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The dist def knew what they had but gave Gary's the first shot (one of the first at least) of selling it.

So does anyone know how many cases actually made it to NJ? I saw someone said 60 earlier. If this is the case why did Gary's receive 22 of them? This seems obnoxious. Also, did any other stores get any? When will they?

Lunch has had some batch issues. I've had a few different bottlings and I think the batch you had I also had. It was a lot darker in color and tasted like a stale IPA. My friend gets their stuff in Massachusetts and he's experienced the same exact thing. It seems they've got it under control now. I can't wait til Lunch and Zoe hit NJ. Their Moe pale is very goo too!

Please update if anyone finds out who else in nj is getting bourbon county or if anyone got extra

I heard there were issues with the August lunch batch, but they should be resolved. I've had a couple Maine beers and they're very good.

bottle king got them, but pretty sure they're now out also.

They told me the dist called them and said they could have first crack... i was under the impression more would be coming. I know a shop in Jersey City got some too.

Doesnt seem there would be more coming for that area. Looks like they gave most of their allocation to Gary's. Hard to get real #'s on these kind of things. I am hoping I can get just 1 bottle in my area, but the talk of people walking out with cases has me lusting for more

I checked buy-rite in JC in Saturday just in case, nothing there yet. Nothing in Hoboken yet either.

*edit for grammar

A buddy of mine said he got some at the Buy Rite near the Holland tunnel on Sat.

I was over there around 7pm on Sat, Their main beer guy was on vacay. I asked another guy there and he said that they didn't get any yet.... Wondering if he got the last of it and the guy didn't know?

damn, you guys got a case of bcbs! I hope somewhere here in SJ gets 22 cases.. haha.. i bet the big stores in this area will be lucky to get between 2 - 6 cases... don't think anybody is going to sell a full case... if anybody hears of it though def post it up or shoot me a mssg.. i'd be down to buy a full cases of bcbs! i'll take anything i can get of it without having to overpay

I think that everybody is misunderstanding just how much BCBS is coming into the state... A pub in North Jersey, which shall remain nameless, so that we can avoid accusations of "pimping," posted this picture on their facebook this morning:



I don't think that NJ is going to be dry of Bourbon County anytime soon.

geez, well hopefully the bud distrib's for SJ get as much as the bud distrib's in north jersey have gotten

Yeah, I hear ya. Doubt cases will be had but 1 four pack would be nice.

Their top accounts by volume get first crack.

For example, 30 cases of CBS came to the state, so their top 30 account were able to have first dibs on it. That seems fair to me...

It's not like Red Bank is near them...and if an account in Ocean County bcomes a top account, they would certainly be included

Is hunterdon going to get any?

Goose island is not hunterdon. So no bcbs for them

I can't imagine them handling the distribution anymore now that AB has them. I'm assuming this is only going through the AB centers.

Thank god

At least hunterdon tells u when there release is. So u just gotta know where to go

i think hunterdone does a great job here in SJ.. i don't know of any other distributors that give so much info as to where to find beers, when to find them, and also do a great job of getting so many diff craft brands into the state

for those in high grades distribution area, i have been told that they received one pallet of bcbs (30 cases i wastold) its in their warehouse but not listed in their cpl (current price list). by law they can not sell it if it is not listed. So for high grade area, it wont hit untill november at the earliest based on the info i got today

those 60 are just for bergen county area. garys is passaic county.

This has happened to me also had a fresh batch around the Superbowl and was a very tasty IPA got one in the spring or summer and was totally different both were fresh when I tried them.

I dont hate Hunterdon at all - actually praise them for keeping us up to date on whats coming.

Who distro's GI in central NJ? I've not seen it in Hunterdon County yet.

High Grade is the AB house for Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Hunterdon.

(South of that in Central Jersey, it's Ritchie & Page > Mercer, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean counties).

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Per tbone doesnt look like any in Hunterdon til November
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Don't forget about their other distributor in Morris County, which services Morris, Sussex, Warren and sections of Passaic Counties.

Anybody seen BCBS around Lawrenceville/hamilton area?

Nope, but wasn't asking anywhere either.

Should be hitting the Pennington area ( ) in the next few days. I was told 2 bottle limit

If you see it anywhere else, pleeeeese let me know

Oh, and I was at JC's Lawrenceville, not there yet and did not ask about it.

I talked to the beer guy at my local shop in SJ today. He said he expects to get get this in either late this week or early next week. I believe they were expecting to get 2 cases (not 100% sure about that part) and it would likely be a one 4 pack limit.

And your local SJ shop is ???......

Bob's discount liquor

Cool! Thanks!

Please let us know when it hits Pennington!

looks like BCBS just landed at Hoboken Vine

Nice!! Any word on how much?

I bought some Sunday at noon there... priced high @ 28.99/4pk but I dont have the time to search all over for it