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And while I agree with your marketing idea being a powerful one, I don't think it requires a stand alone company to pull it off. First, the general public (anyone not posting in a 64 page thread dedicated to beer on a college basketball internet message forum) isn't sophisticated enough to know if a company really is an American brewery or not. Hell, the vast majority of general beer drinkers I know that would buy Miller have no idea that Third Shift is a Miller beer or that Leine's is owned by Miller, etc. Not sure that Miller standing by itself would be a market driver.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Asia is part of it but the markets most wanted the presence in Africa & Australia. Columbia is another one.
I don't know if anyone has been to a old German Beer Hall but what are your favorites there? I'm not familiar enough with them to know which is good.
Maibock
So possessive - how out Ourbock?[/quit Quote from: rocky_warrior on September 24, 2015, 08:25:14 PMSo possessive - how out Ourbock?Principal PC?
So possessive - how out Ourbock?
comparing the two sales is like comparing apples to tbones. i would look more at what Duvel just paid for FW (roughly $220MM). Tony made out like a bandit.
Principal PC?
I've read the details for the GI BCS Rare release party. Crazy price of $60/bottle if one is lucky enough to win the lottery and pay $40 for the right to attend. Any chance you can hook up some Scoopers?
lmao. $60 a bottle? get real. There are plenty of places that do it just as well, and you don't have to worry about price.That is totally absurd. BCBS etc is great, but come on. Save yourself $50 and pick up a 4 pack of anything that is bourbon aged by Central Waters. Sure it doesn't have the label, but I'd love to put them to taste test next to each other and have anyone but the most discerning of experts tell me there is a big difference.$60? GFY.Edit: I'm sure they are dispensing 'rare' vintages, but seriously, its not such a difference in years in bottle. I have a 2012 BCBS sitting in my basement... sure im excited, but I'm not $60 excited.
Save yourself $50 and pick up a 4 pack of anything that is bourbon aged by Central Waters. Sure it doesn't have the label, but I'd love to put them to taste test next to each other and have anyone but the most discerning of experts tell me there is a big difference.
1st, I love Central Waters bourbon stout and buy as many as possible (over 1 case on hand now) BUT we have done comparisons to BCS and sorry to say GI wins that one, although CW is half the price a the standard BCS.Who knows if the 35YO barrels were actually legit or counterfeit: http://thebourbontruth.tumblr.com/post/60733494018/more-fun-than-a-barrel-of-monkeys-the-truth
They're legit. If you want to see them swing on by sometime and I'll show you around. Also, this beer is great. It's right in line with the 1st BCBS Rare we did 5 years ago.
So, how about I swing by on Nov 13
Actually, $60 is right in line with the current market. Like it or not, GI invented the bourbon stout so they will trade on brand. Also like it or not, GI Rare is exactly what it is labeled.........rare. That adds value. An added like it or not, a two year aging in a 35 year old named barrel is going to add to the price.All in all, at that price, there will be zero beads of sweat wondering if this will sell. It will be gone in a matter of minutes.
I can show you the outside of the warehouse that day.
We actually just completed a 12 part web based documentary on the story of Bourbon County Brand Stout and released the first part today. You can view it here: http://www.gooseisland.com/gritandgrain.html
I've got a 2010 Lambic currently aging in 25-year-old stainless steel in my basement. I'm sure I'm not going to fool a BJCP veteran, but I could probably dupe a few rubes into thinking it was the best beer they ever tasted (even though it hit its peak in mid 2013).I'm with Hards... at $60/bottle, it better look like this:"Fact starts to blend with myth, and myth takes away from the process."P.T. Barnum, eh?
This beer is different than regular BCBS. Instead of the standard 8-10 year Heaven Hill barrels aged for 10 mo it's 35 year Heaven Hill Barrels and has been aged for 2 years.
At least it's different then. I assume you've tried it. Would you say the flavor profile is significantly different from BCBS? That's kinda what I was implying (albeit in a rather rude manner, for which I apologize). $60 is just off the charts expensive. I love beer and pay out the nose for it, but I guess there is a line for me.Now, would I love to try it? Absolutely.
The sole impetus for my starting to homebrew imperials was because I was too cheap to pay $20 for a bottle of Dark Lord and too lazy to drive to Munster.Now, I'm starting to scout for whiskey barrels.