Kiwi Rising in Mass

I saw many boxes of baby maker on the floor today.

 

Sounds like there's enough Baby Maker for it to possibly last through the holidays.

 

Yeah, looked like lots of boxes unopened down below - And based on a few comments I heard from the JA guys, sounds like they expect it to be around for a while (based on how much they have sold so far, more than likely to do with the higher price-point).

 

Kiwi: $5
Baby Maker: $15

 

Kiwi = $5 bottle, and I'm pretty sure it was $16 per growler fill
Baby Maker = 1 bottle for $15, or 2 Bottles for $25

 

Stopped by at 1pm thurs to get a growler and 4 btls. Small crowd but enjoying every sip.
this yrs Kiwi is very resinous which is a very good thing. As always, the amount of carbonation in the growler was less but the depth of flavor is worth every penny.

 

Depends if those pellets were given enough time to bloom into enjoyable flavors. I've had many dry hopped beers lately that just weren't ready yet.

 

just curious what beers your referencing?

 

That trillium double dry hopped thing at HHTD is one that sticks out in my mind the most.

Most of Stone's dryhopped specials at beer fests - but that's not just lately.

 

stone dry hop is a weird hit or miss. had levitation dry hopped with citra recently, loved it. dry hopped arrogant bastard is, no exaggeration, one of the best beers i've ever tasted. many many beer fest beers and ruination iterations have been... not quite on the same level...

kiwi rising is great, but baby maker is the prize. god damn what a beer. i was warned that it "needs some time"... i only agree if the aforementioned "time" is time in a glass next to me right fucking now.

 

Is Baby Maker only available at the Brewery?

 

pretty much...I think a small amount was supposed to go to Gordons

from the FB release announcement on Oct 16th:
Baby Maker, our 14% golden lager, aged in Framinghammer barrels for 9 months, will be available tomorrow. $15 a bottle or $25 for 2. This is brewery only except for a couple cases going to Gordon's, as they provided one of the barrels. Limit of 6 bottles per person.

 

Thanks!

 

On a crisp Sunday while watching the Pats, I opened the btls of Kiwi and was totally blown away by the resinous quality and underlying body and incredible depth of flavor. Much better than the Growler. I will pick up more btls this week .

This is a phenomenal east coast beer

 

Any word on Kiwi Rising making it to retail and/or draft accounts? I just saw something saying that Fairsted Kitchen, a new spot in Washington Square (Brookline) will have 4 JA tap lines as their exclusive draft provider, and that Kiwi Rising is coming soon.

 

From their Twitter on 10/30, they said, "it will hit distribution next week." From that look for it to be showing up in deliveries this week.

 

Already started, Julio's got some today.