At Sunday evening’s Emmy Awards, the celebrity-studded audience in LA’s Nokia Theater watched Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney take home golden statues and Elton John perform a tribute to Liberace. Backstage, another drama was unfolding — there wasn’t enough Heady Topper to go around.
Alchemist co-owner Jen Kimmich says that two cases of their signature brew made it to the Emmys, but halfway through the show, supply was running thin. “We had multiple requests for more,” wrote Mark Gonzalez, dressing room coordinator for the awards show. “Neil Patrick Harris, the host of the show, put in a request almost every hour.”
Despite what was probably mad prep for the show, Gonzalez managed to treat his cargo properly. “The Heady Topper was placed in refrigerators the second we received them and were not placed in talent rooms until requested to ensure they stayed cold,” he wrote.
It’s been a high-flying few days for the double IPA. Last week, The Atlantic‘s James Fallows praised Heady Topper in a blog post on that magazine’s site, before carting home a case for himself.
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I was enjoying a Heady that very night, though not watching The Emmys. Breaking Bad for me.
Going to have one right now. 🙂
and you can only get one case at a time at the brewery…time for another trip to Vermont with my cute wife !!
Actually when i was up there this summer they allowed you to get up to 3 cases.
I tried one once, it tasted like can. I’m sure it was not typical.
You didn’t get a good can. I assure you, as a card carrying beer snob and a lover of IPAs, Heady is the finest IPA I’ve had the pleasure of drinking.
We’re blessed in Vermont…between Heady Topper and Hill Farmstead, we’re pretty damned fortunate.
If you truly experience VT microbrew…. heady toppers dont top your list
Because everyone has the same tastes, right?
Next on Fox; “When good beer goes bad”…
No, because it is awesome. Now stop being a f.u-k hed
I was up to Vermont last weekend and hit 5 of the 29+ on the punch card. Heady was the high light. There was a line to get in to buy the golden case of flavor. I was told they sell out just about everyday.