sixth barrels

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  1. digs32

    digs32 Initiate (0) Jun 12, 2012

    Does Sam Adams, wachusett, bud, miller, sell these for kegerators
     
  2. geocool

    geocool Savant (1,233) Jun 21, 2006 Massachusetts

    I've gotten Sam in 1/4 kegs before, and Wachusett in 1/2 barrels only. I don't know about Bud or Miller.
    Check out Berkshire -- I'm pretty sure you can get 1/6 barrels of all of their beers.
     
  3. dap325

    dap325 Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2009 New York

    Sam Adams does tons of 1/6 kegs. I'm going to highly doubt you'll find Bud/Miller/Coors in 1/6 kegs. I'd imagine the smallest they would come is 1/4's... unless you count Blue Moon. That comes in sixtels.
     
  4. Jwale73

    Jwale73 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,966) Aug 15, 2007 Rhode Island
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    I believe Berkshire does sixtels if you are looking for some NE craft. The Czech pilsener is in season.
     
  5. FluffyMcTingle

    FluffyMcTingle Initiate (0) Nov 6, 2009 Massachusetts

    Berkshire and Wormtown both definitely do sixtels. My first keg after getting my kegerator was a Berkshire Pale Ale.
     
  6. kinopio

    kinopio Savant (1,037) Apr 30, 2009 Massachusetts

    Craft Beer Cellar posted a list of 1/6 barrels they can usually get their hands about a month ago:


    1/6 Barrels
    21st Amendment Bitter American Pale, Back in Black, & Brew Free or Die IPA
    Allagash White
    Allagash Dubbel
    Allagash Tripel
    Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Ale
    Atwater Vanilla Java Porter
    Avery IPA, White Rascal (Witbier), & Ellie's Brown
    Ballast Point Big Eye IPA
    Bar Harbor Blueberry
    Baxter Amber Road, Pamola Pale, and Stowaway IPA
    Bear Republic Racer5 IPA & Hop Rod Rye
    Berkshire Coffeehouse & Drayman's Porter, Gold Spike, Lost Sailor IPA, Steel Rail & Traditional
    Blue Hills Black Hops, IPA, & Imperial Red IPA
    Blue Point Hoptical Illusion IPA & Toasted Lager (Vienna-style)
    Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout & Vanilla Porter
    Brooklyn Brown, EIPA, Lager, & Pils
    Cisco Grey Lady (Witbier), Whale's Tale Pale Ale, & Sankaty Light
    Clown Shoes Clementine, Hoppy Feet, Eagle Claw Fist, & Tramp Stamp
    Firestone Walker Walker's Reserve Porter
    Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale Ale
    Founders Centennial IPA
    Geary's Pale Ale
    Geary's Hampshire Special Ale
    Geary's London Porter
    Great Divide HOSS Rye Lager, DPA, Titan IPA, & Hercules DIPA
    Harpoon IPA
    Harpoon UFO (Hefe) & UFO White (Witbier)
    Haverhill Cream Ale, APA, Leatherlips IPA, & Whittier White
    Heavy Seas Loose Cannon IPA
    Ipswich Ale (English Pale Ale)
    Jack's Abby Jabby Brau and Smoke & Dagger
    Long Trail IPA
    Magic Hat #9
    Magic Hat Circus Boy (American Wheat)
    McNeil's Firehouse Amber & Dead Horse IPA
    North Coast Red Seal & Old Rasputin (RIS)
    Notch Pils & Saison
    Offshore Amber, Nut Brown, & IPA
    Ommegang BPA (Belgian Pale)
    Ommegang Hennepin (Saison)
    Ommegang Abbey Ale (Dubbel)
    Ommegang Three Philosophers (Quad)
    OPA OPA IPA, Red Rock Amber, & Blueberry Lager
    Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale & Deviant Dales IPA
    Peak Pale Ale & Nut Brown
    *Pretty Things Baby Tree (Quad)
    *Pretty Things Jack d'Or (Saison)
    *Pretty Things St. Botolph's Town (English Brown)
    Pyramid Thunderhead IPA & Hefeweizen
    Samuel Adams Lager, Latitude 48 IPA, & Cherry Wheat
    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
    Sierra Nevada Torpedo
    Slumbrew Flagraiser IPA
    Slumbrew Happy Sol
    Slumbrew Porter Square Porter
    Smuttynose Big A IPA
    Smuttynose IPA
    Smuttynose Old Brown Dog
    Smuttynsoe Robust Porter
    Smuttynose Shoal's Pale Ale
    Southern Tier IPA, UnEarthly IPA, & 2XIPA
    Stone IPA
    Stone Ruination IPA
    Stone Arrogant Bastard
    Troegs DreamWeaver Wheat (Hefe)
    Troegs HopBack Amber
    Troegs JavaHead Stout
    Troegs Pale Ale
    Troegs Troegenator (Doublebock)
    Uinta Double Detour IPA
    Wachusett Blueberry
    Wachusett Country (Pale Ale)
    Wachusett Green Monsta' IPA
    Woodstock Pig's Ear Brown
    Wormtown Be Hoppy IPA
     
  7. Auror

    Auror Pooh-Bah (1,641) Jan 1, 2010 Massachusetts
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    *disclaimer* The following is for Boston only and may vary by distributor in different areas

    The big companies come in 1/2 bbls and 1/4 bbls. Budweiser used to sell beer balls (party balls), which were essentially the same size as 1/6 bbls, but they were recently discontinued (much to the chagrin of anyone who purchased a beer ball tap)...but they wouldn't be of much use in a kegerator.

    Sam Adams comes in all three sizes, though not every beer comes in each size. Boston Lager and the seasonals definitely come in all three, including 1/6 bbls.

    Wachusett comes in 1/2 bbls and 1/6 bbls, at least the blueberry. Looks like Larry comes in 1/2 bbls only.

    If you're looking for an example of what kegs some of the bigger liquor stores that sell a lot of kegs carry week to week (and not just special orders), Blanchard's Allston has a large selection and the website was recently updated. Scroll down to 1/6 bbls, but the list doesn't include the seasonals. Most of the larger liquor stores will also order and hold any of the kegs from kinopio's list.
     
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