Is Abyss still sitting on shelves in your area?

Yes. 20$ a bottle. Too steep for me. Though I do not mind spending 28$ in eclipse

 

Still around NorCal.
Bevmo released it at $15 but jacked it up to $20 on their next shipment.
$15 is doable, not a tweeny twin twin!

 

How far east does Abyss make it anyway? Curious if it's possible to track down in NY/PA at the right place.

 

Oh god. Don't tell me the "Is ____ still sitting on the shelves in your area?" boards are the new thing to do. They're super annoying, especially for people who don't even have access to said beer.

 

Like the east coast?

 

Yes.

 

I grabbed one about a week or so after release. Where are you in SoCal?

 

Shoot I wish. As far as I know it never even made it out this way. Sure wish it had though.

 

It does make it to PA, that's the only state on the east coast though. Check out seekabrew - http://seekabrew.com/distro/index.html

 

$12 here in MT this year!

 

You can get it

in PA. Let me know if you need help finding in the philly area

 

It wasn't that easy to find everywhere in Texas - many places in DFW sold their allotment pretty much instantly. Maybe Austin got a whole bunch, or you walked in 5 minutes after they put it on the shelves. Who knows.

If I'd known how "meh" it was fresh, I would have gladly traded the bottle I found (and drank) with somebody instead.

 

Where did you find it? Texas distribution is crap, so it's possible that they either didn't know they had it and put it out, or some people just got some late delivered..

It also came out when Bomb and Crime/Punishment/Southern Charred among others came out.. so some beers didn't get that much attention. Also the price is key on how Austin peeps buy beer.. some stores had it for like 17.99 or higher, while I found some of mine for 13.99 I believe.

 

A buddy of mine just posted a picture of it on a shelf in San Diego for $18

 

It's probably a Austin thing...back in Houston, that stuff would fly off the shelves, even at 1 or 2 per person limit.

 

There was a lot in Palm Desert - I was there yesterday and Total Wines had a tone left. I believe it was 14.99 there.

 

Well, until Deschutes starts distributing in Ohio in a few weeks and we get it this year. YES!

 

I'd love to get my hands on some Abyss. Can't get any in NY. Shot me a message if your interested in trading.

 

I'm in Susq. County, I get most of my beer in NY anyway so I'm not really near any big cities that would get better distribution. Usually when seekabrew says PA gets it, it means that Philly and Pittsburgh get it rarely. Hell, according to seekabrew, we get Cigar City...ha.
I'd be up for a trade though if there's anything you think I'd be able to find for you though, I don't keep much of a "have" list yet though so shoot me a message if you want.

 

Have to agree, It seemed to sell pretty quick in DFW, I did happen to find three bottles sitting on a shelf at a Central Market back in December, which seemed odd, but nothing since then.

On the other hand I found five bottles in Las Cruces New Mexico the last week of December just sitting there. Think it does depend sometimes on location.

 

Just be thankful y'all even get a chance at it! Nothing from Deschutes makes it here..

 

Never saw bottles when I briefly looked at small handful of retailers, only on tap at the growler station @ Total Wine. I know a bar here locally was selling bottles for 30 or so a pop.

 

Initial rush sold fast here, then started seeing it everywhere when I was looking for BCBS. I stopped buying it after a few bottles and just started alerting locals to where it is. Haven't seen it in a couple weeks tho.

 

Definitely never seen Abyss or anything else by Deschutes on any shelves in or around Pittsburgh.

 

I would guess, at least in this Austin case, that it's a matter of where it was found. All the "regular" spots like Sunrise Minimart, Whip In, Spec's, South Lamar Wine & Spirits, etc sold out of the Abyss rather quickly. As far as I know, Royal Blue isn't regarded as a hot-spot bottle shop, thus people probably didn't bother to look there...I know I didn't.

After striking out around town, I had given up hope of finding a bottle this year. I was in my regular HEB store a couple days ago and the beer guy noticed that I had a couple bottles of Prairie Noir (another rare find) in my basket. He then asked me if I'd be interested in the Abyss...? I was like, what?! I didn't even know they were carrying it! He had it in a locked drawer, but was offering it to people who either asked about it or looked like they might appreciate such a thing. So yeah, you never know where you'll find the good stuff...

Maybe I'll have to swing by Royal Blue sometime soon...

 

Des chutes has been distributing a lot if the full time beers in Philly for a while. I did see a few large bottles of some type of porter at WFM a while ago. Not sure how much if any of the limiteds are getting here yet. Not been looking for beer in a month or so, been buying cases only. I do get the Capones beer shop list and have not seen abyss on the list.


Enjoy

 

I found it in Ocean Beach two weeks ago $20 without a limit.

 

Would love to try though, wish we got in Tennessee

 

$18 on Black Friday from a local liquor store in Torrance, $15 from Whole Foods. Saw it again for $18 on the shelf in Cerritos on Saturday.

 

last week went to bevmo in Northridge. shelf was empty. looked to the sky- up above was an unopened case. bought 2 bottles. not sure if they are still left

 

I bought last summer class of 88 barley wine but haven't seen abyss at all.

 

I know three or four stores within 50 miles of LA that still have it. Search harder!

 

BM me and we can change that.

 

That is one heck of a "regular HEB!" I don't run across too much stuff like that, even at Central Market.

 

Thanks for the link - interesting but also depressing.

 

Yeah, GucciB has reduced their bottle selection.