Firestone 22 sightings

Last week was in Boston area

 

Any particular shops? Had my eyes peeled for it as well, but had given up hope since we usually get it in late November/early December.

 

At a Craft Beer Cellar. Seemed to arrive with the first shipment of Mind Haze. If you’re in the Boston area I’d potentially try Pemberton Farms. I’ve had luck there in prior years with some prior releases. No idea about this year.

 

there are several available in the Waltham Gordon's locations as of today.

 

Table and Vine West Springfield had some yesterday

 

For the Firestone Walker fans, Hugh O Neills in Malden had a nice lineup of vintage options on tap as of a few days ago. I bet they are still pouring several of these: Velvet Merkin '17, Sucuba '18, Stickee Monkee '17, Parabola '17, Helldorado '17, Bravo '16, and XX Anniversary.

 

All over the place in Cambridge / Somerville. Porter Square (née Liquor World), Pemberton, Ball Square, ...

Expect it will go faster than 21. Dunno what they tasted with that 8.5% Velvet Merkin base last year. Stickee Monkey works way better & the two barrel varieties of Helldorado are a perfect complement, as long as the gin botanical notes don’t bother you as it warms up.

Gotta pick up a few more myself.

 

$11 in Seabrook NH. Will probably stick around d for a while seeing as they still have CBS on the shelf gathering dust

 

Thanks for getting the area drop on my radar! Picked mine up at CBC Winchester ($13). Looks like they had several bottles left on the shelf.

 

Wegmans Burlington has a ton of them.

 

thanks I think, wegmans jsut charged me $18 for a bottle!!

 

It’s fantastic!

 

about 4 years ago I was charged $18 for the 750, I think 18. so basically a doubling of price in 4 years. Seems pretty steep to me but perhaps I am just cheap.

 

4 years ago, the bottles were 22 oz (instead of 25.4 oz/750 ml), so they're a little more than half that size now (12 oz).

Sad to say, I have a hunch you were accidentally overcharged. Boutique stores seem to be charging $13-$14, and I've never seen Wegmans set prices higher than boutique stores. My guess is that perhaps they mistakenly used a old price from the 22 oz days when setting up the SKU for the 12 oz bottle.

You might be able to call them to see if a mistake was made. I've had good experiences with their customer service desk in the past.

 

It was $18 at the Wegmans in Chestnut Hill, too. Saw it today. For some reason their prices on this one are out of whack.

 

Weird. Still might be worth asking someone there if they're sure that's the right price...something doesn't add up.