Green Flash Distributing Alpine Bottles

Would love to hear some comments from Alpine or GF folks on this thread. Anyone listening?

 

Not exactly what you are looking for but there is a pretty long thread in the Pacific forum with a little more info.

 

Drinking a Hoppy Birthday right now and it is very enjoyable. Lots of flavor and tropical notes. I'm a fan of this beer right now. Picked up a bottle with best by date of March 18, 2016 and Green Flash embossed .

 

Any chance Finley will be getting bottles of Alpine? I've seen kegs make it down to Tucson, no bottles yet.

 

found bottles of Duet and Hoppy Birthday in Hudson WI today.

 

Kroger Supermarket in my area is carrying at least 2 or 3 of the Alpines...Got one of them tonight. $8.99 a bomber !

 

Picked up Duet today.

 

Not sure who else has then yet, but Tap & Bottle starting getting all three last week. They still have about 3 cases of each right now.

 

So is Green Flash distributing Alpine-bottle Alpine bottles? I saw some Captain Stout in Alpine bottles the other day; is that being sent around by Green Flash?

Interesting review. I wish he'd done it blind, though; I'd trust it a bit more if he had done.

 

Appreciate the reply!

Also, I wanted to mention that I'm a huge fan of Dragoon (I see that you are a brewer there). When I moved to Arizona from my hometown in Massachusetts a few years ago I was really worried that there wasn't going to be any good local beer out here in the desert....and for the most part, I was right........until I tired Dragoon. Your IPA is amazing, excellent dark mild (underrated style), Fumacabra was great (I love a good rauchbier), Monsooner, Unihopper, Daisy-- everything you guys touch turns to gold. I have never had a bad beer from you guys. I'm so addicted that I got the local dive bar (the bambi on speedway) to start ordering kegs of IPA so there's always a tasty beer on-tap.

I went to your can launch last Wednesday and stocked up. Just wanted to say you guys are doing a marvelous job and are by far the best brewer in the state. Keep up the great work, you guys are killing it!! (give the guy in a Red Sox hat a promotion haha)


PS- I wish I got to try Flashdance before it disappeared. Any chance it will make a comeback? How about Munichorn? I'm a lager fiend!

 

Thanks, I really appreciate the kind words! I was in a similar situation when I moved out here, so I was pretty stoked to get a job there. We've been busting our asses lately to get the cans out, but there's no place I'd rather be working this hard! Flashdance was a favorite for us and a lot of regulars, I'd be surprised if it didn't come back next year. I'm actually drinking my last crowler of it right now! Munichorn is almost ready, it should be on tap in about 2 weeks. We're just tapped the gose again today too, cheers!

 

Bought Multiple GF Nelson's in the Bay Area while on tour this past weekend. Got it at beer craft in Rhonert park and the beer store in soma. I've had a hundred Nelson's in the past two years -- this batch very very good. I think GF is finally dialing in the recipe. That said -- I totally get why Alpine fans are bummed out -- the end of a era no matter how good the clone from GF gets -- it will never be the same beer.

 

Id assume since the green flash alpine kegs came to VT the bottles will. The kegs that came to VT were pretty bad though, not to mention old.

 

I saw that too, I'd be interested in finding some if some Denver stores get some if anyone catches wind of it.

 

Picked up bottles at the brewery and was pissed when I saw that size change. I think it's ironic they had Keane Idea all over the city subsequently after the bottle change. It sure is a Keane Idea to upcharge on the bottles and shrink the size.

I've had all of them and believe me they taste like Green Flash when Green Flash used to be ok. The Nelson bottle has lost it's wow and Duet tastes ok but this will be my last trek out to Alpine to get bottles. Thanks Green Flash.

 

FYI for good or for meh: spoke to the owner of my local bottle shop, and he told me that the GF rep said that NY will be getting Alpine bottles around the end of this year/beginning of next.

 

Has anyone seen any of this in Rhode Island? Or even Mass?