Welcome Founders to Australia

Discussion in 'Australia' started by mulder1010, Jul 12, 2013.

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  1. Lukie

    Lukie Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2007 Australia

    My experiences so far:
    Porter was amazing.
    Centennial was tasting fine but the hops are already fading. If we can get it fresher it will be a wonderful IPA at a fantastic price.
    Double Trouble was nothing. Hops so far faded.
    Didn't bother with the Scotch Ale as I don't enjoy the style.
    Waiting on Breakfast. All Day IPA hasn't held up at all from everything I have heard.
     
    #21 Lukie, Jul 22, 2013
  2. eric5bellies

    eric5bellies Pooh-Bah (2,218) Jun 9, 2006 Australia
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Picked up a CBS at an undisclosed bottle shop and thought it was a little on the Dusty side
     
    #22 eric5bellies, Jul 22, 2013
  3. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    No, mane does not do grey imports at all. Just what they trade for.
    Need to ask us in Sydney for that kind of advice.
     
    #23 mulder1010, Jul 22, 2013
  4. eric5bellies

    eric5bellies Pooh-Bah (2,218) Jun 9, 2006 Australia
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    No, there were a on the shelf and it wasn't Mane
     
    #24 eric5bellies, Jul 22, 2013
  5. Hoptron_3000

    Hoptron_3000 Initiate (0) May 27, 2013 Australia

    Hmm it seems like a lot of effort to go through rubbing best before of each bottle, but who knows? Maybe they don't bottle date international deliveries. Bottles from Slowbeer with importers details on the side.
     
    #25 Hoptron_3000, Jul 22, 2013
  6. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    CBS on the shelf??? Pics
     
    #26 mulder1010, Jul 22, 2013
  7. Hoptron_3000

    Hoptron_3000 Initiate (0) May 27, 2013 Australia

    Hehe, just found the best before dates on the importers stickers. Best before 23/02/14 on centennial is not to bad is it?
     
    #27 Hoptron_3000, Jul 22, 2013
  8. danieelol

    danieelol Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2010 Australia

    Good to hear. By the way I haven't been able to locate any particularly bad Aussie reviews, apart from All Day IPA which doesn't seem to be age-related anyhow
     
    #28 danieelol, Jul 22, 2013
  9. eric5bellies

    eric5bellies Pooh-Bah (2,218) Jun 9, 2006 Australia
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    LOL you took the bait Pat ! Knew you would:wink:
     
    #29 eric5bellies, Jul 22, 2013
  10. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    Give me a break. Stella 0 and two Murray's beers and am tapped
     
    #30 mulder1010, Jul 22, 2013
  11. Hoptron_3000

    Hoptron_3000 Initiate (0) May 27, 2013 Australia

    For me the All Day is to thin and watery.
     
    #31 Hoptron_3000, Jul 22, 2013
  12. Lukie

    Lukie Initiate (0) Jun 16, 2007 Australia


    8 months on an IPA? Yeah sure thing........
     
    #32 Lukie, Jul 22, 2013
  13. danieelol

    danieelol Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2010 Australia

    well I mean it seems pretty good considering we already know it takes 1+ month to ship from the states then 2 months to sit in a warehouse for no reason before we can get our hands on it
     
    #33 danieelol, Jul 22, 2013
  14. heygeebee

    heygeebee Pooh-Bah (2,125) Aug 6, 2010 Australia
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  15. dgilks

    dgilks Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2008 Australia

    So... I don't want to run a shop where I provide service and sell beers, I want all my stock to do my work for me and will only sell to people who want to buy multiple bottles of the same beer. Good thing I don't live in Sydney.
     
    #35 dgilks, Jul 25, 2013
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  16. hopswiller

    hopswiller Initiate (0) Jul 17, 2011 Australia

    I agree dgilks, bloke sounds like a ****
     
    #36 hopswiller, Jul 25, 2013
  17. joecast

    joecast Pooh-Bah (1,694) Jun 30, 2003 Australia
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    Haha, that's a good read. If I were so worried about selling beer, I wouldn't write that kind of stuff in my blog.
     
    #37 joecast, Jul 25, 2013
  18. dgilks

    dgilks Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2008 Australia

    So does that Pato guy. :wink: I wonder who that might be?
     
    #38 dgilks, Jul 25, 2013
  19. Hoptron_3000

    Hoptron_3000 Initiate (0) May 27, 2013 Australia

    Hmm, sounds like he needs a few more customers. Particularly some of those 4-pk buying ones!
     
    #39 Hoptron_3000, Jul 25, 2013
  20. mulder1010

    mulder1010 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2008 Australia

    Without going too deep into things.....................................It is an odd strategy but it does work for him and in some ways it is the correct one for Platinum.
    If you go to enough shops you can see what moves and what does not. Sydney is a different market than Melbourne, Perth, or Newcastle.
    You can go to Beer Cartel, Warners at the Bay, Plonk or others that buy stuff and it sits there. Maybe a few singles get bought but by large a lot of stuff, and I am talking imports that do not move. Last time at Plonk I saw bottles of Mikkeller from 5 years ago that have not moved. Other shops in Sydney still have the Puffing Billy from LC and older Mountain Goat stuff. I have seen the Mikkeller/ Mt Goat collab on the shelf in a shop. Is that bad purchasing on the buyers end or is it that the customers are not being targeted correctly.
    Considering how All Day IPA is being crushed on Facebook and on here I would say it was a smart decision. The decision to not carry the scotch ale was smart as really through Sydney that is a style that does not move very well.
    As he says in his last paragraph his second store is being refurbished, so essentially he is running 1.25 stores so he has to be smart in what he brings in currently.
     
    #40 mulder1010, Jul 25, 2013
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