Message deepsouth

beers 23 º places 2 º 10:57 Tue 9/9/2008

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mcguires-ill-have-what-the-gentleman-on-the-floor-is-having-barley-wine/42252/



i picked up a couple of bottles of this over the weekend at emerald coast beer festival. it was at a private barleywine tasting and i realize it’s not’s bottled anymore. as a matter of fact, i think it’s a totally different brewer now than when it was bottled.



does anyone know when this was last bottled?



does anyone know how many bottles are out there?

Message redlight

beers 2318 º places 50 º 11:14 Tue 9/9/2008

i didn’t think it was ever officially bottled, maybe just for festivals/competitions, but i could be wrong?

Message deepsouth

beers 23 º places 2 º 11:25 Tue 9/9/2008

hmmmmm..... so, i’ve got a couple of unofficial bottles.....



pretty cool.



i wonder how many cases there were?

Message redlight

beers 2318 º places 50 º 13:44 Tue 9/9/2008

Originally posted by redlight

i didn’t think it was ever officially bottled, maybe just for festivals/competitions, but i could be wrong?







i’m just speculating. i know of the brewery i’ve tried their beers at a festival. with florida law a brewpub can’t bottle and sell their beer unless they are also licensed as a commercial brewery.



but from what i remember that was my favorite beer i tried from their booth! i’m just speculating. i know of the brewery i’ve tried their beers at a festival. with florida law a brewpub can’t bottle and sell their beer unless they are also licensed as a commercial brewery.but from what i remember that was my favorite beer i tried from their booth!

Message Suttree

P beers 7120 º places 260 º 13:59 Tue 9/9/2008

I remember seeing this in the mid-90’s in bottles - If I recall, I think either the bottle label or the six-pack holder had an illustration by that guy who does (did?) the comic "Shoe" in the newspapers. This was probably 1994 or so.

Message deepsouth

beers 23 º places 2 º 14:34 Tue 9/9/2008

Steve Fried was the brewmaster at the time it was bottled, and i think that’s been at least a couple years ago. i’m not sure when he last worked for them.

Message kp

beers 10878 º places 12 º 18:24 Tue 9/9/2008

Ten years ago you could buy bottles at the brewpub in Pensacola for on premises consumption. I haven’t kept up with it since then other than seeing it at the occassional festival.