Wooo! Got my shipment of 4 bottles of Victory V12 and have a couple of
bottles of Russian River Redemption headed my way as well. The latter
*could* be a nice session beer as it's only 4.8%abv.

Personal plug:

I've updated my Beer Stores online generic website recently by adding more
stores and adding, where possible, either the states they can or cannot ship
to.
I've also added a couple of stores that *don't* ship to Wyoming and 2
European stores: The Belgian Shop(ships pretty much everywhere) and The
Drink Shop, based out of the UK, that caters to the UK and European
continent.

More to come, I guarantee you!

Bottom line: If 1 person finds the info useful, my work is done.

http://onlinebeerstores.homestead.com/index.html

"Bill Becker" > wrote in message
...
> Wooo! Got my shipment of 4 bottles of Victory V12

Wow! This Aug 27, 2004 bottled on brew is fantastic. Wonderful in all the
points that count and the 12% abv is so well hidden. Absolutely no burn at
all! ;^)

I can't believe Victory has retired it. Anyone know the story behind that??
Lew?

"Bill Becker" > wrote in message
...
> "Bill Becker" > wrote in message
>> Wooo! Got my shipment of 4 bottles of Victory V12
>
> Wow! This Aug 27, 2004 bottled on brew is fantastic. Wonderful in all the
> points that count and the 12% abv is so well hidden. Absolutely no burn at
> all! ;^)
>
> I can't believe Victory has retired it. Anyone know the story behind
> that??
> Lew?

V10 was retired, not, to the best of my knowledge, V12.

--
Lew Bryson

"GOOD or SHITE?" -- Michael Jackson, "Thriller", 1982
www.lewbryson.com

"Lew Bryson" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Bill Becker" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Bill Becker" > wrote in message
>>> Wooo! Got my shipment of 4 bottles of Victory V12
>>
>> Wow! This Aug 27, 2004 bottled on brew is fantastic. Wonderful in all the
>> points that count and the 12% abv is so well hidden. Absolutely no burn
>> at all! ;^)
>>
>> I can't believe Victory has retired it. Anyone know the story behind
>> that??
>> Lew?
>
> V10 was retired, not, to the best of my knowledge, V12.
>
> --
> Lew Bryson
>
I was pretty much going by their website where they list only one beer under
their V series....a new Saison. If the V12 is still being brewed, I'm all
for that! ;^)
Btw, have you tried the Saison yet? I loved Dupont but had less than stellar
feelings about Rogue Festive.(Haven't found or tried Fantome yet)

>>V10 was retired, not, to the best of my knowledge, V12.
>>
>>--
>>Lew Bryson
>>
>
> I was pretty much going by their website where they list only one beer under
> their V series....a new Saison. If the V12 is still being brewed, I'm all
> for that! ;^)
> Btw, have you tried the Saison yet? I loved Dupont but had less than stellar
> feelings about Rogue Festive.(Haven't found or tried Fantome yet)

The V10 that I bought (first release) was a wonderful beer, but whether
it was a bottling issue, cork issue, what have you did not cellar
favorably. The fresh was a wonderfully fruity beer and fine drinking
all 'round. The bottles I cellared ended up as slightly sour, rather
boring ales. Haven't tried cellaring the 12s...sounds like it may be
worth a shot.
The Saison is a tasty beer. I liked it at least as much as the DuPont
and that was a fresh Saison vs. aged DuPont. I'd also recommend
Ommegang's Hennepin if you're a fan of the Saison (that cellars
pleasantly as well...the bottle of cave aged from the brewery was quite
nice)

Bill

Bill Becker wrote:

> Btw, have you tried the Saison yet? I loved Dupont but had less than stellar
> feelings about Rogue Festive.(Haven't found or tried Fantome yet)

I'm a huge fan of saisons; now I'm going to have to get some of
Victory's.

I thought the Festive Ale pretty much missed the boat entirely. Not, to
my taste, a pleasant beer. Something harsh about it, and of course, the
damn carbonation is way too low.

--Jeff Frane

"Bill Becker" > wrote in message
...
> Btw, have you tried the Saison yet? I loved Dupont but had less than
> stellar feelings about Rogue Festive.(Haven't found or tried Fantome yet)

Dupont is exquisite, one of my very favorite beers of any type. The Victory
Saison was "less than stellar" (I like that!) on draft, and I was a bit wary
of the bottle, but even a few weeks made a great improvement. I'm looking
forward to trying some that's got some real age on it.

--
Lew Bryson

God Bless America.
"They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither Liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, 1759.

wrote:

> I'm a huge fan of saisons; now I'm going to have to get some of
> Victory's.

> --Jeff Frane

Jeff, let me know if you can't readily put your hands on the "V" series
in your area. There's a bottle of Victory Saison in my cellar that just
might have your name on it 8-)

Jack

wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > I'm a huge fan of saisons; now I'm going to have to get some of
> > Victory's.
>
> > --Jeff Frane
>
> Jeff, let me know if you can't readily put your hands on the "V" series
> in your area. There's a bottle of Victory Saison in my cellar that just
> might have your name on it 8-)
>

Hoo hah!

Belmont Station has stocked V12, but I suspect they haven't seen any
new stock in quite awhile. Everything has to come through Columbia
Distributing, and they're notorious for missing good offerings like
this.

A nice offer. In March, Full Sail will be bottling their wonderful
Equinox in 22 oz bottles, after several years of it being among the
missing. I think it might make a nice trade.

--Jeff Frane

> wrote:
wrote:
>
>> I'm a huge fan of saisons; now I'm going to have to get some of
>> Victory's.
>
>> --Jeff Frane
>
>Jeff, let me know if you can't readily put your hands on the "V" series
>in your area. There's a bottle of Victory Saison in my cellar that just
>might have your name on it 8-)

Are you sure that name isn't "Joel"? ;-)
--
Joel Plutchak "Prescriptive lexicographers enjoy being grumpy.
They spend a lot of time denouncing words and
explaining what the rules used to be."
- Richard Bready, Encarta

wrote:
> wrote:
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm a huge fan of saisons; now I'm going to have to get some of
> > > Victory's.
> >
> > > --Jeff Frane
> >
> > Jeff, let me know if you can't readily put your hands on the "V" series
> > in your area. There's a bottle of Victory Saison in my cellar that just
> > might have your name on it 8-)
> >
>
> Hoo hah!
>
> Belmont Station has stocked V12, but I suspect they haven't seen any
> new stock in quite awhile. Everything has to come through Columbia
> Distributing, and they're notorious for missing good offerings like
> this.
>
> A nice offer. In March, Full Sail will be bottling their wonderful
> Equinox in 22 oz bottles, after several years of it being among the
> missing. I think it might make a nice trade.
>
> --Jeff Frane

Jeff, I can't find your snaily from before - please resend. There might
also be enough room in the box for a stogie or 2.....

Jack

jmowbray at verizon dot net

Joel - yes, I might have misspelled the name. Please send snaily.

Jack