Black Albert attainability?

One of my old beer stores from before I moved had it on the shelves for the better part of a year. Not sure if this is the rule or the exception but I have seen a good amount of it. My current stores have 0 bottles as another frame of reference.

 

It should be easy to get...unless you want batch 0.

 

I think you'll land one, with relative ease. I recommend specifying Batch "0" (based on the original recipe, i.e. it's Cuvée Delphine's base beer, and, I'd imagine what's in Kabert [pre-port???])

Also, not to get too nerdy, but, Portsmouth's Kate is gonna be pretty different from the Kate brewed at Struise for Kabert/Special Kay.

 

Super easy to purchase online. Even Batch 0 has been on the Struise shop for a while. It also makes it to US shelves occasionally - there was a big load of it floating around about a year ago. I'd imagine the next batch will see its way here as well.

Honestly, you should be able to easily land this with a 4-pack of Heady Topper or a growler of whatever is on at the moment at HF.

 

Kabert is definitely more Black Albert than Kate the Great.

 

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Sorry - misunderstood your comment but I was basically agreeing with you. i.e. Kabert ends up tasting much closer to Black Albert than Kate the Great.

 

I recently traded a 6 pack of MBC Lunch for Black Albert and Cuvee Delphine. I sent a message to Ebenezer's Pub (originally brewed just for them) asking them about BA and they said let them know when you go and they may have it/get it. Only about 2.5 hrs from you.

 

I grabbed a bottle of this off the shelf at a brew pub in NOLA a few months ago. I wasn't aware that it was particularly rare, but it's really really good.