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Originally Posted by KCUnited
Solid choices, no doubt.
One piece of advice (apologies if you do this already), especially regarding anything heavily hopped like an IPA or Pale Ale. Always check the packaged or best by dates on the bottle/cans, which can be difficult if buying singles as you're dependant on the brewery properly stamping them. I try not to mess with hoppy beers over 60 days since it was packaged, especially if its not stored in the cooler.
Beer gets old and some stores let them sit around until they sell, especially the mix pack singles bottle/cans section.
EDIT: Destihl is in Normal. Dosvidanya and its variants are legit IL stouts. Never had the Hefe
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Earlier this summer a good friend of mine who had moved out of the area came back for the weekend with a box full of beer he was excited to give me and drink over the weekend. Some Apex Predator and a few other Off Color beers along with some hard to find Prairie Artisan beers.
He found them in some little liquor store in Texarkana TX while there for a day.
I shit you not they were all 3+ years old and mostly undrinkable.
He had some good pickins too. Not sure if you have ever heard of Prison Rodeo which is a coffee IPA from Prairie but damn its a fantastic beer and they have only made it few times.
I don't know that I can describe what a 2+ year old coffee IPA tastes like but it was terribad.
