If you won a beer shopping spree...

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by drperry11, Jul 25, 2012.

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  1. drperry11

    drperry11 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 South Carolina

    Rules: You get to fill up a grocery cart full of beer and you only have 10 minutes. If any of your beers become ruptured or broken you get no beer at all.

    1. What bottle/beer shop would you go to?

    2. What would your pattern around the shop be?

    3. What format would your beers be? (cans, bombers etc.)

    4. You get to bring a friend to help you, who do you want to come?

    5. What beer would you leave behind in this venture? Which one would you make sure to grab one of?
     
  2. strangebrew321

    strangebrew321 Pundit (810) Feb 18, 2009 Indiana
    Trader

    1. South Loop Binny's
    2. Circling the 3 big beer ailses they have.
    3. Mostly 750's or bigger
    4. Chris, the beer manager :slight_smile:
    5. The cheap stuff. The expensive stuff.
     
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  3. PaulQuinn

    PaulQuinn Initiate (0) May 27, 2011 Canada (BC)

    Can't say anything about the first four, but I'd bet this is going to be everybody's fifth answer.
     
  4. ChadQuest

    ChadQuest Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2009 Illinois

    10 mins? I could take my time and totally fill the cart with baller ass bottles.

    1. Binny's, Black friday 2010 (TIME MACHINE BIOTCHES!!!)

    2. Nonchalance

    3. whatever i feel like yo.

    4: hannydawg, because i would hang out with him the other 8 mins after i filled my cart up. Plus that dude could push a heavy cart.

    5. I'd just fill my cart with BCS Rare. Maybe some BCS Van for good measure.

    6. because posting while drinking is the best.
     
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  5. tewaris

    tewaris Initiate (0) Jul 14, 2009 Minnesota

    J.W. Lees. All of it.
     
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  6. YaKnowBrady

    YaKnowBrady Pundit (809) Jul 23, 2010 New Jersey

    1. WineWorks in Marlton, hands down. They have some pretty special bottles in locked cases, as well as and amazing all around selection. I'd have to avoid getting hung up chatting with the managers there, those guys are great.

    2. I'd hit the glass cases first, stop at the Belgian and Italian sections, then raid the rest of the American section.

    3. Likely bombers, fill in the gaps in my cart with smaller bottles. (as tewaris said, PLENTY of JW Lees)

    4. I'd bring martin213012, because that dude is my teammate, and we could put a hurting on those shelves.

    5. I'd likely leave behind a lot of locals, like DFH, Victory, and Troegs (unless NN is in season...). I'd be sure to grab the Utopias, TNP and STB they've had chilling....
     
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  7. mcaulifww

    mcaulifww Initiate (0) Aug 18, 2011 Virginia

    1) I'd go to the total wine near me. If I could go anywhere I guess a total wine in Cali since they have some things I don't get here. I'd go somewhere else but don't know of anywhere else.

    2) I'd take empty boxes and put big bottles in those and grabe all the 4 and 6ers off the shelf. we can stack the boxes so we'll end up with way more than a shopping cart

    3) all of them

    4) Gorillafistbrew, we could clean out the whole store in 10 minutes

    5) The cheap stuff. Anything I haven't had before
     
  8. otispdriftwood

    otispdriftwood Initiate (0) Dec 9, 2011 Colorado

    First, one condition that I hope would be included - prior notice. That way I can plan my attack.
    1. Place - DeCicco's in Brewster, NY
    2. Pattern - Provided I have notice that I won my pattern would be to go for the expensive stuff - minimum
    $8.99/bomber; minimum $14.99/6pack; minimum $10.99/4pack.
    3. Format - really doesn't matter - see #2
    4. Helper - I'd bring my son. He's always thirsty and he's got a great reach.
    5. Leave behind/make sure to grab - See #2
     
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  9. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    Julio's, westboro, ma. Second choice Gordon's, Waltham, ma.
    I'd mainly go for the imports that I can't usually justify, abbeys, lambics, that sort of thing.
     
  10. pschul4

    pschul4 Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2011 Illinois

    I only bolded the stuff I agree with :wink:
     
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  11. Giovannilucano

    Giovannilucano Pooh-Bah (1,975) Feb 24, 2011 Pennsylvania
    Society Pooh-Bah

    Your a man after my own heart dude! :grinning:

    The Belgian and Italian selection would be GONE!
     
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  12. robinsmv

    robinsmv Initiate (0) Jun 24, 2010 Florida

    1. Total Wine in saint pete
    2. Grab some cigar city bombers that they usually have near the front, hit the just arrived section next, then book it back to the craft/import isles. Cases of Belgians first (both bombers and four/six packs with a focus on quads and sours), then work my way towards the front of the store ending at the close out/last call island.
    3. Size doesn't matter as long as I can grab cases to put the beers in for easy stacking
    4. I'd bring my wife, she knows what I like and is familiar with the layout of the store so we could move quickly
    5. Leave behind: cheaper/more available stuff like sierra Nevada pale ale, any Florida ave, 60 min, etc.
    Grab: all the sours, dipas, ris (especially Mephistopheles, I love it but am not goin to pay $10 for a bottle), and cigar city specialties thati can get my grubby little paws on
     
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  13. Britt

    Britt Pooh-Bah (1,998) Apr 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    1. Shangy's in Emmaus, PA
    2. I'd start at the front of the beer section and work my way inwards in a spiral pattern.
    3. I would make a base layer in my cart of cans, then put bombers under and in the child seat while keeping 12oz bottles toward the front of the cart.
    4. I'd bring my girlfriend since she's going to have to share all of this with me. Plus, she's fast and organized and would stick to the plan.
    5. Leave behind some of regular stuff I can pick up in MA. Grab lots of sours, IPAs, and beers only available in the beer oasis that is eastern Pennsylvania.
     
  14. Horbar

    Horbar Pooh-Bah (1,593) Feb 24, 2012 Rhode Island
    Pooh-Bah

    1. The Alchemist Retail Shop
    2. I would go straight to the Heady Topper
    3. Cans (obviously)
    4. No help necessary
    5. Carriage full of Heady
    simple plan!!! great success!!
     
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  15. lvoutlawjlh

    lvoutlawjlh Initiate (0) Mar 15, 2012 Nebraska

    I would love to watch the store cameras when this went down. Better yet, they should televise this.
     
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  16. nanobrew

    nanobrew Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2008 California

    1. Olive Tree market - because I know my way around there with my eyes closed
    2. too hard to explain but I know it
    3. everything, never broke a bottle, don't plan to start
    4. either the beer guy or Sebowski, he also knows where everything in that store is
    5. Leave behind - Singles/IPAs in the cooler, with so much beer they would probably go bad before I drank them, plus it is hard to pull that stuff out. Grab one of - some six packs, to bring to parties.
     
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  17. pmoney

    pmoney Initiate (0) Apr 15, 2011 Illinois

    SMART answer!
     
  18. OneBeertoRTA

    OneBeertoRTA Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2010 California

    1. Hill Farmstead
    2. Everything
    3. 750s
    4. Louis CK for comic relief
    5. Grab everything with a proper noun.
     
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  19. drperry11

    drperry11 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 South Carolina

    I didn't specify whether or not the shop was open for the public to shop as well...someone might be pissed and have a sit in at HF and you won't be able to navigate!!
     
  20. drperry11

    drperry11 Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 South Carolina

    Cart cam! It would be interesting to see what people would buy. Someone would win and get 25 cases of bud light
     
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