Goose Island Sours

Its all barrel & fruit dependent, some years have had one more then the other. If I remember correctly a giant ass batch of juliet was dumped completely a couple years ago. I've never noticed any pattern other then madame rose being minimal probably due to the cherry harvest the last couple years (except this years was wonderful).

Oh and that Flanders Red was bottled, if you hit up the trade boards you can probably get one I think.

 

I'm pretty sure that there are two different calendars. Check this one out: http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/home/327.php

 

Well, that's better for sure. However BCBS (and coffee and barleywine) are still only for the month of November.... What da fux up with that?

 

They bottled it for the 25th Anniversary party at GI Clybourn. 2 bottle limit per person. $20/each if I remember correctly. I think that one sold out that night (not totally sure), but I know for sure the 25th anniv pale ale took a few more days to sell out.

 

That's how they appeared last year, too. Maybe they only ship it to distributors in November, and it last for however long it lasts.

 

They had the pale ale when Cthulhu was released; I saw some people grabbing bottles of it.

 

Yea, I realize they bottled the flanders red and put it in those fancy 25th anny bottles, but that was one time and not very much. **In a whiny little girl/whiny BA voice** I WANT MOAR!!!

(o yea and why don't they make more Rare? lol)

 

Can GI Clybourn even distribute? I mean, aside from contract brewing for Lush under the Lincoln Park Brewing name.

 

Oh man; by that time it was probably a drainpour. I mean, it was pretty alright fresh, but I sipped a bottle after a couple weeks and it was just so-so.

 

I think a lot of people will be surprised at the prices of these releases. Again, hoping for my sake that deters people from buying. More for me!

 

Pretty sure the people at Lush/Nomad don't want anyone talking about that connection.

At least, that was my impression while getting information for the database.

 

Speaking of Gillian - anyone else see this tweet from Laffler?

 

They're hitting shelves very very soon. (If that wasn't already said in this thread.)

Pricey too....upwards of $30

 

RRRUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!

 

Looks like Binny's Highland Park and Castle Vav have them.

Time to start chasing those trucks.

 

How much are they going for?

 

OUCH!

 

Looks like each one of the 4 are priced differently with Gillian being the priciest.

 

Dicey territory when you start pricing your beer to compete with actual lambic like 3Font, Tilquin, Cantillon, etc..

Hopefully it keeps some on the shelves though for a longer run. Maybe that's the plan.