looking for hitachino xh (or any) in austin

[wastelandmanstan]

hey all
ive been here in austin for a few weeks now and havnt been able to find my absolute favorite beer ever made: hitachino XH. ive tried central market, whole foods, and only a few small specialty beer distributors. any one know where i can find the owl?

[brentwood]

Almost every import/craft beer that makes it to Austin is distributed by Ben E Keith. Maybe give them a call? http://greatbrewers.com/ben-e-keith-a...

[abd]

According to BeerAdvocate (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/...), the beer is retired and no longer brewed.

[dinaofdoom]

oh well that would explain why it's not at whole foods...

[puddles]

As in XH is retired, or Hitachino is done? I'm not seeing where they say anything on the subject on that link.

[verily]

The beer doesn't look retired to me... The Hitachino Nest XH has reviews as recent as 10/18.

[dinaofdoom]

i've bought it several times at whole foods downtown.
maybe call them to see if they are getting a delivery soon?

[puddles]

Whoa! WF was stocking Hitachino? I need to investigate. I looked hard in Austin for Hitachino Nest and came up empty. I was told the stuff wasn't labeled for distro in Texas, thanks to some arcane TABC requirements. I ended up paying exorbidant ammounts of money to order it extra-legally from some distributor in Iowa.

[verily]

I'm not familiar with this one, but you might want to give these places a phone call and see if they might have it:

Whip-In
Spec's (any of them)
Grapevine Market

All of them carry an extensive beer selection, so your chances are greater (although ultimately the distributor comes into play here).