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Wonder if you'll be able to get this in MN: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...re-beer-in-u-s

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4 firkins had it in small 5.5 kegs for close to 300.00 sold out fast

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http://121212xii.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/hello-world/
Guess I am heading to Royal Mile.

Edit: sold out last night. boo.

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My local store has dozens of bourban county stout if anyone wants some. $25

I would trade 4 for darkness, or 8 for two darkness.

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Stopped by Bills tonight and they have some bourban country stout in the cooler. Sounded like they had some abrasive as well left.

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i have only had 1 dark beer
http://www.lostabbey.com/lost-abbey-.../judgment-day/
i liked it alot with that said what would be a good intro winter beer?

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6 new bottles I picked up tonight
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...C84476FD00.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...C84C43C67D.jpg

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I'm gonna try to grab some of this tonight.

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Picked up a couple of bottles of Fultons Worth Adversary tonight. Very excited to try it.

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Bought 3 bottles of Surly Smoke tonight in Columbia Heights!

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mmm.. I have already had my first bottle! so smoky!

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FYI, Happy gnome just tapped bourbon county stout last night.

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Nice! Hopefully they will still have some when I'm there tomorrow!

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Mine are gifts unfortunately, so no smoke for me! We have several 1am-6am maintenances that are not super involved coming up right around xmas...I had to sweeten the pot :)

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I picked a bottle up at south lyndale liquor, along with a few others to try out

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So according to a liquor store in St. Cloud, they don't serve Surly past Clearwater anymore because of their contract with the new Vikings stadium. So they suggested Lucid Foto. It's good, also local, a little more hoppier(which is good) and crispier than furious. Maybe I'm just used to on tap Furious being smooth and have been spoiled? I have not bought Furious in the stores yet so I don't know if it's THAT different than tap.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27025/86260

Since beer advocate does not have a photo of it, here is one of ours :). Also, I have not signed up for beer advocate yet.

http://distilleryimage10.instagram.c...0a1f97c6_7.jpg

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foto is a good beer.

aly got me the last bottle of smoke at cub foods. going to find some more. Also have to pick out a keg at 4 firkins for x-mas

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54th and lyndale had a few boxes of surly smoke, and lots of Worth Adversary too, im not sure where you live but just thought i would let you know =)

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there is still alot of worthy out there. I just have not had time to go find more of this years smoke. I still have few from 2010 on the shelf.

picked this bad boy up last night with Jack Jack and 4 firkins
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...210F392CEB.jpg
also picked up a new castle keg for the mini kegarator

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got beer for x-mas

from my parents
beer book
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...DF7358941F.jpg
surly
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...DF57B50B2B.jpg
wifes parents
surly smoke
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...DF653FDD0F.jpg
brother,patti,and emma. Emma (2 1/2yo) picked them all out
lucid dyno pal ale,stone smoked porter, and grolsch
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...DF5E2B7CFA.jpg

also some 2gingers wiskey and glass for wifes sister
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...DF522A4DD1.jpg

I got the wife
4 pack of vichtenaair and the jack (dog) got her a farm house ale
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...DF6D49835B.jpg

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Very nice xmas presents, Mark!

I didn't get any beer for Xmas... but I got 2 kits to make some! I got a Bourbon Barrel Ale (to which I'm going to at some sour cherries from my tree) and a Blonde ale that I'm going to add wild yeast, and 20 pounds of raspberries to, to make a Raspberry Tart Lambic!

I drank the Three Floyds Dark Lord on Xmas. Was very tasty. Was thicker than darkness, and less chocolaty.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...2-08-18_30.jpg

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Got a new delivery of Chicago area beers, via trades.

can't wait to try them!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...-25-29_315.jpg

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That Bourbon County was pretty good when I tried it at The Happy Gnome the other night.

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Yeah it was. This is their Bourbon County Coffee Stout... im excited to try it.

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Not sure how I've missed this thread. I'm a pretty big craft brew guy myself.

My favorite so far has been New Holland Dragon's Milk. It's a Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels. It goes for around $16 for a 4-pack, so not cheap. I've found a poor man's version of it but can't recall exactly what it is now.

I've also liked nearly anything from Tyranena brewery, especially Rocky's Revenge. It's another Bourbon Barrel aged beer, but it's a Brown Ale.

Finally, France 44 (on 44th and France, imagine that) has by far the best craft selection I've seen. They also have a Beer of the Month club with home delivery available. You get 2 each of 6 different selections each month. A great gift for an enthusiast.

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Dragon's Milk is awesome.

I've only tried a couple of Tyranena's offerings, but I've been impressed with them.

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thats close to me ill have to check it out!

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The Four Firkins have a lot of different kind of beer from around the world. It's in Saint Louis Park and I think they give a 5% or 10% discount using cash. Another cool thing is you can combine 6 different beers.

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Just got a home brew kit, very excited to brew my own!

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Very nice!

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It is 3% off with cash not on kegs
7% off if you bring in a receipt from northern brewer

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*Edited

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So I'm just not a fan of Smoke, and I have two bottles I'd let go to someone who wants them. I'd love to be able to trade if someone had some (or knew of a place locally who had some) 2012 Blue Moon vintage blonde ale.

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What do you want for them and how many do you have left

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I wasn't a big fan of this year's Smoke either. You could hardly even tell it was a smoked porter.

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Is it me or is Buffalo Sweat (made by Tall Grass) harder to find now. I've talked to 3 stores and they've all told me that they can't get it anymore. Something about how Tall Grass is out of it.

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Have you the firkins yet. That is were I got the keg of it.

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This is why you celler beer. We are just drinking our 2009-2010 smoke bottles now. It needs to age to make the flavors come out more.

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I haven't had any problems finding it. It's one of my favorite, year round, beers. I sure hope its not getting harder to find!

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Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat ships today! Super excited!