Category: Hauls

OK, I know I said my Willow Park haul from two days ago was probably my final haul before xmas, but I was, like, a hundred yards away from Zyn. You can’t be a hundred yards from Zyn and not stick your head in to see what’s interesting. And, well, there was some interesting stuff… 🙂

Brewery Ommegang BPA (Belgian-style Pale Ale)
Deschutes Brewery Black Butte XXVI
Deschutes Brewery Chasin’ Freshies
Hopworks Urban Brewery Ace of Spades
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales Bam Bière
Stone Brewing Company Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean 2014

That Black Butte XXVI has something I’ve never seen before: a best after date, June of 2015. Guess that one’s going in the cellar for a bit! But those two IPA’s are living on borrowed time.

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“Probably” my last haul before xmas. There’s a couple of #1001beers  in there, and three complete flyers (the Grizzly sours).

Brouwerij Van Steenberge Gulden Draak
Ninkasi Brewing Company Tricerahops Double IPA
Rogue Ales Santa’s Private Reserve
Stift Engelszell Trappistenbier-Brauerei Gregorius Trappistenbier
Stone Brewing Company Rick And Robbie’s Spröcket Bier
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company Sour Beer Barley Wine
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company Sour Beer Big Head Nut Brown
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company Sour Beer IPA

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My second haul today, from Willow Park Wines & Spirits:
8 Wired Brewing Company Saison Sauvin
Big Rock Brewery Barrel Aged Edition: Bourbon
Big Rock Brewery Barrel Aged Edition: Cognac
Big Rock Brewery Coloborador Español
Brasserie McAuslan St-Ambroise Special Reserve 2014
Brouwerij Dilewyns Winter 2012
Clown Shoes Beer Space Cake Double IPA
Fallentimber Meadery Hopped Mead
Phillips Brewing Company Polaris

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My first haul today – from Sherbrooke Liquor in Edmonton (where, I believe, they now claim to have well over a thousand types of beer):
Alley Kat Olde Deuteronomy (2015)
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Highway 128 Session Series: Blood Orange Gose
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Boont Amber Ale
Anderson Valley Brewing Company Heelch O’Hops
Brasserie Artisanale de Rulles La Rulles Blonde
Brasserie Artisanale de Rulles La Rulles Estivale
Brasserie Artisanale de Rulles La Rulles Triple
Brewery Ommegang Game of Thrones Valar Morghulis
Clown Shoes Beer Pecan Pie Porter
Evil Twin Brewing Hop Flood
Evil Twin Brewing Ron and the Beast Ryan
Le Trou du Diable La Grivoise de Noël
Mikkeller All Other Pales Pale
Mikkeller Draft Bear
Mikkeller Hop Burn Low
Mikkeller Øllen Om Bogen
Mikkeller Ris a la M’ale
Mikkeller Spontanpeach (2013)
Mikkeller / Brew Dog I Hardcore You
Mikkeller / Three Floyds Blå Spøg Else Blueberry Bluebic
Mikkeller / To Øl Betelgeuze
New Belgium Brewing Company / Perennial Artisan Ales Lips of Faith – Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout
Russell Brewing 19th Anniversary IP G’Day!
To Øl Raid Beer
Tuatara Brewing Company Tuatara Nui

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Little shopping trip after the Willow Park Beer Bash. Pretty excited that Stone is now available in AB! (Had to get a couple more Terroirs for cellaring/trading.)
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Well, I’m well on my way to an embarrassment of riches for xmas! I’m really stoked by that craft beer advent calendar – 24 different styles, 17 countries, 6 continents? Score!

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Headed out to my favourite local bottle shop (Willow Park Wine & Spirits) with high hopes for Stone, only to be cruelly disappointed. I’ll have to make do with these…

Brouwerij De Ranke – Saison de Dottignies
Central City Brewing – Imperial Porter
Central City Brewing – Red Racer Imperial IPA
Crew AleWerkstatt – CREW Republic 7:45 Escalation
Dandy Brewing Company – Dandy in the Underworld
Dandy Brewing Company – Golden Brown Dandy
Maine Beer Company – Mo
New Belgium Brewing Company – Lips Of Faith – Le Terroir
Parallel 49 Brewing Company – Lost Souls Chocolate Pumpkin Porter
Trou du Diable – La Blanche de Shawi
Trou du Diable – La Divine Comédie

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Willow Park (2014-10-01)

My latest shopping trip:
Alameda Brewing Co. – Yellow Wolf Imperial IPA
Anderson Valley Brewing Company – Huge Arker
Brouwerij De Koningshoeven – La Trappe Quadrupel
Brouwerij De Koningshoeven – La Trappe Isid’or
Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij De Achelse Kluis – Trappist Achel 8° Bruin
Brouwerij Huyghe – La Guillotine
Brouwerij Lindemans – Pêche Lambic (Pêcheresse)
Brouwerij Lindemans – Framboise Lambic
Brouwerij Oud Beersel – Framboise
Brouwerij Oud Beersel – Kriek
Brouwerij Van Eecke – Kapittel Watou Dubbel
Brouwerij Van Eecke – Kapittel Watou Tripel Abt
Elysian Brewing Company – Superfuzz
Gueuzerie Tilquin Oude Gueze – Tilquin à l’Ancienne
Half Pints Brewing Co. – Humulus Ludicrous
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Madrugada Obscura
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales – Maracaibo Especial
Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company – Infidel

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Beer Club Offering #11 (Orkney – Skull Splitter, Dragonhead, Dark Island, and Dark Island Reserve) and a couple seasonals (Les Trois Mousquetaires Oktoberfest and Muskoka Harvest Ale 2014) from NLC, now safely nestled in my cellar. (For $28, that Dark Island Reserve had better be something else!)

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