Funky Buddha event tonight at Capone's.

Thanks for the update. I trust and hope that Matt does the smaller pours? I was wondering if they were all going to be sixtels. Figured as much. So, does this mean no samplers?

 

arrrrrrrggghhhhh.
yes, people will not understand, like always, if he keeps the same price, though.

 

yes, i know. i'm a bit torn on the issue, though.

 

No you're not. Don't lie.

 

I'm at Capone's and the beer lists 5.5oz pours for all four Funky Buddha beers.

 

are they tapping them early? or is that just an early list?

 

No, just an early list. Beers go on at the time stated previously...

 

That's because sixtels are the only kegs they have...they can't receive anything else when that's all Funky Buddha uses. I don't think the kegs would fit at Funky Buddha if they switched to a bigger size. They just store all of the ones on their taps on like a cupboard underneath the taps.

 

$5/pour. Pineapple Berliner may be kicked at this point.

 

Going to head over later. I'm sure the rest of the list is good if Funky Buddha all kicks.

 

I really like Matt and a I like his establishment, but all Funky Buddha pours were $6 pints at Monk's today.

 

true. but compare the shitshows at the 2 places. monk's was horrible to deal with. we finally grabbed our beers and fled to the front to get a table and eat. the back room was a smelly sausage fest (sorry guys)

 

Monk's was a disaster, I hate to say it. Capone's definitely had the right idea with this event. Price aside, sampler-sized pours was the way to go with these beers. Plus they knew to have the pitchers ready well in advance. Everyone got an opportunity to get what they wanted, and the beers were still flowing after the initial mad rush. Monk's had one poor bartender trying to deal with the extremely foamy taps, doling out full pints that took forever to settle. Not to mention the horror of seeing the bartender pour full glasses of foam and beer down the drain just because they weren't settling fast. And with everyone wanting to try all 4 of the fruit beers...4 full pints...anyone get heartburn? heh Small pours was definitely the way to go. How fast did they kick at Monk's?

 

All valid points on the pricing but I considered Sat at Capones to be a treat to myself since I likely won't be drinking those beers anytime soon again. Also, I tend to limit myself to one or two events in total for PBW so the sticker show is at least confined to just an event or two. The only problem I had was the fact that the Last Snow was so good and so quaffable that you were basically drinking $15 pints of it at the end of the day. I think I had 3 of those, 3 of the Berlinner, 1 of the Ginger, and 2 of the No Crusts. So, that was $45 for about 3 pints, same with the wife. Empty wallet but still satisfied.

 

If you're talking about old rasputin, then I don't see what's wrong with that price point. Sure its expensive but that's because of the brewery, not the bar. The bottles are 500ml and its 20 for them if you don't get hosed. At 8 a 5.5oz pour that means 24 per 500ml. There's people that paid that and more for the bottles and you're talking about at a bar here which usually means a higher price than retail to begin with.

 

I think the bottles at Capone's shop were $27 or so.