DuClaw's Oak Aged Devils Milk?

I was about to ask the same question bum732. When they released it last year I thought it was a draft only beer, and if memory serves, it was quite limited at that.

Anyway, yes I did have it, and I thought it one of the better beers I've had from DuClaw. The barrel aging added an additional layer of flavor, and I thought also helped to tame some of the heat I picked up in the regular version.

 

Yes, I just saw that there is a bourbon barrel aged version of this beer. When I had the beer last May at Max's, the beer menu simply listed it as the barrel aged DM. The only thing I saw on BA that seemed to fit that description was DM aged in Jack Daniel's barrels, so that's what I wrote my review for. So I guess this year's version is aged in different barrels than last year's version? Who really knows. Anyway, the current version is definitely bottled, based on what I've seen on BA. However, it may or may not be different from last year's version.

Seems like a number of places around town have been having DuClaw related events of late, so hopefully I'll get to try the current version and can compare.

 

Did they mention what the price is going to be?

Soul Jacker sounds pretty interesting as well. Hopefully I'll come across some of that as well.

 

"he said it would be a high mark up because of the rarity of it"

I guess that tells us what store this is. They do have a pretty extensive selection of DuClaw beers, so I guess this makes sense. At "normal" stores, Retribution sells for $15 a bottle, while Soul Jacker sells for $11. So I'm assuming normal mark-up should probably be in that range somewhere. Of course if we're talking about the store I assume we're talking about, my guess their price will be in excess of $20, and possibly in excess of $30.

I'm just amazed that a salesperson would say something like that (scarcity/rareness = a higher than normal mark-up).

 

Sigh.... but that's completely different. Beers that are limited, barrel aged, or have otherwise been treated in some unusual manner... a high price tag is almost expected. For instance, if the Perfect Pour had simply charged the normal retail price for their bottles of GI rare, we would all agree that the cost is high (in the $40 range), but the mark-up would have been seen as relatively reasonable. However, their mark-up was so ridiculously high that it made their sale price seem almost ludicrous ($99 a bottle is what I heard).

 

Hence my initial suspicion that was the store you were talking about. If there are only 20 cases for all of Maryland, then I would be shocked if the PP didn't put some obscene mark-up on the beer. It's what they do.

Also, while I've only gone there a couple of times, they typically do have a huge DuClaw selection, so you'd almost expect that they would receive some of the barrel aged devil's milk.

 

I would give much to have a store as cool as Fishpaws near my house. I nearly did backflips the other day when I finally found a place that carries bombers of Double Jack.

I feel fairly certain that I won't be seeing any bottles of oaked DM out in West Baltimore County.