Sent a friend on a mission as long as he was headed to VT. Seems like the word is out. All sold out everywhere, even the brewery itself. Very disappointing.

One of (if not THE) best IPA's I've ever had. Last time I was there I bought 16 and it went way too fast.
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Tuesday and Friday are the days to be there. They're looking to increase production by years end.
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I might be able to do a Friday. Then on to Hill Farmstead for Saturday.

not to beat a dead horse but one of the local bars came back with 6 cases and man oh man is the this stuff incredible any hop head should make sure they try this at least once

not to beat a dead horse but one of the local bars came back with 6 cases and man oh man is the this stuff incredible any hop head should make sure they try this at least once
Spot burn, please!!!

PS.. Have you been to the Croxley's in Smithtown?

Spot burn, please!!!

PS.. Have you been to the Croxley's in Smithtown?

tap and barrel..... when i had it last week it was less than a week old :drool: was there wed. and they still had plenty havent made it to croxleys yet

I figured it was T&B.
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Hey, new here, but not new to HT... heading to Burlington next weekend... anyone in CT want me to pick a couple up for them? I have been struggling to figure out a way to make a name for myself on this site... this might be a good way...

This all rests, of course, on them actually having it available when I get up there

I'm in. Thank You Scratch!

I found some at my local craft beer store 2 weeks ago... stuff is amazing... I will bring some to Cutty next June... it comes in cans... perfect for Cutty

The stuff is to die for... love the tallboys too... 12 oz is not enough Heady Topper per serving :)
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Would someone mail me some? I'll mail you back some of my beer :)
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Would someone mail me some? I'll mail you back some of my beer :)
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I actually used to do this when I was active on Beer Advocate's forums... Where do you live?

Hi Scratch

I am in the Hartford area and will take some. As much as is reasonable seeing as a bunch of folks are looking for some. I can help distribute to others not local too if you need assistance.

Was at the dog park last night and talked to a couple that toured a bunch of places while their son was at hockey camp at Norwich and they picked up a case at the brewery. Did not seem willing to share though.

I will be "on island" next week, so I will not be able to pick up for a bit.

Let me know what is going on when you can.

Bob Huddy

I actually used to do this when I was active on Beer Advocate's forums... Where do you live?

Hey scratch,

I'm in Wakefield Ri. Shall I pm you my mailing address?
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I am leaving Saturday morning for Burlington. I am going to assess the situation (available quantity and cost) when I get there and I will post here. I don't know what it comes in (4/6/12 packs) as I have only had people get me a few cans at a time in the past.

Nebe, I fish the RI shore pretty regularly, I'm sure we can arrange something that doesn't require postage.

Does anyone have some answers to the logistical stuff I posted here? How much is it, how many come to a "pack", how is the availability in the fall?

I should be able to get a bunch, but I want to keep expectations in check until I know there is a bunch to be "got"

Maybe I'll shoot a note to the brewery.

I am hearing it is priced about $3.50 per can, but you can get cases. The most important logistic may be that they can on Monday and Thursday, and so you may want to be there first thing on Tuesday or Friday. There are also some stores about VT that will have some, a list of which are at the Alchemist web site.

I sent them a note. Hoping the Friday thing doesn't hold water... cuz I wont be there till Saturday afternoon

Hey scratch, sign me up for 1 or 2 4 packs... Meeting up is fine with me... I'll reimburse you plus give you one of my beers.. I will be bottling a saison in 2 weeks
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I'm going to see if I can work an angle.

-spence

I am leaving Saturday morning for Burlington. I am going to assess the situation (available quantity and cost) when I get there and I will post here. I don't know what it comes in (4/6/12 packs) as I have only had people get me a few cans at a time in the past.

Nebe, I fish the RI shore pretty regularly, I'm sure we can arrange something that doesn't require postage.

Does anyone have some answers to the logistical stuff I posted here? How much is it, how many come to a "pack", how is the availability in the fall?

I should be able to get a bunch, but I want to keep expectations in check until I know there is a bunch to be "got"

Maybe I'll shoot a note to the brewery.

According to their site, the 4 pack/16 oz. cans are $12. According to their FB updates, Sat. afternoons are bad :doh:.

According to their site, the 4 pack/16 oz. cans are $12. According to their FB updates, Sat. afternoons are bad :doh:.

Let's hope Spence's angle is acute one....

...I'll be here all week
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I'll be there around 1 tomorrow, I just reserved a single case.... hoping they have another when I get there... I assume their cases are 24 cans

Nice!! Didn't know one can make a reservation.
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Good thing I reserved a case... they and all other local stores were out by noon yesterday...

I have 3 people asking for some in this thread. Each of you will get one 4 pack... wish I had more to hand out... thought I'd be able to get more.

Sea dangles, nebe, and rphud, we will be talking...

I'm gonna try a few other places today to see if I can find more
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:jump1::jump1::jump1::jump1::jump1:

Geez... nowhere else had it... this is like a phenomenon... glad I could secure a case... wish I had gotten 2
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Hope you guys enjoy. I have my sister looking for some this week while she's visiting Maine.
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That secures you a tog trip where we will enjoy the suds. Thanks Scratch.

AWE......SOME!!!!!!!

To celebrate today, I'm brewing a 100% centennial hops based IPA.
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To celebrate today, I'm brewing a 100% centennial hops based IPA.
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Thumbs wayyyy up!
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I decided that rather than reaching out to you guys, I'm gonna ask you to PM me (I've been really busy lately and its not getting better soon)

I'll be at the CSA meeting tomorrow night.
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It is delicious, but maybe too smooth???
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Little road trip today :tooth:.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd365/flyvice11787/C16BC6F9-56FB-4E60-9B30-46FB3EA59F7B-343-0000000E06B262ED.jpg
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Thats a big road trip... Good luck

Thats a big road trip... Good luck

No luck needed. Already home. I've never ever drove through Conneticut without hitting traffic. Made it from the Alchemist home in 5 hours. And that's with rush hour around NYC. Somehow there was no traffic :huh:.
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Wow. That's a beer run. Dedication!
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All my avenues to get some didn't pan out. Being I'm on vacation, why not :D?
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Well played, I had one Saturday morning to celebrate the night/morning of epic failure I had endured... it calmed me and tasted divine
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You're killing me. I wish I knew you were stopping by the Edge.

I had a heady topper last night after meeting up with Scratch.... Honestly, I dont think that this beer is as good as everyone hypes it up to be. I think the biggest thing this beer has going for it is the fact that its brewed in a 7 barrel set up and they dont make that much of it, so if you can get it, you have made a major score. I found that it is over hopped to the point that it is in a class all by its own.. perhaps it should really be called a triple IPA??
I had a firestone Walker 'Union Jack IPA' tonight with dinner.. I think that beer blows the Heady Topper out of the water...

That being said, I am psyched i got to try the Heady. Scratch that one off the list.....:uhuh:

The Union Jack IPA is world class and not that hard to get.

My favorite true double IPA is Ghandi Bot. It's sick...

My concern with small volume batches is it's harder to maintain quality. It's great one time then 6 months later not so good.

-spence

Gandhi Bot??? Hmmm I will have to seek that one out
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Nebe,did you drink it from the can as instructed?
I don't get that.
You should brew a saison,they are great when done right.
ommegang

I bottled up 5 gallons of saison last weekend :)

Yes, I did drink it from the can. They want you to do that for 2 reasons.. Firstly, they do t want you to see any hops residue floating around..( I have no issue with that). But secondly the beauty of the can is that as the beer is opened and the co2 is released from suspension of the beer, it keeps the oxygen out. Oxygen will effect the flavor of your beer if you take a while to drink it.
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Another great IPA from Cali, go figure.

Another great IPA from Cali, go figure.
have you tried it?? :love:

Does anyone have some answers to the logistical stuff I posted here? How much is it, how many come to a "pack", how is the availability in the fall?
It's 12.99 for a 4 pack of 1 pint cans or 72 bucks for a case of 24...not including tax.

I think availability is really hit or miss. They were out early this week, started canning Thursday and were out by 3pm Friday. I'd like them on FB as they seem to update their beer production there.

Fortunately a business meeting this week had me at a hotel about a mile down the road. Nobody seemed to mind as I slipped out for a quick conference call :hihi:

I picked up some extra if anyone local to East Bay, RI is interested. It's not the holy grail but is certainly damn good beer.

-spence

It's 12.99 for a 4 pack of 1 pint cans or 72 bucks for a case of 24...not including tax.

I think availability is really hit or miss. They were out early this week, started canning Thursday and were out by 3pm Friday. I'd like them on FB as they seem to update their beer production there.

Fortunately a business meeting this week had me at a hotel about a mile down the road. Nobody seemed to mind as I slipped out for a quick conference call :hihi:

I picked up some extra if anyone local to East Bay, RI is interested. It's not the holy grail but is certainly damn good beer.

-spence

Got my order in already!

It's 12.99 for a 4 pack of 1 pint cans or 72 bucks for a case of 24...not including tax.

I think availability is really hit or miss. They were out early this week, started canning Thursday and were out by 3pm Friday. I'd like them on FB as they seem to update their beer production there.

Fortunately a business meeting this week had me at a hotel about a mile down the road. Nobody seemed to mind as I slipped out for a quick conference call :hihi:

I picked up some extra if anyone local to East Bay, RI is interested. It's not the holy grail but is certainly damn good beer.

-spence

Tell me when?:

Tell me when?:
Swing by...I'll reserve you a 4 pack.

-spence

I had a heady topper last night after meeting up with Scratch.... Honestly, I dont think that this beer is as good as everyone hypes it up to be. I think the biggest thing this beer has going for it is the fact that its brewed in a 7 barrel set up and they dont make that much of it, so if you can get it, you have made a major score. I found that it is over hopped to the point that it is in a class all by its own.. perhaps it should really be called a triple IPA??
After dinking several in a row tonight...*hic*...I think the cool thing about this beer is that Benthic habitats have features that make them acoustically distinct. A benthic habitat will respond to sound waves differently depending on surface hardness and complexity, and these responses, or backscatter intensities, can be used to identify habitat boundaries.

Sorry....

This beer is a really big session beer. It's not supposed to be that killer Imperial IPA that's so over the top. It's a beer you can drink a number of. In that respect it is a bit unique...

-spence

After dinking several in a row tonight...*hic*...I think the cool thing about this beer is that Benthic habitats have features that make them acoustically distinct. A benthic habitat will respond to sound waves differently depending on surface hardness and complexity, and these responses, or backscatter intensities, can be used to identify habitat boundaries.

Sorry....

This beer is a really big session beer. It's not supposed to be that killer Imperial IPA that's so over the top. It's a beer you can drink a number of. In that respect it is a bit unique...

-spence

In the octupuss's garden we go

In the octupuss's garden we go
I'd like to be under the sea.

-spence

Found some Union Jack close by to work this week. Pretty good straight ahead IPA. Still pursuing the Double Jack though.

Thanks again Spence I really liked the Topper. You are right when you say they are a drinkable beer. Although I stopped at 1 yesterday,I don't anticipate that being the case this afternoon. Thanks for thinking of me,
Dangles

No problem, it was good to meet you again. The hug was a nice touch but not really necessary :gu:

-spence

LOL!!
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Had some! Thanks Ian! Although not as "recommended" (within 3 weeks or so and from the can) I thought it was quite good.

Just a heads up. According to The Alchemist's FB page, production of Heady Topper will be doubled as of some time next week. Happy hunting, kids ;).
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Drinking one as we speak.
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Just grabbed some in Monday for the first time
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got some here chillin

Had some canned three days. So good. Don't see much of it here on the Vineyard but a buddy brought some back a few weeks ago. : )
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Might crack my last one tonight... 17" sitting in the road right now... stopped snowing at 8 am...
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Having one as I watch the Islander game. 28-30" here. Waiting for the town to get around to plowing my development.

Burlington, VT newpaper article on the Alchemist and 2 other VT breweries

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130301/LIVING06/303010007/3-Vermont-brewers-taking-beer-world-by-storm-The-Alchemist-Hill-Farmstead-Brewery-Lawson-s-Finest-Liquids-Heady-Topper

Lawson's is really incredible. I've only had it in draft up there though.
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Just got some freshies today!!!
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Went to the cannery yesterday and finally got to taste. Honestly I have drifted away from the IPAs and maybe that is why I feel the way I do but I could not see what all this craziness was all about. Was it good? Yes. Do I think its so good I would do anything to get my hands on it? no...

Hey I know to each there own and everyone has different tastes but it didnt blow me away or anything. Again I thought it was good, I just personally didn't think it was so out of this world it was worth all the hype I have been hearing about.

I was only able to try on tap BTW. Cans were sold out and they would not be canning again for a few days they said.

I finally got to try this yesterday for myself as well....I gotta say I thought it was awesome....might knock the Stone Ruination out of the Top Spot as my Favorite IPA....gonna have to have a couple more just to make sure :hee: