That one, elusive local beer...?

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  1. Ljudsignal

    Ljudsignal Initiate (0) Jul 19, 2013 Massachusetts

    Pretty much as the title suggests, what's that one (or more than one) beer that, despite being made by a local brewer, you've simply never managed to get your hands on?

    For me, being located in eastern Massachusetts, pretty much smack in the middle of the greater New England region as a whole, but with me personally being very new to the craft scene (only since my 21st birthday--less than a year!) and not in possession of a car of my own, my list is lamentably long. In addition to all the fairly standard entries--Heady Topper, Coolship, pretty much anything Hill Farmstead makes, etc.--I'd put forward NEBCO's Imperial Stout Trooper, Smuttynose's Farmhouse Ale and Baltic Porter, and JA's Framinghammer (still the beer with the coolest name I've ever come across, though maybe that's just how clever I think the pun is...) and Kiwi Rising as local or semi-local beers I crave but have never been able to find in stores or otherwise.

    So how about everyone else? What's your list of locally-based beers that you yearn for but have never gotten?
     
    #1 Ljudsignal, Jul 22, 2013
  2. ZombiesAteMyDog

    ZombiesAteMyDog Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2008 Indiana

    Barrel Aged Vanilla Dark Lord
     
    #2 ZombiesAteMyDog, Jul 22, 2013
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  3. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Mornin' Delight
    Kentucky Brunch
     
    #3 BottleCaps80, Jul 22, 2013
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  4. mnstorm99

    mnstorm99 Initiate (0) May 11, 2007 Minnesota


    Too soon for you. You need to build up the proper relationships with your local purveyors of said liquid gold.

    Everything I have heard of this beer is well beyond positive. I haven't had anything from TG yet though.
     
    #4 mnstorm99, Jul 22, 2013
  5. Benish

    Benish Pooh-Bah (2,446) Mar 13, 2013 Utah
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    Central Waters Fifteen
     
    #5 Benish, Jul 22, 2013
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  6. StoutSnob40

    StoutSnob40 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,611) Jan 4, 2013 California
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    Duck Duck Gooze.
     
    #6 StoutSnob40, Jul 22, 2013
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  7. MikeWard

    MikeWard Grand Pooh-Bah (3,023) Sep 14, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    For what is apparently a year round beer in PA, Weyerbacher Tiny Imperial Stout always seems to elude me.
     
    #7 MikeWard, Jul 22, 2013
  8. OddNotion

    OddNotion Pooh-Bah (1,915) Nov 1, 2009 New Jersey
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    Oddly enough that is the only DL I have ever tried.

    For me I guess I would have to say any of the Troegs Splinter beers (though idk how local we are talking here as they are a couple hours away from me).
     
    #8 OddNotion, Jul 22, 2013
  9. douginromeo

    douginromeo Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2013 Michigan

    BB4D
     
    #9 douginromeo, Jul 22, 2013
  10. ratmoss

    ratmoss Initiate (0) Sep 11, 2005 Illinois

    Pipeworks Raspberry Truffle Abduction has become my unicorn. I check the Pipeworks production schedule regularly. I follow all the Binny's beer guys on twitter who announce new arrivals. By the time I make it to a store, they're sold out. I have gotten plenty of Coffee Break Abduction, regular Abduction, and even the new Orange Truffle Abduction without any great effort. But for some reason, Raspberry proves elusive.
     
    #10 ratmoss, Jul 22, 2013
  11. cmmcdonn

    cmmcdonn Initiate (0) Jun 21, 2009 Virginia

    For living only 45 minutes away from the Flying Dog brewery, I have never seen BA Gonzo on a shelf.

    I also find that the Williamsburg Alewerks more limited stuff goes too fast here in NoVA for me to pick up.
     
    #11 cmmcdonn, Jul 22, 2013
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  12. ScottieD

    ScottieD Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2011 Connecticut

    Fuzzy Baby Ducks
     
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  13. bifrost17

    bifrost17 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2011 Washington

    No rare beers in WA, so I'm good.
     
    #13 bifrost17, Jul 22, 2013
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  14. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Unfortunately, my state doesnt have rare or elusive beers...
     
    #14 checktherhyme, Jul 22, 2013
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  15. Stugotzo

    Stugotzo Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2012 Florida

    Hunahpu Barrel Aged stuff
     
    #15 Stugotzo, Jul 22, 2013
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  16. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    You guys beat me to it. There's no such thing as an elusive local beer for me, thank God.
    Someone really should write a haiku about this phenomenon.
     
    #16 Orca, Jul 22, 2013
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  17. dougfur

    dougfur Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2011 New York

    Considering how close I live to the brewery, Lawson's Double Sunshine was this beer for me. Your timing has to be pretty darn perfect to find it, but I finally succeeded this June. My wife happened to be driving through Montpelier on a Friday and I made her stop and look. She got two of the twenty bottles for that week and it was..... pretty darn good!
     
    #17 dougfur, Jul 22, 2013
  18. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    At our local bottle shop and wegmans there are a mere two bombers from Southern Tier and neither of those is creme brulee.

    Just had to complain that little bit. :slight_smile:
     
    #18 utopiajane, Jul 22, 2013
  19. GennyCreamAle

    GennyCreamAle Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2009 New York

    Le Bleu
     
    #19 GennyCreamAle, Jul 22, 2013
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  20. ant880

    ant880 Savant (1,179) Nov 7, 2010 New York
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    What an odd question...I thought everyone on BA knew that nothing local to you is worth drinking
     
    #20 ant880, Jul 22, 2013
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