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Me in Reverse posted:E/N WARNING: I've been getting hosed around at work lately, including but not limited to getting hosed out of a raise twice this year. I just got told I'm getting a bonus, and my paystub for it came online today. $500 loving dollars. $300 after tax. What a 'gently caress you'. So, How can I best blow $300 on beer? Should I buy a case of Loons? Something else? Put together an order on Belgium in a box. You can get about eleven bottles of cantillon shipped for 270$ or so.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Got a ton of money to spend on beer? Buy Utopias and chug it. This man speaks the truth. You'll see big returns from this investment. 
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Apparently there has been some kind of distributor snafu because there is no Backwoods Bastard south of Division. River North Binny's and one of my other bottle shops both told me they were invoiced it but there was nothing on the truck. I was under the impression they made a ton of this stuff too =\.
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Nov 6, 2013 14:59
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Compusaurus posted:Apparently there has been some kind of distributor snafu because there is no Backwoods Bastard south of Division. River North Binny's and one of my other bottle shops both told me they were invoiced it but there was nothing on the truck. I was under the impression they made a ton of this stuff too =\. I've seen it at at least 2 different suburban shops.
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Nov 6, 2013 15:03
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I haven't seen any Backwoods Bastard in Philly outside of bars yet. In fact I had one at Grey Lodge this weekend and it was excellent. I just want a six pack, but I have a feeling it's going to be hard to find.
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I'm in Michigan and today is supposedly when it's being delivered to my local beer store. I wouldn't worry too much, looks like they are a week behind schedule or so.Hutzpah posted:Put together an order on Belgium in a box. You can get about eleven bottles of cantillon shipped for 270$ or so.
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hellfaucet posted:I'm in Michigan and today is supposedly when it's being delivered to my local beer store. I wouldn't worry too much, looks like they are a week behind schedule or so. Backwoods hit a lot of places in Michigan yesterday.
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Nov 6, 2013 15:14
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BIAB only has 750s of Kriek and Gueuze right now, or I'd already have ordered something 
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HatfulOfHollow posted:I haven't seen any Backwoods Bastard in Philly outside of bars yet. In fact I had one at Grey Lodge this weekend and it was excellent. I just want a six pack, but I have a feeling it's going to be hard to find. i guarantee you that will be impossible to find... sorry, being a smartass- it come in four-packs. all over the place in Richmond, though.
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funkybottoms posted:i guarantee you that will be impossible to find... In PA all beer either comes from bottle shops or distributors. If it shows up in a bottle shop you just make your own six pack. So I'm right  edit - This is somewhat less correct now than it was a few years ago. Now you can buy up to 192oz of beer (yes, there is a limit) at certain grocery stores. But the main places I shop are still bottle shops that specialize in singles and build-your-own. deedee megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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Nov 6, 2013 15:26
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Hutzpah posted:Put together an order on Belgium in a box. You can get about eleven bottles of cantillon shipped for 270$ or so.
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Wamsutta posted:"Hey, guys. We're literally printing money on a weekly basis, and demand is only increasing. We should probably shut this thing down, right?" - Shaun Hill FTFY.
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hellfaucet posted:
This place, too: http://www.bieresgourmet.be/catalog/ I've never done a side-by-side comparison on price.
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FreelanceSocialist posted:I'm not sure they ever don't have a keg of it going. I was there last night and they didn't have it. Not any Lawson's either. Although I met Lawson who was eating dinner there
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Sort of beer related? Does anyone with prior FoBAB knowledge know about transferring tickets? Does it have to be in the attendee's name (ie email BPT or something?) or do they just need to show up with A legit ticket?
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Furious Lobster posted:Alpine Beer Company posted: I was really thinking about shirking some of my meetings, and driving my way up the hill around 10:30a or so.. but then I saw they're only releasing 12 bottles of Expo and Chez... I'd say chances of getting one are pretty slim.
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ChiTownEddie posted:Sort of beer related? Does anyone with prior FoBAB knowledge know about transferring tickets? Does it have to be in the attendee's name (ie email BPT or something?) or do they just need to show up with A legit ticket? Last year, if I remember right (and let's be honest, poo poo is hazy that day), you showed up, told them your name/showed ID, and you got your glass. So unless you contacted them prior to have a name change, I dunno how it would work without the original ticket buyer there as well.
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Nov 6, 2013 17:16
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Dark Horse posted their 4 Elf Party Information. It's going to be a great year, can't wait to wait in line at 4 am! http://www.darkhorsebrewery.com/events/
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:Dark Horse posted their 4 Elf Party Information. It's going to be a great year, can't wait to wait in line at 4 am! The Top Fuel barleywine is a collab with Local Option (they forgot to add the name of the Bierwerker there...). LO's had it on tap for a few weeks but I haven't been able to get over there and try it yet. Anyway, this sounds insane. That's nearly $500 in allocated beer.
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danbanana posted:The Top Fuel barleywine is a collab with Local Option (they forgot to add the name of the Bierwerker there...). LO's had it on tap for a few weeks but I haven't been able to get over there and try it yet. It's pretty good from what I recall. Granted, I was about five beers deep and it was only a sip. Definitely something to try though.
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danbanana posted:The Top Fuel barleywine is a collab with Local Option (they forgot to add the name of the Bierwerker there...). LO's had it on tap for a few weeks but I haven't been able to get over there and try it yet. December in Michigan is wallet destroyer for beer nerds and then we have a dry spell for the rest of the year: - Kuhnhenn Winter Solstice (good luck walking out without dropping $200 or so) - Dark Horse 4 Elf (I'll be definitely getting BB Pt5, BBA 6 Pairs of Legs, BBA 3 Pairs of Legs, and whatever is good on tap) - Founders always does a Backstage - Jolly Pumpkin seems to always do one bottle release in December.
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danbanana posted:The Top Fuel barleywine is a collab with Local Option (they forgot to add the name of the Bierwerker there...). LO's had it on tap for a few weeks but I haven't been able to get over there and try it yet. I was there last night, they told me the keg had kicked and that they're saving their last one for the pre-FoBAB party. I'm considering driving up for 4 Elf. It's a little strange how they're doing the bottles though; I was hoping that I'd be able to get my order form, get bottles into my car, get the car back to the hotel, and spend 11am onward drinking. Do they allow overnight parking for people too wasted to drive?
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:Dark Horse posted their 4 Elf Party Information. It's going to be a great year, can't wait to wait in line at 4 am! Awww, I thought I heard they were going to be doing ticket sales for this ala the recent Founders releases. I was thinking of going if that was the case. Really not interested in standing in line for hours, outside, in mid-December. Probably going to hit up Eccentric Day this year instead.
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Sirotan posted:Awww, I thought I heard they were going to be doing ticket sales for this ala the recent Founders releases. I was thinking of going if that was the case. Really not interested in standing in line for hours, outside, in mid-December. They decided against ticket sales because they didn't want to give up control to another website that would handle the ticket sales or something. Bottle shares while waiting in line are the best part!
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danbanana posted:Last year, if I remember right (and let's be honest, poo poo is hazy that day), you showed up, told them your name/showed ID, and you got your glass. So unless you contacted them prior to have a name change, I dunno how it would work without the original ticket buyer there as well. You can transfer tickets via brown paper tickets, you just need to have the ticket number with bar code and the name of the original ticket buyer. Pretty sure you can do the whole transfer via e-mail or text message. I think when I did it it was through text message.
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Just picked up my 4 pack of Backwoods Bastard, they have a shitton of them at 8 Degrees Plato in Ferndale, MI if anyone has been looking locally.
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Capt. Awesome posted:I was really thinking about shirking some of my meetings, and driving my way up the hill around 10:30a or so.. but then I saw they're only releasing 12 bottles of Expo and Chez... I'd say chances of getting one are pretty slim. I got there yesterday a 11:00, ate at the diner and shared a couple of bottles from home with the girls working the bar, then ambled over to the bottle shop and got a bottle of Great and a Monus at around 12:30. For whatever reason, these weekday releases aren't getting a ton of attention right now. Do it. Have the SDBW appetizer while you're there; yesterday's was two seared scallops with bacon and a cream sauce. Delicious. Aiming for Alesmith at 4 today. I'm a large mammal in an orange Hawaiian shirt, kind of hard to miss.
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bartolimu posted:Aiming for Alesmith at 4 today. I'm a large mammal in an orange Hawaiian shirt, kind of hard to miss. Same here, except a yellow plaid button up shirt & I've been lazy on the razor so I've got a bit of the classic goon neckbeard thing happening.
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Headed over to Bainbridge Street Barrel House to drink Brandy Barrel Hunahpu, BBPT5, Victory at Candy Cane Cove, and Pliny. It will be a good night.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Headed over to Bainbridge Street Barrel House to drink Brandy Barrel Hunahpu, BBPT5, Victory at Candy Cane Cove, and Pliny. It will be a good night. What a coincidence, me too 
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Me in Reverse posted:What a coincidence, me too Ahhhhh Victory at Candy Cane Cove is so. loving. delicious. Drink all of it.
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bartolimu posted:I got there yesterday a 11:00, ate at the diner and shared a couple of bottles from home with the girls working the bar, then ambled over to the bottle shop and got a bottle of Great and a Monus at around 12:30. For whatever reason, these weekday releases aren't getting a ton of attention right now. Do it. Have the SDBW appetizer while you're there; yesterday's was two seared scallops with bacon and a cream sauce. Delicious. I won't be at Alesmith until 5:30 or 6, I think. Although if you're still there that late, I imagine I will be pretty recognizable due to the fact I'm bringing a Welsh Corgi. Only doing one lap with my wife since I'm trying to cut down my weight (my cholesterol was 279 a couple of weeks ago  )
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Angry Grimace posted:I won't be at Alesmith until 5:30 or 6, I think. I imagine I will be pretty recognizable due to the fact I'm bringing a Welsh Corgi. Welsh Corgi. Haven't heard of that beer before. Must be European. So me/Bart/Capt Awesome are all going to be there around 4, hopefully we all run into you at some point as well. Mr. Furious Lobster, should we be looking out for you too?
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wattershed posted:Same here, except a yellow plaid button up shirt & I've been lazy on the razor so I've got a bit of the classic goon neckbeard thing happening. wattershed posted:Welsh Corgi. Haven't heard of that beer before. Must be European. Yep, I saw Capt Awesome at Alpine today and I have some good IPAs chilling in a cooler. I am in a Black t-shirt and jeans @4 for Alesmith.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Got a ton of money to spend on beer? Buy Utopias and chug it. I did this on a Friday night. I woke up on Sunday. Very true story and would do it again. Here is the story behind Heady, as some guessed the people around the brewery complained about the crowd. They are going to open a retail shop "soon." http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vt-beers-fans-trouble-neighbors-20804191
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Birdemani posted:I did this on a Friday night. I woke up on Sunday. Very true story and would do it again. Perhaps this is just me being dickish, but a "crowd" in Waterbury is a slow day everywhere else and what the neighbor is putting up with in that article sounds like what thousands of people who live in anywhere remotely populated put up with on a daily basis. poo poo, they should just sell it out of the Ben & Jerry's gift shop, they have the parking for it.
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I am getting the idea that people in New England are generally poor neighbors and really hate people turning around in their driveway for some reason yes. There are a couple of breweries in Bend that are in sort-of residential areas. Boneyard is right in what passes for the ghetto in Bend (and is nothing but growler fills so pretty much the same in-and-out setup as Alchemist), and people park all up and down the side street 10 Barrel is on because there's maybe about 16 parking spots to cover for them and 3 other businesses. There are a couple "no parking" signs up on driveways but no one seems to complain that badly and there is peace on the streets. (It helps that the drunks pretty much stick to downtown to cause trouble.) Still if Alchemist is that much of a jewel of beer, best in the world, employs a couple dozen people etc, etc, then it might just be time for them to find a retail location back on Main St. SUPER HASSLER fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Nov 6, 2013 |
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Still if Alchemist is that much of a jewel of beer, best in the world, employs a couple dozen people etc, etc, then it might just be time for them to find a retail location back on Main St. I recall their old location was smack in the middle of town in Waterbury. I agree that's the smart move to make, I just hope they get good flood insurance if they give that a go.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:I am getting the idea that people in New England are generally poor neighbors and really hate people turning around in their driveway for some reason yes. To somewhat retract my earlier statement, given that the Alchemist only makes one beer, I'm not entirely sure what people are missing out on.
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