Endangered Species List

Seems like texas has the lock on the hefe's, I have heard great things about the live oak, just wish we could find it over here in NC

 

Only beer geeks of a decade ago will remember the days of India Dark Ales becoming trendy.

 

I'm looking forward to trying Slugger myself. Will this be a NBS review for you?

 

I don't seem to come across Von Trapp often but would love to start trying their stuff. Where have you seen it at? Their variety pack looks interesting.

 

Joe canals in delran NJ. Total wine in Cherry Hill NJ. Other places as well but can’t remember at the moment.

Edit: also at this beer store by sesame place in Langhorne I believe not sure if this helps. It doubles as a sandwich spot as well as a beer store. Phillys Craft Beer o think it’s called

 

It will now.

Cheers to you!

 

My purchasing of Von Trapp beers was Kunda Beverage in King of Prussia.

A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with the Beer/Wine Manager (buyer) of Wegman's KoP:

Me: Do you sell Von Trapp beers?
Manager: No, but those beers are really good!

I was going to follow up with: why the heck do you not sell them then. But....

Cheers!

 

Although the historical styles are losing status ground, the beer evolution continues. Conservation of beermentum, no loss of forward progress.
That said seems the classic (WC?)IPA and "table" stout are most under attack now.

 

English ales and even American pale ales aside from SNPA are hard to come by here. I think American craft breweries in general do a poor job brewing ales assuming you're not in the mood for something hoppy. There are many fine craft lagers being brewed in the USA in my opinion, which are just as good if not better than imports. However when it comes to ale, American brewer's struggle with styles that don't derive the majority of their flavors from hops.

 

Several breweries in the NW have them regularly available. Wander Global Mutt is the one I drink most, but I also love Bend Brewing's Lovely.

 

You would love the mixed half case I just got from VanTrapp.

 

May/Pale Heller Bocks
I live in Edison and Ramstein has been around here for ten years. May Bocks are hard to find. I was told in Westfield that Trader Joe's discontinued their Heller Bock and the Prost wasn't shipped to NJ. The lines are too long to just go in and check when I'm nearby.

 

I have had a hard time finding English style barleywines. Heck Barleywines in general.
Not that I am sitting here drinking big beers all the time but I would really like one and have found none. Also Wee Heavy and scotch ales.

 

I find that while APA's aren't rare, they are mostly worse versions of SNPA.

 

A straight-up English Porter, no adjuncts or barrel.

 

I am surprised to hear of American Pale Ales being in short supply anywhere in the contiguous 48 stares, it's one of the most accessible Ale styles around here.

I disagree about American brewers struggling with Ale styles that are not hop forward, I think that too many brewers just plain over-hop a lot of styles. It is difficult to find malt forward styles (besides Porters/Stouts) in this region, and when I do, they're often heavy on the hops.

My concern with APAs from this region is the in-creep of murky Pale Ales. Lets have a New England Style Pale Ale category added so these Beers can have a home.
I don't expect all APAs to be moderately hazy but when I encounter one that looks like it just came out of a blender and has large white chunks floating around I get disappointed.
An APA should not have to be decanted.

End of rant, Cheers.

 

It may be a conservation of beermentum for the quantity of beers but in my experience it's been a decrease in variety.
Sure we have more beers but while we've gotten new styles in Pastry Stout, Fruited sours, and Hazy IPAs we've lost much more.
Ambers, ESB, Brown Ales, Maibocks, Dunkels, regular stouts, and much more are all getting harder and harder to find while over the past year or two there have been more and more breweries with their taplists filled up with nothing more than the hyped new styles I mentioned.

 

Maybe endangered might not be the right word, but besides Old Stock Ale and Curmudgeon, I'm pretty hard pressed to find any regularly available Old Ales.

 

We've voted with our wallets - Breweries brew what sells, distributors stock what sells.

 

I don't have any real desire for craft brewers to start brewing styles that are getting harder to come by these days... I just want certain existing beers to stick around my area. Things like Sierra Nevada Bigfoot.