New Sours, Smoke and others!

Hello Sour- and Smoke-heads, listen up! Two very limited brews for you:

*A super-small amount of the 2003 De Cam Oude Lambiek was recently released and we scored all 5 cases that came to VT, thanks to our friends at g.housen, Tigris Beverage and B. United! That's only 30 bottles and they're going fast!

*We also scored the only case of Schlenkerla Eiche Oak Smoke Dopplebock to come to Vermont! All the other Schlenkerla brews are smoked using Beech wood, but this special beauty is smoked over oak. This is a very limited release and is usually only available on draft.

Also added:
+ Hanssens Oude Kriek 750mL and 375mL
+ Hanssens Oude Gueuze 375mL
+ Thornbridge Jaipur IPA
+ Thornbridge Kilpling South Pacific Pale Ale (Nelson Sauvin hops!)
+ JW Lees Manchester Star Ale
+ Birra del Borgo Re Ale Extra (IPA) 375mL

Cheers,
Jeff

Vintage Releases!

Just wanted to put out a post about what we released from our Beer Cave into the Rare & Vintage Cabinet:
- Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary "Fritz & Ken's" Stout
- Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary "Charlie, Fred & Ken's" Helles Bock
- Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary "Jack & Ken's" Black Barleywine Ale
- Rogue Double Dead Guy 2008
- Rogue Old Crustacean Barleywine 2008
- Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2007, 2oo8 & 2009
- Stone Old Guardian Barleywine 2008 & 2009
- Southern Tier Krampus Imperial Helles Bock 2009

Lots of great goodies for the Holidays!
Cheers,
Jeff

New Adds!!!

Brand new babies:
+ Dogfish Head My Antonia 750mL
- more Dogfish Head Theobroma 750mL's
- more Dogfish Head Bitches Brew 750mL's (SOLD OUT!)
- more Dogfish Head Burton Baton 4pk
+ Rodenbach 750mL
+ Rodenbach Grand Cru 750mL (and glassware!)
+ Boon Kriek 750mL
+ Boon Framboise 750mL
+ Boon Gueuze 750mL
+ Palm 6pk (and glassware!)
- Southern Tier Krampus 22oz
+ Rogue McRogue Scotch Ale 7oz
+ Southern Tier Oak-Aged "Cuvee 3"

Sam Adams/Weihenstephaner Infinium SOLD OUT before it even arrived at our store. We had WAY more people on the wait list than bottles to fill the orders with. Sorry...hopefully next year they will brew more!

Cheers,
Jeff

Vintage Release This Friday, Adds, and other things

'Tis the season for gift giving and buying something special (sometimes for yourself, of course!), so it's time to open up the doors on our Beer Cave and release some goodies into the Rare & Vintage Cabinet! Starting Friday morning you'll see vintage goodies from Stone (Imperial Russian Stout and Old Guardian *see below*), Brooklyn Monster, the last of our Rogue Old Crustacean 2008 and bottles from the Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Series! As with all our vintage releases, these are first come, first served.

And for a couple new adds:
+ Olde Burnside (Ten Penny) Father Christmas 1 liter swingtops (in the cooler on the top shelf, same door as the growlers)
+ Stella Artois 750mL cork & caged bottles
+ Heineken 5 Liter Mini-keg gift set with 2 glasses
+ Lake Placid Winter 6 pk
- Southern Tier Krampus 22oz
- Sam Adams Perfect Pint glasses are now back in-stock

And a couple updates:
- Dogfish Head Bitches Brew is scheduled to arrive in our store this Friday
- Still no exact ETA on Sam Adams/Weihenstephaner Infinium, sorry!
- Brooklyn Monster arrives soon!
- more sour beers Friday

** Stone Old Guardian and Imperial Russian Stout Update - As some of you might have already read/heard, Stone will not be brewing these beauties in 2011 as we now know them. They have started a program called "Odd Beers for Odd Years" and will brew Belgo-versions of these classic monsters in 2011. As these are my 2 favorite Stone beers, and I suspect some of you will agree, we have purchased all the remaining inventory from our supplier! If you'd like to read more about this, check out the BeerAdvocate.com thread here. **

And if you're looking to give the gift of beer this year, why not make it even more awesome with a nice specialty glass? Check out our overflowing selection of pint glasses and specialty glassware up front by the registers! We also have gift sets that come with a glass on the gift rack between the registers.

Hoppy Holidays! (...I know, a beer pun, right?)
Cheers,
Jeff

Limited Release updates

Just wanted to give you folks some updates on a few limited releases:

- Anchor Christmas 6 packs and 1.5L magnums are due to arrive tomorrow, Friday, 12/9

- Dogfish Head "Bitches Brew," as seen on the Discovery Channel show "Brewmasters," should be arriving any day now.

- The Sam Adams / Weihenstephaner collaboration "Infinium" is on order and should be arriving next week. This is a very limited release and we have started a wait-list. Not sure about pricing yet.

And a couple keg notes:
- Hill Farmstead Edward Pale Ale 5 gallon logs now back in-stock
- Wolaver's Ben Gleason's White Ale 5 gallon logs $39 + dep on close-out!!!
- Limited amounts of Sierra Nevada Celebration 15 gal. kegs and 5 gal. logs available in-stock

And finally, more goodies coming to the Steals & Deals Room soon!

Cheers,
Jeff

Free Pint Glass Friday this week with Harpoon!

Come in this Friday night for Free Pint Glass Friday with Harpoon! We'll be sampling their brand new 100 Barrel Series Oak Aged Dunkel, the brand new Leviathan Barley Wine, as well as their IPA, Munich Dark, Chocolate Stout and Winter Warmer. 5pm-8pm (12/10/10)

And just in case you can't wait to try them this Friday for FREE, we've already added the following to the Beer Room:
+ Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Oak Aged Dunkel
+ Harpoon Leviathan Barleywine Ale

See you Friday!
Cheers,
Jeff

New Adds and VT events

Ok, a few came in under the radar this week, so here's the update:
+ Trout River Boneyard Barleywine 6 pks
+ Rock Art Black Moon Black IPA 22oz

And returning from MIA status:
- Well's Banana Bread Beer 500mL and 4 pks
- Well's Bombardier 500mL
-Southern Tier Choklat 22oz

And of course, the A-B steins are in stock now. Lots of Holiday action going on in the beer sector, don't miss out on your favorite winter warmers!

And if you're free Saturday, make your way down to The Alchemist for the first-ever bottled release of Heady Topper DIPA at 11am and/or to The Warren Store for a Lawson's Finest Liquids tasting from 2-4p.

Happy drinking!
Cheers,
Jeff