Your most overpriced buys

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by stealth, Nov 19, 2012.

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  1. stealth

    stealth Pooh-Bah (1,819) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
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    So we have the thread where we can boast about the great deals we've had the fortune of coming by, now how about telling us all what you've willingly (maybe not necessarily knowingly) overpaid for.

    I'm guilty of acquiring a bunch of Surly Five last winter after receiving a bottle in the fall for my birthday. I had never had a sour/wild ale before and absolutely loved it, so believing at the time it would never be brewed again, sought out what I could on eBay, etc, paying $30-40 per bottle. I do not have any regrets, as Five has aged extraordinarily well so far :slight_smile:
     
  2. brewbetter

    brewbetter Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2012 Nauru

    Ruination 10th Anniversary... $11.99

    I would pay $30-40 for a bottle of Five all day. If you want to unload a bottle, :wink:
     
  3. DrDemento456

    DrDemento456 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,173) May 15, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Man you guys got some serious dough to blow on a single beer. I paid 10.50 for Ruination 10th Anniversary which I assume most people got it for around 8 or 9.

    And my latest overpriced beer was 6 bucks each for Surly Furious and Coffee Bender. Both from a grey market place that gets stuff undistributed to the state. Lets just say they were OK at best.
     
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  4. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,092) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
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  5. darkmoon66

    darkmoon66 Initiate (0) Oct 8, 2011 California
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    If we count buying beer at a bar, I paid $28 for a 12oz bottle of Fred from the Wood

    If you mean take home bottle then it was $26 for a bottle of Parabola or $10 for a 12oz Expedition Stout
     
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  6. ThisWangsChung

    ThisWangsChung Pooh-Bah (2,914) Oct 15, 2011 Maryland
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    Parabola. Churchkey. $40. Overhyped.
     
  7. Lordquackingstic

    Lordquackingstic Pundit (974) Jun 14, 2011 New York
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    Tart of Darkness for $27. Sooooo noooot worth it.
     
  8. stealth

    stealth Pooh-Bah (1,819) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
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    I still would, too. At least there's Pentagram coming! (hopefully)
     
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  9. thebigredone

    thebigredone Pooh-Bah (1,592) Dec 19, 2011 Wisconsin
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    Founders Devil Dancer. $19 a four-pack and I only drank one because it was so unappealing. I will never consider buying that beer again.
     
  10. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,206) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    Utopias - $180. Not that there's anything wrong with the beer (it's still damn good!) that is a LOT to pay for a beer.
     
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  11. semibaked

    semibaked Pooh-Bah (1,897) Mar 27, 2007 Minnesota
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    6 bottles of Kuhnhenn Imperial Stout Braggot at $17.50 each (12oz each). It was very good, but definitely expensive.
     
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  12. Jugs_McGhee

    Jugs_McGhee Grand Pooh-Bah (5,956) Aug 15, 2010 Colorado
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    Anything released by The Bruery or Brewdog (except Black Tuesday, but there's an argument to be made there).

    Most of Mikkeller's light beers.
     
  13. Kaydogg

    Kaydogg Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2011 Pennsylvania

    the winner!
    Idiot's Drool
    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/392/73862

    I think it was 23$ a bottle at the release,. I had been drinking for a while trying some fabulous A+ beers at the tasting in the parking lot...I remember being in line with at least 150 people when they handed out samples of the beer..I looked at my buddy and said "are my tastebuds trashed from all the different styles of beer I just drank, cause this is not good"

    thank god they gave samples..my planned case purchase immediately changed and I bought 3 bottles hoping for the best..
     
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  14. ChanChan

    ChanChan Maven (1,341) Dec 12, 2009 California

    Wookey jack 11.99 at a stupid store called American Liquor, I think its worth the price but another store had it for $6.99, I felt raped!! This store also sells DogFish Head Red & White for $30.00 :confused:
     
  15. tevanoff

    tevanoff Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2010 New York

    if anybody wants to win this thread, i know of a certain store in brooklyn that has bottles of lou pepe kriek for the low, low price of $90!

    amazing beer, but man, you could probably have one bottle shipped from belgium for cheaper.
     
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  16. Demer

    Demer Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2010 New Jersey

    You are a crazy person! It is delicious.
     
  17. CommanderOfAwesome

    CommanderOfAwesome Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2012 California

    I haven't been bent over a barrel too bad yet, excluding a bar, I paid $26 for 4 pack of KBS.
     
  18. czfreeman

    czfreeman Initiate (0) May 22, 2007 California

    paid 80 for a bottle of Dark Lord...mind you it was in Amsterdam...and it was the last bottle they had...was kinda wasted...and still saving it 1.5 years later cause im afraid of being disappointed lol
     
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  19. CommanderOfAwesome

    CommanderOfAwesome Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2012 California

    I didn't realize you could get Dark Lord anywhere but the brewery.
     
  20. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,441) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Most recently, $18.59 for a 12oz bottle of Cherry Adam from the Wood. Well worth it, considering I bought it 11 blocks from my house in Seattle and the next-nearest place to find it was probably at the brewery in Portland.

    I almost paid $85 for a bottle of Deviation a few months ago, but ultimately managed to walk away.
     
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