As we all approach summer and the inexorable southward march of Murder Hornets, it's critically important to have a hearty stock of delicious adult beverages on deck at all times. If your personal supply is running low, might we suggest taking some of these seriously tasty works of beverage-craft into consideration.
The second installment of June's special release sale boasts a wondrous spectrum of fermented deliciousness, including our first canned cider (!!!), more ultra-crushable Foeder Ice, another extraordinary addition to our quarantine series, & a spectacular collaboration with Highland Park—PLUS not one, BUT TWO insanely delicious, super special coffees.
The sale goes live at 10AM this Saturday morning. Beers will be available for pickup the following week (either Wednesday or Friday, depending on your designated pickup location), and you'll have 30 days to scoop them.
*Although some tasting rooms are beginning to reopen, pickup reservations for special release beers are still MANDATORY at all locations.
**Please be sure to read all of the important notes at the end of this email if you plan on purchasing. Seriously, it'll make your life way easier.
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES TIPA
This lupulin-laden party champion is a 10% detonation of Galaxy, Amarillo, and Simcoe hops. It’s a beautiful blend of tropical character and stone fruit underscored by subtle notes of fresh pine, and we think it’s going to put a big ol’ smile on that face of yours.
ABV: 10%
Format: 4-Pack of 16oz Cans
Price: $23.75
Total Quantity: 2,350
4-Pack Limit: 2
HOW'S YOUR DAY IPA (COLLAB W/ HIGHLAND PARK)
This collab with the excellent folks at Highland Park Brewing is a West Coast-style IPA with a profile replete with Strata & Mosaic-forward radness. Passion fruit, mango, citrus, and pine mingle together in a wildly successful fashion. If you’re all up in our comments like “make more West Coast IPA”, we think you’re going to be pretty stoked.
ABV: 7.5%
Format: 4-Pack of 16oz Cans
Price: $19.50
Total Quantity: 4,410
4-Pack Limit: 3
CURIOUS APPLES AGED ON FRENCH OAK
We treated this Ashmead’s Kernel & Wickson apple cider to an extended stay on medium-toast French oak spirals, yielding a beverage with lovely notes of gentle oak and apple tannins that’s both luxurious and unbelievably drinkable. We heartily encourage you to test the veracity of these claims.
ABV: 6.4%
Format: 4-Pack of 16oz Cans
Price: $15
Total Quantity: 1,720
4-Pack Limit: 2
FOEDER-AGED ICE W/ SAPHIR
Our year-round pilsner spent two and a half glorious months in our heavy-toast American oak foeders before a generous dry-hopping with this magical German hop variety. The resulting beverage is a deliciously complex, 4.8% bundle of citrusy joy wrapped in a delicate oaky blanket.
ABV: 4.8%
Format: 4-Pack of 16oz Cans
Price: $15
Total Quantity: 1,545
4-Pack Limit: 6
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES: I STILL MISS MY FRIENDS BLEND COFFEE BEANS
We have found few things to be as central to a successful quarantine as good coffee. To that end, we present you with this extremely outstanding blend, comprised of 50% Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Burundi Mbirizi Gatara and 50% Ethiopia Tega & Tula. The combo yields a stunningly lovely bouquet of pineapple, crème brûlée, and bright hard cider. It’s going to enliven the living hell out of your next video chat.
Format: 12oz bag
Price: $20
Total Quantity: 283
WIZARD BLEND COFFEE BEANS
This caffeinated powerhouse is an unquestionably worthy counterpart to the eponymous and widely-beloved imperial stout. A tag-team 50/50 smackdown of two killer bourbon barrel-aged coffees—Guatemala Huehuetenango & Colombia Huila Santa Rita—this regal beast is replete with rich chocolate brownie, cherry cordial, & caramel character. It’s pretty frickin’ rad.
Format: 8oz bag
Price: $20
Total Quantity: 495
Important notes regarding this month's sale:
- Although some tasting rooms are beginning to reopen, you still MUST make reservations for your special release beer pick-ups.
- For the safety of all involved, you must wear a mask during pick-up. This is mandatory.
- These items have a 30-day pickup window across the board ending on 7/26/20. Yep, everything. 30 days only.
- The first day to pick-up will be 6/24 in San Diego / Los Angeles / Encinitas / Oakland and 6/26 in Portland / Santa Barbara.
- Reservations for the first two weeks of pick-up times will be available on the sale page. Again, be sure to check out separately with your reservation time, and do not add it to the cart with your beer. Thanks!
- If you try to put your reservation time in the same cart with your special release beer, the site won't let you check out. You must check out separately with your reservation time. Just make sure to use the same email for both checkouts so we can look up your order and have your beer ready for you.
- We've expanded our hours and added WAY more reservation times for this sale, so securing a time to pick up your beers should be far easier this time around.
During high traffic times, the website will sometimes display the following message when you're trying to purchase a beer: “Sorry, this product’s stock has all been reserved. Please try again later.” This does not mean that the beer is sold out. It's a site error that results from high traffic and lots of requests for a particular beer occurring simultaneously. If you wait a while and keep trying, that beer may become available again. A beer is not actually sold out until there is a "sold out" banner displayed over its image in the store. It's annoying, and we're working with our web-store developers to get it fixed, but realistically we're pretty sure it's still going to be an issue on Saturday, and we wanted you to know that going in. Again, our apologies.
The SALE will go live at 10AM on Saturday 6/20.
We thank you again—and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future—for your patience, support, and feedback during these immensely challenging months. We cannot possibly overstate how grateful we are to be surrounded by such a truly excellent community. Hang in there, friends.
Cheers & thanks!
The Modern Times Crew
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