Just found this press release from Avery:
"Beginning in April 2011 beer shipments will be ceased to Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Tennessee. Avery Brewing Company hopes to re-enter these eight states at some point in the future once production capacity can catch up with demand. The brewery is also leaving several partial state markets, including: Northern California (Bay Area and Sacramento), Eastern Arkansas, Upstate New York (outside of New York City), Central Florida (Orlando area) and Wisconsin."
Sounds like the kid from the East Bay will have to make the Pliny for Maj trade if he wants to try one.
Personally I think the Maj is too malt forward for a DIPA but that's just me. It's a good beer but it's a bit meatier than it needs to be. I like Vinny's philosophy of drying it out as much as possible to focus on the hop characteristics, which as a bonus boosts ABV.