it's (almost) the end, my friend

'mello folks,

Thought I'd drop a few updates on some forthcomings in the upcoming year of our lord, 2012.

I've had the pleasure of sipping through the Sixpoint that we offer in our humble store and they are as tasty in VT as they were in my former home of Brooklyn, a.k.a. home of Sixpoint!  That's right - Sixpoint was born in Red Hook, a fantastic neighborhood of Brooklyn that was formerly the busiest freight port in the world up to the 1960s.  (And "crack capital" of the USA in 1990 according to Time!)  Nowadays, Red Hook - nothing to do with Red Hook beer - is home to a small but fiercely loyal community of great small restaurants, bars, one of the best small live music venues...and Sixpoint!  What's available to us in the Green Mountain State is Sweet Action, their flagship, Bengali Tiger, and Righteous Ale.  While these beers are ubiquitous in Brooklyn and fairly popular in Manhattan, they mean squat to most Vermonters, so here's a little decoder -

Sweet Action - think of this as a Magic Hat #9 but on steroids.  Billed as a cream ale but truly straddles many labels.  Smooth, hoppy, with a great subtle aftertaste of like tangerine.

Where Brooklyn at?

Righteous Ale - I've been drinking this bad boy since it was originally called Righteous Rye.  Pours a ruddy brown with some strong caramel flavors and a bitterness through and through, with piney hoppy goodness.



Bengali Tiger - their IPA, my favorite.  Bitter.  Piney.  Slightly sweet.  Resin-y.  Drinks like a million bucks.

These are available in cans in both four-packs and singles and I highly recommend giving them a shot.  Between Sixpoint, Wachusett, and Green Flash, we've had a huge influx of super drinkable IPA's which has been lovely.  (Imperial IPA's are great, but sometimes you want something you can have more than one of, kna'wha'ah'mean?)

And speaking of cans, some updates...

I've loaded up our rare and aged beer safe, so if anyone is looking for some amazing stuff like...Stone IRS '08, Old Guardian '08, '09; gouden carolus cuvee van de keizer 2008; Rogue Double Dead Guy '08 and '09; and MANY more, please come find me.

Our Grassroots shelves (the distributor, NOT the brewery) has been replenished with some of the best beers in the world.  We're getting more Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin Brut tomorrow along with Grassroots (the brewery!), not to mention our current stock of some amazing brewers from around the world like Hitachino, Baird, Amager, Jenlain, Stillwater, KO, Panil, and To Ol to name a few.

Drink their beer and be a To Ol.

Look at those cool a$$ dudes.

Stone/Alchemist - early January, people.  It's coming and we'll get some.

I will drink you.

Alchemist - some of you may have noticed that we've sold out of the Alchemist way faster than usual.  What can we say?  They're brewing as much as possible.  We're getting as much as possible.  The demand is beyond rabid at this point, especially with it being the holiday season.  So we're getting more tomorrow and we expect it to sell out tomorrow.  John, Jen, and everyone at the Alchemist deserves all the success they're having and they're working their tails off to brew an amazing beer.  And from someone who is a recent transplant to this area, I just feel lucky that it's available so close to home:)

Founders - we've been psyched to finally get most of their core products.  Their absolutely excellent Porter will come in 2012.  We've pre-ordered their Imperial Stout which, while not Breakfast Stout, is most excellent.  And the first of the Backstage Series will drop, Curmudgeon's Better Half, the barrel-aged version of Old Curmudgeon, their old ale (which hopefully will come as well).

 





Dogfish - some of you may already know that Burton Baton is slated to be a year-round offering.  F'ing awesome.  Ta Henket, an ancient ale a la Midas Touch, should be dropping soon.

Brooklyn Black Ops - well, we got our very limited allocation this year and the pre-orders well exceeded the demand.  Folks, if we could get more, you know we would.  For those who couldn't get one, please feel free to email me at thebevy802@gmail.com and hopefully we can get you something else rare and exciting.  I will start a pre-order list for next year.  Yes, that may sound excessive, but seriously, we had one for Cantillon that dated way back, and there were some very happy people that got bottles.

Clown Shoes - Supa Hero is DELICIOUS!  Talk about a BITTER IPA.  Those crazy folks from MA use seven different types of hops to create a very bitter but drinkable IPA.  I've been really impressed with these gents so far and look forward to Vampire Slayer in 2012.  In the meantime, get your Unidragon and Hoppy Feet 1.5 while you can!

Sierra - I'm almost out but I found a case of Northern Hemisphere Harvest.  Now if I can only stumble on a case of Estate...

That's all for tonight.  I'm sure I'll see many of you in the madness that is this week leading up the Christmas.  For now,

HAPPY CHANUKAH!!!!!

Chag Sameach,
Evan G.