Oxford, Courage, and Founders

Ahoy folks,

Today was an early Christmas for your tireless beer guy.  Got TASTING BEER by Randy Moser and the recent OXFORD COMPANION TO BEER edited by Garrett Oliver.  Looking forward to diving into those as soon as I'm done with AMERICAN BEER by Maureen Ogle.

And in the store, got two long awaited packages.

1) Courage (aka Wells & Young) Imperial Russian Stout 2011.  Super, super limited.  The granddaddy of IRS.  Brewed originally in the 18th century and meant to survive the journey to Russia so that the Tsars could get all wastey-pants.  This has mammoth flavor despite being only (ha, only) 10% abv.  Sharp, roasty, fig-gy.  You know we're aging some, and hopefully they will be super dusty before they're cracked open.  We're talking a decade.

Some classy sh*t up in here.

2) FOUNDERS!  Yes friends, Founders is now available in the Green Mountain State!!  Our first shipment included four of the five core products - Dry-Hopped Pale Ale, Centennial IPA, Red's Rye PA, and Dirty Bastard.  Porter coming soon.  Specialty items coming soon.

And speaking of specialty, be on the lookout for a joint Farmhouse/Beverage Warehouse release on Sunday!

L'chaim!

Evan G.