Beer - trading & discussion

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for the NY area folks.. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-to ... 2362455977

We are releasing A Night To End All Dawns via a lottery system. All registrants will be entering for the right to purchase one complete set of five 750ml bottles plus a limited edition A Night To End All Dawns Teku stemmed glass. The set includes the following bottles:
A Night To End All Dawns (Black Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged on Cacao (Brown Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged on Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans (White Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged on freshly roasted organic Coconut (Silver Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged in Rye Barrels (Blue Wax)

[jjbehren]

Stone is 100% dead to me. As is Ballast Point. And Clown Shoes.

I've had a couple decent BA stouts from Clown Shoes.

No you haven't.

Going to be in Minneapolis next week Mon-Wed for work.

Outside of hitting up Surly any recommendations?

Town Hall, for sure. There's 3 locations: brew pub, tap, and lanes. They have great food (at the brew pub at least - another EBer and myself had an issue with the chicken sandwich at their Town Hall Lanes location).

Steel Toe is another one I like to hit up. According to the website, they still have their 2 BA Barleywines on tap. And I guess right now they have a cherry variant of one of them. And there's usually a food truck parked out front.

And check this thread for any bigger tappings around town: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/ ... on.493926/

For liquor stores, there's 3 biggies, IMO: France 44, South Lyndale Liquor, and Zipps. There are others, but those are the big hitters in the beer game. There are Total Wines, but I don't go there because drymount them.

Central Waters Rye Barrel Aged Chocolate Porter should still be on the shelves while you're here. Buy some. Best $8 ever. (Or $9.50 at Total Wine, because drymount them.)

[comountaingolf]

... and Zipps.

Man, Blast from the past. During undergrad at the U, we had a big 'ol house in Dinkytown. 10-15 kegs every Fri or Sat night. Keg-erator in the living room/bar. EVERY keg purchased from Zipps. For every 10 (?) kegs, we got a free neon beer sign. Christ, we had on signs on the ceilings, walls were covered...

[IndyDMBFan]

Thanks for the info JJ

[jlabbate]

for the NY area folks.. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-to ... 2362455977

We are releasing A Night To End All Dawns via a lottery system. All registrants will be entering for the right to purchase one complete set of five 750ml bottles plus a limited edition A Night To End All Dawns Teku stemmed glass. The set includes the following bottles:
A Night To End All Dawns (Black Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged on Cacao (Brown Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged on Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans (White Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged on freshly roasted organic Coconut (Silver Wax)
A Night To End All Dawns aged in Rye Barrels (Blue Wax)

entered yesterday

[Baker]

Something tells me my sister wouldnt want to drive an hour to pick me up some beer, so didnt enter. If only her and I cared about the same things...

[HairyHood]

Charlottesville (Central). There are a bunch of quality breweries around, but there are some local, county, & state laws that limit the size of operations in various ways. From what I understand, it takes a hell of a lot of capital and perhaps a few connections to have an operation that is able to distribute even state-wide. Hoping some of those laws change soon, but we'll see.

Isn't Champion from Charlottesville? I've had a bunch of their stuff and it's been comfortably above average. I wouldn't mind having them close by.

It is indeed -- pretty much my hangout when I make it out of the house for a drink. Strangely, I don't really drink any of their stuff that hits wide (read: central VA and some metro NC areas) distro. Their smaller one-off brews and seasonals are pretty consistently good.

Don't get me wrong, there is definitely good stuff around here, but it is certainly no beer mecca. There is a new brewery starting up on the north side of town by the former brewmaster (I think?) of Maine Beer Co. I'm hoping they knock it out of the park.

[IndyDMBFan]

Something tells me my sister wouldnt want to drive an hour to pick me up some beer, so didnt enter. If only her and I cared about the same things...

I thought about asking my sister-in-law who lives in West Chester.....pretty sure that would have been a no.....

[phishstix101]

Just in today! Can't wait to sample!!!!

Damn, dude, I bet that is delicious. I miss having semi-regular access to CCB. I'd love even being able to pick up Jai Alai, Maduro, or Tocobaga (though I think they may have discontinued this?) when I go to the gas station. Sadly, I'm too far north for beer from the south and too far south for beer from the north.

Sorry for the delay! Getting some bombers tomorrow so I'll be trying this weekend for the first time! Looking forward to it!

[fredo]

Something tells me my sister wouldnt want to drive an hour to pick me up some beer, so didnt enter. If only her and I cared about the same things...

...you'd be short a few Horkeys, bro.

[mh4268]

Lucked out at Treehouse, they had Very Hazy silent release the last 2 days. Nice surprise for my first trip there.

[halftonegraphics]

a small share with some buddies at a local boyb.. no whalez but some solid stuff.

wren house ba who hit john, eviltwin ba ibb, eviltwin maple jesus, hardywood ba gbs, and fw maltose falcons.

[Cragars]

I'm on the big bad baptist again. Crowler's going down tonight.

[kansasbbq]

Lucked out at Treehouse, they had Very Hazy silent release the last 2 days. Nice surprise for my first trip there.

Excellent!

[phishstix101]

Mail day! Haven't had any of these except for Burial. Pumped!