List of stores carrying the Westy.
Westvleteren
― nickn, Thursday, 13 December 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/drink/2012/12/nanobrewing_how_tiny_beer_making_operations_are_changing_the_industry.html
― Mordy, Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://t.co/M1dnMcZy
This is nuts. Can't believe how much he is asking for some of those bottles.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 December 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
nice gotta love SNhttp://vimeo.com/53546831
― ω (carne asada), Friday, 14 December 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
Just received a bomber of Nøgne Winter Ale in my office secret Santa exchange!
― dansplaining (dan m), Friday, 14 December 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
This is nuts.
OTM. a: Why does he have $15 grand worth of beer, and b: why is he selling it all for half that?
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 December 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
dying at some of those prices
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 December 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
$50 for a one-year-old hill farmstead everett, a bottle which cost EIGHT BUCKS
I say let him try, there are obv beer dorks out there who don't mind paying (cf the convo here about Westy earlier this week).
― dansplaining (dan m), Friday, 14 December 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
OTM. a: Why does he have $15 grand worth of beer, and b: why is he selling it all for half that?― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Friday, December 14, 2012 9:20 AM (56 minutes ago)
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Friday, December 14, 2012 9:20 AM (56 minutes ago)
Well most of the beer on that list was made to be enjoyed fresh... unless it is corked and wrapped. Any cork that is exposed to the air, the contents of that bottle may see some deterioration in taste and flavor after ~6 months. Seems like he cherry-picked a lot of the signature brews from those breweries, and this is the "best of the rest".
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 14 December 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
whoa, hi steve shasta
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 December 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
sup. also, note the "OBO" and mention that list is changing. Seems like he's open to parting it out, I'd throw a lowball out there, esp if you're within driving distance. To ship that collection via skid would be $$$$, esp. with the insurance.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 14 December 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah if i were in the area i'd def consider trying to get the eclipse and dark lord out of him
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 December 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah - some of these prices are obviously crazy, but tbqh $150 for an iced eclipse seems almost fair considering what you'd have to trade for it on the market
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 14 December 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Reminds me of some dude I saw on Craigslist who was selling $18,000 worth of Legos, even going so far as to call it a good deal, $6000 under the collection's street value.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 December 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
lol "street value" of legos
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 December 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, you know the drill: I paid "x" for a bottle of PVW15, but "y" is what others are paying for it ...
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 December 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
just images of the illicit back-alley lego trade is all
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 December 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
Lego takes stuff out of circulation all the time, actually. It's really annoying. There are some Harry Potter sets that go for what a bottle of Pappy goes for.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 December 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
So my local place got some bottles of the stone vertical epic 12.12.12 in. Should I rush out today and grab one? I think it's limited...
― Mordy, Monday, 17 December 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
it hasn't been super hard to find up here. prob worth trying.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Stone's 12.21.12 >>>> 12.12.12 imho.
http://www.stonebrewing.com/enjoyby/
The 12.21 was one of my top beers of the year.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
oh man - had some big black voodoo daddy tonight and it is delicious! i'll have to pick up another bottle. also over the weekend i had some of the he'brew sweet sixteen (16 hops, 16 malt, 16% APV) and that is some serious serious beer.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
I have trouble keeping up with all this beer. Just as we're in a golden age of whiskey, we're also in a golden age of beer, except there are so many more beers, and they don't keep as well, and they're ultimately worse for you than whiskey. I was in Binny's today and there were literally dozens of beers that caught my eye.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
i started keeping a spreadsheet :/
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
I went to Binny's today and bought a selection of Chicago-area bomber bottles as a present for my brother in law to be. There's a 2 Brothers white rye, Revolution milk stout, Finch's Fascist Pig, and I'm tossing in one of the 3 Floyds/Gigantic pale word I got a while back.
Definitely a golden age because I could easily have blown more than a hundred bucks just on quality bombers of Lake Michigan regional beer.
― dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
it's easier to drink a lot if you drink w/ other ppl. that way you can taste a lot of different beers in an evening.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
Ale autocorrecting to word there is next level. I'll blame the whiskey.
― dansplaining (dan m), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
Local brewery Half Acre had their release of their imperial coffee stout, Big Hugs this past weekend. Beer releases in Chicago can be a giant clusterfuck, but this one was run really well. When I got there, the line was wrapped around the block, but once the doors opened, they split into a card vs cash only line, which moved things along. They had free coffee, donuts, and nachos in the brewery and pouring samples of many beers while you wait. Extremely well done.
That will be my last hurrah for a while. I've cut way back on my beer buying. Basically no more for the next few months. Don't worry about me though, I have plenty in the fridge and maybe enough for the economic collapse in my closet. I will continue to buy beers to drink in bars though, but only two per venue. Maybe I will be happier, fitter, wiser, more productive now.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
that sounds like a well-run release
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
I went to Bevmo yesterday because of this thread, and ended up buying a single 12 oz Avery Mephistopheles Stout (16.2% abv), and bombers of the Stone Vertical 12-12-12 and Cali-Belgique that I remember liking. Also a 4-pack of Firestone Double Jack. Have not opened any yet.
― nickn, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
this just came locally: http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occasional-rarities/birra-etrusca-bronze.htm
looks very cool. has anyone here ever tried these ancient ale series beers?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
i think i had a midas touch many years ago
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:31 (eleven years ago) link
I had a 4-pack of the Midas Touch a couple years ago, liked it but haven't bought it again. Also a Scottish one, Fraoch Heather Ale even before that. Also liked it.
― nickn, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 06:36 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty much the only DFH I've liked is all their XXX-minute IPA's, Burton Baton, and World Wide Stout. Although I have a Bitches Brew I haven't tried yet.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
so pissed that the DFH guy hates my state, which he srsly does, we were singled out in an interview by name as a place that thx to our idiot distro laws would never ever have his stuff
its a cold cruel world
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
at least you can get DFH in your COUNTRY
― god hates frogbs (cozen), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/104633909c9c4dddf13020688934815e/tumblr_mfaimidFIx1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg
― ω (carne asada), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
guh
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason it seems to me like GoT dorks would prefer mead, then again I have never seen the show
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
mead is so gross though
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
real talk
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
I recall liking the two glasses of mead I had about 7 years ago.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
The friends I have who do like mead seem to like this place a lot: http://newdaymeadery.com/ I've never had any from them.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Sweet Ren Faire brew bro...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
Snuck in a couple goblets of mead into Hobbit 3D IMAX midnight showing!
Nice lacing into crystal chalice. Paired nicely with Medievel Times' turkey leg. Hints of verjuice, phenolics, and the perfume of the corset-bosomed wench/server.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
last time i snuck beer into a movie theater my wife called my trashy and demanded i never do it again :(
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
I made some mead a couple years ago, it improves with age. One was plain and one had figs added, and the fig one is very drinkable. Also around 16-17% abv, if my specific gravity readings were correct.
xpLast time I went to a movie I saw someone drop a 40 from under his coat onto the concrete. Nice explosion.
― nickn, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
lolz
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link