Kate Day

[gtpro]

Anybody had Kate the Great by Portsmouth Brewery in Portsmouth, NH? The midwest has Dark Lord day, so I was pleased to find out that we have our own little special release day over here, its tomorrow and I guess people come from as far as Florida for this RIS. Its got an A+ on beer advocate, which is nearly unheard of, unfortunately I'm just too booked tomorrow to make it, but wowee what a neat thing.

 

[cabot]

gtpro, I see you're in Orono. Going to school at UMO? I graduated from there in 2004, live in Wilton now. Glad to see another Mainer on the board! Sadly, I am too busy to make it down to Portsmouth as well, I'd love to try that out.

I really love, and have been searching for, a clone of their Black Cat Stout.

 

[gtpro]

I do go to UMO, good to see some representation. I'm from NH but I spend most of my time up in Orono and do all my brewing there.

I actually had my first pint from Portsmouth brewery the other night, but it was like my 10th beer of the night so I couldnt even tell you what it was. I think I'm gonna try to get out there tomorrow or wednesday to see if they have any left.

 

[Scimmia]

To see if they have any Kate left? Good luck with that. There's a reason people were talking about getting there at 4am. Even with a 2 bottle per person limit, it'll be gone fast.

 

[gtpro]

they have it on draft as well, I think they have about 130 something gallons of it, not sure how much goes into bottles and how much into kegs though, have you had it?

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

It is all gone...called them earlier...sucks...very good brew.

 

[gtpro]

bummer, thanks for checking into it

 

[Scimmia]

Nope, never had it.

From the sound of it, the kegs went dry ~5:30 PM.

As for bottles, if you weren't in line by ~5:15 AM, you were SOL. Apparently there were already quite a few people in line at 2 AM.

 

[drez77]

I got my 2 bottles and one glass at the pub before the ride home. The first 2 people were in like at 12:45AM while the pub was still open. We got in line at about 4:15AM and only have about a 20-30 minute wait to get our pages/tickets. All in all a fun time. Not sure I will do it again. Portsmouth has some really nice beers. The Imperial Porter was a real nice beer and I had to grab a growler of that to take home.