Month old Pliny rolling in?

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  1. M1014

    M1014 Initiate (0) Sep 16, 2014 California

    So I'm browsing the aisles at Total Wine in Tustin today and about to leave empty-handed, when a beer cart suddenly showed up that had a case of Pliny on top and tons of the latest Enjoy By.

    Wanting both, I get both. Of course, limit one on the Pliny. I won't bitch about that for now.

    So I get home and look at the date on the Pliny. Wow! Over a month old!?!?

    I'd have still bought the entire case if I could, but a month old?

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    I've drank older Pliny than this that I found in the back of my fridge, and loved it.

    Figured I'd ask the tribe: Is this a reason to be upset, or is it just the way it goes?
     
    #1 M1014, Sep 30, 2014
  2. TrojanHopHead

    TrojanHopHead Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 California

    I actually saw a bunch of 2 mo old pliny at Vendome in Pasadena. 2 bottle limit bc they were trying to move that old swill haha.

    Passed on it because I was on the way out for the night and didn't feel like leaving it in my trunk all night
     
    #2 TrojanHopHead, Sep 30, 2014
  3. Black_Rider

    Black_Rider Pooh-Bah (2,019) Mar 26, 2013 California
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    we should riot
     
    #3 Black_Rider, Sep 30, 2014
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  4. dcgunman

    dcgunman Pooh-Bah (2,682) Jul 1, 2009 California
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Dont fret over it. Just be glad we are still seeing bottles of the elder here in SoCal. This may dissapear from us soon. Sign of the times.
     
    #4 dcgunman, Sep 30, 2014
  5. Infinite1

    Infinite1 Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2010 Illinois

    You an always send it to me, I don't mind it's age
     
    #5 Infinite1, Sep 30, 2014
  6. reefer_bob

    reefer_bob Savant (1,010) May 13, 2014 California
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    30 day old Pliny is just fine. I think you're over reacting just a bit.

    60 day old... Yea, that's not good.

    90 day old... Armageddon!!!!
     
    #6 reefer_bob, Sep 30, 2014
  7. dcbullet

    dcbullet Initiate (0) Dec 18, 2013 California

    Pliny the Older.
     
    #7 dcbullet, Sep 30, 2014
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  8. M1014

    M1014 Initiate (0) Sep 16, 2014 California

    As I said, I'd have bought the whole case. I probably could have, too. The girl at the checkout didn't know it was limit one. I walked up and I had my 5 year old boy with me. I asked her if I could get another one and count it as his as a visitor to Total Wine - just joking around. And in a dizzy way she looked at me and said "oh, are they limit one?" I told her she should ring up 2 and I'd go get another as a perk for being honest with her. She wouldn't. I actually think she should have done that. One good deed should follow another...

    I could have possibly had the whole case. What would have happened if I had done that? Surely the staff there, who is usually very attentive and knowledgable, would have noticed that an entire case was missing suddenly. Would they have gone into the receipts, saw my name on the debit, put 2 and 2 together, and black listed me?

    I dunno, it would have been worth it. :grinning:
     
    #8 M1014, Sep 30, 2014
  9. Mento

    Mento Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2014 California

    wow... the name of the Barleywine series guessed
     
    #9 Mento, Sep 30, 2014
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  10. Mento

    Mento Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2014 California

    Ukraine, Hong Kong, Santa Rosa 2014
     
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  11. Black_Rider

    Black_Rider Pooh-Bah (2,019) Mar 26, 2013 California
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    it wouldn't have been your fault. i doubt they would blacklist anyone, unless you came in an defecated on the floor or something
     
    #11 Black_Rider, Sep 30, 2014
  12. Black_Rider

    Black_Rider Pooh-Bah (2,019) Mar 26, 2013 California
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    never forget
     
    #12 Black_Rider, Sep 30, 2014
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  13. eaterfan

    eaterfan Devotee (375) Jul 10, 2013 California
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    I go there regularly. The Pliny always sells out fast but is never less than 2 weeks old. Very often it's a month old. My palate isn't good enough to care about the age.
     
    #13 eaterfan, Sep 30, 2014
  14. abelapophis

    abelapophis Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2014 California

    I cant imagine drinking month old Pliny. I already have a hard time drinking day old pliny, seeing as how i prefer it straight from the fermentor.
     
    #14 abelapophis, Sep 30, 2014
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  15. skelliott

    skelliott Zealot (569) Jul 2, 2013 Texas

    still better than putting month old Pliny out on the floor.
     
    #15 skelliott, Sep 30, 2014
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  16. SoCalBeerIdiot

    SoCalBeerIdiot Pooh-Bah (2,191) Mar 10, 2013 California
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    Same here. I passed because only b/c it was 2mos. old. Still wondering what happened there.
     
    #16 SoCalBeerIdiot, Oct 1, 2014
  17. samiller

    samiller Initiate (0) May 27, 2007 California

    I was at Nugget Market on Friday & the beer guy told me Pliny had come in that day, grabbed 2 bottles and yeah, it was the 8/27 batch. No big deal, just seemed a little strange.
     
    #17 samiller, Oct 1, 2014
  18. gordnbiers

    gordnbiers Initiate (0) Jun 29, 2012 California

    Buddy of mine said the same thing. Picked up at whole foods today 8/27/2014. Got some from the brewery this weekend: bottle date 9/23/2014. Also the newer bottled ones seem to have a new stamp. Looks like a different date stamp than before. Sorry no picture.
     
    #18 gordnbiers, Oct 1, 2014
  19. jlira

    jlira Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2014 California

    There is a place down the street from me that gets it weekly and for some reason it is always a month old. I am guessing the distributor is sitting on it for some reason
     
    #19 jlira, Oct 1, 2014
  20. FrogOut69

    FrogOut69 Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2013 California
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    Instead of posting here, just ask Russian River. They're great about addressing issues like this and if a distributor is truly holding it back, Russian River will address that also.
     
    #20 FrogOut69, Oct 1, 2014
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