Silva Stout & Sleepin’ with Shaggy Release Party

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  1. Brewzer1010

    Brewzer1010 Crusader (468) Feb 17, 2010 New Jersey
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    I agree with all the comments about food being part of an event lame and all that, however it's just part of going to an event these days. You pay if you think the beer is worth it, you don't if you prefer not to. Otherwise this event sounds like it was a good one, and the extra 4 packs really made it worth it. I'll add that the first event (SDBW 2011) was even more frustrating given that the desert course (I can't even remember what it was) incorporated Silva Stout. Talk about wasting a great beer. They could have used Double Stout, no one would have known the difference. So I definitely consider this year's event an improvement. Unfortunately I couldn't make it.
     
  2. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    They used Silva Stout in the Venison dish this year.
     
  3. Brewzer1010

    Brewzer1010 Crusader (468) Feb 17, 2010 New Jersey
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    That's a shame. Well the extra 4 packs probably made it worth it for most.
     
  4. mikedashg

    mikedashg Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2008 California

    I just walked into the brewery and bought a case of Silva Stout last year. Was delicious! haha. I think I shared/traded half of it. Such a good beer, ready to drink barrel aged beer (since they blend it to perfection). I'd take it over KBS any day. Hope to see some sleepin with shaggy around. :/
     
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  5. grrrah

    grrrah Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2009 California

    Is it bad form to go sporting the visiting team's gear?
     
  6. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    GF distributed this to local stores in SD last week. Love the "you must come to our party and buy our shitty food if you want this beer - it won't be distributed" bait and switch!
     
  7. sandiego67

    sandiego67 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2008 California


    That is BS. What is it selling for per bottle? If it is +/- $5 per bottle, we paid $65 for a street taco and a piece of dessert.
     
  8. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    $5.99 - $7.99 so far that I have seen. Green Flash was at several places Friday promoting it - it's an official distribution.

    Sure, we paid $5.00 per bottle, but paid more in the end considering the extra $45 for the event.
     
  9. ficklenicholas

    ficklenicholas Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2011 California

    I will never, EVER go to another green flash event again.
     
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  10. SageO

    SageO Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2010 California

    I almost never complain about the way breweries handle bottle releases (in fact I think I was defending GF earlier in this thread), yet once I saw bottles hitting shelves at that pricepoint I felt pretty jipped. Bad move on GF's part.
     
  11. grilledsquid

    grilledsquid Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2009 California
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    They'll keep doing it if they can get away with it. Been saying this all along, but just give me the bottles. All that other stuff is optional.
     
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  12. HopHead84

    HopHead84 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,144) Nov 29, 2006 California
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    This is really annoying. Pretty much an upfront lie on the part of Green Flash to sell tickets to that garbage event.
     
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  13. HopHead84

    HopHead84 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,144) Nov 29, 2006 California
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    That's irrelevant and not a debate that needs to be revisited at this moment. The issue at hand is Green Flash lying to consumers by saying that the only way to get Silva and Shaggy was to go to this $65 event and then turning around weeks later and selling it to stores. I think many people, including me, would have skipped the event if we knew the bottles would be available around town.
     
  14. besaunders

    besaunders Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2007 California

    Just to play devil's advocate here (this is not what I believe - just doing the debate club thing), perhaps they decided to bottle up more after the event took place, or they made the decision to distribute to local stores after the event. In that case, they didn't really lie, but you'd think that they would offer an explanation.

    On a possibly related note, they've been a lot less "active" in social media as of late, it seems.
     
  15. grilledsquid

    grilledsquid Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2009 California
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    Like you said, GF, from the get go, was giving the impression that this was going to be an exclusive release with a $45 cover charge. The up sell seemed dishonest to me all along. It's because of this willingness to acquire beer at all costs that breweries seem confident about tacking on additional charges. Personally, that doesn't jive with me so even though I want the beer, I'll skip a release altogether.
     
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  16. mrkrispy

    mrkrispy Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2006 California

    I am Jack's complete lack of surprise
     
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  17. AndresR

    AndresR Pundit (808) Jul 19, 2009 California
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    That's how they get ya.

    I feel vindicated now by choosing to skip this BS exclusive release. That, and GF has never thrown an event worth attending at least not at the price point they charge.
     
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  18. HopHead84

    HopHead84 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,144) Nov 29, 2006 California
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    I guess if you ended up leaving with 24 bottles (4 bottles included with $64.29 ticket + 5 additional 4 packs available at $20/4 pack) then the cost per bottle was $6.85. Still, not bad and it was simple to get the bottles. The dishonesty is annoying but if I remind myself of the math and the ability to buy a lot more bottles than I would have otherwise been able to get, it's not so bad.
     
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  19. GhettoFabulous

    GhettoFabulous Initiate (0) May 29, 2010 California

    Towards the end of the event, after most people had already left with their bottles, they wheeled out another full pallet of silva stout to fill the orders of the last two or three dozen people remaining. This suggests that they had bottled nearly twice the amount (at a minimum) of silva stout that they sold at the event.

    As upsetting as this distribution hoodwink is, their biggest deceit was in failing to tell us that this batch was about 10% as tasty as the original. They should have given it a different name, unless their intention was to dilute the reputation of silva stout along with its actual taste.
     
  20. besaunders

    besaunders Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2007 California

    I wonder if they were going to release the rest at another special event, but then decided to do the bottle shop thing instead when they saw a lot of the criticism of this release of the Silva Stout. Or maybe they released it just to spite people for dissing this release.

    Beer drama!
     
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