Scholarship table
We'll see if I get it (I mean, if they still have it tomorrow morning), If I do I'll post a pic. It'd be my most expensive keg ever. The current record holder was the 20 liter of Chimay white that I got a few years ago.
What's the tag?
New wholesaler in Chicago decided to cut supply of variants to most shops....even i got shutout at my normal honey holes.
I thought you worked for Goose? Was I mistaken? If not, you don't get a token in-house bottle as a thank you?
We do get an employee allotment however I wanted more Proprietors if I could get some, but I didn't. Plus I like to be out at stores talking to fans. Though, the bar events are now more fun as my hangover today would indicate.
One other question I have is that I've noticed this year's stout has two different abv markings (13.8 & 14.4). Is that down to the climate during barreling?
Correct. We normally do not control any of the temps in the bourbon barrel warehouse (only in the wine barrel part) but this past winter was so damn cold in Chicago we actually turned the heaters on a few days as we were scared the beer might freeze. My personal taste is that I actually like the lower ABV - on both. Easier to drink right out of the bottle.
Founders Canadian Breakfast stout being released in very limited quantities. Good luck.http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/12/cbs_founders_michigan.html#incart_river
Didn't even know you could buy kegs of Chimay, I've only ever seen it in bottles around here.I want a keg of Chimay Bleu now....To the guy who said he liked Duvel, try a Tripel Karmeliet, much better IMHO.
Just got back from Honolulu and wanted to put a plug in for Kona Brewery. Pretty much every product we tried was very enjoyable. (Of course, it could have been the setting also. ) They have a restaurant on the island which is also worth a trip. Nice setting, good food and they brought samplers while we waited for our pizza.
Did you have anything from Maui Brewing Co.? Their Coconut Porter is one of my favorite beers of all time.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Nope. Don't recall seeing anything offered in the bars we went to, and only a few Kona offerings in our small (but lively) hotel bar. Coconut Porter sounds unique to say the least.
I've had this a few times now. It's easily the best beer I've ever tried. You can taste the bourbon, but it's still very smooth with a nice chocolate flavor.
Huh, they distribute to Colorado (and it looks like most of the western states, plus Virginia and Maryland). I didn't think coconut porter was that hard to get Speaking of which, I've been meaning to mention, a buddy of mine has been looking for someone in Wisconsin to do so beer trading with (i.e. - You ship him stuff from New Glarus and other tasty and harder to find goodies from the state, and he reciprocates back to you with Colorado and other west coast hard to find stuff). He's got quite an extensive collection, so if any beer snobs already have a good cellar, and would like to do some trading, PM me. I'll get you two in contact.
Wife bought a smoked vanilla porter by Stone Brewing (San Diego) yesterday. Highly reminiscent of the last iterations of my past trials to see how much chocolate malt I could cram into a batch before it offended. Completely overwhelmed the smoked malt. However, highly recommended if you like your porter on the burnt side.