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Saturday, October 8, 2016

GROWLERS --


Growler Station
Equipment is set up now at Forsyth.
Watch for growler fills soon at our Forsyth location (we plan on implementing at all 4 locations eventually, just want to get one up and going first)


As you know, Missouri has been trying to pass a growler law. It finally became legal August 28th. You might be wondering why you have not seen growler stations all over yet? There was a little wrinkle in the law that if you have a "retail liquor by the drink" license, you cannot sell growlers. Well, the "by the drink" license is the most common license and most stores in St. Louis have a by the drink license as we have had one for 30 plus years. That is how places like the grocery stores, Lucky's, and Whole Foods are able to sell you a beer or a glass of wine to drink while you shop, they have a "by the drink" license. We decided to get rid of our "by the drink" license so that we can sell growlers. The law states that either you can sell glasses of beer ("by the drink on premise") or growlers of beer to go - you cannot do both. Eventually this might get changed.


We have the system set up at our Forsyth location. We are waiting for the new license to arrive and we will be ready to go. We will have both 32oz and 64oz growlers for sale.
We will update when we are able to sell growlers here in the next few weeks.


We have a keg of Civil Life American Brown set up to taste - come in for a taste.  We had to make sure the system works somehow? right?


Leave us some comments as we get ready
What type of beers would you like to see?
Our obvious plan is getting beers that we cannot get in package already.   Get some local breweries that are not bottling yet like Civil Life and others.





We are hoping to be ready to sell growlers at the end of next week?  Fingers crossed.

It is much tougher to decide what to put on tap now than I thought.  Initially we thought we would be able to sell both growlers and beer by the glass.  Because of the law, we can only sell growlers (not both).  I am wondering will people want to buy high ABV beers in a 32oz or 64oz growler?  Or do you want lower alcohol beer?   For example, should I be begging my distributor for a keg of Goose Island BCS in November or is that too much to sell in a 32oz growler?

Please leave some input in the comment section on what you would like to see...


Here are some kegs that MIGHT be available to us.  I have to check with the distributor to see if they can sell them to us or if they are tagged for special events or other accounts. 


BUR OAK BOONE COUNTY BROWN
BUR OAK BIG TREE IPA
BUR OAK LILY ALE
BUR OAK SACRED SON SAISON
BUR OAK CLYDE'S CREAM ALE
EARTHBOUND BELGIAN PALE ALE
EARTHBOUND OPEN SOURCE BROWN
EARTHBOUND MAHLAB ESB
GREAT RIVER DIRTY BLONDE
GREAT RIVER 483 PALE ALE
DESTIHL ABBEY'S SINGLE
DESTIHL HEFEWEIZEN
DESTIHL HERE GOSE NOTHIN
DESTIHL SAMHAIN PUMPKIN PORTER
DESTIHL COUNTER CLOCKWEISSE
STANDARD HOT ROD BLACK IPA
STANDARD THREE ON THE TREE BELGIAN TRIPLE
STANDARD ENIGPMA IPA
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES STANDARD
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES WEISSE
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES FUNKY GOLD MOSAIC
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES VOUS FRANCAIS
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES AMERICANA
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES TRVE EDITION
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES ACE
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
JOLLY PUMPKIN ORO DE CALABAZA
JOLLY PUMPKIN CALABAZA BLANCA
JOLLY PUMPKIN LUCIERNAGA
JOLLY PUMPKIN MARACAIBO ESPECIAL
JOLLY PUMPKIN BAM BIERE
JOLLY PUMPKIN MADRUGA OBSCURA
JOLLY PUMPKIN BIERE DE MARS
JOLLY PUMPKIN FUEGO DE OTONO
JOLLY PUMPKIN BAM NOIRE
JOLLY PUMPKIN WEIZEN BAM
JOLLY PUMPKIN LA PARCELA
JOLLY PUMPKIN / ANCHORAGE CALABAZA BOREAL
JOLLY PUMPKIN FORGOTTEN TALES OF THE LAST GYPSY
JOLLY PUMPKIN SAISON X
JOLLY PUMPKIN ROJZILLA
JOLLY PUMPKIN SAISON Z
JOLLY PUMPKIN / MONKISH CUCURBITOPHOBIA
JOLLY PUMPKIN DETROIT SURF CO PALE ALE
NORTH PEAK DIABOLICAL IPA
NORTH PEAK VICIOUS WHEAT
NORTH PEAK SIREN AMBER
NORTH PEAK ARCHANGEL
NORTH PEAK RAMBLER PILSNER
NORTH PEAK HOOLIGAN
NORTH PEAK BERSERKER
NORTH PEAK MIGHTY MELON
CROOKED STAVE SURETTE PROVISION
CROOKED STAVE WILDSAGE
CROOKED STAVE PROGENITOR
CROOKED STAVE ST. BRETTA
CROOKED STAVE HOP SAVANT
CROOKED STAVE PETITE SOUR CASSIS
CROOKED STAVE PETITE SOUR PASSION FRUIT
CROOKED STAVE PETITE SOUR ROSE
CROOKED STAVE PETITE SOUR SWEET CHERRY
GRIMM TELEKINESIS
OERSOEP PETITE SAISON
DE LA SENNE TARAS BOULBA
DE LA SENNE BRUSSELS CALLING
DE LA SENNE SAYSON DU MEYBOOM
DE LA SENNE SMEIRTAP
KERKOM KRIEK
BLAUGIES LA MONEUSE
MIKKELLER SPONTAN ORANGE
MIKKELLER SPONTAN CENTENNIAL
MIKKELLER SPONTAN CITRA
MIKKELLER SPONTAN SIMCOE
MIKKELLER HALLO ICH BIN BERLINER CHERRY
MIKKELLER HALLO ICH BIN BERLINER PEACH
MIKKELLER CHIPOLTE PORTER
MIKKELLER SAN DIEGO SPELLS IIPA
MIKKELLER SAN DIEGO SESH'N IPA
MIKKELLER SAN DIEGO TRIPEL
MIKKELLER SMOKED PILSNER
MIKKELLER CLUB PALE ALE
MIKKELLER SHAPES BELGIAN STYLE BLONDE
MIKKELLER IMPERIAL PILS
MIKKELLER WINBIC
MIKKELLER 1000 IBU
TO OL MY PILS
TO OL BERRY WHITE
TO OL ROD GROD MED FLOD
TO OL VELVETS ARE BLUE
HAANDBRYGGERIET DARK FORCE STOUT
HAANDBRYGGERIET FUNKY BLACK
KULMBACHER PILS
MONSCHOF SCHWARZBIER
KAPUZINER WEISSE
RITTERGUTS GOSE
ARGUS CIDERKIN
ARGUS GINGER PERRY
2ND SHIFT BREWING ART OF NEUROSIS 
2ND SHIFT BREWING BREW COCKY 
2ND SHIFT BREWING CAT SPIT STOUT 
2ND SHIFT BREWING EL GATO GRANDE 
2ND SHIFT BREWING HIBISCUS WIT
2ND SHIFT BREWING KATY 
2ND SHIFT BREWING SUB MISSION
ABBEY BREWING MONKS' ALE 
ABBEY BREWING MONKS' DARK ALE
ABBEY BREWING MONKS' DUBBEL 
ABBEY BREWING MONKS' TRIPEL 
ABBEY BREWING MONKS' WIT 
CHURCH STREET BRIMSTONE IPA 
CHURCH STREET CONTINENTAL LAGER 
CHURCH STREET DEVIL'S ADVOCATE GOLDEN STRONG 
CHURCH STREET FIRE IPA L
CHURCH STREET ITASCAFEST MARZEN 
CHURCH STREET LUBELSKIE POLISH PILSNER 
CHURCH STREET MAGISTERIUM MAIBOCK
CISMONTANE BREWING 5TH ANNIVERSARY 
CISMONTANE BREWING SMOKIN' SANTIAGO SCOTCH 
CISMONTANE BREWING THE CITIZEN
CISMONTANE BREWING WHITING WIT
CRABTREE BREWING CARMEN 2.0 WILD ALE 
CRABTREE BREWING DEARFIELD ALE 
CRABTREE BREWING GINGER BEE
CRABTREE CHAPTER 2 
CRABTREE EMOTICON 
CRABTREE GREALITY PILSNER 
CRABTREE IRISH EXT STOUT
CRABTREE JEFF'S W CST IPA 
CRABTREE PATERSBIER 
CRABTREE SERENITY AMBER 
CRABTREE TWISTED CREEK WHEAT
CRANE BREWING SAISON 
CRANE BREWING TEA WEISS 
FERGUSON PECAN ALE 
FERGUSON PECAN BROWN 
FERGUSON PUMPKIN ALE 
FERGUSON ST. LOUIS PALE ALE 
HIGH WATER BOOM BOOM OUT GOSE THE LIGHT 
LATITUDE 42 BREWING BEACH CRUISER 
LATITUDE 42 BREWING I.P.EH! 
LATITUDE 42 MAYAN SUNRISE 
LATITUDE 42 MILK AMNESIA 
LATITUDE 42 NECTAR OF THE GODDESS 
LATITUDE 42 OLD JOE'S XX 
LEAKY ROOF B & C 
MARK TWAIN BLUEBERRY SAIS
MARK TWAIN CLEMENS KOLSCH 
MARK TWAIN HALLEY'S BLUEBERRY SAISON
MARK TWAIN HUCK'S HAB APR WHT 
MARK TWAIN JUMPING FROG
MARK TWAIN KING ARTHUR'S 
MARK TWAIN RAMBLER'S RED L
SAUGATUCK BREWING BACK YARD IPA
SAUGATUCK BREWING SINGAPORE IPA 
SAUGATUCK NEAPOLITAN
SHMALTZ BREWING LENNY'S RIPA 
SHMALTZ HE'BREW HOP MANNA IPA
4 HANDS CAST IRON OATMEAL BROWN -
4 HANDS CHOC MILK STOUT
4 HANDS CONTACT HIGH LIME
4 HANDS DAKINE
4 HANDS DIVIDED SKY RYE IPA
4 HANDS INCARNATION
4 HANDS SINGLE SPEED ALE

ALPINE DUET IPA
AVERY CHAI HIGH BROWN ALE
AVERY EL GOSE SOUR W/LIME SALT
AVERY ELLIES BROWN ALE
AVERY IPA
AVERY LILIKOI KEPOLO
AVERY OLD JUBILATION ALE
AVERY PERZIK SAISON
AVERY RAJA DOUBLE IPA
AVERY WHT RASCAL BELG WHEAT
AYINGER CELEBRATOR DOPPELBOCK
BACCHUS FLEMISH RED ALE
BARBE RUBY
BAVIK PREMIUM
BEERSEL OUDE FRAMBOISE
CARLSBERG
CHIMAY DOREE
CHIMAY TRIPLE KEG (WHITE)
CIDERBOYS FIRST PRESS
CIVIL LIFE AMERICAN BROWN
CIVIL LIFE ANGEL & THE SWORD
CIVIL LIFE CARLBOCK
CIVIL LIFE COMMON
CIVIL LIFE ETERNAL
CIVIL LIFE GERMAN PILSNER
CIVIL LIFE KOLSCH
CIVIL LIFE OKTOBERFEST
CIVIL LIFE PROPER PINT
CIVIL LIFE PROPER PINT
CIVIL LIFE RUBY MILD
CIVIL LIFE RUBY MILD
CROWN VALLEY ANTIQUE AMBER ALE
CROWN VALLEY BIG BISON ALE -
CROWN VALLEY BLACKBERRY CIDER
CROWN VALLEY FARMHOUSE LAGER
CROWN VALLEY GUNSLINGER DOUBLE IPA
CROWN VALLEY RICOCHET RED SOUR
CUVEE DE JACOBINS ROUGE
CZECHVAR
DELIRIUM ARGENTUM 25TH ANNIV
DELIRIUM DELIRIA
DELIRIUM TREMENS
DESCHUTES BLACK BUTTE PORTER
DESCHUTES CHAINBREAKER WHITE IPA
DESCHUTES FRESH SQUEEZED IPA
DESCHUTES HOP SLICE SESSION IPA
DESCHUTES HOPZEIT AUTUMN IPA
DESCHUTES MIRROR POND PALE ALE
DESCHUTES PINE DROPS IPA
DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE)
ELGOODS ORIGINAL SOUR #3 COOLSHIP
ELGOODS ORIGINAL SOUR #4 COOLSHIP
ESTRELLA DAMM
EXCEL EASTSIDE IPA
EXCEL FLASHBANG
EXCEL FORBIDDEN ISLAND
EXCEL HEAVY RIFF HOPPY WHEAT
EXCEL HEAVY RIFF LAGER
EXCEL HEAVY RIFF PALE ALE
EXCEL JENNIE O S IMP STOUT
EXCEL LEFTYS LAGER
EXCEL PIASA PILSNER
EXCEL SOUTHSIDE STOUT
EXCEL STAY GOLD IPA
EXCEL SUGARFIRE ALE
EXCEL TWO FRENCHMAN
FIRESTONE WALKER DBA
FIRESTONE WALKER DBA UNFILTERED
FIRESTONE WALKER DOUBLE JACK
FIRESTONE WALKER EASY JACK
FIRESTONE WALKER MERLIN NITRO
FIRESTONE WALKER OAKTOBERFEST -
FIRESTONE WALKER PIVO PILS
FIRESTONE WALKER UNION JACK
FIRESTONE WALKER WOOK JB RYE IPA
FOUNDERS ALL DAY IPA
FOUNDERS BREAKFAST STOUT
FOUNDERS CENTENNIAL IPA
FOUNDERS CURMUDGEON
FOUNDERS DEVIL DANCER
FOUNDERS DIRTY BASTARD
FOUNDERS HARVEST
FOUNDERS IMPERIAL STOUT
FOUNDERS MANGO MAGNIFICO
FOUNDERS MOSAIC PROMISE IPA
FOUNDERS PORTER
FOUNDERS REDANKULOUS
FOUNDERS REDS RYE
GOUDEN CAROLUS AMBRIO -
GREAT DIVIDE CHOC OA YETI IMP STOUT
GREAT DIVIDE CLAYMORE SCH ALE
GREAT DIVIDE ESPRESSO OA YETI STOUT
GREAT DIVIDE HIBERNATION ALE
GREAT DIVIDE OAK AGED YETI
GREAT DIVIDE OAT YETI IMP STOUT
GREAT DIVIDE TITAN IPA
GREAT DIVIDE YETI IMP STOUT
GREEN FLASH DBL STOUT W/SERRANO
GREEN FLASH LE FREAK
GREEN FLASH PASSION FRUIT WHEAT -
GREEN FLASH RISTRETTO PORTER
GREEN FLASH SOUL STYLE IPA
GREEN FLASH TANGERINE SOUL STYLE
GREEN FLASH WEST COAST IPA
GULDEN DRAAK
GULDEN DRAAK BREWMASTER RESERVE
HIRTER MORCHL DARK LAGER
HITACHINO WHITE ALE
KARMELIET TRIPEL
KASTEEL BARISTA QUAD
KASTEEL CUVEE DU CHATEAU AGED QUAD
KASTEEL ROUGE
KRONENBOURG 1664 BLANC
LA TRAPPE BOCK
LA TRAPPE QUADRUPEL
LA TRAPPE WITTE
LEFT HAND BLACK JACK PORTER
LEFT HAND EXTROVERT
LEFT HAND FADE TO BLACK
LEFT HAND GOOD JUJU
LEFT HAND INTROVERT SESSION IPA
LEFT HAND MILK STOUT -
LEFT HAND OKTOBERFEST
LEFT HAND POLESTAR
LEFT HAND SAWTOOTH
LEFT HAND WICKED JUJU
LINDEMANS FARO LAMBIC
LINDEMANS FRAMBOISE LAMBIC
LOGBOAT BEAR HAIR BELGIAN BLONDE
LOGBOAT BENNIE MOCHA STOUT
LOGBOAT BOBBER LAGER
LOGBOAT DARK MATTER WHEAT PORTER
LOGBOAT DRINKERS PEACE HOPPY WHT
LOGBOAT FLYBYE FARMHOUSE ALE
LOGBOAT LOOKOUT PALE ALE
LOGBOAT MAMOOT MILD ALE
LOGBOAT SHIPHEAD GNGR WHT
LOGBOAT SNAPPER IPA
MCINTYRE BLACKBERRY HARD CIDER
MCINTYRE HARD APPLE CIDER
MCINTYRE PEACH HARD CIDER
MCINTYRE STRAWBERRY HARD CIDER
MOINETTE BLONDE
MONKS CAFE
MORETTI LA ROSSA
MORETTI LAGER
MURPHYS STOUT
NEW HOLLAND CARHARRT WD BAR APA -
NEW HOLLAND DRAGONS MILK OAK BRL
NEW HOLLAND FULL CIRCLE
NEW HOLLAND LOST DUNE -
NEW HOLLAND MAD HATTER -
NEW HOLLAND POET
NORTH COAST OLD RASPUTIN BARREL AGED
NORTH COAST OLD RASPUTIN IMP STOUT
NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE
NORTH COAST PRANQSTER BELGIAN
NORTH COAST PUCK PETITE SAISON
NORTH COAST SCRIMSHAW PILSNER
OSKAR BLUES BEERITO LAGER
OSKAR BLUES CHAKA
OSKAR BLUES DALES PALE ALE
OSKAR BLUES GKNIGHT IMP RED
OSKAR BLUES HOTBOX COFFEE PORTER
OSKAR BLUES IPA
OSKAR BLUES MAMA LTL YELLA PILS
OSKAR BLUES OLD CHUB SCOTCH ALE
OSKAR BLUES PINNER
OSKAR BLUES PRISCILLA WIT
OSKAR BLUES TEN FIDY IMP STOUT
PAUWEL KWAK
PETRUS AGED PALE
PETRUS OLD BROWN
PIRAAT
PIRAAT 3 HOP
PREARIS GRAND CRU BOURBON BA AGED
PUBLIC HOUSE COURTSHIP CREAM
PUBLIC HOUSE ELUSIVE IPA
PUBLIC HOUSE HIDE AND SEEK HEF
PUBLIC HOUSE REVELATION STOUT
PUBLIC HOUSE RODS CREAM ALE
PUBLIC HOUSE THORN & HEAT STRAWBERRY
RADEBERGER
REISSDORF KOLSCH
ROGUE 8 HOP
ROGUE COLD BREW IPA
ROGUE DEAD GUY
ROGUE DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STOUT
ROGUE FARMS 7 HOP
ROGUE FARMS FRESH ROAST
ROGUE HAZELNUT BROWN
ROGUE XS OLD CRUSTACEAN
SAISON DUP CUV DRY HOPPING
SAISON DUPONT
SAISON DUPONT
SCHLAFLY 1616
SCHLAFLY CIDER
SCHLAFLY COFFEE STOUT
SCHLAFLY COMMON
SCHLAFLY ENGLISH STYLE ALE
SCHLAFLY GRAPEFRUIT IPA
SCHLAFLY HEFEWEIZEN
SCHLAFLY HOP TRIAL BRAMLING CROSS
SCHLAFLY HOP TRIAL ENIGMA
SCHLAFLY HOP TRIAL EUREKA
SCHLAFLY HOP TRIAL HALLERTAU BLANC
SCHLAFLY HOUSE BROWN ALE
SCHLAFLY KOLSCH
SCHLAFLY NOBLE LAGER
SCHLAFLY OATMEAL STOUT
SCHLAFLY PALE ALE
SCHLAFLY SCOTTISH RED
SCHLAFLY SP REL AMERICAN IPA -
SCHLAFLY SP REL PUMPKIN ALE -
SCHLAFLY SP REL ST LOUIS EXPO
SCHLAFLY SP REL TASMANIAN IPA
SEATTLE CIDER COLD BREW
SEATTLE CIDER DRY
SEATTLE CIDER GIN BOTANICAL
SEATTLE CIDER GOSE )
SEATTLE CIDER SEMI SWEET
SEATTLE CIDER THREE PEPPER
SILLY SOUR
SILLY SOUR STUPID 

SKA MODUS HOPERANDI
ST BERNARDUS ABT 12
ST BERNARDUS PRIOR 8
ST BERNARDUS TRIPEL
ST BERNARDUS WITBIER
ST LOUIS FRAMB RASP
ST LOUIS GUEZE FOND TRAD
ST LOUIS GUEZE FOND TRAD KRIEK
ST LOUIS PECHE/PEACH
STIEGL GOLDBRAU LAGER
STIEGL GRAPEFRUIT RADLER
STONE 12.12.12 VERTICAL EPIC ALE
STONE 20TH ANNIVERSARY CITRACADO IPA
STONE 24 CARROT GOLDEN ALE
STONE 8.8.8 VERTICAL EPIC ALE
STONE AMERICANO STOUT
STONE ARROGANT BASTARD ALE
STONE ARROGANT BASTARD BB AGED
STONE CITRUSY WIT
STONE COFFEE MILK STOUT
STONE DELICIOUS IPA
STONE DOUBLE BASTARD
STONE ENCORE 12TH ANNIV STOUT
STONE ENCORE 6TH ANNIV PORTER
STONE ENJOY BY IPA TANGERINE
STONE GO TO IPA
STONE IMP RUSSIAN STOUT 16
STONE IPA
STONE LUKCY BASARTD
STONE MOCHA IPA
STONE RUINATION AMERCN OAK 2.0
STONE RUINATION IPA 2.0
STONE WUSSIE PILSNER
SUDWERK 3 BEST FRIENDS
SUDWERK CALIFORNIA DRY HOP LAGER
SUDWERK CASCADERADE
SUDWERK FARMERS MARKET GOSE
SUDWERK PILSNER
SUDWERK RYE OF THE LAGER -
TALLGRASS 8 BIT PALE ALE
TALLGRASS BUFFALO SWEAT
TALLGRASS FLYIN HAWAIN EXPR SRS
TALLGRASS HALF PIPE
TALLGRASS ORIGINAL PUB ALE
TALLGRASS SONGBIRD SAISON -
TALLGRASS SWEET TOOTH EXPR
TALLGRASS TOP ROPE IPA
TALLGRASS ZOMBIE MONKEY
TWO BROTHERS ATOM SMASHER
TWO BROTHERS DOG DAYS
TWO BROTHERS DOMAINE DUPAGE
TWO BROTHERS EBELS WEISS
TWO BROTHERS HEAVY HAND CASCADE
TWO BROTHERS HOP CENTRIC
TWO BROTHERS OUTLAW
TWO BROTHERS SIDE KICK
TWO BROTHERS WOBBLE IPA -
UERIGE DOPPELSTICKE
UINTA BABA BLACK LAGER
UINTA BIERE DE MARS
UINTA BIRTHDAY SUIT 23
UINTA DETOUR DOUBLE IPA
UINTA FLAMINGOSE
UINTA HOP NOSH IPA
UINTA PALE ALE
UINTA PILS
UINTA PIT STOP SOUR APRICOT IPA
UINTA READY SET GOSE
UINTA SEA LEGS BALTIC PORTER
UINTA TINDER RAUCHBIER SMOKED LAGER
UNIBROUE BLANCHE DE CHAMBLY
UNIBROUE EPHEMERE PEAR
UNIBROUE LA FIN DU MONDE
UNIBROUE LA RESOLUTION
UNIBROUE MAUDITE
URBAN CHESTNUT BUSHELHEAD CIDER
URBAN CHESTNUT FANTASYLAND IPA
URBAN CHESTNUT HOPSWITCH HERSBRUCKER
URBAN CHESTNUT KU DAMM BERLINER WEIS
URBAN CHESTNUT PERDEDOR
URBAN CHESTNUT PIERRES WIT
URBAN CHESTNUT SCHNICKELFRITZ
URBAN CHESTNUT STLIPA
URBAN CHESTNUT ZWICKEL - 50L (4972001)
WEIHENSTEPHAN HEFE DARK BROWN CAP
WEIHENSTEPHAN HEFE WHITE CAP
WEIHENSTEPHAN KORBINIAN BLACK CAP
WEIHENSTEPHAN ORIGINAL
WEIHENSTEPHAN PILSNER
WEIHENSTEPHAN VITUS TAN CAP
WEXFORD ALE -
WITTEKERKE BELGIAN WILD


Spottswoode Lyndenhurst Cabernets




2013 Spottswoode Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon...$75.99
Fantastic aromas of blueberry, blackberry, violets, black licorice and stones. Full-bodied, firm, silky, and fresh. Very long and balanced. Beautiful tannins. All in harmony. Drink in 2019.
Rated 96/100 James Suckling

2012 Spottswoode Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon...$71.99
Loads of wet earth, autumn leaves, charcoal and black currants. Full body, firm tannins, gorgeous fruit and spices. Beautiful tannin and acid tension to this wine with a solid core of fruit to balance it. Better in 2019. 96% cabernet sauvignon, 2% malbec and 2% cabernet franc.
Rated 95/100 James Suckling

Friday, October 7, 2016

Odell Brewing Jolly Russian Stout






1 per person

Odell Brewing Jolly Russian Stout...$8.99 / 12oz
Bridging the Baltic and Caribbean Seas, Jolly Russian is a rich Russian Imperial Stout stowed away in Rum Barrels for aging. Dark as night and thick as the raging sea, this brew boasts notes of coffee and cocoa with waves of oak, spiced molasses, dried fruit and vanilla from the planks. It’s dangerously delicious!

Our own SINGLE BARREL of Stranahan's



Come in for a taste at our Forsyth location tonight!
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey TWCP Single Barrel...$43.99
Barrel No. 12-1566
Yielded 243 bottles and 1 bottle of 1.75 to sample out

Single barrel of Stranahan's.  Straight from the Rocky Mountains and is aged for a minimum of 2 years in our new charred-oak barrels.  It is non-chill filtered and hand made.  



Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion No. 3 - new release





Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion No. 3....$10.99 / 6 pack cans
The lead hop in Revolution 003 is a new German variety that Brewmaster Matt Brynildson first encountered in its experimental infancy while traveling through the Hallertau region during the hop harvest three years ago. “I fell in love with it then, and I’ve been following its development ever since,” he says. “It’s just loaded with this juicy mandarin orange character that is so distinctively German, unlike anything you could grow here in the states.” Luponic Distortion Revolution 003 offers a mandarin orange and ripe peach character with ample supporting notes of citrus, stone fruit and pineapple. The overall profile is round and juicy, leaning heavily on ripe fruits with minimal dank or piney edges.

Deschutes Black Butte XXVIII



1 per person to start

Deschutes Black Butte XXVIII...$14.99 / 22oz
Every year, we celebrate our anniversary with an imperial, barrel-aged version of our flagship Black Butte Porter. Our brewers love to experiment and they always add some fun new ingredients to this beer like chilies, cranberries, figs and other such treats. This year, to celebrate 28 years of brewing, they’ve added the interesting mix of ingredients above for another multi-layered flavor experience.

NEW - NEW O'Fallon Show Me IPA




O'Fallon Show Me IPA...$9.99 / 6 pack
Show us your HOPS! We’ll show you ours!!
We’re notorious for our passion (we do love beer), but O’Fallon is also known for introducing the first locally-brewed American IPA to the Show-Me state. Now, all these years later, we’re pleased to present a modern take on the original.
O’Fallon Show-Me IPA showcases the flavors and aromas of Citra and Mosaic hops. These two varieties are Big, Full and Beautiful, and combined they create a bodacious aroma of melons and citrus. The fruity notes of the hops balance perfectly with the light malt profile, making our Show-Me IPA clean, crisp and quite perky…a stand-out from the crowd.
We’ve seen and we’ve tasted … and WE Love Show-Me IPA.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Huge score and a low price








An amazing 95 Point Chardonnay with a couple of years of bottle age. While we are just starting to see some 2015 Chardonnay hit the shelves sometimes it is nice to take a step back and drink a great bottle of Chardonnay that is starting to reach maturity.


We bought a special deal - check it out!

2011 Stonestreet Chardonnay Upper Barn On-Sale $29.99
Lowest Price on Wine-Searcher $50.09
Suggested retail is $75
Full bright yellow. Ripe, deep aromas of lemon peel, tangerine, beeswax, crushed rock and dusty herbs, with hints of honey and tropical fruits. Large-scaled, rich and tactile, with nearly viscous flavors of lemon, white peach and butterscotch. Really compelling, ripe, vibrant fruit here, and wonderfully broad and dry. Very complex and sexy wine, a brilliant rendition of this outstanding chardonnay vineyard."
Rated 95/100 Stephen Tanzer,  Vinous Media

BV Georges de La Tour - Classic with a huge score

One of the classic wines of California scores big!



2013 BV Georges de La Tour Private Reserve $109.99
Mix/match case price $99.99
One of the two flagship cuvées, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour is a fabulous wine. Obviously, this is the one wine that received the most meticulous attention from their outside consultant Michel Rolland. A great effort in 2013, as one might expect in this vintage, this wine needs 5-6 years and seems capable of lasting 30-40 or more, given the history of the great BV Private Reserves. Inky purple to the rim, with an extraordinary nose of créme de cassis and kirsch, licorice, cedarwood, and a touch of underbrush, the wine hits the palate with a full-bodied, powerful, concentrated, dense style, has great acidity, moderately sweet tannin, and a long, long finish. This wine is young and still slightly unformed, but loaded with potential and upside. Forget it for 5-6 years and drink it over the following half-century.
Rated 95+/100 The Wine Advocate

Mezcal aged in Rip Van Winkle Barrels











Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Aged in WL Weller/Old Rip 10 Year Old Barrels Chichicapa...$86.99
Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Aged in WL Weller/Old Rip 10 Year Old Barrels Santo Domingo Albarradas...$86.99


FINALLY – The Very First Public Release!
The Special Cask Finish Series

It was just a matter of time, in this case, time in a barrel, before these came your way. Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal is pure liquid art, the true expression of each of the palenqueros from their individual Zapotec villages in the remote mountains of Oaxaca. Del Maguey will never waiver from this, and will never alter in any way the art of the distiller. That said…. in our world there are many different and personal palates, each with his or her own desires, and that opens up a multitude of possibilities.
Of course, there is no tradition of oak aging in Oaxaca, and as such, we would never deign to refer to these Mezcals as traditional. That said, we have this amazing liquid art, and we just happen to have friends that work with, and therefore provide us access to, some of the most beautiful barrels in the world.
We will always remain true to the Single Village concept. Never would we blend the villages. Never would we think that we might make the Mezcals “better” by blending villages or by aging…but perhaps they could be different?
What if we could actually enhance the terroir?

We then procured eight WL Weller barrels that previously held Old Rip Van Winkle for ten years. We filled four with Chichicapa and four with Santo Domingo, and will soon be releasing a three to thirteen-month-old Chichicapa, and a three to sixteen-month-old Santa Domingo Albarradas. All that and we are still allowing a barrel of Santo Domingo Albarradas and a barrel of Chichicapa continue to age.


Make no mistake, this liquid art will always remain Mezcal, and will always remain true to the village terroir. Never will we allow the oak to dominate. They will always be Mezcal forward, with the barrel adding texture and layers of flavor, nuances perhaps, but always Single Village Mezcal with the character of the village, as you know it and love it, being the focal point. As Ron says, “We will never make a Reposado or an Añejo, but I reserve the right to experiment.” Every Mezcal will be a Single Village Mezcal, in keeping with our 20 year history of celebrating the traditional art of the palenquero. But perhaps we will allow some oak influence, with every label stating the source of the aging, and the hours the Mezcal spent within that vessel. We would never tell our palenqueros how to distill, or even what to distill, nor have we tried to somehow improve upon their art form. Quite the contrary, we believe that they are all brilliant artists, and their art is nothing short of genius. In this project, we have just chosen to surround this art form with a beautiful oak frame, possibly complementing with additional texture, structure, or complexity, because we know that beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.

18-19 Year old Speymalt Macallan for a great price!




Gordon Mcphail Speymalt 1995....$139.99
Distilled 1995 
Bottles 2014
Age: 18-19 Year Old

AROMA WITHOUT WATER
Fresh tropical fruits, mango and ripe banana combine with subtle beeswax aromas. A soft aniseed note is detected.
TASTE WITHOUT WATER
White pepper initially with ripe banana, charred oak and toasted hazelnuts.
AROMA WITH WATER
Charred oak aromas with hints of peach, mango and orange. Toasted hazelnuts combine with a treacle edge.
TASTE WITH WATER
Sweet with toffee apple and ripe banana, which combine with delicate oak. An underlying citrus orange flavour lingers.

Douglas Laing Scotches



Established in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, we specialise in the selection and release of specialist, craft Scotch Whiskies. We hand select the finest, and often rarest, Scotch Whisky stocks from across all of Scotland’s Whisky regions and bottle them as the Distiller intended: At high alcohol strength, and without colouring or chill-filtration


Douglas Laing Timorous Beastie Highland Scotch...$53.99
Douglas Laing's Timorous Beastie, immortalised in Robert Burns' famous Scots poem "To a Mouse", was a timid, little field mouse. Echoing our national bard's wit, ours is most certainly not for the fainthearted! This non coloured, non-chill-filtered Small Batch bottling is a marriage of appropriately aged and selected Highland Malts - including, amongst others, those distilled at Glen Garioch, Dalmore and Glengoyne distilleries. Incredibly sweet on the nose, with light floral and spicy honey tones. The palate is spicy, and sugary, carrying notes of raisin fudge, with a sweet yet subtle finish.
Overridingly sweet on the nose, then warming to floral, light barley & spicy honeyed tones. The palate opens in a spicy style - fructiferous, mellow, with sugary vanilla. The finish is at first subtle, but runs to a sweet character that carries an oaky quality plus a late meringue style.







Douglas Laing's Scallywag Speyside Scotch...$63.99
Douglas Laing's Scallywag is a Small Batch bottling created using only the finest Speyside Malts including - amongst others - Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes. Bottled at 46% alcohol strength and non chill-filtered, this Small Batch bottling has a distinct rich, dark colour - extracted from the many fine Spanish Sherry Butts used during maturation. In fact, we use 40% first-fill Sherry butts in the mix, and the result is a truly charming Malt with a richly spiced character, fused with vanilla (from the bourbon casks used), sweet stewed fruit, Christmas pudding, dark chocolate, zesty orange and sweet tobacco.




Douglas Laing Rock Oyster Scotch...$53.99
Paying homage the sea, Douglas Laing's Rock Oyster is a Small Batch bottling created using the finest maritime Malts including those distilled on the esteemed Islands of Jura, Islay, Arran and Orkney. Bottled at 46.8% alcohol strength and traditionally without colouring or chill-filtration, this Small Batch bottling has a truly maritime and oceanic character of sea-salt, sweet peat, smoke, honey and pepper from its Islay Malts, and softened somewhat by the sweeter, barley-based impact from Arran, Jura and Orkney.

Wave soaked rocks and a salty oceanic fresh influence on the nose, running to an initially subtle palate that carries soft and rather sweet peat paralleled with smoke, honey, damp ash, liquorice and late pepper. All of what went before is neatly replicated in the moreish finish.




Even blended from the sought after Port Ellen Distillery!
Douglas Laing Big Peat Islay Scotch Whiskey...$63.99

Douglas Laing's Big Peat is a feisty Islay character with a sweet side. This is a small batch bottling, without colouring or chill-filtration and only contains Islay Malt Whiskies, including Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and (even the now closed) Port Ellen to name but a few! Big Peat is fresh, salty and clean on the nose, with notes of sweet malts dried over peat. Typically Islay in flavour, the palate carries notes of ash, sweet tar, smoking chimneys and a subtle salty beach quality, with a long and lingering phenolic finish.

Opens fresh, salty and clean on the nose, developing to sweet malt dried over peat. On the palate, detect ashes, sweet tar, beaches and smoking chimneys. The finish is long and lingering, replicating the palate with salty, tangy liquorice, smoke, bonfire ashes and a phenolic quality.


Stone Enjoy By Tangerine






Stone Enjoy by 10.31.16 Tangerine IPA...$15.99 / 6 pack

TANGIBLY FRESH
After brewing this intense double IPA with more than 10 different hops and consistently delivering it faster than any bottled IPA on the planet, we decided to do something different with this Stone Enjoy By IPA—we took it to another level, again. Puréed tangerines were added to the batch to create a devastatingly fresh IPA with a tang of tangerine. The flavors yielded by this addition to the recipe meld beautifully with the bitterness of the hops. True to this series, Stone Enjoy By Tangerine IPA is brewed specifically NOT to last, and should be enjoyed within 37 days.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Macallan No. 2


Limited release


Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Edition No. 2...$92.99
This limited edition is born from a collaboration between our master whisky maker, Bob Dalgarno, and El Celler de Can Roca.  Twice voted best restaurant in the world.    Produced from both European and American Oak Casks.  Very limited edition.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Founders Devil Dancer



More in stock now - buy now, we are told it will not be bottled next year.  

Rated 99/100 RateBeer
Founders Devil Dancer Triple IPA...$18.99 / 4pk
"When you dance with the Devil the Devil don’t change. You do. Massive in complexity, the huge malt character balances the insane amount of alphas used to create it. At an incredible 112 IBU’s it’s dry-hopped with a combination of ten hop varieties. This one can age with the best of them."
-- Founders


New Holland Oak Aged Pale Ale




New Holland The Carhartt Woodman Oak Aged Pale Ale...$7.49 / 6pk
Celebrates craftsmanship and hard work. Locally-grown Cascade hops bring a brightness to this barrel-aged American pale ale. Malt sweetness and toasted oak combine for a smooth, refreshing finish.
Beer Style:  Barrel-aged Pale Ale
Alcohol by Volume: 4.4%
Grains: Caramunich, Special Pale, Carapils
Hops: Michigan Cascade

Tom's Town from Kansas City!

Tom’s Town Distilling Co. is downtown Kansas City’s first legal distillery since Prohibition. Drawing inspiration from the country’s most polarizing and corrupt political boss, Tom Pendergast, Tom’s Town brings to life the glamorous magnetism of the Gatsby-era. Rooted in a deco optimism, Kansas City flouted Prohibition under the Pendergast machine. “King Tom’s” irreverence for federal statutes in favor of bare-knuckled local capitalism allowed his town to emerge as the “Paris of the Plains.” Spirits, money, and jazz flowed like water in the city’s world-renowned fountains.
Legend has it that when a newspaperman asked Pendergast how he justified ignoring the federal statutes behind Prohibition, he shrugged and said, “The people are thirsty.”





Tom's Town Pendergast's Royal Gold Bourbon...$44.99
90 PROOF 45% ALC./VOL.
Until he could fire up his own still, the country’s most corrupt political boss, “King Tom” Pendergast, procured the finest bourbon from Kentucky and Tennessee. He bottled it, trademarked the brand name, and sold Royal Gold to a thirsty public. In the same spirit and with the same name, we present Pendergast’s Royal Gold Bourbon. We didn’t have to bribe anyone to make it taste this good.

With aromas of caramelized sugar, pleasant oak, and stone fruits, this bourbon offers a rich warmth that’s perfect for treating special guests. To achieve a smooth and well-balanced flavor, we finished this batch of Pendergast’s Royal Gold in hand-selected 14-year-old port casks. Raise a toast to the latest release in our line of curated whiskeys: Pendergast's Royal Gold - Cask Finished.






Tom's Town McElroy's Corruption Gin....$32.99
90 PROOF 45% ALC./VOL.
Prohibition-era Kansas City roared with gambling, jazz, and speakeasies. It was a wide-open town, and no one fought harder to keep it that way than City Manager Henry McElroy. Turning patronage and graft into an artform, McElroy funnelled sketchy contracts and vice industry cash to the country’s most corrupt political boss, Tom Pendergast. In McElroy’s’s spirit we present an elaborate and cunning gin, a corruption of unexpected flavors and uncommon botanicals.
McElroy’s Corruption Gin is a complex, spicy and botanical New Western style gin.




Tom's Town Eli's Strongarm Vodka...$23.99
80 PROOF 40% ALC./VOL.
When you needed a favor in Prohibition-era Kansas City, you went to Tom Pendergast, the country’s most corrupt political boss. Between you and Boss Tom stood Eli Matheus, a rough-hewn riverboat captain who was as likely to put his arm around you as punch you in the throat. In his spirit we present an imposing vodka for unpredictable characters.

Eli’s StrongArm Vodka is a pure, smooth and imposing vodka, distilled 16 times.

Schlafly Proper Cider assorted pack


Schlafly Proper Cider...$16.99 / 4pk Pints
Includes 4 bottles  - 1 of each


  • Proper Vintage Cask Cider: Grown, pressed, and bottled in Devonshire, England, this is a rich and powerful style improved by agin ina 100-year old mighty oak vat where it develops complexity adn depth
  • Proper Scrumpy Cider:  A definitively proper cider fermented from fresh apple juice and wild yeasts, Scrumpy is lightly carbonated and slightly cloudy, with a medium body and full flavor.
  • Proper Dry Hopped Cider:  For a little body and boos of unexpected flavor, we dry hop this sparkling cider with Ella hops from Australia, elevating the apple's naturally pleasant profile.
  • Proper Raspberry Cider:  Delicate and blushing pink, this cask cider boasts the slight tartness of ripe raspberries, a pleasing citrus kick, and a rounded sweetness.

Dieu du Ciel! Solstice d'ete




More just arrived today
Dieu du Ciel! Solstice d'ete...$4.49 /11.2oz
"German inspired sour wheat beer. The Obvious and domineering acidity of this beer is therefor obtained by letting the unboiled wort go sour for several days. The Summer Solstice (Summer Solstice) is made by the full addition, During the fermentation process, of a phenomenal quantity of whole fruit (raspberries in this case). The result is a very refreshing beer and fruity acidity Where Both flavors dominate wholeheartedly.

Summer Solstice is brewed only once a year "





Dieu du Ciel! Grande Noirceur Imperial Stout...$4.99 / 11.2oz

Rated 100/100 RateBeer

9% ABV
"The Great Darkness"

The Grande Noirceur (Great Darkness) is an intense and dense black beer with strong roasted flavours. Its imposing bitterness is balanced by the presence of malted, caramel notes. The high alcohol content is well integrated and discreet, well suited to this beer’s complex nature.

This stout style, high in alcohol and bitterness in order to favour preservation, was originally brewed to support the long and arduous voyage necessary to export the beer from England to Russia. The word Imperial comes from the fact that the beer was specially brewed for the Russian tsar’s court.
The name of this beer refers to the Prime minister Duplessis political era (1945-1960) when the Quebec government was under the strong influence of the church and willingly kept the inhabitants into ignorance and away from progress.

New Founders PC Pils




Founders Brewing PC Pils...$9.49
Pleasantly crisp, perfectly clean and profoundly crushable, PC Pils is our take on the classic Pilsner style. While Noble hops have been the preferred choice of Pilsner brewers around the world, we went with some of our favorite American varieties. Piney Chinook, pleasantly citrus Cascade and punchy Centennial make this an easy-drinker with floral hop characteristics. Pretty cool, if you ask us.