So in northern Virginia we only have three suppliers of beer that we can sell so far, Dark Horse Brewery, Twisted Pine Brewing, and Innis and Gunn. In the Richmond market out craft department does so much with the local that these brands just don't pop when I think about what beers we carry. Around town, a lot of the retailers don't carry all of the core items, they just carry the ones they want. Stores also organize their specialty departments by style and seasonality which makes it impossible to establish a brand outside of a huge display. When brewers like Dark Horse provide something with a limited quantity, everyone wants it. We call these people cherry pickers, and they are bad for the business. Beers like this stout series are a gift from the brewery to the retailers and customers who have supported them all year. Dark Horse probably keeps production low on these beers because of the cost involved and risk of what it would mean to not sell through the production.
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| I will swap this picture out once I get all 5 |
Dark Horse is the second horse in the race in the great state of Michigan. Founders (also from Michigan) has a well established reputation for producing quality beers, and is best know for their stouts . . Uh oh! So the stout series is a five part set and I plan on saving one of each until I have them all. Every month since October a new flavor has emerged each slightly better than it's prior. Haley and I both agree that the blueberry is going to be a tough one to top. This month the Smoked Stout should be coming out, and in February the plead the fifth comes out. I am glad I picked these up, they are great. The pulse in town is all about IPA's with enjoy by, lagunitas sucks, and hop slam hitting stores, but I appreciate what dark horse has done here. Check them out at www.darkhorsebrewery.com
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