New IPA's and more Steals & Deals!

Lots of goodies this weekend:

After long last, the much anticipated new release from Southern Tier, 2XIPA 6 packs are now in stock and ready to rock. This is a new Double IPA from S.T. that stacks up in attitude between their regular IPA and their Un*Earthly Imperial IPA. Love it. Get some! (Also on draft at The Farmhouse Tap & Grill).

Furthermore, another new(-ish) Imperial IPA from Rogue, the XS Imperial IPA 7oz bottles have arrived and are located in the Rare & Vintage Cabinet due to their small stature. Big beer, small bottle, smaller price tag than before. How could things get any better, you ask? Well, Rogue also sent us 750mL's of their newest Double Rogue - Double Chocolate Stout!

Seasonal additions:
- Otter Creek Oktoberfest 6 and 12 pks
- Magic Hat Night of the Living Dead Variety 12pks

And something completely strange:
+ Coors Light 5.7 Liter "Home Draft" mini-keg-type-thingys They actually look like a propane tank or incendiary device! Weird.

And if those weren't enough reasons to love us, we restocked our Steals & Deals Room today:
- Grimbergen Blonde and Double 6 packs $3.99 + dep. (Reg. 11.29!)
- Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout 22oz and Quercus Vitus Humulus 22oz $2.99 (Reg. $5.99!)
- Sam Adams Cream Stout 6 packs $3.99 + dep.
- Smirnoff Ice 22oz $0.99! That's Ninety-nine cents!

And oh, yeh - one last thing:
CLOSEOUT KEGS!!!!
- Sam Adams Noble Pils 1/2 barrels
- Otter Creek Kolsch 1/2 barrels
- Wolaver's Coffee Porter 5 gallons
- Beck's 1/2 barrels

Call or stop by for keg pricing! These won't last long!

Whew. That was a lot of work. Hope to see you soon!
Cheers,
Jeff

New McNeill's beer from Brew Fest

Only one add this weekend:
+ McNeill's Dark Angel Imperial Stout 22oz

It was debuted at the VT Brew Fest and is in limited quantities. I'm pretty sure we're the first store to receive any and the supply is very limited.

Check out my review on BeerAdvocate.com

Cheers,
Jeff

The Perks of Reading

Hello there folks! As I've said before, reading has its perks! If you'd like to go to the Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ this Sunday, July 25th from Noon-5pm at their Windsor, VT brewery, just give me a call at the shop and I'll put some tickets aside for you! These are tix to get you in the door, but the food and beer are sold a la carte by the various contestants and Harpoon respectively. I had some friends go last year in my place and they had a blast! Said they ate THE best BBQ they'd ever had!

To learn more, please visit the events page on the Harpoon Brewery website.

If you'd like some, call 802-655-2620 and ask for me.
Cheers,
Jeff

Lawson's Finest Special Release

Yup, it's exactly what it sounds like! We're getting a special shipment of Lawson's Finest Liquid's and will be releasing them at 1pm on Sunday afternoon as a conclusion to Brew Fest activities! This beer is extremely limited and will be in super-short supply. We'll be debuting a brand new beer that was brewed for the upcoming Belgium Comes to Cooperstown Festival and there might (will) be one of his famed IPA's too...

There will be a bottle limit and no reservations, sorry. You'll have to be at the store to purchase it. Just trying to make it fair, ya know?

Cheers,
Jeff

PS> Thanks Sean!

Places to drink après-Brewers Fest

So lot's of folks heading to Burlington for the Vermont Brewers Fest this weekend and I've been getting a lot of questions about where to head for great drafts après or avant, so I compiled two lists:

Brew-pubs (have their own beers and maybe others'):
- American Flatbread Burlington Hearth (Zero Gravity Brewery), St. Paul Street, Burlington
- Vermont Pub & Brewery, College Street, Burlington
- Three Needs Brewery & Taproom, College Street, Burlington
- The Alchemist Pub & Brewery, Waterbury

Beer Bars and Taprooms:
- The Farmhouse Tap & Grill, Bank Street, Burlington
- Bluebird Tavern, Riverside Ave, Burlington (between downtown Burlington and our store!)
- Das Bierhaus, Church Street, Burlington
- The Scuffer, Church Street, Burlington
- Monkey House, Main Street, Winooski

Check out BeerAdvocate.com or Ratebeer.com for reviews of any of these fine establishments!

Cheers,
Jeff

Adds and Previews for Brew Fest

Yo.

We got in some killer "Adds" yesterday and here's what they are:
+ Stone 14th Anniversary "Emperial IPA" (sic) - a badass IPA brewed with English ingredients and Stone's stones, so to speak...
+ Cisco Whale's Tale Pale Ale 12 pack CANS!!!
+ Reissdorf Kolsch .5L bottles

And some previews of the CrAzY vintage releases to coincide with the Vermont Brewers Festival:
- Vintage Duvel 3 liters
- Some Allagash goodies
- Something that rhymes with "Mami-chlaus"
- Lots of aged Stone brews from our Beer Cave
- Ghost Beers (aka from defunct breweries)
- Maybe a Rogue beer
- And something from Quebec

You'll have to stop by the store starting Friday afternoon to check out all the releases, though. It's all being timed with the Fest - and will be replenished until we're sold out. No reservations, no holds, sorry. First come, first get.

Want to drink some bonzer beers on draft while you're in town for Brew Fest? Stop at The Farmhouse Tap & Grill - killer line-up this weekend including vintage brews and hard-to-find rarities like Scaldis Peche Mel and North Coast Old Stock 2010.

Cheers and have a safe Brewers Fest!
Jeff

New Lambics and More Steals!

An exciting, albeit HOT, weekend at the Bevy!

Today we got the first shipment to Vermont of Hanssens Artisanaal Lambics! And we are the only retail store in the state that has them!
+ Hanssens Oude Gueuze 750mL
+ Hanssens Lambic Experimental Cassis 375mL
+ Hanssens Lambic Experimental Raspberry 375mL

These beers are limited in quantity and will go fast, especially with all the out-of-town collectors that are coming up/down for the Vermont Brewers Festival.

And for exciting "Steals & Deals Room" news, we received 4 pallets (= a lot!) of closeout beers today from New Zealand:
+ Monteith's Original Pale Ale 6 packs
+ Monteith's Pilsner 6 packs
+ Monteith's Black Ale 6 packs
All 1/3 the normal price! They're moving fast already, in fact we sold two cases before we even had all the beer stacked in the S&D Room!

Stay cool out there!
Cheers,
Jeff

New Adds

Fresh off the truck:
- Flying Dog beers are all back in stock, including 10 cases of their "Raging Bitch" Belgian-style IPA 6 packs! This beer is a personal favorite. Check out my review on BeerAdvocate.com.
+ Tiger Beer 6 packs (Thailand)

And if you've been waiting to stock up for the Holiday Weekend on Steals and/or Deals, don't wait much longer! The Otter Creek Pale Ale 6pks ($3.99 +dep.) are almost all gone and the others are going quickly too!

Cheers and have a safe weekend (i.e. DD's, people!).
Cheers,
Jeff

The "Heads-Up" post

I've fallen off doing posts like this because "other stores" have been using this blog as a resource (totally cool) to snipe limited releases (not cool). However, I'm posting a "heads-up" on a few things:

- Vintage Release: To coincide with the Vermont Brewers Festival (7/16-7/17) we'll be releasing and re-releasing a bunch of goodies into the "Rare & Vintage Cabinet." First come, first serve - no reservations - gotta be here to see it - kind of thing.
- We'll be receiving a shipment of super-cheap closeout beer next Friday (7/9) if all goes well, effectively filling the "Steals & Deals Room" with more tasty cheap micros.
- More sour beers will be coming to Vermont. Can't say what yet - don't want to hurt our allocation, but check back soon for more details. In the meantime, check out the Ommegang/Liefman's "Zuur" which is in stock now and VERY limited.

Oh, and we're having a Rum Tasting tomorrow/today (Fri., 7/2 from 6-8pm) - FREE.
Cheers,
Jeff