Toppling Goliath KBBS 2018 Release Details
(Decorah, IA) – Join us for the 2018 Kentucky Brunch Brand Stout (KBBS) release which will be held at our taproom on Saturday, December 15th. There will be three sessions (Session One: 9-10:30 a.m. • Session Two: 11-12:30 p.m. • Session Three: 1:30-3 p.m.). Guests will have the chance to purchase one 12oz. bottle of KBBS for $100. KBBS will NOT be on draft. We will also have 22oz bottles of 2018 Mornin’ Delight for sale for ticketed guests for $40 each (limit one per customer). All Glassware will be sold separately. We will have food, draft, cans, to-go, merch, and growlers for sale.
Please note that tickets will be sold first come first serve via our online ticketing system, not a lottery. Due to the small batch nature of this release, we will not be able to offer complimentary tickets to Mug Club members. If you are a mug club member, you must purchase your ticket online. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, November 13th at 11 a.m. CST; each guest can only purchase one ticket to one session. One ticket per person – no duplicates – no guests – no proxies – no exceptions! Ticket Link:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8596128/kbbs-bottle-release-day-decorah-toppling-goliath-brewery.
We will be announcing merch items, beer list and food menu closer to the event. Please email [email protected] with any questions. DO NOT CALL THE TAPROOM!
November 29, 2023 @ 10:17 pm
I won the KBBS lottery in 2016 when I was in the early stages of my cult beer craze. The exhilaration of winning, the planning to make the trek to Decorah, the time I spent there talking to other beer heads about their excitement, and coming home with a prize of a KBBS and two Assassins was so cool. Trust me, I wanted to sell it. I couldn’t justify drinking a 12 oz beer that I paid roughly $100 for but someone else might give me $1300 (at the time, no joke). But I didn’t. Partly because I didn’t know how to initiate that type of transaction on a secondary market I knew nothing about, but I held onto it, wondering what it would taste like or if it was worth it. Four years later I opened it on Christmas Day, peeling open the veneer wood cylinder that held a beautiful wax-sealed bottle and pouring it into the KBBS tulip glass that I brought home four years prior. I thought there would be no chance it could live up to the hype. But it did. Best beer I’ve ever tasted. Yes, there are a lot of other great stouts out there that are more readily available and cost significantly less, but this one was a gem. Possibly once in a lifetime. I can say I had KBBS. And in hindsight I don’t regret a bit of it. Heck, I’d do it again if I had the chance. Fingers crossed.
October 24, 2018 @ 3:35 am
Totally agree with you Ian.
More power to Toppling Goliath for being able to charge $100 for a 12 ounce bottle but the craft beer scene has become pure insanity. Very few people with buy this beer because it’s really good. They’re going to buy it in order to flip it or charge x5 retail on the secondary market. I’m with Ian. That $100 could buy a lot of beer with none of the KBBS hype and all the deliciousness. Folks, drink local. Support your community brewer.
October 22, 2018 @ 5:18 pm
I decided several months ago to completely back away from the “cult” beer scene. And at a cost of $100 for a 12oz bottle, I’m glad I did.
I’ve recently been enjoying fantastic Barrel-aged Stouts from Fremont, Mikkeller and Monkish, both in the bottle or on tap. Even the variations of AleSmith’s Speedway Stout are brilliant. All at a fraction of the cost of Toppling Goliath.
It makes the above article seem rather sad.