Bruery RS/HS Allocations (2020)

ISO chug video

 

I would stop breathing after 15oz. People would be very sad since their proxy would be gone.

 

I likely have not read EVERY post on here in the past 12 mos, but I did not know that the 12 Days Collection box plays music when you open it. I'm sure you can all guess what holiday song it is....

That's amazing! Plus, it's a year old and still playing! I'm SO entertained....

 

So, since this is a swing-top, any thoughts on if it can still age like a regular BT? I guess traditionally a lot of Belgian ales were swing-top, so should still hold? It's 4 bottles of BT, but roughly 5x the price. However, as a fan, the collector appeal is there! So torn.....

 

Makes it hard for me to sneak in another beer when everyone else has already gone to bed...

 

Should age fine - I've bottled my own stouts in swing tops in the past and they've held up great for years. If it wasn't so awkward to ship I would probably get it because I need to catch 'em all...

 

Damn 3L! I definitely got more than what I asked for.

 

My friend wants the 3L BT, so bought it.

Anyone ever ship a 3L? Do companies sell a box for them, or just pack it in a large box? Maybe bruery sells such a box. Will ask when I pickup.

 

I’ve picked up 3L bottle styro shippers with a box from wine stores in the past

 

Second half of the bottle tasting great tonight. If anything, it's maybe a touch even less sweet? Huge rich apple flavor with nothing (cloying, spicing, etc) that burns you out. Great stuff.

 

Yep, opened a 2020 tonight and it's delicious. Going to grab a few more bottles while I can.

 

I've thought about this in the past, and I think the big bottles are just really fucking expensive (the glass, and probably needing to hand fill) (plus novelty value).

Anchor's Magnums of Christmas Ale cost about the same as a six pack (even though they're equivalent of about four bottles). Stone did 3L bottles of Double Bastard several years ago and those were literally double the per ounce price of the bombers.

 

I thought it was the same with wine.

 

Yeah go and try to buy a magnum FO from Bottle Logic. Regular 550mL FO is $23.95 and the 1.5Lmagnum is $210. You're not buying it to get a better deal on beer you're buying it because its cool.

 

And Russian River's are $100 for 3Ls, at least the Consecration and Supplication I bought in the past were. Those are, what, $12.99 for a 375ml?

I suck at math but someone else can figure out how that compares.

 

Not sure if they sell them but doesn't F.W Barrelworks 3L go for $300.

 

Ha! I remember those 3L bottles of Double Bastard! I friend had one at his birthday party. It was a really cool conversation piece but I remember it being a bitch to pour from

 

Damn! I need to get the RR magnums when available because that's the only brewery I know of where the magnum is the same price basically, $100 vs (8) 375 mls at ~$104. The cork and caging of the RR sours probably makes the labor costs a wash. In every other case I know of you pay an upcharge for the magnums.