Meadowlark to be year-round?

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  1. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Hmm . . . didn't catch this anywhere else, but I just noticed that according to Pretty Things' website, Meadowlark will become year-round, starting in August, 2013: http://www.prettythingsbeertoday.com/wp/our-beers/meadowlark-ipa/

    Which is cool, because it never got to upstate NY. Cannot for the life of me understand why it wasn't distributed to my neck of the woods, but hopefully being year-round means I'll be seeing some of it in my future.
     
    #1 fmccormi, Dec 11, 2012
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  2. DanzBorin

    DanzBorin Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2012 Texas

    While I'm glad for those who like it, I didn't care for it. Average at best comes to mind.
     
    #2 DanzBorin, Dec 11, 2012
  3. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Great news. Great beer.
    Thanks for sharing. (It gets a solid "92" http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/18371/82753 ... one less person drinking it means more for the rest of us. :wink:)
     
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  4. Goldfishman

    Goldfishman Initiate (0) Jan 29, 2012 Massachusetts

    Meadowlark is fantastic i can't wait for this to be around all the time . I find this beer to be well above average .
     
    #4 Goldfishman, Dec 11, 2012
  5. Gatch

    Gatch Pooh-Bah (2,973) Nov 29, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Incredibly fantastic news. I had high expectations for this beer going in and needless to say those expectations were exceeded. Phenomenal stuff.
     
    #5 Gatch, Dec 11, 2012
  6. DevilsCups

    DevilsCups Initiate (0) Mar 3, 2010 New York
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    Year-round Citra/Galaxy IPA? Sign me up. That beer was awesome.
     
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  7. aasher

    aasher Grand Pooh-Bah (4,557) Jan 27, 2010 Indiana
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    One of my best surprises of 2012 hands down.
     
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  8. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Can't wait to have more of this fantastic beer. Wonderful news. Now if it would just come in more reasonably priced 12 oz. bottles or cans I might buy it as often as Flower Power.
     
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  9. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    That's how I feel about Jack D'Or. But, for saisons.

    I just want an affordable saison in 12oz packs that doesn't suck (in addition to Hennepin, just for some variety).
     
    #9 fmccormi, Dec 11, 2012
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  10. Gatch

    Gatch Pooh-Bah (2,973) Nov 29, 2006 Massachusetts
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    And Ivana Toilet-Seat-Made-Out-Of-Solid-Gold, but its just not in the cards now, is it?
     
    #10 Gatch, Dec 11, 2012
  11. jmarce

    jmarce Initiate (0) May 15, 2011 Connecticut

    Meadowlark is one my favorite IPAs, love that galaxy/citra combo. For $8.49 a bomber it will probably just be an occasional purchase for me, 12oz 4 packs would be awesome if they could do that.
     
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  12. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Yeah but if I keep asking for it, then in theory it'll eventually happen! I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA?!?!
     
    #12 fmccormi, Dec 11, 2012
  13. koflaherty

    koflaherty Zealot (508) Nov 11, 2009 New Jersey
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    I know Dan has said for some time he'd like to make it year round but he can't be sure of the hops. It looks like from the post that its still the case, but at least we'll get another batch in 2013. It went awfully fast the last time and its delicious
     
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  14. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    See judging by the claim that it'll be year-round starting next August, I figured that meant that Dann & Martha must've secured contracts for the hops they need. And maybe (just maybe?) that means that it'll be a little cheaper per unit, if they have a reliable bulk source. It'd be nice if they can brew some of it again before then, though.

    But, y'know. All speculation on my part.
     
    #14 fmccormi, Dec 12, 2012
  15. koflaherty

    koflaherty Zealot (508) Nov 11, 2009 New Jersey
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    Did you read the post to linked to? Including the second to last paragraph?
     
    #15 koflaherty, Dec 12, 2012
  16. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Missed the part about another batch in the spring (so it WILL most likely be back before August) but I'm pretty sure the rest of it is the old description of the beer, written when they first released it. Wasn't it released in July and August of this year? Here's the original blog post from Pretty Things describing it when it was released this summer: http://www.prettythingsbeertoday.com/wp/2012/meet-meadowlark/
     
    #16 fmccormi, Dec 12, 2012
  17. Gatch

    Gatch Pooh-Bah (2,973) Nov 29, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Yeah their post corresponds to the first two batches of this year. So hopefully we will see it again this Spring.
     
    #17 Gatch, Dec 12, 2012
  18. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    I mean, I could be wrong, but that was my impression. I remember reading all this stuff back in July and being bummed that I was missing it (I was in Brazil at the time), and like I said, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure this is the page that was written for the Meadowlark description at the time of release, and I just noticed today that it now says year-round starting in August, 2013 at the top—which is news to me.
     
    #18 fmccormi, Dec 12, 2012
  19. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Don't forget Sofie, and...yeah, I got nothing beyond that...
     
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  20. Gatch

    Gatch Pooh-Bah (2,973) Nov 29, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Ahhh, yes, Sofie!
     
    #20 Gatch, Dec 12, 2012
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