I've justified my Tavour spending by almost completely stopping trading...which is another bloody expensive hobby. Though the cost doesn't show up in one lump sum like that, I'm sure I had many single trading months that surpassed your total in the old days!
Seems like I’m one of the fortunate ones based on some of these comments. I’m on my 30th order with them since I started five years ago. I think only twice I’ve ever had one show up later than estimated but it was only by a few days. I almost always get it within a week and it comes from UPS for me so I’ve never had an issue with delivery, but I’m sure that laws in some states prevent them from just using UPS, FedEx, etc. everywhere. I’m loving reading about the delivery ppl some of you get though. Makes for good stories
After talking about wanting A Day with the Devil Triple Oaked for awhile, I suddenly have cold feet now that it hit my feed. To be fair, it stayed at $100 per 375mL (after much speculation this would increase), but still struggling with the idea of spending that much to try one thing.
Yeah, I'm not going for it. Just thought it was funny that a Tavour notification was finally relevant to me, and shrugged it off. I'll throw that $100 down on a local brewery's barrel aged membership program for next year.
There you go! Much better option/decision. Just a guess...are you talking about Side Project? You guys have several great breweries.
Actually, no. I'm thinking Alma Mader's membership. Alma Mader's first membership bottles have all received good remarks. I'm eager to see what they do with a full year (inaugural year was only 6 months.) What is funny is I thought I could buy ADWTD TO or buy a nice bottle on site at Side Project and pay for my gas there-and-back. Then if you factor in shipping cost, I could buy a nice dinner in St. Louis too....
Yeah i was about to YOLO that double oaked, but then saw $100 and decided no. It can’t be better (can it?) than vsoj and that’s like $50 a 4-pack
Tavours pricing actually isn't that bad. I consistently saw things on the shelf in my area for more than I saw the on Tavour, that includes anchorage. Stuff that was $50 on there is $75 around here. Having said that, I'm glad I quit them.
I sprang for one last time around and while I don't regret it, it wasn't the singular experience it needed to be to justify the price. It's nothing you haven't tried before, maybe just a little bit more of it.
As someone who has had VSOJ b1 and b2 fresh, aged, on tap, in cans, fresh palate, drunkards trash palate, etc. And I've had multiple ADWTD's at this point. No, it's not worth the price. It's a great beer, with some great packaging/insta marketing, but it's not worth the price of entry for me anymore. And when DB VSOJ comes out in January, I assume it will be just as reasonably priced as VSOJ. And Wendigo is just sugar water to me. I passed on the triple oaked that hit yesterday and TO ADWTD today. I think I'm finally over my ABC Tavour fling.
I assume It'll be a public online sale like all Rev Deep Woods. Although for VSOJ b2 that's the only one they didn't allow proxies. Wouldn't be surprised if this one followed suit.
I live in Connecticut. I have to trade or get lucky at an online shop like Tavour or others to get any Rev. Vsoj is pretty much impossible without a trade. Gotta shoot my shot, though!
Templeton Rye. And some French Oak apparently. With some sexy can art tossed in for good measure. https://revbrew.com/beer/deep-wood-series/double-barrel-v-s-o-j
It takes something really special for me to cross that 1$/oz mark. To go that far beyond that, it would take a once in a lifetime opportunity. Not a periodic Tavour release/big city shelf turd. If you’re bottling thousands of bottles of this stuff per year, I don’t know what dynamic you use to price it at that point. Cheers.
