Endeavor launch

Consider me a Lewis and Clark of beer trading.

 

Hoarding IIPAs is like hoarding milk.

 

People will still hoard it. And it is DR11 which held up amazingly well. Since Pumpkinator sold out in about two hours in most places with a 2-3 bottle limit, 60 percent more means I will have about six hours to beat the hoarders. I hate release days. Nothing but stress.

 

I may make a castle out of all the Endeavor cases I buy. It will go nice with my throne/chair of BBXXIII cases. Either way it will soon trade straight up with Izzy.

Edit: I probably won't even buy 4 bottles.

 

If anyone is looking for a pint off tap, until 8 pm, tomorrow the Hay Merchant will have $3 pints of endeavor. Yummm.

 

saint arnold's website/facebook posting today about the release stated that the suggested retail price is $5.99.

 

That's very good news.

 

I don't think DR11 was the type of beer that holds up well at all with age. It was characterized by lots of bright hops flavor that did not last but a few weeks. Whether or not you liked it after that flavor faded is a matter of personal taste, but faded hops is not what draws the typical IPA lover to these beers. I'll put it this way - I am a big Pliny fan, but I wouldn't give you much more than a dollar for a PtE that was ten weeks old. I say, "Drink it, trade it, or give it away."

 

I agree with this. I recently found a DR11 hidden in my fridge and I didnt care for it. It lost quite a bit of the hops that made me love it in the first place. I'm glad SA is doing this year round so I can get it fresh.

 

I can't wait to get the kegs in the bar tomorrow. As a thank you to all the BA support we have been getting and all the love i have for St. ARN I going to sell pints for $3 and 64oz growler fills for $10 until 8pm or we're out whatever comes first.

 

Just got word that we (Gabriel's) ordered 20 cases. Price is $6.31 credit, $5.99 cash/debit/check.

 

I do know the typical IPA lover only wants fresh IPAs. I love IPAs myself. I haven't had one for a couple months(DR11), but I had one around Christmas and was surprised at how the hop profile held up. Storing beer TOO cold can also cause bad chemistry sometimes, just like it getting TOO hot. Forcing molecules one way or the other is not what we want to do with our beer. The only purpose for keeping a non-fresh IPA in my cellar is for later comparison/experimentation. Sometimes I have an itch to take one out and visit with it a while(referring to consumption here). I would NEVER trade or sell them. May throw in as an extra if someone wants it knowing the age of it. I do look forward to drinking it side by side with the endeavor.

 

Here is the thing. We are always told by Saint Arnold that there will be enough to go around. There is NEVER enough to come close to going around. By year round, from what I understand there are two batches going out this year, and much less volume than the typical "year round" offering? If I am wrong, and I am open to being corrected, I don't see this being easy to find next week, or anytime until that next batch(and who knows if it will be the same size or not). Us who live in and around Houston, chasing Saint Arnold special releases know what it is going to be like chasing after it on release date.

 

With a great price point like that, I am hoping it is like Sailing Santa. There was plenty of that around and I was happy to drink it.

 

Year round means, you will find it on shelves all year round. Endeavour has been brewed multiple times already since the beginning of 2012. You will be able to find it on the shelves. I wouldnt be surprised if the release tomorrow goes quick, but be patient. Like I said, there will be plenty. Not sure where you heard there was only two batches.

And if you're wondering, it's awesome.

 

Yes, please enlighten us on where you got that it'll only be made in two batches. Unless Brock and the folks over at SA have changed the definition of the term "year round", I'm getting that it'll be plentiful. Jeez, people really do start hitting the panic button the closer an anticipated release comes. It's just beer, people. Relax! Even if you only get a couple bottles upon it's release... "life" will still go on, ya know.

 

I just hope I can find it "fresh" on shelves locally in 6 months. Unlike every other IPA released in Podunk.

 

If they don't use a "bottled on" date, I'll be buying plenty of the first batch, knowing that it's fresh, but I probably will look right past it from then on.

 

Let me see what I find today out and about on the beer hunt. I will try to bring a couple bottles with me Saturday to share with the outside Texans.

 

I panic because I want to try something, not because I am worried I am only going to get a couple bottles, I am hoping to find at least one! I will try to find the article I read it in. It wasn't just that I heard it from someone, May have been that it was going to have two release dates this year?? Shall go digging in my history, pretty sure it was online..... I love Saint Arnold, and I am not trying to give anyone grief. I guess I was a little aggravated when I got a direct message that Pumpkinator will be readily available "everywhere that carries Saint Arnold beer", and it was far from available all the places I went, but I don't hold it against anyone, I will just be better prepared from then on.