Kate the Great Day is here!

Tuesday, June 24th is Kate the Great Day at the Portsmouth Brewery down in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. If you haven't taken the day off of work then you can pretty much kiss your chances of getting a bottle of this bad ass Russian Imperial Stout good bye. People are coming from all over to get some of this stuff and you can expect there to be quite a crowd queued up for the rather limited supply (only 10 barrels were produced).

At 2:27 pm this year's batch of what was named the best beer in America (according to BeerAdvocate magazine) will go on sale. It should be quite a scene as the hype over this beer spread across the internet pretty damn quickly and once its gone...its gone!

If you're going, this is what you need to know:

~ Bottles are $10 each and you are limited to two per day (like its going to last more than one)

~ Selling will be done like a deli counter, grab a ticket/number and come back when its your turn, I suggest going to the bar to sample all the other great beers.

~ Unfortunately growlers are not being filled

~ Bottles are being sold downstairs in the Jimmy LaPanza Lounge and not in the little retail store adjacent to the brewery

~ Bring donuts to sell to the crowd if you are getting there early (which I recommend as well)

~ Do the Smuttynose Brewery tour if you have the time, its a little out of town but a great tour (with free beer)

~ Have fun and get to know some other beer lovers. There is going to be quite an array of people in Portsmouth from all over. I would expect a beerfest atmosphere during the afternoon hours.

If anyone has an extra bottle for this poor guy who has to work tomorrow please let me know!!!!

so innocent yet so sought after