Headed over to VT this Friday to pick up some Lawson's. Are bottles guaranteed to be at the Warren store every Friday & should we be there early? And is this ever something to look forward to- Maine Beer Co & Sean Lawson slated to create 750 ml bottles of Collaboration Time I Ale- sure to be a homerun. Cheers
warren general store and the co-op in montpelier are both good bets. You don't need to be there when the doors open, but getting there earlier in the day never hurt. I went to the burlington spot last friday in the afternoon, they have a 1 bottle per variety limit. The double sunshine was sold out
was anyone at the Waitsfield market for the Maple Tripple release on June 9? i'm headed to the release on july 7 and am trying to get a feel for bottle prices this year. thanks!
Yeah you don't need to be there right when the door opens. Last time, I arrived mid-afternoon on Saturday and there was still about 50% of Friday's shipment on the shelves.
Blonde ale if it's out will be $7. The basic range of their bombers at the market is $7-9, I believe when they have the maple fayston it's $25 and yes, the tripple and the farmhouse rye are both $30.
did a tasting this weekend of the following: Lawson's Especiale (2) Lawson's Double Sunshine (3) Alchemist Heady Topper(4) Alchemist Celia Saison (1) first off, the first time I ever had Heady was (2nd batch ever, Sept 2011) maybe they were working out the kinks because now the beer lives up to all the hype and I officially take back anything negative I said before. secondly, Lawson's DS is such an incredible a beer, it rendered Heady, which followed in the order, almost insignificant. It eclipsed my memory of PtY and the only thing I could think of which could possibly challenge is Nugget Nectar at its absolute freshest and tangiest. Just a stupendous hop blend. Believe the hype
I also had multiple DS, HT, abner and session IPA especiale during the week-end, and didn't think HT was really behind DS in terms of quality. However, I'd drink the 3,7% dry-hopped session IPA from lawson's all day long, every day. Such a pleasant, hoppy thirst quencher... There's quite some competition among the double IPA top offerings, yet it's so hard to find a top quality dry-hopped session ale. Hope to see more beers of this kind brewed in the near future...
