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I thought about not sharing this as my chances of scoring some increases the less people know but wth, for the beer lovers at muscoop why not.March 13 is the release date of Founders KBS this year. I have a friend that lives near Founders and is picking up 2 cases tomorrow. It won't hit the shelves here until Monday or later but get it quick cuz it won't last long if last year is any example.
Is that the one brewed in maple barrels? I love the breakfast stout and this one sounds amazing.
picked up 12 bottles of Founders KBS and 2 bottles of Founders Nemesis yesterday at Discountthe Nemesis was OK but I wouldn't buy it again ($6/bottle)
I tried a 3 Floyds Behemoth last night. I really liked it except for the $14/bottle price.
Have you had the Central Waters Y2K barleywine? If so, how would you say they compare?
New Glarus Cherry Stout- Had high hopes for this beer, and was a bit disappointed. The cherry was there, pretty sweet with some oaky tones to it. But it really lacked in the stout characteristics, almost nothing there. You could put down a few of these, but ultimately it was too sweet for me.
had my first KBS, was fantastic. Was a little irritated that the store i purchased from only allowed 2 bottles per person.
I visited the New Glarus brewery this morning. It is an amazing facility and a really cool location up in the hills of New Glarus. You drive up a long dirt road, and the brewery has a pretty good view of the city. They have a free "self guided" tour, which basically allows you to walk around the brewery and look at everything. Also, for $3.50 you get three fills of beer, and you get to keep the glass. All of the employees were very nice and quick to answer questions. I recommend stopping by if you're in the area. Its amazing how you can detect the unique smells of different NG beers as you move throughout the brewery. On-tap they had Belgian Red, Road Slush, Golden Ale, Moon Man, Spotted Cow, and Two Women.Two Women is a Bohemian Lager, and it is only available at the brewery. Basically, Dan said that he brewed it for him to drink because it is his favorite style, it just became available last week. I had it on tap and it was amazing, very creamy and smooth, easily the best lager I've ever had. He said that he used "a small run of a straight up Czech Style Pilsner made with Bohemian Floor Malt + 100% Hallertau Mittlefrueh Hops". This doesn't mean very much to me, but it might to someone who knows more about brewing. I bought a couple bottles to take home as well ($5 per 16 ounce bottle). "Two Women Lager will be sold in the 500 ml German Euro Bottle same as the R&D simply because that's the traditional way in German". The bottles have cool hand-written labels.Btw those quotes are all straight from DanEdit: forgot to mention that they have a beer cellar type of thing with just about every NG beer you could want, including 4-5 of the unplugged series.