For those who'd been waiting around, feeling like they'd been stood up, East End posted an official announcement about Gratitude 2011: http://eastendbrewing.com/ Rumors had been floating around about the causes of the delay, & looks it's confirmed: flat as hell, release date unforeseeable at this time, so it seems.
I'm curious as to how last year's release managed to pass their quality check considering it was "flat as hell" too. Need to get a bottle share going independently since this release isn't happening.