Questions for Vermont folk

The alchemist has been selling out on Thursdays as of late. Best to get there early in the day. If you are talking about the Labor Day weekend should be stupidly crazy.

I think Warren Store has a higher limit on Lawson's than Hunger Mountain

 

The Hunger Mountain Coop gets their Lawson's deliveries Friday morning. I believe the limit is 2 bottles per type per person. Even without Lawson's they have an awesome bottle selection. They won't have any Heady Topper or Lawson's on Thursday.

If you want to go to the Alchemist, early Thursday would be the time to do it as the previous poster said. If they sell out, the Prohibition Pig is worth the trip to Waterbury alone.

 

Here are stats from the past month. From the trend it doesn't look promising for you to get heady on friday, as they've been running out earlier and earlier.


Friday 8/1: Ran out of casses at 11:21 am
Thursday 8/8: Ran out of cases at 3:12 pm
Thursday 8/15: Ran out of cases at 2:29 pm
Thursday 8/22: Ran out of cases at 10:53 am

 

Vermont needs a Beer Travel Agency.

 

They didn't, they posted that they had 200 cases at opening. The ran out around 1:45. I only know this because I was on 89 about ten minutes away when it happened lol

 

What time will you be getting into Vt on Thurs? I ask because if you go to HF first you are going to miss out on Lawson's. Personally I would go The Warren Store->Alchemist->HF and do it all on Thursday. As long as you can get to warren by 1pm you should be able to hit all 3 no problem. Of course if Heady sells out early on Thursday there isn't much you can do about that, but its on the way from warren to Greensboro so it's worth stopping by to see.

 

It's not really the cutoff, but just ensures you'll get your Lawson's. if you're leaving Boston at 9 that puts you at the warren store at noon. You'll be in and out there in 10min or less, that gets you to the alchemist at 12:45ish. If heady is available you'll be in and out in of there quick as well, lets say 15 minutes. So now it's 1pm and you can take all the time you want to get to HF, which should take about an hour and 15 minutes. Once you're done a HF you can head to Montpelier and hit Three Penny.

Just thinking about this makes me want to do this on Thursday!

 

I think being labor day weekend, that might make things tougher. I went to the warren store last Thursday, got their about 215 and Lawson's was long gone. Because its double sunshine month they have been selling out really quickly. If you leave boston at 9 And go straight to warren you risk getting shut out at both. If you go straight to the alchemist, you SHOULD be good to go there, but you won't be able to get any Lawson's.

 

Of course if you want to spend more time at the warren store of the alchemist you're welcome to. There isn't much to see at the warren store but it would be a good place to grab lunch, or you could check out one of the many fine establishments in Waterbury for lunch after visiting the alchemist. But I guess my main point is that HF should be your last stop as you are guaranteed to get great beer as long as you arrive before 5pm (when they close).

 

You more than likely wont be able to find HT anywhere on Friday. You should be able to get Lawson's at hunger mountain though.

 

They can mon,tues,weds. Once they run out they don't have any more until Monday.