Creamy Coffee Awesomeness

We often have to do some work getting in the sought after beers that the type of people who read this blog like to buy. The current state of hype in the craft beer world makes them spread that much thinner. We have to make our distibutors aware of what we want, in particular with new or special releases. We get lots of funny looks on stuff they've never heard of, but try to get because we ask for it. We often have to hound distributors to make sure we have a spot on allocation lists.  Even then it doesn't always work out.  Sometimes it works better to contact the breweries themselves to get better availability.  I can't imagine the amount of requests some of the popular breweries must get. It's gotta be like working as a traffic cop.

In the end, it's really the fun part of the job.  And don't think we're doing it all for the customer, cause we want 'em, too.

Then sometimes a beer just falls out of the sky.  Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stout ($10.99, 4-pack) isn't even listed on their 2010 schedule.  We get weekly requests for it, but don't really know what to tell people.  We had it in late 2009, but not since. I don't know how often they make it or when.  I just know it's creamy coffee awesomeness and we got some more today, so have @ it.

Almost forgot..."Suck it, Trebeck"