sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 09, 2015 at 10:30 PM UTC
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nice list, venerable!
i'm planning a trip to san diego in june, hitting up Societe is high on the list.
in beer-douchebaggery-related news:
Red Bull opposing Va. craft brewery's use of 'ox' in name
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/02/09/3630807_red-bull-opposing-va-craft-brewerys.html
sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 12:14 PM UTC
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wml7
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 02:33 PM UTC
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Any of you gents or ladies ever go do business in Vermont? I'm trying to get my hands on a case of Heady Topper beer. If one here happens to frequent up there let me know so I can see if I can get some beer from there.
;D
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 03:46 PM UTC
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wml7 wrote:
Any of you gents or ladies ever go do business in Vermont? I'm trying to get my hands on a case of Heady Topper beer. If one here happens to frequent up there let me know so I can see if I can get some beer from there.
;D
sent you a PM.
sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 05:18 PM UTC
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wml7 wrote:
Any of you gents or ladies ever go do business in Vermont? I'm trying to get my hands on a case of Heady Topper beer. If one here happens to frequent up there let me know so I can see if I can get some beer from there.
;D
you realize that you can't walk into any store and just pick up a case, right? the stuff sells out the day that it's released, still to this day. getting a case takes some planning…
wml7
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 06:37 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
wml7 wrote:
Any of you gents or ladies ever go do business in Vermont? I'm trying to get my hands on a case of Heady Topper beer. If one here happens to frequent up there let me know so I can see if I can get some beer from there.
;D
you realize that you can't walk into any store and just pick up a case, right? the stuff sells out the day that it's released, still to this day. getting a case takes some planning…
why of course I know this. I just wanted to check if any of you guys actually did any business in VT. I know they do different days of delivery while some get more then others. A case may not be in the cards but a few cans here and there might work. When are you going up there?
;D
StoneTheCrow
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 07:11 PM UTC
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I had to bribe someone to do it and they ended up chasing the HT truck from store to store due to purchase limits.
20 cans cost me $100. Worth every penny.
sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 10, 2015 at 07:52 PM UTC
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i'll be in VT in march, but i'll be in the wrong part of the state, i'm flying, and if i did drag back any HT it would be all for me ;D
Sidehatch
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 05:02 PM UTC
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StoneTheCrow wrote:
I had to bribe someone to do it and they ended up chasing the HT truck from store to store due to purchase limits.
20 cans cost me $100. Worth every penny.
seriously…can't be that good
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 05:06 PM UTC
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Sidehatch wrote:
StoneTheCrow wrote:
I had to bribe someone to do it and they ended up chasing the HT truck from store to store due to purchase limits.
20 cans cost me $100. Worth every penny.
seriously…can't be that good
Two things…
If only James Ford were here to criticize this purchase by StoneTheCrow, this would lead to epic posts.
Secondly, it really is worth it. How is paying $5 a can for 16oz of one of the best beers in the world not worth it? You pay $8 a bottle for shchwill at say, the 930 club.
Actually.. three things. The going rate is basically $3 a can from the brewery, so it's not like he paid all that much more. Don't knock it until you try it, brah.
jrpa
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 05:10 PM UTC
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I assumed he meant $100 on top of the beer for the guy's time to drive around all day.
Stonethecrow seems like a cool dude, I don't think he'd take the hypothetical bait from James.
Sidehatch
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 05:26 PM UTC
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Yada wrote:
Actually.. three things. The going rate is basically $3 a can from the brewery, so it's not like he paid all that much more. Don't knock it until you try it, brah.
well that is true…so not that much of a mark up
still paid $40 extra
I have not tried and would pay $10 for one can as the hype is pretty HIGH on this one
I also agree that you would pay $8-11 for good beers in a club/restaurant, but you are somewhere…so that has to be factored in to the cost
StoneTheCrow
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 05:28 PM UTC
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$100 total. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
$40 covered the effort to track it down and bring it back from a state I've never visited myself.
Shame that James isn't around to ridicule me for paying even a penny above retail.
wml7
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 05:47 PM UTC
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StoneTheCrow wrote:
$100 total. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
$40 covered the effort to track it down and bring it back from a state I've never visited myself.
Shame that James isn't around to ridicule me for paying even a penny above retail.
Let me know if your friend wants to go on this task again so I can get in on the action
;D
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 06:10 PM UTC
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StoneTheCrow wrote:
$100 total. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
$40 covered the effort to track it down and bring it back from a state I've never visited myself.
Shame that James isn't around to ridicule me for paying even a penny above retail.
I've traded/shipped it/checked it in a bag and it always comes to roughly a $100 for a case. I did learn that you can check two cases of Heady in a bag and it's under 50lbs!
StoneTheCrow
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 06:32 PM UTC
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wml7 wrote:
StoneTheCrow wrote:
Let me know if your friend wants to go on this task again so I can get in on the action
;D
I wish. Going somewhere else this summer, unfortunately.
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 08:00 PM UTC
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Carlos wrote:
Yada wrote:
Sidehatch wrote:
StoneTheCrow wrote:
I had to bribe someone to do it and they ended up chasing the HT truck from store to store due to purchase limits.
20 cans cost me $100. Worth every penny.
seriously…can't be that good
Two things…
If only James Ford were here to criticize this purchase by StoneTheCrow, this would lead to epic posts.
Secondly, it really is worth it. How is paying $5 a can for 16oz of one of the best beers in the world not worth it? You pay $8 a bottle for shchwill at say, the 930 club.
Actually.. three things. The going rate is basically $3 a can from the brewery, so it's not like he paid all that much more. Don't knock it until you try it, brah.
do you happen to have a refined palate that excels in tasting rarity and hype?
I do not. Do you?
jrpa
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 08:03 PM UTC
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Carlos wrote:
do you happen to have a refined palate that excels in tasting rarity and hype?
I'm sorry, was someone looking for me? I was in my walk-in humidor.
stevewizzle
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Re: The Beer Thread
February 11, 2015 at 08:12 PM UTC
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sure seems like you do.
HT is an IPA. IPAs are best fresh. HT is canned and distributed fresh better than most IPAs, but it's just an IPA. meaning there's a ton of hops in it. that's it.
there's dozens of beers just as good regularly on the shelves just as good as HT, so long as they are fresh. HT seems to have a longer "fresh" taste, presumably because it's canned and suggested to drink out of can, giving you a better taste perception of those glorious hops. they use a house yeast strain that amplifies the hop profile, but so do so many other breweries.
there's no denying its a great beer, but really, the fact that you guys make treks up to VT like it's some sort of beacon of hope, crafting a niche in brewing that requires the utmost appreciation, that $5 cans of IPA is "worth it", that a beer could be the best in the world… c'mon.
on a related note, if anyone wants to send me $100 + shipping, i'll send them 20 cans of IPA in a heartbeat. just let me know.