Beer Tracking

I’m hearing lots of exciting talk from retailers and from people who have talked to retailers that are making plans to carry lots of new beers.  That’s what this has been about from the beginning, and I love hearing it.  Since I live in Birmingham most of the talk I’m hearing is Birmingham-centric, such as Vulcan Beverage’s plans to make use of rooms that were previously only used for storage in order to accommodate literally every new beer that becomes approved for sale in Alabama.  Awesome.

But I would love for FTH to help beer lovers all over the state find the new beers we’ve worked so hard to get here.  To that end, we’ve created a section on our online community devoted entirely to keeping track of where to find the beer.   It’s a place for all of us to keep track of which stores are carrying which beers, and even who has the best prices (if we get detailed enough).

You can browse that forum without even registering for a user ID, but I hope that you will not simply take advantage of the information provided by others and instead will register (if you haven’t already) and contribute information that helps everyone else.

We’ll probably highlight some of our favorite newly-legal beers here on the blog in the coming weeks, and we’ll be using the information from the section linked above to help folks know where they can find them.

In addition to information on where to find beers, the Hops Community online has discussions on a wide range of beer-related topics, and even a few non-beer-related ones.  Check it out.

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6 Comments

  1. Chris L.
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:10 am | Permalink

    Great idea! So many directions you can go with this…listed by brewer, community, store,… Can’t wait!

  2. Matt S
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:23 am | Permalink

    I hope that everybody can remember that that means statewide! Decatur,M-shoals, everybody!
    also…what is next for us? Im onboard and I plan on getting the membership dues paid.

    • Bob N.
      Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:27 am | Permalink

      Will the 22 ounce bottles be available in state?

      • Stuart
        Posted May 26, 2009 at 11:40 am | Permalink

        containers larger than 16oz are currently illegal except in 3 or 4 counties around the state.

  3. Aaron
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

    For all the beeradvocate.com users I finally got a Windmill Beverage store in Madison approved on their Beerfly, so, I will be keeping that up to date. Whatever they get in I’ll list their and here.

  4. Malted Mike
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:26 pm | Permalink

    Any ideas on statewide military bases on whether they will carry +6 beers? Maxwell AFB in Montgomery has a great Class 6 store and prices would be sweet also.