Jesus, man. obtaining this beer is insane. everywhere that I could find that gets it doesn't put it on the shelf. you have to secretly know who carries it, call them on days they get it and ask them to hold it. found a store that they "may" have it, called them and the young lady up front asks what beer. as soon as I told her the name (don't think I completely got the word elder out) she goes "oh no, no, no. we don't get it, but i think our store in such and such town gets it". I call such and such town and young lady said she didn't see it on the shelf "let me go check the cooler". comes back and says we have it in, but we're not allowed to put it on the shelf. I said "can you hold some for me. I'll be in in a few hours". she said yes, but only allowed to hold one. I said "one? one what? one 6 pack or 12 pack?" she said "I don't know. case I think". anyways, I get to the store, they come out with 1 beer and I asked could I get a 12 pack or something . she made a call and told me no. only 1 beer per customer (Wtf, lol). and then I paid. 7 bucks a beer. let's just say, glad they didn't have a case, lol. came home, ate dinner, then I drank it. didn't want dinner to disrupt the flavor. very, very hoppy. didn't like it at first. after a few drinks and letting it slowly go down my throat I started to like it more and more. by the end I said to myself "I'm too damn poor for this beer". pretty good beer. not something I would drink 12 of. something I could definitely drink 1 or 2 slowly after a hard days work. this pics for you, doc
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