Greetings, beerlings -
Preparing for the long, cold season ahead, I just made my annual mid-November stock-up trip to Southtown Beverage. Pablo (my new cube) did a nice job of fitting in quite a few cases of the good stuff but I’d have bought even more if I still had Sally the Summit wagon…
Our good friends at Southtown were, as always, eager to please, filling up boxes of assorted bombers and pointing out all those special “off code” deals. I felt a bit like the proverbial little old lady at the end, having not one, not two, but three handsome, attentive guys loading up my Pablo till he couldn’t hold much more than another 5 or 6 cases…
OK, so here were just a few of my purchases today:
Goose Island “Harvest” for a ridiculously low price. This perfectly balanced dry-hopped ale is, as dear Michael Jackson would say, “moreish” – not over-the-top, and you just want more, more, more.
Also from Goose Island a bomber of their Christmas Ale (Deron: I’ll bring this to your December BJCP session; no clue about the “style”).
On sale from Sierra Nevada: 2009 Harvest Ale (I bought S’Town out on this one, but I’m willing to share…) and Celebration Ale, always a favorite. Dog, I love hops!!
Stone “Leviathan” – can you believe $5 for a 6-pack?
A case of Clipper City’s “Red Sky at Night” saison style, one of my favorites (from Baltimore).
From Boulder Brewing, “Hazed & Infused” (12-oz. bottles) and “Mojo Risin’” (bombers, at a fantastic price).
Dogfish Head – S’Town has LOTS of great stuff from DFH. I took home a 4-pack of “Midas Touch” and a large bottle of the lovely unfiltered “Squall IPA.”
Don’t tell anybody … S’Town has some incredible deals ($5) on some Unibroue favorites: Ephemere, Seigneur, Fin du Monde, and Maudite (I bought their last few bottles of that one, it’s my fav from Unibroue).
Southtown also has some shockingly low prices on selections from Magic Hat and a bunch of others.
Well, I’m ready for winter.
Are you?
Tina
Tina, thanks for grabbing the Goose Island Christmas, and for the heads-up..I’ll add it to the tasting notes I’m preparing for the session. I’ll have to hit up Southtown, as I rarely go there. The Unibroue Seigneuriale is a favorite of mine, and unfortunately is being scaled back to the immediate Chambly region only.
I’m going to send out a big reminder e-mail about the BJCP Session on the 2nd the day before Thanksgiving with a tentative beer list.
Tina, just a minor correction – I think you mean Stone “Levitation,” not “Leviathan.” Far from being a monster, Levitation is a very drinkable hoppy amber ale at 4.4% abv. Southern Tier Hop Sun is still my favorite American session beer, but Stone Levitation is my second favorite.
Tina,
Any chance they had some North Coast there?…Like, maybe Old Stock Ale? I talked to one of the main guys there back in July (can’t remember his name) about bringing it in, and he said he would check on it. Sadly, I haven’t been back since then, even though I work, literally, 1 mile away.
I’m thinking this particular beer is an issue with the distributor (Sheehan), since the museum has not received any yet either, and it is released in March.