(Aberdeen, SCOTLAND) – A few more updates from the gentlemen across the Atlantic . . .

On April 10th, it was TIME Magazine of all places that got the scoop on BrewDog shipping to the U.S.:

“Jim Watt, one of BrewDog’s co-founders, says that some 400 bottles of Tactical Nuclear Penguin are in the process of being shipped to a few stores in California and New York City, including a Whole Foods location […]”

Now May 21st on the calendar, Watt says that the beer still hasn’t shipped to the U.S. Watt says that there “may be” 15 cases for all of the U.S. Would that be 24 to a case? That would put the U.S. at 360 bottles total.

Part of the reason for it not being shipped yet could (I’m speculating here) have something to do with the fact that, in order for it to be legal for sale in the U.S., it had to be cleared through the TTB, not as beer, but as a spirit. The technical jargon on the label reads, “spirit made with grain.”

Sink the Bismarck! has not received label approval at this point and Watt was non-committal about whether the brewery will ship any over here. They are only producing 100 bottles of this stuff . . . per month.

Abstrakt 01 did get label approval but BrewDog did not end up shipping any to the U.S.

What will ship over? 200 cases of BrewDog Mikkeller Devine Rebel 2010 says Watt . . .

Note: Update #1 can be found here.