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For the East Cobb/beer nerd crowd...

For the past 12-18 months the Sprayberry Bottle Shop has tried to break into the craft beer niche.  It's been a slow and to be honest a little painful to watch from time to time.  But I went in last night and they've turned a corner harder than the time I .... got nothing.

The shelves have plenty of harder-to-find beers that my typical and convenient beer supplier, Sherlock's. In addition, they've started a celler, putting a case or two of tasty treats aside with diligent notes as to the storage and intended release date. And according to the very ambitious beer supervisor (and I believe son of the owner) the intent is to only mark up the aged beers by a dollar or two.

If you are interested, they are posting their craft brew offerings on their Facebook page as they come in.  Some are standard fair; Lagunitas Red, Terrapin offerings, and such. But there are some nifty finds like Viking Blod, Innis & Gunn Irish Whiskey cask Stout, Thomas Creek Banana Split Chocolate Stout, and barrel aged Old Rasputin.  (Cue Tony commenting that I'm wrong about at least 2 of these being difficult to find because he know more about beer than I know about my own child)

Additional good news.  If you see something you know is going to sell out quickly, you can reserve a bottle or four pack or six-pack or whatever through their Facebook page.  This is ridiculously cool.

The only downside of Sprayberry Bottle is that they don't do the volume of business like Sherlock's, Green's or Total Wine so their prices are noticeably higher.  YMMV.  Cheers!