Beer Gift Packs at Target

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  1. drgonzo2k2

    drgonzo2k2 Pundit (909) Aug 24, 2012 Missouri

    So... browsing through Target last night with Little Lady, just making a "I can't believe they have their entire Christmas sections out already" comment, when I looked over and saw Samuel Smiths and Lindemans gift packs.

    The Samuel Smiths each come with 3 beers + 1 brewery glass.

    The Lindemans each come with 2 beers + 1 brewery glass.

    Both are $11.99.

    The bottles alone in each pack would have been $15-20 at my local bottle shop, and I actually enjoy all of the beers each pack contained, so I walked out with 2 of each. :wink:
     
    #1 drgonzo2k2, Nov 18, 2012
  2. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    I saw that too at my local Target. I had to do a double take.
     
    #2 UCLABrewN84, Nov 18, 2012
  3. tyrsis

    tyrsis Savant (1,074) Mar 13, 2009 California
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    what kind of glass is the Samuel Smith?
     
    #3 tyrsis, Nov 18, 2012
  4. drgonzo2k2

    drgonzo2k2 Pundit (909) Aug 24, 2012 Missouri

    I believe it's called a Nonic Pint?
     
    #4 drgonzo2k2, Nov 18, 2012
  5. tyrsis

    tyrsis Savant (1,074) Mar 13, 2009 California
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    oh bleh
     
    #5 tyrsis, Nov 18, 2012
  6. drgonzo2k2

    drgonzo2k2 Pundit (909) Aug 24, 2012 Missouri

    Haha, hey, it was better than free considering the price!
     
    #6 drgonzo2k2, Nov 18, 2012
  7. tyrsis

    tyrsis Savant (1,074) Mar 13, 2009 California
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    No no, you're totally right. That price is killer. I just have so many pint glasses :slight_smile:
     
    #7 tyrsis, Nov 18, 2012
  8. flayedandskinned

    flayedandskinned Initiate (0) Jan 1, 2011 California

    Unless Lindeman's unfruited lambics are in it, I'm gonna pass
     
    #8 flayedandskinned, Nov 18, 2012
  9. Spider889

    Spider889 Pooh-Bah (1,933) Mar 24, 2010 Ohio
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    Meh, the Kriek and Framboise are good so long as you don't really view them as beer. If I think of it as a mimosa or something else intentionally sweet I don't mind them once in a while.
     
    #9 Spider889, Nov 18, 2012
  10. flayedandskinned

    flayedandskinned Initiate (0) Jan 1, 2011 California


    I just don't care for sweet beer that much anymore. I want dat funk, son.
     
    #10 flayedandskinned, Nov 18, 2012
  11. Spider889

    Spider889 Pooh-Bah (1,933) Mar 24, 2010 Ohio
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    Lol yeah I agree, which is why I don't compare it to other beer anymore (and especially not lambic).
     
    #11 Spider889, Nov 18, 2012
  12. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    So just the gueuze then.
     
    #12 UCLABrewN84, Nov 19, 2012
  13. flayedandskinned

    flayedandskinned Initiate (0) Jan 1, 2011 California

    I thought they had the Cuvee Rene and another one
     
    #13 flayedandskinned, Nov 19, 2012
  14. Eriktheipaman

    Eriktheipaman Pooh-Bah (2,303) Sep 4, 2010 California
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    It's a Nonic but without the little bubble whatever that's called. We received the Samy Smiths packs at my work too so I think I will pick one up. I was already able to snag one of the glasses and some coasters out of one of the broken packs.
     
    #14 Eriktheipaman, Nov 19, 2012
  15. drgonzo2k2

    drgonzo2k2 Pundit (909) Aug 24, 2012 Missouri

    I checked all the ones at my Target to see if they had the same, and they all had the Pomme and the Framboise.
     
    #15 drgonzo2k2, Nov 19, 2012
  16. flayedandskinned

    flayedandskinned Initiate (0) Jan 1, 2011 California

    Oh i was talking to UCLA. Makes sense that they wouldn't put a true lambic/gueuze in there. Haha, can you imagine the return rates if they did? "Well this raspberry one was pretty good, but this yellow one went bad and turned sour"
     
    #16 flayedandskinned, Nov 19, 2012
  17. DCRA

    DCRA Initiate (0) Dec 14, 2011 California

    Trader Joe's has the Samuel Smith for $9.99.
     
    #17 DCRA, Nov 19, 2012
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  18. DCRA

    DCRA Initiate (0) Dec 14, 2011 California

    It is a tulip pint glass. Basically a pint glass that flares out towards the top.
     
    #18 DCRA, Nov 19, 2012
  19. tyrsis

    tyrsis Savant (1,074) Mar 13, 2009 California
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    Oh, it's like a Guinness pint.
     
    #19 tyrsis, Nov 19, 2012
  20. Hanzo

    Hanzo Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Virginia

    I also got the Sam Smith pack at Total Wine for $9.99, amazing deal and the glass actually looks nice.
     
    #20 Hanzo, Nov 19, 2012
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