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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
Ya, Seems like most of them are unfiltered now and almost pulpy? Would love to get a hold of Tree House Julius. Know of any attainable beers in Calgary that seem to take on this style? I'm pretty sure that the collective arts IPAs are all good examples of modern NE IPAs, but would love to try more.
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There are only a handful of breweries that really do it right, and none of them distribute. The brewers all say they are intended to be drank fresh (within a couple weeks), and kept cold, so they only sell out of their taprooms. Beer takes about a month or so to go through all the distribution channels and hit stores, so that doesn't really work with the style.
The breweries are doing huge volumes though. Tree House upped their production significantly with their new brewery, and are selling out 3000 cases (of 24 cans) from Wed to Fri every week. They are selling at about $15/4 pack too. It'd be a great business model if you could figure out how to brew that style in untapped markets. Monkish is really the only west coast brewery doing it that I've had. I think Great Notion from Oregon is doing that style well too from what I've heard.