Side Project (2018)

Turns out that is from their Instagram www.instagram.com/sideprojectbrew/

 

Interesting, the others were $50.

 

Dang, I just missed it.

 

Might have to due with the extra barrel and extra time aged? Or simply because they know they can get it. People are solo doming bottles of this and not thinking twice about the price

 

No clue on reasons on the price, but right now (and I don't see this changing anytime soon), people will pay.

When I was out there last year, I had no problem dropping $50 for D1 and if I didn't luck out with a nice stranger offering to share D2, I would have paid another $50 for D2. Had I scheduled my trip to St Louis one week later, I would have been there yesterday and had no problem dropping $60 for DBD.

Though, maybe it is different for us out of town folks. The Derivation series is something that I will never try for the simple fact I will not give up what is being asked for it. So buying a bottle for on-site consumption is the only way I would get to try these beers. Being a local, it may be a little tougher to stomach the price.

 

Are they all out already?

 

Double Barrel Derivation will be on site until it sells out. Could be weeks or it could be gone by the weekend. Oh and it's amazing. I would call it the barleywine of Derivations (If that makes sense). Chocolate covered charred raisins with the blackest grapes you ever seen.

 

People are solo doming bottles? Hmm. Not while I was there. I saw people splitting the bottles. 3 and 4 ways in some cases. I find it interesting that people who were not there are making this observation.

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I totally agree. It gives more people a chance to try the beer rather than them selling it to go and people bringing mules on mules. I wish more breweries treated some of their limited stuff this way.

I was planning on going down for the release on Friday and then found out about this. Now I am going down a little earlier. Going to drop way more cash at the cellar which I have no problem doing so. This type of thing brings in people and they spend more which allows the brewery to do more great things. There is no way I'd ever get a chance to try this if it wasn't on site consumption only. Pretty excited to finally try a derivation!

 

Oh okay I only ask as I responded to a guys quote saying "Dang I just missed it" was assuming maybe he went there today or something was all.

 

One group was 'bragging' that they had 7 bottles at their table of 8. My bad. .875 doming bottles. Other people were talking about having a bottle to themselves then splitting another when their friend dropped by.

Unless people are just trying to be internet kings, yes people are drinking entire bottles of this themselves and it doesn't take someone not being there to find out.

 

No, I was recently in St. Louis and stopped at Side Project Cellar, but I was a little too early.

 

I guess the internet doesn't lie. Just the people who post on it

 

Most people in the beer world are going to take as much as they can, so it's up to Side Project to decide how they distribute their bottles, in house or to go. I do agree that a table of 8 with 7 Derivations on the table is stupid as hell. However, Side Project must not think so. If they did, they'd allow a 15% bottle to be consumed with a group of people, not just one. Again, that's up to the business owner. Seems a little crazy that they'd allow that though. I don't know how much beer you guys drink, but I'd be pretty drunk after doming a bottle like that. I wonder how many people are driving home after that.

 

Hopefully not many but there are many options available for people to avoid driving drunk. Taxi, Uber, DD, Metrolink, Bus, and walking all come immediately to mind.

 

Oh yeah, I know there are options. I just hope people are using them! After all...they are driving there...

 

The cool thing about the side project cellar these days is they always have sick bottles on their on-site cellar list...love that about them

 

No kidding. Merci, fuzzy, balaton all on right now! I can't wait to try them. Plus their tap list is killin' it right now.

 

The amount of crying I'm seeing about the release format of this beer is ridiculous. Not here specifically but all over the interwebz

 

are people really that greedy? this allows so many more people to try the beer. even if I wasn't coming down, I would still think this is a great idea. STL traders need their wale bait