Fremont BBA Dark Star 2017

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  1. stillill

    stillill Devotee (329) Mar 6, 2016 Washington

    Popped a bottle tonight. Fantastic and not hot at all.
     
    #41 stillill, Oct 7, 2017
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  2. tony32408

    tony32408 Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2009 Washington
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    I picked up BA Dark Star today at the brewery a week after release. Do the varients last a few days?
     
    #42 tony32408, Oct 7, 2017
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  3. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Thanks.

    Sigh. Figures. Next Saturday I'll be in Southern France.
     
    #43 John_M, Oct 7, 2017
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  4. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Oh, you poor thing. We'll shed a tear for you.
     
    #44 BBThunderbolt, Oct 7, 2017
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  5. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Thank you. Thank you. Your sympathy and support is greatly appreciated.

    It won't be easy, but I'm hoping I can suck it up and persevere through what will almost certainly be a most difficult and undoubtedly unpleasant experience.
     
    #45 John_M, Oct 7, 2017
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  6. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Am at tin bucket, and was told all 5 cases came and went yesterday. Hopefully I'll luck out and find a stray bote at MofC or Zupans, but I'm starting to think I may have bought my last bottle BBA Dark Star in the wild. The increased demand just since last year is amazing.
     
    #46 John_M, Oct 7, 2017
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  7. honkduh

    honkduh Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2011 Oregon

    i was just at Belmont Station and they had at least 3 cases on the floor, bottle limit 1 per.
     
    #47 honkduh, Oct 7, 2017
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  8. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Cool. Thank you. I'm on my way.
     
    #48 John_M, Oct 8, 2017
  9. NWer

    NWer Pooh-Bah (2,145) Mar 10, 2009 Washington
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    Ah what's a little humblebrag between friends? :slight_smile:
     
    #49 NWer, Oct 8, 2017
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  10. itracy63

    itracy63 Savant (1,187) Apr 20, 2013 Washington

    Still had plenty as of 10 minutes ago, to anyone who might be interested.
     
    #50 itracy63, Oct 8, 2017
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  11. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    I don't know if I entirely agree with you. While I agree it's as good as ever this year, I thought the beer a tad boozy and in need of some short term cellaring. Still a fantastic beer, don't get me wrong, but I think a couple of months in bottle might help smooth out some of the current rough edges.
     
    #51 John_M, Oct 8, 2017
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  12. dweebikus

    dweebikus Initiate (0) Jan 11, 2016 California

    Last year it seemed pretty easy to pick up at Whole Foods or other stores with decent beer selection here in Seattle. Has distribution just not hit full force yet? I'll be kicking myself if my impatience over waiting in line on release day ends up with me not being able to nab a bottle.
     
    #52 dweebikus, Oct 10, 2017
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  13. Cthulhusquid

    Cthulhusquid Initiate (0) Oct 5, 2015 Washington

    Anyone know when these'll hit central WA?
     
    #53 Cthulhusquid, Oct 10, 2017
  14. ExVashonGujy

    ExVashonGujy Pooh-Bah (2,114) Mar 7, 2013 Washington
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    I've been in Colorado for three weeks, so I was gone for the initial release. But I was happy to find that the UBG still had bottles for sale this afternoon. The Fremont staff weren't sure how much longer they'd have it available.
     
    #54 ExVashonGujy, Oct 10, 2017
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  15. stevesbeer

    stevesbeer Initiate (0) May 17, 2016 Washington

    Came into Spokane Valley Total Wine Friday and they had just gotten some in. They were enforcing a 1 bottle per person per day limit.
     
    #55 stevesbeer, Oct 10, 2017
  16. JasonJYoung

    JasonJYoung Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2015 Washington
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    Not sure how long they will last, but I'm seeing bottles of BBA Dark Star all over in Seattle. This includes the outlying cities/suburbs. Various QFC's had bottles along with a $1 discount. Final price was either $18 or $19 before taxes. No limits.

    Three years ago, you could find bottles 4-6 months after release. This included the variants. I remember seeing cases of the various Fremont BBA Dark Star variations in the larger QFC on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately, they have basically killed most of their special release section.
     
    #56 JasonJYoung, Oct 11, 2017
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  17. DamienI

    DamienI Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2014 Washington

    Yeah it seems like Kroger corporate has been reining in the liquor department buys since earlier this year which is disappointing, saw it happen at U-Village first then at the Bellevue downtown QFC recently.

    The guys at the UBG were preparing tokens for the variant release on Saturday, hoping for the best but expecting the worst..
     
    #57 DamienI, Oct 11, 2017
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  18. ChugChugPass

    ChugChugPass Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2017 Washington

    Yeah 2015 was crazy for availability of KDS/bbom and variants. All the way into 2016.
    me
    I didn't really see much of anything at retail longer than a few weeks last year.

    The wife and I will be at the release Saturday pretty early; we did a bit of line drinking a few weeks ago and it made the time fly by lol. It's really mellow, everyone was super cool and nobody was wasted or anything. Will probably do the same Saturday.
     
    #58 ChugChugPass, Oct 11, 2017
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  19. NWer

    NWer Pooh-Bah (2,145) Mar 10, 2009 Washington
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    Was planning to show up around Noon but changed my mind. Will show up early as well. I really want the variants. FOMO. edit: I'll bring something to the "party"
     
    #59 NWer, Oct 11, 2017
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  20. johnny_chimpo

    johnny_chimpo Initiate (0) May 29, 2015 Washington
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    There are going to be a lot of shocked people if the tokens are indeed necessary and noon is too late to show up to grab bottles...
     
    #60 johnny_chimpo, Oct 11, 2017
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