Bottleworks 13th Anniversary/Stone Brew???

Get Julian to call Trevor to find out...

 

This should have been released by now. I requested vacation days for the last two weeks of February only to sit, wait and anticipate. The releases in the past were late February(since they opened in February 1999) and early March. Soon, hopefully soon. ?!

 

Timely post. Last year they were tapping PtY at the same time they were selling XII. This year, wait. . . wait . . . wait

 

Should be soon

 

ISO: Bottleworks 13!

This definitely sounds like it will be very good.

 

Can't wait to try this at brouwers!

 

Generally it is the second or third week of February but it really depends on label approvals and then the shipping from the brewery. I had heard there was a hang up on delivery from Stone. Should be soon though. Can't wait, see you guys there!

 

What's the level-of-difficulty for obtaining these anniversary beers?

 

They sell out day of within hours generally.

 

Depends on WHICH. A couple of years ago they lasted in the shop for a while. XII went pretty quickly off the shelves, like Waltersrj said, in a couple of hours.

 

Pretty cool brew. Sounds big.

 

According to information released by Bottleworks today, the anniversary party will be Saturday, March 24.

 

Of course it is. Because I already have plans that day.

 

Is there any confirmation of this yet? I haven't seen anything on their Twitter posts.

 

Ditto - in portland

 

I am ISO this beer. I have Fantasia and the upcoming Cascade Blueberry for trade if anyone is interested.

 

From their website :

Better late than never. Our Anniversary beer this year was made for us by Stone Brewing Company. The theme for the beer, being our 13th anniversary and all, was to use 13 Malts and 13 Hops in a huge strong ale. This monster of a beer took a bit longer to finish fermenting than anticipated but it's finally ready. We will have our beer on draft and in gorgeous silk screened 22oz. bottles for release on Saturday, March 24th.
We will have bottles for sale as soon as we open and will also be pouring our beer on draft. This years batch is much larger than last years so supply will last longer and people will be able to a larger number of bottles. Of course we don't know how many people are going to show up and how long it will last so we make no guarantees, but beating our door down at 11am shouldn't be a necessity.
Because of the large crowd that seems to amass, we will be running a ticket system for draft beer like last time. This means that as soon as you walk in, purchase tickets at the register for draft beer at the back bar. We will not be running tabs at the bar due to the crowd. Purchase extra tickets and whatever doesn't get used you can exchange back for cash when you leave. Also, once bottles are purchased they will not be allowed back into the store (once you pay for any bottles you need to leave and put them in your car or wait to purchase them till you're ready to leave to avoid people stealing by walking around with bags/boxes in the crowded shop). Lastly, bring food if you'd like, bring water, take your time, whatever it takes, but please keep yourself inline so we don't have to. This is a strong ale, plan accordingly.
Now that the rules section is over, have fun. We will be busy all day so please be patient. We are open normal hours (11am-11pm) so baring some freak run on bottles or draft, we should have a long window of time for you to stop by and get a beer on draft or bottles to go. See you all on the 24th. Happy 13th Anniversary.


Due to the LARGER amount of bottles made this year I don't expect things like this will happen again : http://r.ebay.com/CZ0feP