Dark Horse in NoVA

I noticed the same thing at Total Wine McLean this week. Really happy to see this brewery in VA, they are new to the state, don't know when but must be recent.

According to the Dark Horse site, Pt5 is a February release but the McLean store didn't know anything about this one.

 

They entered the Richmond area last year and must have just arrived in NoVA. That's great news, all their beers are excellent.

 

Richmond has received, i think, only two shipments of Dark Horse in the six-or-so months they've been distributed here. the most recent included the One, Too, and Tres stouts, but nobody's been able to say anything definite about the next two. really hope they don't run into the same situation CCB did and end up having to pull out...

 

I also noticed that Twisted Pine is also now in NoVA (at least at Total Wine). The McLean store has a number of different TP brews, including Espresso Shot and Ghostface Killah.

 

Pt5 will be coming to Richmond and nova within the next few weeks. Limited cases though. As well as double crooked tree.

 

Tried the Ipa and Black Ipa. Wasn't really a fan of either. I didn't see a bottle date and wondered if that had anything to do with it.

 

I also purchased a Crooked Tree IPA sixer at Whole Foods Fair Lakes and was very dissapointed. Not what I remember it tasting like when I tried it in IN last year. It was a gamble since there is no bottle date. I should know better!

 

Be on the look out for pt5 during the first week in march on the nova area.

 

Had the ghostface killah last week....wow...pepper, pepper, pepper, HEAT. Hoping bbpt5 makes it in but not holding my breath....

 

Bbpt5 is a brewery only release unfortunately...

I like to boil sausages in the ghost face the grill em for like one minute.

 

That's right....I like the idea of the sausages, that mess sounds crazy good...

 

if you guys got those recently, they've been sitting on a shelf for months. as poorly as the Special Black Ale aged, i imagine it's way worse with the IPAs.

my sources have confirmed Four, Pt5, and Double Crooked Tree, but as noted above, no BBPt5.

 

Couldn't have been sitting for too long, just got started being distro'ed up there about a month ago

 

I don't know, I tried the Crooked Tree when it got here. I wasn't impressed, and it just seemed to me like the beer was old. If so thats a pretty shitty way to introduce a brand into a region.

 

Yeah I don't know how old the actual beer is I just know it just came to nova in late jan.

 

There was a good bit of sediment in there too. Maybe someone who knows this beer can chime in, its not always the case but usually means the beer is gettin old.

 

Good stuff hit Richmond...

 

In the last week or two, I've seen what appears to be almost their whole current lineup at NoVA TWs -- including Kmita Kolsch, Amber Ale, Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock, the One - Fore Stouts, and Crooked Tree. Haven't seen Double Crooked Tree or Pt5 yet, nor have I seen their stuff at any other bottle shop, so I'm wondering if they have some special arrangement with TW.