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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 🙂
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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

 

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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
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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
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Annual Great Beer Cave Sale – The BIGGEST VT Beer Release of the Year!

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VT Brewers Festival is here and that means it’s time for our annual BEER CAVE SALE – our BIGGEST VT & specialty beer release of the year!

We’ll be releasing rare, specialty, and vintage beers FRI-SUN with the huge-mega-motherload on Sunday.

Schedule, beer names, and more information coming soon… here is a little teaser:

>  FRI, SAT, & SUN – Limited Beers
>  SUN – MEGA VT RELEASE

Fresh & Vintage VT Beers | Rare Brews
Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS)
Aged Stouts | Imported & Domestic Sours
Bourbon County Brand Stout (BCBS)
Vintages & Verticals | … & MUCH more!

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Growler Bar List | 07/08/16

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Old beer, Windows, and printers got you raging?

We have the solution: kick back with some fresh beer from our growler bar!

Beers served off our growler bar are the freshest around… the beer doesn’t touch air when being filled which means your beer isn’t getting oxidized or corrupted before you put it in your mouth.

Current flow at the Beverage Warehouse Growler Bar:

  • Idletyme Cherry Kolsch | 5.5% ABV | $13.99 64oz / $7.99 32oz – Refreshing Kolsch from our friends of at Idletyme Brewing in Stowe.  Not available in bottles.
  • Lost Nation Mosaic IPA | 5.5% ABV | 65 IBU’s | $5.99 32oz / $9.99 64oz – Hazy, juicy, delicious VT IPA of the non-double type which means you can comfortably have a couple!
  • Rock Art Grapefruit IPA | 7.4% ABV | $8.99 64oz / $4.99 32oz – Fresh grapefruit IPA from our friends at Rock Art!  Not available in bottles or cans – just kegs!
  • Light in the Window Burlington Beer Co | 5.9% ABV | 40 IBU’s $10.99 64oz / $6.99 32oz –  A crispy Rye IPA brewed with barley and rye. Densely hopped and bursting with grapefruit hop flavors to compliment the soft and spicy nature of rye. BBC balanced the soft malt profile with a fresh and aggressive hop flavor.
  • Maine Beer Mean Old Tom | 6.5% ABV | $17.99 64oz / $9.99 32oz – Stout aged on organic vanilla beans
  • Zero Gravity Cascara Brown | 4.6.% ABV |  $5.99 32oz / $10.99 64oz – Brown ale with cascara coffee cherries – the husks of the coffee cherry where the bean originates before being roasted.  Draft only!