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Five O'Clock Beer

It's always five o'clock.

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Cooler notes

12 notes
  1. Highwater Hefeweizen: Banana, Clove, and Zero RegretsThis is the wheat beer that sells itself — bright, balanced, and disappearing from the cooler faster than I can restock it.
  2. Pinewood Pale Ale: Citrus Up Front, Pine on the FinishClean West Coast profile with grapefruit, a touch of resin, and a dry finish that doesn't linger. Worth the cooler space.
  3. Brookvale Amber moved twelve units in two hoursFriday afternoon rush cleared the middle shelf faster than expected. Worth noting for next week's order.
  4. Delivery manifest said 18 cases, dock count says 19Extra case showed up Thursday morning with no paperwork. Checked twice, still there.
  5. Ridgeline Lager sold sixteen cases in four daysWe doubled the order. It's already half gone.
  6. Fieldstone Kölsch is back and the team is thrilledWe just unpacked eighteen cases of Fieldstone Kölsch — crisp, clean, and exactly what the front cooler needed. This one moves fast, so swing by soon.
  7. Stonegate Pilsner arrived with the wrong IBU on the labelBrewery printed 28 IBU. My palate says 31, maybe 32. We opened six bottles to confirm.
  8. Clearwater Pale Ale just restocked — here's whyWe brought back the most-requested pale ale from last month, and yes, we ordered extra this time.
  9. Cooler two, middle shelf, every WednesdaySame six people buy the same kolsch every week. I moved it once and got questions.
  10. Tallgrass Helles arrived at 18 IBU, not 19The spec sheet said 19. The liquid says otherwise. Here's what I'm tasting at eighteen.
  11. Ember Hill Amber measures 22 IBU and tastes like 40Sometimes the numbers don't match the palate. Ember Hill's malt profile is doing structural work the IBU count doesn't acknowledge.
  12. Reserve your Memorial Day six-pack before we run outThe cooler's stocked for the long weekend, and we've already seen two runs on the Hefeweizen. Get ahead of the rush.