Cigar City in VT?

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  1. KBrennan1000

    KBrennan1000 Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2010 Massachusetts

    I was up in Vermont for the Brewers Fest and I noticed that a bunch of bars had Cigar City beers on tap. Is this an indication that they might be distributing up to VT now or were they just there for the festival crowd or some other special occasion?
     
    #1 KBrennan1000, Jul 31, 2012
  2. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,181) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    Shaun Hill distributes them through 12% I think, and you can buy some bottles from him at the brewery, or get them on tap occasionally, but none in the stores.
     
    #2 duchessedubourg, Jul 31, 2012
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  3. smutty33

    smutty33 Pooh-Bah (2,172) Jun 12, 2009 Connecticut
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    Really? Damn. Another reason why I gotta get up there pronto!

    Cheers
     
    #3 smutty33, Jul 31, 2012
  4. sandman3479

    sandman3479 Initiate (0) Dec 8, 2006 Connecticut

    Hop the border to DeCicco's in Brewster, its infinetly closer. Bottles all the time, and draft sometimes.
     
    #4 sandman3479, Jul 31, 2012
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  5. penniwisdom

    penniwisdom Crusader (498) Sep 10, 2010 California

    Shaun Hill is involved in 12%?
     
    #5 penniwisdom, Jul 31, 2012
  6. Onizilla

    Onizilla Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2009 New York

    They haven't released any bottles of Cigar City in this area (SKI distributors) in over half a year and the kegs are few and far between as is. I cannot fathom how old these bottles could be?
     
    #6 Onizilla, Jul 31, 2012
  7. Lukaduke

    Lukaduke Initiate (0) May 22, 2012 Maine

    I dont have alot more info but 12% does carry the occasional Grassroots Beer and Hill Farmstead was at the Festival put on by 12% and Shelton.
     
    #7 Lukaduke, Jul 31, 2012
  8. jamvt

    jamvt Savant (1,150) Aug 5, 2005 Massachusetts
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    i always thought shaun had his own importing/distribution company. i wouldn't think 12% has anything to do with shaun distributing cigar city.
     
    #8 jamvt, Aug 3, 2012
  9. ElGallo

    ElGallo Pooh-Bah (2,407) Sep 26, 2009 New Hampshire
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    Don't know about 12% but I'm pretty certain Shaun is the sole VT distributor for Shelton Bros. Only place I've seen Cigar City in VT is Three Penny Taproom in Montpelier, and it doesn't stick around for long.
     
    #9 ElGallo, Aug 3, 2012
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  10. celfan

    celfan Savant (1,060) Jul 4, 2004 Vermont
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    They had Cigar City Maiden Voyage at Prohibtion Pig in WAterbury on Wenedsay
     
    #10 celfan, Aug 3, 2012
  11. Richard33

    Richard33 Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2012 Massachusetts

    Vermont is awesome.
     
    #11 Richard33, Aug 4, 2012
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  12. Alexmc2

    Alexmc2 Pundit (808) Jul 29, 2006 New Hampshire

    When Cigar City returns to the City, it'll be in can form.
     
    #12 Alexmc2, Aug 6, 2012
  13. Onizilla

    Onizilla Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2009 New York

    I'm okay with this. I'm one of those people that far and away prefer cans :slight_smile:
     
    #13 Onizilla, Aug 6, 2012
  14. KBrennan1000

    KBrennan1000 Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2010 Massachusetts

    I get a lot of customers who refuse to buy bottles. Why the preference given to cans?
     
    #14 KBrennan1000, Aug 6, 2012
  15. Onizilla

    Onizilla Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2009 New York

    I get the opposite, Tons of customers opposed to cans. I prefer cans due to weight/freshness/no chance of skunkin. I don't prefer EVERY style in a can but for the beers I want to drink without ever aging them I prefer the cans. I won't be one of the people that age a can beer, I just can't believe it'd work well and I'm sure I'm wrong in this belief but that's how it is.
     
    #15 Onizilla, Aug 6, 2012
  16. KBrennan1000

    KBrennan1000 Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2010 Massachusetts

    Makes total sense to me. Though now I need to ask all the Bud drinkers why they won't buy bottles either... I'm sure much of it is because of the whole "no glass bottles on the beach" thing around here but even during the winter a lot of our macro drinkers get cans. Heh, you'd think by now I would have given up trying to figure out what goes on in their brains.
     
    #16 KBrennan1000, Aug 6, 2012
  17. Onizilla

    Onizilla Initiate (0) Apr 25, 2009 New York

    You're a better man for even trying to figure out the thought process, I recently had a discussion with a customer why they hated their Heineken in a can (It's skunked, It tastes horrid!) and loved it in the bottle. It's a very odd situation, This retail thing in a store that doesn't focus specifically on craft.
     
    #17 Onizilla, Aug 6, 2012
  18. brownswisscow

    brownswisscow Crusader (476) Feb 9, 2012 Vermont

    Yea this isn't true at all, Grassroots distro is tiny and Shelton brothers is all over VT.
     
    #18 brownswisscow, Aug 6, 2012
  19. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,181) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    Beg to differ. g. housen got the boot by Shelton Bros. over a year ago, and Shaun has been filling the gaps for them since. I've seen what he brings down to Winooski Bevvy, which is same as what he has on the shelves at the shop (although some of which never even makes it out of there) and although stock comes & goes in small quantities, it is his baby for now. Jester King just showed up in VT - bet I know who is handling that. As for 12%, not really sure if they are working in tandem or not, but they handle Stillwater, and Shaun brings that to Winooski, so there must be some interaction there.
     
    #19 duchessedubourg, Aug 6, 2012
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  20. brownswisscow

    brownswisscow Crusader (476) Feb 9, 2012 Vermont

    He distributes, but shelton bros have like 50 breweries on shelves in VT and there is no way he does it all.
     
    #20 brownswisscow, Aug 7, 2012
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