I recently picked up my first canned Folly 12-pack from New Belgium. It contained Ranger, Slow Ride, Snapshot, and Fat Tire. I can see this being a go-to option for the pool, lake, and camping this summer and is overall a great development IMO. Does anyone know if there are other canned variety packs out there or on the way? I'm sure production scale is a big factor but I would think Sierra Nevada and maybe a few others could pull it off.
Butternuts has one, too. But, yeah- I'd love to see someplace like Sierra Nevada or Sly Fox or Sixpoint put one out.
I've never seen one in my area, but looking at all the 21st Amendment and Sixpoint cans in little boxes on the shelves makes me think that they'd be good candidates to make one.
The Tallgrass, Brewery Vivant and Oskar Blues can variety packs all seem to be popping up a lot here in IL. Not sure if all three distro in your area but keep an eye out.
Southern Prohibition has a Triple Feature mix pack with Devil's Harvest APA, Suzy B Dirty Blonde and Jack the Sipper ESB.
The vast majority of breweries put their beers in bottles rather than cans, thus a reason for only a few mix-packs with cans. A few breweries that I can think of that bottle their beers will also put a couple of their beers into cans, but that's hardly a mix-pack. Small breweries that use a mobile canning service will typically can only a couple of their beers, maybe because they recognize the store shelves are crammed with beer, and that it's risky to put out too much of their stuff in cans (or bottles).
Agreed, a Sixpoint or Sierra Nevada mix pack would be fantastic. I've only been underwhelmed by Butternuts. I mean, good for them for canning, but I'm not a big fan of anything I've tried.
It's good to hear Oskar Blues has one. With their brewery here in NC I'm surprised I haven't seen it but will definitely be on the lookout.
Locally at the brewery only, La Cumbre does a mixed 4 pack. It contains one of each canned offering (IPA, Red Rye, Hefeweizen, Foreign extra stout). Not sure if it is possible for a beer store to split up the sets like they do, and sell mixed sets. But it makes for one heck of a sampling set for friends/newcomers. Personally, I just buy a four pack of each and keep them stocked. But for the same price as other complete 4 packs, they are doing a nice service by splitting them up for no extra cost.
The closest 21st Amendment has come is the he said, he said 4pk with 2 pumpkin baltic porters and 2 pumpkin tripels.
Brewery Vivant just put one out, but they obviously don't distro nationwide. But, if they distro in your area, highly suggested for Big Red Coq alone.
