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Originally Posted by phisherman
Geez. I'll reword.
My craft beer buddies all sit around and laugh about the serious rush for this beer. They (and I) don't find the Chocolate Ale to be worthy of madhouse stampedes for it. It is good. I just drank two at the Beer Kitchen tonight, matter of fact. However, I find the BBQ or Rye on Rye or Saison Brett to be more worthy of coveting. The sad part (or good part, depending on how you look at it)is, I don't have to deal with huge lines and crazy demand to get either of those. They sell out sure, but not 25 cases (at each store) in 20 minutes, which is what both Hy-Vees in Lee's Summit did this morning.
My reference to beer drinking husbands buying it for wives that don't drink beer is just what drives everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, to clamor for it like it's Cipro during an Anthrax outbreak.
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BBQ this year sold out basically as fast. I certainly agree that the other limited-release Smokestack Series beers are better.
Chocolate Ale has BBQ-level demand from Boulevard consumers AND it has massive demand from Christopher Elbow's consumers. That's why it sells out faster than most other special Smokestack Series releases.