Focal Banger Availability

Its only sold in bars and restaurants in VT. They did a special release in July to raise money for a flood relief fund, as far as i know that was the last time it was available.

 

You will have to wait until new brewery is open,(late next summer) then it will have similar distribution to Heady

 

Yeah, I would wait to put that ISO up until the new brewery is open, even if you're desperate to try it. I would imagine that the trade value of FB would go down with actual public availability too.

 

From what I've heard, some restaurant owners are willing to trade some of their allotment of Focal Banger for other beers. If this is true, then I'd assume that there are some cans floating around from time to time. Not sure how The Alchemist feels about that if they even know.

I also doubt that it would go $4$ because Focal is pretty tough to track down.

 

Additionally, I don't believe that FB or HT cans are date stamped, so even if you were to find a trading partner, there is no way to know if you're getting a couple cans from that July release, something a bar owner gave to a friend, or actual fresh product. Wait 12 months, then come back around - you'll get $4$ once it's production and distribution expand.

 

They're not, and Focal hasn't been offered to the public for awhile (I want to say it's been a few months). Heady gets sent out enough where I wouldn't be too worried unless someone only had one can or something suspicious.

Tree House has their cans dated now, so it would be nice to see a date stamper for the new brewery.

 

neither of the two I tried to ply with Tree House Curiosity 22 last weekend were willing to play with me