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07/21 3:30-6:30 – Imported / Local Sour Beer Tasting & Release | B. United | Hermit Thrush | Groennfell | Havoc

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Thursday, July 21st, 3:30-6:30p

Remember our wildly successful and face puckering sour beer tasting a few months ago?  Well, our friends from B. United, Hermit Thrush, Groennfell, & Havoc are coming over for another round!

Don’t miss out on this special high-end imports & VT sour brew event!

Depending on when you arrive, you will be able to sample:

 

B. United Specialty Imports:

 

  • LoverBeer – NebieLin-a, Dama Brun-a
  • Alvinne – Cuvée Freddy, Omega, Alpha, Phi
  • Del Ducato – Beersel Mattina, Frambozchella, Oud Brunello
  • Hanssens – Kriek, Oude Kriek
  • BFM – ASBC
  • Wild Beer Co. – Modus Operandi, Bliss

 

Hermit Thrush (VT):

 

  • Gin Barrel Saison Release!
  • Jolly Abbot
  • Peterson Gold
  • Peterson Amber
  • Party Guy
  • Green St. SIPA

 

Groennfell:

  • Old Wayfarer
  • Nordic Farmhouse

 

Havoc:

  • Psychompomp
  • Bitter Bee

 

07/17 – Sunday 9AM Great Annual Mind Blowing VT Brewers Festival Release

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UPDATE – This event has already happened – we are on our regular Sunday hours of 11a-6p!  Thank you, old and new friends who came from near and far, it was a great success!  We look forward to next year!

All we can say is be here for copious amounts of transcendent brews.

Mega release, and we mean MEGA release of beer.

Thirsty souls will be doused with:

  • Alchemist | Heady Topper | Double IPA | Cases will be available
  • Lawson’s | Sip of Sunshine | Double IPA | Cases will be available – it will be a case right off the bat or a half case then jump back in rotation to fill up!
  • Choose 1 Kiwi IPA or 1 Fayston Maple while it lasts

Plenty of parking – The close-by Winooski Parking Garage is FREE & OPEN on Sunday!  It is barely a 2 minute walk from the Bevie which you know you need after a weekend of beer debauchery at the VT Brewers Festival.

VT-ness Floodgates Opened For:

  • 14th Star | Tribute | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Canned Northern VT Specialty Double IPA
  • 4 Quarters | Moscow Mule | Saison | Gin stave aged Saison w/ lime zest & ginger
  • Alchemist | Heady Topper | Double IPA | Revel in our biggest release of the year!
  • Burlington Beer Co. | Beekeeper | Double IPA w/ Honey | Extraordinarily limited Double IPA from VT brewed with honey
  • Burlington Beer Co. | Folk Metal | Oatmeal Stout | 4pk Cans – Robust Oatmeal Stout
  • Burlington Beer Co. | Future Glow | Saison | 4pk Cans – Easy drinking Saison
  • Burlington Beer Co. | It’s Complicated Being a Wizard | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – One of the most sought after beers from Burlington Beer Co.
  • Burlington Beer Co. | Light in the Window | Rye IPA | 4pk Cans – Fantastic Rye IPA
  • Foley Brothers | Pieces of Eight | Double IPA | Double IPA brewed with 8 hop varieties
  • Foley Brothers | Vintage One | BA Imperial Maple Brown Ale | Barrel Aged Maple Imperial Brown Ale
  • Frost Beer Works | Lush | Double IPA | Very small batch hazy Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Hermit Thrush | Green St. SIPA | Sour IPA | 4pk Cans – Canned VT Sour IPA
  • Hermit Thrush | Party Guy | Sour Beer | 4pk Cans – Canned VT Session Sour Beer
  • Idletyme | Idletyme IPA | Double IPA | Super Fresh & Specialty Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Idletyme | Pink n’ Pale | Pale Ale w/ Grapefruit | Super Fresh Grapefruit Pale Ale
  • Lawson’s | Fayston Maple Coffee Imperial Stout | Imperial Maple Stout | Brewed with loads of dark roasted malts, 2 gallons of VT – maple syrup per barrel, and finished with Carrier Roasting coffee.
  • Lawson’s | Kiwi | IPA | Special Kiwi IPA
  • Lawson’s | Sip of Sunshine | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Lawson’s famed juicy & hazy Double IPA
  • Lawson’s | Super Session #2 | Session IPA | Voted Best Session IPA in America (World / Galaxy!!!)
  • Lawson’s / Otter Creek | Double or Nothing | Barley Wine | Oak Aged Maple Barley Wine
  • Lost Nation | Gose | Gose | 4pk Cans – Refreshing Gose
  • Lost Nation | Mosaic IPA | IPA | 4pk Cans – Northern VT Specialty IPA – Hazy & Hoppy
  • Lost Nation | Vermont Pilsner | Pilsner | 4pk Cans – Easy drinking pilsner
  • Make The Cut | Verkaufen | Altbier | VT homebrew competition winner – slow fermented German Altbier
  • Rock Art | Limited Access | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Canned Northern VT Specialty Double IPA

Beer Cave Blowout:

  • Allagash | Farm to Face | Sour Peach Beer | Lactobaccillus Wild Ale Brewed w/ Peaches
  • Allagash | Nancy | Sour Cherry Beer | Wild Ale Brewed w/ Maine Cherries
  • Brooklyn | K Is For Kriek | BBA Wild Cherry Ale | Bourbon Barrel Aged Wild Cherry Beer
  • Cigar City | God of Fear | Stout | Cigar City Stout
  • Cigar City / Siren | Caribbean Chocolate Cake | Flavored Imperial Stout | Collaboration Imperial Stout w/ Coconut, Vanilla, & Dark Chocolate
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2014, 2015, & 2016
  • Dogfish Head | Raison d’Extra | Strong Ale | Vintage Huge Strong Ale
  • Founders | Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) | BBA Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout | 2015 & 2016
  • Goose Island | Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) | Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout | 2014
  • Grassroots / Mikkeller | Wheat is the New Hops | Sour IPA | Canned IPA with wheat and fermented with brettanomyces
  • Grimm | Rainbow Dome | Sour Beer w/ Apricots | Oak Aged American Wild Ale w/ Apricots
  • Hill Farmstead / Blaugies | La Vermontoise | Saison | Hill Farmstead & Blaugies Collaboration Saison
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Brandy & Bourbon Baltic Porter | BA Baltic Porter | Incredible Brandy & Bourbon Barrel Aged Baltic Porter
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Hors Série Oud Bruin | BA Sour Beer | Barrel Aged Flanders Oud Bruin
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Saison Brett | BA Sour Saison | Barrel Aged Saison w/ Brettanomyces
  • Maine Beer Co. | Thank You | Pale Ale | American Wheat Pale Ale
  • Mikkeller | Spontandryhop Citra | Sour Beer | American Wild Ale dry hopped w/ Cirta hops
  • North Coast | Old Rasputin XVII | BBA Russian Imperial Stout | Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout
  • Oxbow | Barrel Aged Farmhouse Pale | BA Saison | FR Oak Barrel Aged Saison
  • Stone | Imperial Russian Stout | Imperial Russian Stout | Imperial Russian Stout | 2014
  • Stone | Xocoveza Charred | BBA Mocha Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout

Choose only 1 bottle, (not 1 from each brewery! 🙂 ) super limited amounts of:
~ Cantillon (Classic Gueuze) / 3 Fonteinen / Tilquin ~

 

Pre-release Activities:

~  FREE Northern Bayou Cold Brewed Coffee (also available for purchase in side for the road!)
~  Masseuse! Free but… tipping just isn’t for cows in VT 🙂
~  First to Find It / Quiz Entertainment (details coming soon)
~  General Bevie Shenanigans

 

07/16 SAT Kraken Releases | Alchemist | Lawson’s | More KBS | More Sourness & Darkness

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Saturday VT Brewers Festival Beer Cave Release Schedule:

10a Alchemist –

Alchemist | Heady Topper | Double IPA | Where you are in line dictates how much you get 🙂

10a Lawson’s –

  • Lawson’s | Kiwi | IPA | Special Kiwi IPA – VERY LIMITED AMOUNT BEING RELEASED
  • Lawson’s | Sip of Sunshine | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Lawson’s famed juicy & hazy Double IPA – 2pks per person while they last.

10a Local VT Droppings –

  • 14th Star | Tribute | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Canned Northern VT Specialty Double IPA
  • 4 Quarters | Moscow Mule | Saison | Gin stave aged Saison w/ lime zest & ginger
  • Foley Brothers | Pieces of Eight | Double IPA | Double IPA brewed with 8 hop varieties
  • Frost Beer Works | Lush | Double IPA | Very small batch hazy Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Frost Beer Works | IPA | Small batch IPA
  • Idletyme | Barley Wine | BA Barley Wine | VT Rum Barrel Aged Barley Wine
  • Idletyme | Idletyme IPA | Double IPA | Super Fresh & Specialty Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Idletyme | Pink n’ Pale | Pale Ale w/ Grapefruit | Super Fresh Grapefruit Pale Ale
  • Lawson’s / Otter Creek | Double or Nothing | Barley Wine | Oak Aged Maple Barley Wine
  • Make The Cut | Verkaufen | Altbier | VT homebrew competition winner – slow fermented German Altbier

10a Stock Reloads –

  • Hill Farmstead / Blaugies | La Vermontoise | Saison | Hill Farmstead & Blaugies Collaboration Saison
  • Le Trou du Diable | Baron Noir | Baltic Porter | Seasonal Baltic Porter
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Brandy & Bourbon Baltic Porter | BA Baltic Porter | Incredible Brandy & Bourbon Barrel Aged Baltic Porter – Staff Favorite!
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Hors Série Oud Bruin | BA Sour Beer | Barrel Aged Flanders Oud Bruin
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Saison Brett | BA Sour Saison | Barrel Aged Saison w/ Brettanomyces
  • Dogfish Head | Raison d’Extra | Strong Ale | Vintage Huge Strong Ale
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2012
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2013
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2014
  • Grassroots / Mikkeller | Wheat is the New Hops | Sour IPA | Canned IPA with wheat and fermented with brettanomyces
  • To Øl | Gose To Hollywood | Gose w/ Orange | Canned Gose w/ Orange

4p Hopiness –

  • Alchemist | Heady Topper | Double IPA
  • Lawson’s | Sip of Sunshine | Double IPA

4p Tartness, Sourness, & Darkness –

  • Prairie | BA Bomb | BA Imperial Stout | Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
  • Founders | Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) | BBA Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
  • Brooklyn | Black Ops | BBA Russian Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout
  • Allagash | Century Ale | Sour Beer | Saison Brewed w/ Brettanomyces
  • Allagash | Evora | BA Sour Beer | Brandy Barrel Aged Brettanomyces Ale
  • Allagash | Golden Brett | BA Sour Beer | Oak Barrel Aged Golden Ale w/ Brettanomyces
  • Allagash | Interlude | Sour Beer | Saison Brewed w/ Brettanomyces
  • Allagash | James & Julie | Sour Beer | Flanders Oud Bruin
  • Allagash | St. Klippenstein | BA Belgian Dark Ale | Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Dark Ale
  • Allagash | Tiarna | Sour Beer | Blend of 2 Brettanomyces Beers
  • Oxbow | Oxtoberfest | BA Bière de Garde | Barrel Aged, Sour, Smokey, 3 Year Blend of Bière de Garde
  • Jester King / Au Baron | Noblesse Oblige | Bière de Garde | Cuvée des Jonquilles brewed with honey and hops.

Randomness –

Kraken will be randomly release Alchemist Heady Topper & Lawson’s Sip of Sunshine at his whim throughout Satuday.  Stay alert when visiting… you just might get lucky 🙂

07/15 FRI Kraken Releases | Lawson’s | KBS | BCBS | Other Darkness

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Happy VT Brewers Festival Day!

We have been delighted to see brewery and old friends rolling in to town this week to attend the great VT Brewers Festival and we continue to honor you all with special releases this weekend!

Stay tuned, more, and more, and more mind-blowing beer is coming your way!

 

Lawson’s Release – Truck Here – Going out for sale as soon as we get it in and pay for it!

Lawson’s Bottle Release – select 1 of:

  • Lawson’s | Fayston Maple Coffee Imperial Stout | Imperial Maple Stout | Brewed with loads of dark roasted malts, 2 gallons of VT – maple syrup per barrel, and finished with Carrier Roasting coffee. – Sold out due to the line – More Sat & Sun! 🙂
  • Lawson’s | Kiwi | IPA | Special IPA – Sold out due to the line – More Sat & Sun! 🙂

Lawson’s Can Limits:

  • Lawson’s | Sip of Sunshine | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Lawson’s famed juicy & hazy Double IPA – 2 4pks per person – Sold out – More Sat & Sun! 🙂
  • Lawson’s | Super Session #2 | Session IPA | Voted Best Session IPA in America (World / Galaxy!!!) – Sold out due to the line – More Sun! 🙂

 

Friday Beer Cave Release – 10a:

  • 14th Star | Tribute | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Canned Northern VT Specialty Double IPA
  • 14th Star / Make The Cut | Verkaufen | Altbier | VT homebrew competition winner – slow fermented German Altbier
  • 4 Quarters | Moscow Mule | Saison | Gin stave aged Saison w/ lime zest & ginger
  • Foley Brothers | Pieces of Eight | Double IPA | Double IPA brewed with 8 hop varieties
  • Founders | Imperial Stout | Imperial Stout | Imperial Stout
  • Frost Beer Works | Lush | Double IPA | Very small batch hazy Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Frost Beer Works | Some IPA | IPA | Small batch IPA
  • Hill Farmstead / Blaugies | La Vermontoise | Saison | Brasserie de Blaugies/Hill Farmstead La Vermontoise Saison
  • Idletyme | Idletyme IPA | Double IPA | Super Fresh & Specialty Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Idletyme | Pink n’ Pale | Pale Ale w/ Grapefruit | Super Fresh Grapefruit Pale Ale
  • Lawson’s / Otter Creek | Double or Nothing | Barley Wine | Oak Aged Maple Barley Wine
  • Oxbow | Crossfade | Saison | Hopped Saison Blend

4pm Release & KBS Keg Tapping:

  • Growlers! Founders | Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) | BBA Imperial Stout |  Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout | 2016 – VERY LIMITED – Only about a dozen 32oz growlers will be poured.
  • Founders | Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) | BBA Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout | 2016 | 1st 50 – 1 per person

4pm Darkness Release – Choose 1 bottle of:

  • Cigar City / Siren | Caribbean Chocolate Cake | Flavored Imperial Stout | Collaboration Imperial Stout w/ Coconut, Vanilla, & Dark Chocolate
  • Prairie | Bomb | Imperial Stout | Imperial Stout
  • De Molen | Cuvee #5 | BA Imperial Stout | Limited blend of Imperial Stouts & aged in Bruichladdich and Octomore Scotch barrels
  • Goose Island | Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS) | Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout – NOTE: Goose Island felt that some of the bottles may have developed off flavors but also said people will still enjoy these big, bold, boozy stouts.  People who have had these lots said: “YUM, I want more!” and asked us to still release them so we are putting them out!  Full info available at: gooseisland.com

 

VT Brewers Festival | Pre-Game Thursday Bonus Beer Cave Release!

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VT Brewers Festival is here which brings thirsty souls from across the region and globe to our blessed haven of beer.

We honor locals and craft beer pilgrims alike with an incredible weekend of beer releases we call in favors and scrimp and save for all year to blow your mind!

In addition to incredible releases this weekend with our famed mother of all releases on Sunday… this year, we’re allowing a special “pre-game” starting NOW.

In the next day, we will be releasing information on releases that no other store can pull off – we have been overwhelmingly blessed by our friends in the industry and we can’t wait to share certain beers with you.

In the next day, we will be releasing information on special vintage releases of KBS, BCBS, *ahem* Belgium sours, and our biggest Alchemist and Lawson’s release that will blow your mind.

It’s an incredible liquid world and we are expert navigators so stay tuned, and stay thirsty, for we will quench and satisfy beyond your wildest dreams.

Here is we just released:

Incredible VT-ness:

  • 14th Star | Tribute | Double IPA | 4pk Cans – Canned Northern VT Specialty Double IPA
  • Foley Brothers | Pieces of Eight | Double IPA | Juicy, Double IPA brewed with 8 hop varieties
  • Idletyme | Idletyme IPA | Double IPA | Super Fresh & Specialty Double IPA from Northern VT
  • Idletyme | Pink n’ Pale | Pale Ale w/ Grapefruit | Super Fresh Grapefruit Pale Ale
  • Idletyme | Rum Barrel Aged Barley Wine | BA Barley Wine | VT Rum Barrel Aged Barley Wine | 2015
  • Lawson’s / Otter Creek | Double or Nothing | Barley Wine | Oak Aged Maple Barley Wine | 2015

Northern Friends – We have more QC brews than anyone in VT – Dive North Into A Delicious World

  • Dieu du Ciel | Disco Soleil | Citrus IPA | IPA Brewed w/ Citrus & Kumquat
  • Dunham | Assemblage No. 1 | BA Saison | Saison blend w/ Brettanomyces & aged in Zinfandel barrels
  • Le Trou du Diable | Baron Noir | Baltic Porter | Seasonal Baltic Porter
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Hors Série Oud Bruin | BA Sour Beer | Barrel Aged Flanders Oud Bruin
  • Les Trois Mousquetaires | Saison Brett | BA Sour Saison | Barrel Aged Saison w/ Brettanomyces

Domestic Specialties & Vintage Release:

  • Cigar City | God of Fear | Stout | Cigar City Stout | 2015
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2012
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2013
  • Dogfish Head | Olde School | Barley Wine | Barley Wine | 2014
  • Dogfish Head | Raison d’Extra | Strong Ale | Strong Ale | 2014
  • Founders | Backwoods Bastard | Old Ale | Barrel Aged Strong / Old Ale | 2015
  • Green Flash | Silva Stout | BBA Imperial Stout | Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout | 2015
  • Sierra Nevada | Bigfoot | Barleywine | Barleywine | 2016
  • Sierra Nevada | Bigfoot | Barleywine | Barleywine | 2015
  • Stone | Imperial Russian Stout | Imperial Russian Stout | Imperial Russian Stout | 2015
  • Stone | Imperial Russian Stout | Imperial Russian Stout | Imperial Russian Stout | 2016
  • Westbrook / Evil Twin | Mini Growler | Imperial Stout | Westbrook & Evil Twin Collaboration | 2016

Imports You Need To Know:

  • Grassroots / Mikkeller | Wheat is the New Hops | Sour IPA | Canned IPA with wheat and fermented with brettanomyces
  • La Choulette | Framboise | Bière de Garde | Bière de Garde (Farmhouse Ale) with Raspberries
  • Mikkeller | Hallo Ich Bin Berliner Weisse Cherry | Berliner Weisse w/ Cherry | Canned Berliner Weisse w/ Cherry
  • Mikkeller | Hallo Ich Bin Berliner Weisse Peach | Berliner Weisse w/ Peach | Canned Berliner Weisse w/ Peach
  • Mikkeller | Spontandryhop Centennial | Sour Beer | American Wild Ale dry hopped w/ Centennial hops
  • Mikkeller | Spontandryhop Citra | Sour Beer | American Wild Ale dry hopped w/ Cirta hops
  • Mikkeller | Spontandryhop Simcoe | Sour Beer | American Wild Ale dry hopped w/ Simcoe hops
  • To Øl | Gose To Hollywood | Gose w/ Orange | Canned Gose w/ Orange
  • Tocalmatto | Salty Angel | Gose | 1st time getting this European Gose

Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat | Wachusett Blueberry | Abita Blueberry

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Looking for the illusive Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat but striking out?

We’ve got you covered!  Satisfy your thirst with two other refreshing berry brews!

Wachusett Blueberry Wheat | 12pk Cans | $17.59

From wachusettbrew.com:

  • Blueberry Wheat
    Our Blueberry Ale defines the style. The slight aroma of blueberry is balanced by a subtle flavor that gets fermented into this delicious wheat ale. It’s the perfect, refreshing beer for any season.
  • TASTING NOTES
    Lightly flavored blueberry wheat.
  • HOP VARIETIES:  Perle, Tettnang, Liberty
  • MALT VARIETIES:  American two row, Crystal
  • TYPE:  Wheat Ale
  • ABV:  4.5%
  • IBUs: 10

Abita Blueberry Wheat | 6pk Bottles | $9.89

From abita.com:

  • Blueberry Wheat
    This crisp wheat beer has the aroma and flavor of fresh Louisiana blueberries. It’s brewed with pilsner and wheat malts and hopped with German Perle hops, then the juice from local blueberries is added to complement the toasty malt flavor. All our Harvest Series brews are made with the finest Louisiana-grown ingredients.
  • ABV:  4.4%
  • IBU:  16
  • Color:  7