Going to be in Ames for a wedding this weekend. Looking for someplace that carries Toppling Goliath selection beyond their flagship beers. Cans or bottles, not tap. Any suggestions?
Toppling Goliath in Ames
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Cyclone Liquors maybe. Flagship ones are available at Sams.
Cyclone Liquors, Hy-Vee and Fareway in north Ames all carry non-flaship beers in bottles.
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I took that title as they were opening up something in Ames. Way to get my hopes up OP
Selection will vary a bit, but their offerings are available at Cyclone and HyVee for best selection. They could have 4 packs of Pseudo Sue, 4 packs of Golden Nugget, 4 packs of Pompeii and 4 packs of Dorothys. Golden Nuggest and Pompeii in cans are tasting great right now. Sue is kinda hit or miss in cans yet.
In bombers they will have some of their specialty ones. I think the latest ones in bombers that have circulated are Scorious (likely gone by now), Double Dry Hopped Pseudo Sue, Mosaic Dry Hopped Sue, Fire Skulls and Money.
By 4th of July King Sue 4 packs are coming.
I always hit Cyclone Liquors and the East Hy-Vee (same parking lot).
Cyclone Liquors is a great store. If I was ever in Ames without wife or kids I'd hit up Alluvial and perhaps Torrent breweries.
Cyclone Liquors is a great store. If I was ever in Ames without wife or kids I'd hit up Alluvial and perhaps Torrent breweries.
It's $10.99 per six pack for Wisco brewed Pompeii, from what I can tell.
In short hand: it's probably fine, but seems over priced.
Kind of surprised they would charge that much for a HyVee brand. Seems like Baraboo was a lot more reasonable. I mean why do they think people will buy that over TG’s beer?
Warped Roots. I don't get what's in it for Hy-Vee. I get it from TG's end.
Sorry, my post was meant to be a shot at TG for outsourcing their kegs. There's been some questionable tactics going on when it comes to their kegs. Sometimes the kegs we get have Decorah collars, sometimes they have Verona collars. Tough to say which ones are brewed in house and which ones are sent out. What makes it even more difficult is the difference between their cans and their draft. The beers are vastly different in appearance, aroma, and taste. But hey, they're expanding to new states every day!
I don't disagree with any of that. To make matters worse, they can't seem to have any sort of consistency with the hops they make in Decorah. Sue has become a ******* dice roll. I haven't bought a TG 4 pack in over a month because of it. I actually like Wisco Pompeii a lot. It has west coast appearance and clarity but it's still really juicy and fruity on the nose and flavor. But it's a completely different beer.
I guess they can't be bothered to make consistent beer when they have to spend so much time spiting their former employees for having the audacity to start a nano-brewery with zero distribution 2 hours away.
