With many speculating and others citing sources on the BeerAdvocate forum, I've had a couple bottle shops in town confirm to me the same: Indiana has been deemed on-premise only for King Henry by request of the brewery. More of the same, Josh over at Portage Liquor Mart also posted this to their Facebook page today.
This means no bottles on shelves, but doesn't necessarily mean we won't see any. "On-premise" simply means no carry out sales. Bars, pubs, and restaurants may purchase The King (likely in kegs) and serve to their patrons for consumption on site. If we hear of any tappings, we'll be sure to pass those along.
Brewed in honor of the 1000th batch at our original Clybourn brewpub. A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with thick foam the color of a bourbon barrel. The nose is an intense mix of charred oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and smoke. One sip has more flavor than your average case of beer.I say "maybe" because although it just got here Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the store, there isn't much and will be gone fast. I can tell you there is a tiny bit left though. Check Portage Liquor Mart, the City-Wide locations, and Belmont on South Bend Ave. Good luck!
This is a little weird. If we're the state next door, how come they don't want us to have bottle distro?
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Ya got me. Maybe they didn't produce a whole lot? Maybe it's highly allocated in state? Lots of speculation out there, but I'm sure only the folks at GI know for sure. At least we know we won't have to go to any lengths to camp out and/or hunt it down. Now, I don't know the parameters of the event, but I've read that some people who went to the KH release party didn't even get bottles - Some not even a taste! - of the stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhat about at the liquor cabinet in St Joe?
ReplyDeleteI inquired about both KH and BCBS and found - They currently have neither, Goose Island products in general are very hit or miss for them, and the person I spoke with said he just talked to that rep and he made mention of neither being sent to them (LC). Sounds like a no.
ReplyDeleteSouth Bend area has two cases and that is it. No kegs....just two small cases. And to top it off one went to Summit Club. So the everyday drinker is not going to get any from there!
ReplyDeleteThe Summit Club? I didn't even know what that is and had to look it up. Looks to be some douchey hangout in a shitty decaying building for people who think they are above others. Their website has a wine and martini list, yet no beer list. So they are getting 2 cases of a limited run beer and don't appear to even take craft beer seriously? To hell with Goose Island and United Beverage.
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot Summit Club existed. Thanks for the info. Does seem like quite the pretentious place to be getting something like this. Hmm...
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