior wants to can eventually as well.

 

The cans are in. They'll be in stores this week. It's available statewide so if you don't see it at your store request it. And by the way, it isn't contract brewed. They have an AP worked out with Third Street so Ty himself brews it at Third Street.

 

How much?

 

You should see four packs anywhere from about 9.99 to 11.99.

 

Grabbed a four pack at Ale Jail for $10.99. A decent beer, not great, but overpriced in my opinion.

 

Is it wrong to say cans give me big wood?

 

Have had it fresh and on tap 3 or 4 times in the last couple of months and IMO is a very good beer. Maybe just a notch below Coffee Bender (I know not a stout), Redband, Java Stout etc. etc.

Looks to me like style bias has already come into play and too many BA's are maybe measuring it against the imperials. At 5% this beer is tits and I love the fact I can knock back 2-3 pints with dinner and not have any worries about getting home.

Will certainly buy the cans but wander long-term how well it will age on the shelf and if the coffee flavors will pop like it does fresh on tap.

 

This was my problem with the beer. It had nowhere near the amount of coffee flavor of any of those three. If I wasn't told, I wouldn't have known it was brewed with coffee. I would have guessed the mild coffee flavors came from the malt used.

If it were priced in line with Redband, I would be okay with it, but it's priced closer to Coffee Bender which is a way better coffee beer in my opinion. This was more comparable to Bender than Coffee Bender I thought.

Like you said, this is a beer that you can knock a few back, but the price point just makes it harder to do that.

 

Just wait until Bad Axe comes out. If you were at the Highland Beer Dabbler and remember the barrel of Imerial IPA they had. It's pretty much that beer.

 

I had a single- solid but was light on coffee.. At 11 bucks I won't be buying it. Would have been more welcome at 8. Now if only I could count on redband not being sour, I would have a coffee brew in a can