What are my chances of finding a few bottles of Pumking in the Raleigh area next week?

Also, are there any absolute must drink beers found in Belgium aside from the regular fleet of belgians?

10/1/2012 11:14:33 AM

not sure about the triangle, but Pumking is a ghost in Charlotte now. I imagine it's popularity has made it hard to find in Raleigh too.



I would go to Cantillon and try some of the rare gueuze and lambics that are near impossible to find in america.

10/1/2012 11:17:29 AM

You've won the lottery if you find it at this point.

10/1/2012 11:52:12 AM

ill be passing through new orleans next weekend

anyone got bottle shop suggestions?

10/1/2012 11:52:49 AM

ask this guy

10/1/2012 11:53:41 AM

will do.

i keep seeing people posting pretty great gueuzes found in shops around new orleans. i want to know where they just sit on shelves.

ie, the guy who muled me 3f oude gueuze had bought four cases of that and the kreik.

the only gueuze im aware of i can get in my distro is cuvee rene. not that that's a bad thing. not even tilquin.

[Edited on October 1, 2012 at 12:03 PM. Reason : e]

10/1/2012 12:02:15 PM

yeah, i have no idea where these people go.

like that guy in the faces group that just so happen to walk into a store and find 08 Lou Pepe Kriek and Gueuze, Vigneronne, and one other. come on, seriously?

10/1/2012 1:17:31 PM

maybe green jay can pack us up a huge box of loons

10/1/2012 1:29:13 PM

If anyone wants any Belgian Geuzes (or belgian beers in general), I will be flying to raleigh on friday and will likely have a half empty suitcase.

And thanks for the Cantillon rec, its only 15 mins away from my house.

10/1/2012 1:34:26 PM

so you're saying, you'll pick things up at cantillon, and transport them while flying into raleigh this weekend?


[Edited on October 1, 2012 at 2:04 PM. Reason : e]

10/1/2012 1:58:59 PM

Fou' Foune just came out and was at the brewery last week (as well as Mamouche & Vigeronne), you should get a half-suitcase of that. Unfortunately I'm not in Raleigh or I'd be all over that.

10/1/2012 3:46:51 PM

Loving my Great Divide shirt...can't wait to get back to Denver and check out other breweries

10/1/2012 7:23:19 PM

Jeepin4x4 - Brawley's posted a picture that he got the Smokestack Series in. Or at least one of them. I don't even know what they are, but I know people have been posting about them.

10/2/2012 3:54:07 PM

weird, i don't see anything on his facebook page. that's pretty cool though. i haven't actually seen any Boulevard bottles in Charlotte yet.

10/2/2012 3:58:59 PM

^^^I still regret not getting either a shirt or a glass.

10/2/2012 4:01:30 PM

Was on his personal page, not for the store:

10/2/2012 4:06:42 PM

ah, i'm not friends with his personal page. does he use that to promote rare releases and let his regulars know what's in?

10/2/2012 4:10:22 PM

that's the standard logo for all the smokestack series.

the standard line for smokestack is the sixth glass quad, double wide ipa, tank 7 farmhouse, and long strange triple i think.

my ranks would be a tie between fresher tank 7 and sixth glass, then the triple, then double wide last. gotta watch the dates on the double wide.

their limited run smokestacks are the shit, usually.

10/2/2012 4:18:17 PM

from what i've heard the Double Wide that Blvd. has brought to NC for release party tappings has been pretty terrible. My guess is old kegs they are trying to get rid of

10/2/2012 4:22:56 PM

i hate to say it, but i often see double wide bottles that are up to a year out of "best before" date.

around here, even saison brett and others that age well sit forever... bourbon barrel quad sat forever.

in fact, i know one store right now if i wanted to i could go buy a '10/'11/'12 saison brett vert.

saison brett with a year on it is whoa good.

love rye on rye and bbq too. the collabs are hit or miss. many didn't but i loved love child #2. still got like half a case, although trading out half of them this week.

their regular line kind of blows, tbh. are you sure it was a double wide keg, and not a single wide?

[Edited on October 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM. Reason : got a two jokers i need to drink next time i mow the lawn... $6 or so? not bad]

10/2/2012 4:32:15 PM

The Boulevard bottles that showed up in Raleigh yesterday were pretty fresh...all of them had best before dates in 2013 or 2014 for the belgian style ones.

[Edited on October 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM. Reason : . ]

10/2/2012 4:40:01 PM

^^ditto, limited smokestack > smokestack > regular lineup, but so it should be.

i typically don't by anything except the limited smokestack, i do LOVE Tank 7, phenomenal. double-wide, eh, there are so many other double IPA's I'd rather have that are regular and cheaper.

10/2/2012 4:57:57 PM

Quote :

"in fact, i know one store right now if i wanted to i could go buy a '10/'11/'12 saison brett vert. "

jeez, i would buy that up in a minute. would be decent trade bait too.

10/2/2012 6:45:18 PM

i had the reunion ale collaboration on tap the other day--terripen/schmultz. it was good, 6/10
bought two bottles of bitches brew from tasty bev last week, im excited
i also was really fucked up at this bar on hilton head last week and stole a beer from the display case--product of switzerland, brewed by bfm, its called cuvee alex le rouge-a jurassian imperial stout brewed with black pepper, vanilla and tea--marked batch 2009. we shall see

10/2/2012 7:10:22 PM

Can anyone do a beer trade with me?

I live out in texas now, and there is a very good Oktoberfest beer out of Adelbert's that I would love to trade for some CBC brew. Any takers?

10/2/2012 7:21:27 PM

If the trade in front of me falls through I may be in line to trade

2 BASC for


6 x Goose Island BCBS 12oz
1 x Goose Island Bramble
1 x Pipeworks Shewolf (don't know anything about this beer)

thoughts?

10/3/2012 8:45:03 AM

i thought shewolf was a half acre / three floyds collab ipa

released like two months ago

[Edited on October 3, 2012 at 8:53 AM. Reason : e]

10/3/2012 8:52:27 AM

nevermind he corrected. it was the HA/FFF Collaboration.

but the bad news is the first trade went through

10/3/2012 8:57:01 AM

what was the price for the basc?

in regards to your post in the fb group

the heightened availability of the bcbs this year is kinda skewing it's "value", i wouldn't go much over $4$ for it, and honestly, you could get it for less than basc... despite how people are asking for a kings ransom for it... bramble on the other hand, i dont think has been released in the last couple of years or so, but there's another batch slated for february. i heard that the age on the last batch has really developed the beer to something pretty nice. people seem to be seeking it out again now.

from the hoarders posts it seems as if the bcbs is going for $19-27/4pack, depending on store and state purchased from.

shewolf was allegedly mind blowing when fresh. no idea about recently. esp. if the dude is calling it pipeworks.

i dont have access to either right now so take that for what it's worth. however, with the fact that basc is a release day event, blah blah blah i think i'd probably do the trade if i had a few extra bascs lying around. esp. if in person.

going to a bottle share tonight. looking forward to it.

10/3/2012 9:10:08 AM

see edit above.

BASC was $20 per bottle. I was just wanting to take advantage of another IP trade. Oh well, no sweat off my back that it fell through. maybe someone else from Chicago will come through town.

10/3/2012 9:10:45 AM

well then

what was the first trade?

10/3/2012 9:11:35 AM

it was the same trade, just with another user. he posted an ISO last night and got 3-4 messages about it. i was #2

10/3/2012 9:12:54 AM

post your own iso then

10/3/2012 9:14:25 AM

I'll have access to BCBS last week in November. Most likely will get Bramble again in February as well (sorry I drank mine already).

I sent you a list for trading too, nothing on there interest you? I guess you're looking for an IP trade first.

Just got Avery Rumpkin (BA Pumpkin) and new batch of Bitches Brew today.

Also what Facebook group? I'm in the Beer Trade ISO:FT group only.

[Edited on October 3, 2012 at 12:30 PM. Reason : ,]

10/3/2012 12:26:35 PM

yeah, just not quite ready to get into trading quite yet so i've taken advantage of a couple IP trades just to make it easy.

10/3/2012 3:51:54 PM

Just took my smuggled shipment of



and



[Edited on October 3, 2012 at 6:56 PM. Reason : ...]

10/3/2012 6:56:20 PM

Where did you get the Schlafly, if you don't mind me asking....

10/3/2012 8:55:01 PM

My moms brought it back from the Whole Foods in NoVa.

10/3/2012 10:38:24 PM

Very jealous.

10/4/2012 8:06:11 AM

^^this guy

10/4/2012 8:48:14 AM

Currently polling my NoVa facebook friends to see if anyone is coming to Charlotte soon

10/4/2012 9:13:31 AM

typical wendesday afternoon small bottle share at karbach brewery...

they were bottling their pumpkin beer, and pulling bottles for samples right off the bottling line.... that was cool.

my personal highlights were (not pictured) growlers of black note and bcbs, and the 2002 cantillon lou pepe framboise....

i was talking to a guy about brewing sours for a while, met him there, then he's like "well let's open this up" and pulled the framboise out of his cooler, gave me about a 4oz pour, then the colony of glasses showed up to get a taste. that was just outstanding.

[Edited on October 4, 2012 at 9:52 AM. Reason : by invite]

10/4/2012 9:51:16 AM

did anyone do anything asinine or bring any shelf beer?

10/4/2012 10:05:27 AM

surprisingly, not that i saw. not saying that they couldn't have been whisked away..

keep in mind while looking at that picture this was supposed to be a "not sold in texas, or hasn't been available in the last year" themed share. the distrobution in texas blows horse cock.

so i guess the only ones that would be considered "shelf" beers that i saw were the not yet released beers from the brewery that hosted it, and from a (512) rep that showed up with half a case of last year's whiskey barrel aged double pecan porter. or maybe some of the avery barrel series, but i don't recall seeing any other than uncle jacobs around here.

[Edited on October 4, 2012 at 10:12 AM. Reason : e]

oh yeah some dipshit brought a few like, 2 year old hopslams. nice.

[Edited on October 4, 2012 at 10:13 AM. Reason : e ]

10/4/2012 10:11:53 AM

I love GABF week....

http://www.scottsteigerwald.com/family/GABF12_Cal.html

Quote :

"Friday, October 5 3:00pm J. Marie Saison aged in whiskey 6:00pm Special Odell Tapping Saturday, October 6 1:00pm River North White aged in white wine barrels Sunday, October 7 12:00pm Fresh Hop Celebration 1:00pm River North White aged in whiskey barrels 4:00pm Odio Equum Release Monday, October 8 3:00pm Belgian Pale Red (BPR) aged in whiskey 5:00pm 15th Annual GABF® Kick-off Party 5:00pm Wynkoop Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout Tapping 6:00pm VIP Night for Beer Bloggers 6:00pm Oskar Blues First Lady Firkin & Beer Can Chicken 7:00pm California Brewers Dinner w/Stone/Moylan's/Firestone Walker Tuesday, October 9 3:00pm J. Marie Saison aged in whiskey 5:00pm Beers Made By Walking (Denver) 5:00pm Goose Island Tapping at Falling Rock 6:00pm Elevated Wood 1st Bomber Release 6:00pm Deschutes Brewery Brewer's Dinner 6:00pm “Enjoy” Kickoff Party with Stone Brewing 6:30pm Beer School - Sensory Training 101 w/The Lost Abbey 6:30pm Cigar City @ Hops & Pie 7:00pm Odell Brewing Co. Beer Dinner 7:00pm Rare Beer GABF Kickoff 7:00pm Thank the Saints! Beer Event for Women Wednesday, October 10 8:00am Oskar Blues Brewery GABF Ordeal Bus Tour 1:00pm Side-by-side-by-side, regular River North White plus both barrel-aged versions 2:00pm Great Divide (Denver, CO) Yeti Party 3:00pm 2nd Annual Cheeky Challenger 3:00pm Elysian Brewing (Seattle, WA) 4:00pm Crafty Ladies happy hour with SKA brewing 4:00pm Beer School - Yeast 101 w/Left Hand Brewing Company’s Head Brewer Ro Guenzel and White Lab’s yeast guru Neva Parker 4:00pm Rare Beer Tapping and Charity 4:00pm St. Martin Quad Tap Debut (Belgium) 5:00pm Renegade Tour Night 5:00pm AC Golden Colorambic (Golden, CO) 5:00pm Cigar City, it’s about freakin’ time! 6:00pm Colorado Rare Beer Tasting 6:30pm 2nd Annual Suds & Sliders 6:30pm The Lion, The Bear & The Brewmaster 6:30pm Hooves & Hops 7:00pm 1515 Restaurant/Uinta Beer Dinner 7:00pm Beers, Brats & Burlesque 7:00pm Great American Beer Festival Kick-Off Party 7:30pm Trillium Beer Dinner w/Bill Sysak 8:00pm Upslope Tap Takeover 8:30pm A Bitter Welcome with Stone Brewing Co. & Oskar Blues Brewery 9:00pm 50/50 Brewing (Truckee, CA) 10:00pm Odell Brewing (Ft. Collins, CO) Thursday, October 11 8:00am Oskar Blues Brewery GABF Ordeal Bus Tour 12:00pm Wrap Your Lips Around Some Barrels 1:00pm Renegade's GABF Kickoff 1:00pm Quandary Quadrupel aged in whiskey 2:00pm Boulder Brewing (Boulder, CO) 3:00pm 2nd Annual Cheeky Challenge 3:00pm Cigar City Reception 3:00pm Rogue (Portland, OR) 4:00pm Beer School - Hops 101 w/Dry Dock Brewing Company owner Kevin DeLange and Brewers Supply Group’s Purchasing and Inventory Manager Justin Livengood 5:30pm GABF Evening Session 5:30pm Saison du BUFF w/Greg Koch, Sam Calagione & Bill Covaleski 6:00pm Row 14 Great Divide Tap Takeover 6:30pm The Great German Beer Dinner with Rich Higgins 8:00pm The Eighteenth Annual KROC World Brewers Forum™ 8:00pm Stone Meet the Brewers 9:30pm Oskar Blues "It's All About The Package" Launch & GABF Party 9:30pm SPECIAL POST FEST NEW BELGIUM TAPPING! 10:00pm Night of the Big Brown Rye with Ska Brewing Co. 10:00pm Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO) 10:45pm Oskar Blues/ Sun King Collaboration Beer - CHAKA on Tap! 11:00pm Sun King (Indianapolis, IN) Friday, October 12 1:00am Avery Midnight Breakfast 8:00am Oskar Blues Brewery GABF Ordeal Bus Tour 9:30am CO Beer Brunch 11:00am The Pucker Up Poker Run 12:00pm Fuh CAN Rally! 12:00pm Firestone Meet The Brewery 12:00pm Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA) 1:00pm Alpha King Challenge 2012 1:00pm Pints for Prostates Denver Rare Beer Tasting IV 1:00pm Boulevard Brewing (Kansas City, MO) 1:00pm BPR aged in whiskey 2:00pm Stone Brewers Lunch Hour 2:00pm Green Flash (San Diego, CA) 2:45pm Green Flash/Cigar City Collaboration beer 3:00pm Cigar City (Tampa, FL) 4:00pm Beer School - Sours 101 w/Chad Yakobson of Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Andy Parker of Avery Brewing Company and Troy Casey of AC Golden 4:00pm Anderson Valley (Booneville, CA) 4:00pm Continental Collide 5:00pm Austin Beer Guide presents Austin Brews Happy Hour 5:00pm Firestone Walker Meet the Owner 5:00pm Odell Cookout 5:30pm GABF Evening Session 10:00pm Avery Brewing presents "Hardcore & Softcore" 10:00pm Barrel Aged Beers with Firestone Walker Brewing Co & Odell Brewing Co. 10:00pm Stone Brewing (Escondido, CA) 10:30pm CHEERS (in the basement) Saturday, October 13 8:00am Breakfast with The Bruery 10:00am Brewers Breakfast 12:00pm GABF Members Only Session 12:00pm Fuh CAN Rally! 12:00pm Sun King Tappings 1:00pm Renegade wraps up GABF 1:00pm Avarice Imperial Stout plus a TBA barrel-aged brew 2:00pm Beer Advocate Cocktail Party, Draft Beer Cocktails 4:00pm Avery Brewing (Boulder, CO) 4:20pm Lagu-F'in-itas Celebration 5:30pm GABF Evening Session 6:00pm GABF Wrap-Up Party 6:00pm English Beers with Melissa Cole 8:00pm Annual GABF Falling Rock Beer Tasting with Dr. Bill 10:00pm Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) 11:00pm New Belgium (Ft. Collins, CO) Sunday, October 14 10:00am Avery Lounge Party 11:30am Rich Higgins 1:00pm Quandary Quadrupel plus a TBA barrel-aged brew"

Quote :

"Annual GABF Falling Rock Beer Tasting with Dr. Bill Chris Black has once again graciously given me a part of the downstairs of the FR on Saturday night Oct. 13th during the GABF for my annual tasting. We will be starting at 8:00 pm this year. For those of you who haven't attended my previous events we ask for a $40 contribution to help pay for the beers supplied and that we will order from Chris and to tip out the service staff. Also feel free to bring beers you may want to share. That being said I will be pouring 100 great offerings. Beers from; The Lost Abbey, Russian River, Cascade, Alesmith, Firestone, Green Flash, Ballast Point, Crooked Stave, DFH, Stone, Avery, New Belgium, Great Divide, The Bruery, 50/50, Cigar City, Upright, Stillwater, Deschutes, Mikkeller, Evil Twin, Pretty Things, Iron Fist, Nebraska, Alpine, Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, De Dolle, etc., etc., etc.. I'm sure some of the previous years attendees will have some imput on the event. Barrel Aged Beers with Firestone Walker Brewing Co & Odell Brewing Co. After last pour at Friday's GABF session we will be tapping some amazing beers from two world class with breweries with that have a couple of the best barrel aging programs in existence. Come out and meet some of the folks that make these beers happen. The beers will include: * Firestone Walker Parabola 2012 * Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout 2011 * Firestone Walker Reginald Brett * Odell The Meddler Oud Bruin * Firestone Walker Anniversary XIV * Odell Deconstruction 2012 Cigar City Reception Thu, October 11, 3pm – 5pm Freshcraft (map) We'll be tapping: * Cinnamon Apple IPA * Hotter Than Helles * Guava Grove Saison * Marshal Zhukov's Russian Imperial Stout * Ligero Black Lager Cigar City Fri, October 12, 3pm – 4pm Falling Rock (map) Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Humidor IPA, Good Gourd, Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Hunahpu's, Cucumber Saison"

[Edited on October 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

10/4/2012 11:29:48 AM

this is kinda great.

the guy who owns/runs my favorite bar down here (i went last night) has started up doing contract brewing with clown shoes, under the name brash brewing.

the problem is, due to the dumb laws in texas, since he owns a bar, he cannot also distribute beers in texas.... so therefore, you have to go to louisiana, or some other state to get brash brewing.

the label of his newest release:

10/4/2012 5:18:54 PM

i've seen a few of their things around. what's weird to me is that he contract brews with a another brewery that contract brews.

10/4/2012 5:29:34 PM

yo dog

10/4/2012 5:41:36 PM

Forgot how much I liked Stone's Imperial Russian Stout. Putting down a mini-growler of it right now.

10/4/2012 6:12:37 PM

Picked up the Smoke Stack Tripel, Sixth Glass, and Stout.

10/4/2012 11:28:46 PM