Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Right Place and Time for a Barleywine

Posted by: Tyler Rippeteau

Oct. 26, 2011

As I mentioned at the beginning of The Barleywine Project, this one was going to be tough.  Of the 20 beers I have to review for this project, only one of them is available year-round...and it happens to be the one brewed a ten-minute bike ride away from my apartment.  The other 19 are seasonal or rotating.  On top of that, many are not available here in Colorado so I will either need to travel or trade for them.

Since I do not have the money to travel for a specific beer, but I do plan to do some traveling in the near future (Portland this coming weekend and Chicago for Thanksgiving and Christmas), I put together a spreadsheet to help me track down where and when all 20 beers on the list will be available.  I also figured that this might be a useful tool to any of you who are Barleywine fans out there - especially those of you who live in Mississippi, who have access to none of these beers.  Puerto Ricans and Utahans (ites maybe?) may also want to take note for when you travel.


BARLEYWINE
SEASON/DATE
AVAILABILITY

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale

Winter

Available in All 50 States

Victory Old Horizontal

Dec. - Jan.

AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, ME, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX (Limited), VT, VA, WA, WI, DC

Great Divide Old Ruffian Barley Wine

December

AL, AK, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MA, MN, MO, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA (Limited - Southern VA), WA, DC

Bell's Third Coast Ale

Winter

AL, AZ, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, OH, PA, PR, SC, VA, WI, DC

Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine

October

AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC (Limited), TX (Limited), VT, VA, WA, DC

Avery Hog Heavan Barleywine

Year Round

AL, AK, AR (Limited - Western AR), CA (Limited - Southern CA), CO, FL (Limited), GA, ID, IL, IA, KS, KY (Limited), MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NV (Limited), NJ, NY (Limited - NYC Only), NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, WI (Limitied), WY (Limited)

Rogue XS Old Crestacean

Rotating

All 50 States, Limited in Wyoming

Lagunitas Olde Gnarlywine

January

AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY, DC

Troegs Flying Mouflan

Spring

DE, MD, MA, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, DC

Founders Nemesis 2010

Brewed Once

No Longer Available

Southern Tier Backburner (Imperial Barley Wine Style Ale)

February

AK, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, VA, WA, WI, VT

Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws

Fall

CA, IN (Limitied), NY (NYC Only), OR, PA (Limited), WA

Three Floyds Behemoth Blonde Barleywine

January

IL (Limited - Chicago), IN, KY (Limited), OH (Limited), WI

Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary - Ken and Jack's Ale

Brewed Once

Available in All 50 States

AleSmith Old Numbskull

Rotating

AZ, CA, MA, NY, OH, OR, PA (Limited),

Green Flash Barleywine Style Ale

Rotating

AZ, CA, CO, IL, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WA, DC

Smuttynose Barleywine Style Ale (Big Beer Series)

Winter

CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI (Limited), NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA, WI, DC

Mad River John Barleycorn Barleywine Ale

Winter

AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN,
KY, MA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OK, OR, PA, VA, WA

Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Barleywine

Rotating

IL (Limited), MN, PA, WI

Full Sail Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale

Rotating

AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, LA, MD, MA, MN, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY, DC

To give credit where it is due, I used as much information as I could from each of the brewery's websites.  Sometimes they had a specific month or time of year that the beer would be released, sometimes I was able to figure out their distribution on the websites as well.  For those that did not have the info I needed, I turned to an outstanding document that a Beer Advocate user created last year which details most major brewery's distribution throughout the US.  I am sure that some of the information above is or will become outdated, but hopefully it can help a few Barleywine lovers out.

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