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Westvleteren 12. Only bout half of one of the cases will eventually find itself to be in a cellar near me though. Rochefort 10 is just as good, and much easier to find. Supradog has a new favorite as of 16:06 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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# ? May 11, 2024 09:31 |
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That is the most jealousy-inducing post I've ever seen on here.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 16:24 |
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Supradog posted:
Wait, how did you get two cases? Don't they sell just one case a man, it's been a while since I visited so I'm probably miseremembering but as far as I can remember they check for your license plate and everything and only sell you one case per car. Anyway congrats with buying one of the most exclusive beers and probably the best quadrupel in the world!
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 19:49 |
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Their order process is changed a little bit, but is still as insane as before. code:
They only sell by cases of 24, with 2 cases max. They also have a limit on how many sales they book for each day. Prices is currently 30/35/40 euro a bottle for blond/8/12 respectively so those 2 cases are about $1785 in total. They prefer card, not cash and each buyer is asked not to resell any of the beer, they are for personal consumption. Supradog has a new favorite as of 20:16 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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Supradog posted:so those 2 cases are about $1785 in total. loving christ. That'd buy a lot of Natty Bohs. vxsarin has a new favorite as of 20:24 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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Pukestain Pal posted:loving christ Yea, I'd like to try one, but only one, please.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:22 |
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uh, well, I actually converted from euro to usd wrong, it's $2378..
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:24 |
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Jesus loving Christ. I like booze, but not enough to burn three months of 40 hour work weeks to get two cases of it.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:25 |
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What does it taste like? EDIT: Woot Fatique uses it to flush his Benjamins
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:26 |
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:Jesus loving Christ. I like booze, but not enough to burn three months of 40 hour work weeks to get two cases of it. Dude, if you are making a total of $2500 for three months of fulltime work (even if you are only talking about discretionary spending income), you need to go back to school or something.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:28 |
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:Jesus loving Christ. I like booze, but not enough to burn three months of 40 hour work weeks to get two cases of it. Yeah but it's like 10% abv so one bottle is like having two bottles of most beers. So it's only like a $25 bottle of beer. That's not far off what most sports stadiums charge :P
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:31 |
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I'd like to try that, but I don't feel like renting a car to drive there and spending over 1000 dollars on beer. I get that rarity is valuable, but if it's something I've never tried before and can't really try before buying, I don't see how people can justify spending that much on it for the sole reason that it is rare.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:33 |
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1redflag posted:Dude, if you are making a total of $2500 for three months of fulltime work (even if you are only talking about discretionary spending income), you need to go back to school or something. Not everyone has that privilege, especially with outstanding student loan debt as is. But this isn't the PYF Crushing Debt thread.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:36 |
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Check your booze privilege please.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:45 |
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Well, they're on the level of an good bottle of wine. Open one and share in fancy glasses, real special occasion stuff. They store real good, and also mature and change since they're unfiltered. 10 years or more of maturation is no problem. The monks themselves only sell enough to keep their monastery going and only recently upped the price to get money for a new roof(as far as I recall). More info on them here.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 20:46 |
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Getting way off topic here, but here is some more info on Westvleteren I recently bought this Buff. Keeps my neck and head nice and warm:
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 21:03 |
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Toast Museum posted:poo poo, I thought I'd gone back and changed "jeans" to "pants." Well, they're kind of jeans-adjacent, anyway. Thanks!
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 21:21 |
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Supradog posted:Their order process is changed a little bit, but is still as insane as before. You know it's 40 euro a case, not 40 euro a bottle, right? That kinda beer is expensive sure and buying it semi-unethically in a bottle shop is really expensive at 15 euro a bottle, but it's not a 1976 vintage Cuvée brut and if really did pay 1800 for those cases I'm really sorry to say this but you got monumentally ripped off. How did you buy these cases anyway, did you actually drive to the monastary in in West-Flanders?
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 21:40 |
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oscarthewilde posted:You know it's 40 euro a case, not 40 euro a bottle, right? That would change everything.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 21:45 |
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I'm not an expert on how it all works by any means, but last summer one afternoon we drove there on a whim and you could buy Westvleteren Blond/5/8, up to two sixpacks per person, no reservation, no limit per license plate. It's either/or with the varieties though, you've got to take the one they finished most recently. Which is information you can probably find on the internet somewhere. It's only Westvleteren 12 that has all the crazy hoops and restrictions, as far as I know. And yeah, if he paid 30 a bottle, he was ripped off.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 22:12 |
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$2k would buy a decent amount of coke. I think I'd rather do that instead. That's if it's 30 per bottle or whatever. If it's 30 for a case of 24 then that's barely more expensive than regular beer, if at all (in Belgium).
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 22:25 |
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mobby_6kl posted:$2k would buy a decent amount of coke. I think I'd rather do that instead. I think the Quad is 40,- a case which really is not that expensive for a craft brewskie, I regularly spend quite a bit more on expensive British or American beers that don't have the amazing reputation Westvleteren has.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 22:36 |
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haha, yeah, I got it wrong. Price was pr case. I'm not the guy down there getting them, thought it seemed a bit expensive even for nice beer. so a little over $2 a bottle..
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 23:51 |
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After a year of trying to make a decision on upgrading, there was a sale. I wish we had more colours beyond black or white here, though. I would have liked the gold.
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# ? Dec 2, 2014 23:57 |
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I realized I moved nearly two years ago, have already celebrated a christmas without a wreath so I should probably buy one. I am also a dork but that did not require any realizing. also christmas presents: and a thing to help protect me from the dry, dry winters and the crazy static here.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 00:31 |
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Yamaha RX-V375 receiver. Needed to replace the old Sony with something modern, but not too fancy.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 00:44 |
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quote:and a thing to help protect me from the dry, dry winters and the crazy static here. What is this thing?
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 01:32 |
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colas posted:What is this thing? By the power of GIS... http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/9de7/ $13 so you can touch things with this instead of your finger.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 02:22 |
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Totally TWISTED posted:By the power of GIS... http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/9de7/ You still touch things with your finger. It just makes sure your finger won't zap hundred dollar components into dust.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 03:08 |
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I just got my first gift from Cards Against Humanity's Ten Days or Whatever of Kwanzaa Two cards One that says "-My Real Name-'s butt" and another black card that says "Here likes -My Real Name-, -year I was born- - 2015, beloved friend and lover of ______
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 04:19 |
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If you didn't do it last year instead of the first one you get one with just your name.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 05:47 |
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Where did you get this? My girlfriend will poo poo.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 06:02 |
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martinlutherbling posted:Where did you get this? My girlfriend will poo poo. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1d18/ That's weird. In our household we just say thank you.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 06:57 |
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martinlutherbling posted:Where did you get this? My girlfriend will poo poo. At least she'll have the proper receptacle for it then? Figured I'd try it out for my parents, they wanted a way to use Netflix
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 07:07 |
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I did some Christmas shopping Shoes for my wife: Some board games to play over the holidays: And some novelty booze to drink:
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 07:31 |
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 07:39 |
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'tis fun as hell Got this one; it's Carcassonne in space, with drafting of double sided tiles. So awesome.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 07:43 |
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boz posted:You still touch things with your finger. It just makes sure your finger won't zap hundred dollar components into dust. I...still don't get it. What does that do that just holding onto a key and using that to touch something grounded doesn't, other than some stupid smiley? Holding a key lets me know it works cause I usually hear a little "zap" when it discharges mt static into the car/whatever.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 16:09 |
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Robawesome posted:I just got my first gift from Cards Against Humanity's Ten Days or Whatever of Kwanzaa Aphrodite posted:If you didn't do it last year instead of the first one you get one with just your name. This really makes me happy, since I got this as a Christmas present for a group of friends who have a house together, and the name on the shipping address is a weird amalgamation of all three of their names. It does make me wonder if my name is on the cards though, since it's the name on the credit card that paid. Either way, it's going to be fun when all this stuff starts showing up at their house without any advance warning.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 16:31 |
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# ? May 11, 2024 09:31 |
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Board game spin off of Newsies is very weird.
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# ? Dec 3, 2014 17:09 |