Bruery Allocations

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If you hate normal Autumn Maple, you'll also hate the BA version. It's bad. Real bad.

 

Are you sure you're not thinking about the Barrel Fermented version (very different than the Barrel Aged version).

 

Yes, RS members get 2 bottles of BT with their membership, and the option to buy 6 more (so they can get a total of 8). HS is double that, 4 bottles with membership and the option to buy 12 (they can get up to 16 bottles)

 

When do we think we will be able to order more Black Tuesday?

 

During the public sale.

 

Yeah I meant this year.
I bought the six i was allocated just trying to figure how many bottles i'd be taking home total. And i guess my two BTs from the party will be '12s? Or did y'all determine that that was an error and that they were actually '13s?

 

Well i can only buy two anyway.
So i just get those and give one away.

 

My understanding is 6x purchased, 2x with the RS membership and 2x 2012 bottles with the release party tickets. So 10 total bottles for RS members (8 2013 & 2 2012). Unless that 2012 thing is a typo, then 10 2013 bottles. I'm happy either way

 

right that's my current confusion. Am i walking out with 10 13s? or 8 13s and 2 12s ?

Whatever it's just nonsense for me to think about during my month long beerfast.

 

Picked up some previous allocations, only have had a sip of the Cacaonut, putting it in the same vein as the 2013 WC, meh.

Have been trying to like this bottle of Praecocia but it tastes like rotting orange peels or sumtin.

I hope the Windowsill is better than those two.

 

I would have to agree with you on pretty much that whole statement. I was lucky though and able to try Praecocia before I ordered and steered clear of that one. I tried the cacaonut on tap as well (after ordering 3) and thought it was pretty good, but opened a bottle last night and it was not quite what I thought on tap. There is a definite twang in the back end which people are calling sour but I am pretty sure it is the pineapple from BA5GR in addition to some dryness this year's white oak sap lends which explains your connection to WC. It is OK but not the bombshell I imagined before learning the blend (was hoping CR would be in it). I like windowsill much better but still think it could benefit from some BBA treatment to really bring out that sweet/sour combo. All in all, none were drain pours to me but a few pricy let downs to some extent. Good thing Black Tuesday and Grey Monday are around the bend because I don't foresee anything but exceptional for those two.

 

I shared a bottle of Cacaonut today and with the right frame of mind I enjoyed it more than the 2013 WC. And everyone else who tried it freakin' loved it, thankfully, so I had plenty of help drinking it.

 

http://www.thebruery.com/reservesociety/2013.html

the rest of the 2013 allocations have been announced.

November:
Grey Monday
Rueuze
Mélange #3
Collaboration with Noble Ale Works

December:
Shegöats (Weizenbock)
Barrel Aged 5 Golden Rings
Mystery Beer #2

 

Loving the Windowsill.

 

I am so looking forward to that one.

 

I'm curious as to what the collab is.

 

I think Mystery Beer #2 is a new batch of Wanderer.

 

Aren't the Fess Parker/Sarloos collaborations both HS-only beers? That would eliminate the possibility of it being Mystery Beer #2, since MB2 is for both RS and HS.

 

That's a good question. I dunno. Regardless...I think that's one of the beers still yet to come. That's cool though. It just means the last two months of the 2014 Bruery calendar are going to be fucking ridiculous.