Does anybody know how many bottlings there have been of Chocolate Rain? I've been a Reserve member since the beginning, and thought there was just the 2011 (which was included with the membership), and the 2012 released this past March. On the night of the Barrel Tasting, the menu had a 2010 vintage. I didn't question it, and assumed this was the same bottling which was included with the 2011 membership. Today someone (not associated with the Bruery) claimed that the bottles being served at the Barrel Tasting were indeed a 2010 and not the 2011. Can anybody confirm this?
There was a batch on cask served at the 09 BT release, that was the first "batch." Since then it has been served on cask and draft, with two bottlings (released at the beginning of 2011 and 2012). The two bottlings are both, I believe, based on the batch of BT that preceded it by a couple months. I noticed this too, but figured that the labeling was a mistake, since the bottles they were pouring from looked just like the 2011 bottles (and was based on 2010 BT), and im pretty sure the 09 batch was just that one cask that was served at the first BT release.
