Hey folks, I have had the chance to taste most of the somewhat obtainable RR sours at tastings or with friends but I have never sought these bottles out or traded for them, so I dont really know what the rarity is of these various beers. Before I dive in and try to trade for them, I was wondering if someone could sort of breakdown for me what the availability is like for the following beers. Can any of them be found regularly on the shelf? Brewery only? Small batch only? etc. Easy vs. hard to trade for? Thanks for your help, was curioous about these 5 in particular: beautification consecration sanctification supplication temptation Thanks a lot, Ryan
Beat was brewery only and not available except for trade right now. The other 4 are on the shelf. Most of the time I can find 2-4 of them on the shelf at the same time here in CO.
pretty much that. dollar values are around $15/375 for beat and $12/375 for the others. also, imo consecration is the best sour made in america.
With the exception of Beatification, I'd say these are beers available off the shelves but are not always on the shelves.
Of the shelf beers there ( not Beat ) - Sanctification is the rarest. Heavy right now because it just shipped.
pretty much this. you won't find them all every time you go shopping, but you're bound to find 1-3 of them anyplace great beer is sold.
All but Beatification see distribution within RR's network. Supplication is probably the most common, followed by Consecration, then Temptation, then Sanctification. Sanctification is usually the hardest to come by, but was just released a few weeks ago so it's easier to get now than at most times. That said, they pretty much all trade as limited shelf beers, and usually cost ~$12/bottle. The most recent Beatification release was a year ago and brewery only. It was $15. Other brewery-only releases, basic 'loons, and harder to find shelf beers (ie BCBS variants) should all be enough to land Beat.
Oddly enough, I find Temptation to be the toughest and Sanctification to be the easiest to pick up in my area. Nonetheless, all are shelf beers, Beat is brewery only though. For the 4 shelf beers, I personally would ask for locals as should everyone else. They shouldn't be at all hard to trade for OP
You can almost always garuntee Supplication and Consecration on tap and bottles at the brewery, but a coinflip on Temptation. It's usually either that or Sanctification in bottles there. I try to get whatever is available when I go.
You might want to check out Blackwell's Wine and Spirits http://www.winecommune.com/stores/page.cfm/storeID/148/infoID/1 they have reasonable prices and will get all of those beers except beatification whenever a new batch comes out and they will ship to SC, I think they have sanctification and supplication right now. Sign up for their email list, they send out an email every week or two with what's new
