I know I’m stealing this from UK forum but anybody in wider world have a beer advent calendar? Got one at Costco in dc area. Impressed they have 24 beers I haven’t rated from Germany. Only trouble is they are nearly all pils or helles . Maybe I’ll spruce up some new regions at least.
Looks like @bhensonb@JoeMcPhee@theisti and @Drake all have the same calendar by the looks of it. Also looks like it’s in the same order for everybody, though one of the above appears to have cheated and opened his on Nov. 3. Tsk tsk!!
The “calendar” is produced by a bunch of German entrepreneurs - props to them - and I am not aware of any other. CostCo seems to have gotten the US “share”, but I think it’s available overseas as well in non-English boxes.
Never belonged to Costco to grab. I heard locally Aldi supermarket has one as well. Never been to that grocer but May check to see if I can pick one up
The Kalea calanders were available in the UK two years ago and the fact that they print the contents is a real bonus. Would get one if they actually had them over here again (assuming it wasn’t full of beers I’d already had).
I don’t know why you wouldn’t sell a bunch. It’s a great idea for beer fans. Also for gifts for people…
Does Indie Alehouse have that many canned/bottled beers these days? I don’t remember them bottling at all back in the day, but then again it’s been years since I’ve been there.
Probably just a lot of work to put together when lazy brewers prefer to just sell six packs. Plus, how many have 24 canned/bottled individual beers just sitting around to drop in a calendar? I can think of a few around here that might. Definitely would be easier for a third party to put together. Too bad Sheldons went bankrupt, that could be a killer calendar.
I had this last year and was given one this year too. Looks like there are some duplicates, but maybe half are new. Ratings will come when I clear the backlog (not that big). Appreciate you guys figuring out which beers are which and entering new ones. There was a handful last year that were headscratchers.