It's basically like ticket scalpers hiring people to stand in line/call for them. Totally lame. But then, there are shops (http://www.archerliquors.com/Goose_Island/Goose_Island_Bourbon_County_2014.html) and breweries who do it right, so, the buck ultimately stops with the distributors for not finding an equitable solution. There is really no reason the BCS should have hit Costco, let alone Walgreens. If they have a product hyped enough to get hundreds of people to line up, they should have a system to reward those willing to line up.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
There are also shops totally gouging on this stuff, which is an asshole thing to do, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
god this shit is so fuckin stupid
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
lol @ all these ppl desperate to buy InBev products
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
TBF, as lame as InBev is, the BCS is still done locally and on a small scale, afaict.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
i don't even care if it's inbev, there are so many good beers to drink that are widely available that i really do not understand this absurd hunting down and coveting and collecting of what in the end is just another good beer
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Amazingly, Sam’s only met two fellow group members in person. One was a loathsome tub of lard from New Hampshire who was as bad as you could possibly imagine a beer geek being
lol this has to be 4d4m j4ckson
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
lol i had the same thought
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
we moved recently and so i stopped by the place closest. Was browsing around their modest yet smart beer section, grabbed a 32oz of Lagunitas Sucks. Dude at that counter asked if i'm into craft beer. I say sure i'm down and he pulls out a bunch of BCS from under the counter! i haven't even searched for it this year. grabbed a 2 reg, coffee and a vanilla rye.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link
only bcbs i'd go out of my way to drink this year is proprietors which is soooo good
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
I'm just amazed that someone can get 81 bottles of a rare release. I don't have the time, money, connections, or resources to get anywhere near that. Usually I just want to find two!
― Jeff, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
these dudes need to fucking chill out about this stuff tho. it's a nice treat but it's not all that.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Man that article made me really dislike a lot of humanity and made me realize I'm really fine never tasting a whole lot of beers if that's what you have to get into. I honestly don't care that much and it's not like I'm totally bored of the beers I have available to me now.
It's like a weird combo of obsessive Phish tape traders combined with some sort of shitty wall street bro "fuck you I got mine" mentality.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
everybody OTM, especially
and
these dudes need to fucking chill out about this stuff
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
I kind of enjoy the ridiculousness of it all. I mean, it's just crazy. I'd probably watch a reality show about beer mules.
I don't get bummed that I don't get a beer. Sure, I'd like to get some of these releases, because they can be great beers, but like many people have said above, there are a lot of great beers.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link
I want to start a youtube video series where I use super rare beers to boil bratwurst or make beer cheese soup or micheladas just to see people's heads explode.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
i'm drinking vanilla bcbs as we post and it's prob worth going out of your way for
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
DO IT xp
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
would LOVE that xxp
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
lol xps
― dan m, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
hell you could just use refilled bottles! Sheaf Stout in BCBS bottles or some such
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
whoa whoa, let's not get crazy. as a former Phish tape trader, I can say that scene was much more about sharing than these assholes.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
yea but they were stingy with their weed and sharing rides imo
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
lol
So speaking of future shitshows, CBS is coming back in draft?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
haha, fair. they were totally obnoxious folks in other ways, sure.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
xpost
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
I really liked this one, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT1nS8LKRak&feature=youtu.be
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
Ha I missed that but yeah I dig it.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
yep this is all pretty shitty behavior but for w/e reason it does not shock or surprise me at all. reminds me a lot of the vinyl bootlegging scene, just blatantly trying to squeeze money out of a small group of enthusiasts at the expense of the artist/label (and of course said enthusiasts).
i'm not saying that this behavior is excusable in any way, but some record dudes are guilty of far more insidious behavior, trust seems to be exploited to a much larger extent when dudes are competing with eachother for gigs or w/e. it's disgusting and has definitely contributed to me valuing just how many people out there do not succumb to this shit and trade/share beer in a trusting and relatively altruistic fashion
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
just curious tho - bcbs didn't make it to costco or walgreens before ab-inbev bought goose island, right?
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
I don't think so, but I don't know for certain. All I do know, you guys all must have much more awesome Costcos than my local one, the NEVER get any good beer. They never even carried that Beer Camp thing from this summer.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
I don't think so, no. My biggest problem with it is less it being available and more the staff there having no idea what they have, in terms of setting buying limits and whatnot. But speaking of inbev, it does seem they reward top sellers of their regular shit with more of the special shit, which often leads to further shenanigans.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
I am NOT a member of Costco, but I have heard of at least a few of them around here getting special beer releases, Firestone Walker, things like that.it's just a matter of these two are having a good beer guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
cosctos in OR and WA have decent bombers of firestone, stone, deschutes, a few other local things. i also remember getting a 750 ml of rodenbach for $7.50
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
the feverish compulsive beer chasing of the mules and description of that NH guy are giving me visions of the dwarves from LOTR or something, mobs of stout bearded dudes monomaniacally accumulating and hoarding their treasure
― anonanon, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
p much otm, met one of those guys over Thanksgiving.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
scandal! https://www.facebook.com/TGBREWS/posts/10152677687314735
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
xxp actual lol
― dan m, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
nh dude has an easy to find blog if you want to stare into the abyss.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 04:10 (nine years ago) link
Anyone had Avery Tweak? Just picked one up. Only 17.81% abv.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
beer liqueur!
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
saw that dogfish head world wide stout on tap somewhere recently too, kinda curious about what 18% abv tastes like
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
soy sauce
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
undrinkable imho
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
I thought 120 minute IPA was pretty drinkable considering it's also 18%
― anonanon, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
I couldn't even make it through a bottle of the 90-minute, and I like beers up to 10-11% if they're done right (see Ninkasi/Elysian's Hop Squash that's on draft in the PNW right now, 10.3%)
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
feel like dogfish is not even on my radar anymore, wonder if they are worth revisiting
― marcos, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
not in my opinion
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I enjoyed beer thousand.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link