fantasia release

let us know the results

 

I usually go for the blue painters tape and sharpie on the bottom of the bottle technique myself, haven't seen the Fantasia bottles specifically, but I tend to follow the KISS methodology.

Grats on yours, we were drinking some Westie with friends while that line was forming, so we can't complain too much, we did drink all we could on draft though!

 

Popped open a bottle tonight. Unlike last year's, 2013 from the bottle is very similar to the tap version. Lightly tart, more saison qualities to it, with huge peach on the back end.

 

I checked out both bottles and don't see a definitive difference (slightly thicker script on the rear label for the 2012, and all my 2012 bottles have a long drip of wax while the all my 2013 bottles have tight wax jobs without drips).

 

Anytime Seth. Holler at me if you're ever in the Seattle area.

Cheers
Colin

 

And remember it's pronounced fan-tah-zee-uh

 

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

 

I got there at 3:45 and got a case... when there were about 10 people to go in line it looked as if I was going to get shut out, but apparently an executive decision was made to sell the distro bottles (around 25 cases I think). After I got my case there were 15 cases left and about 30-40 people behind me, so some people definitely got shut out and no distro.

$12 pitchers of fantasia, awesome

 

Should of had a limit of bottles so everyone gets a chance instead of mules getting a whole case each. Wrong move by selling the distro cases as well.

 

I totally disagree, especially since I would've been shut out if they didn't go through distro. And I really didn't see too many mules, lot of people getting cases and splitting with multiple people. If you didn't make it too bad the pitchers were awesome

 

Bottle limits of less than a case would have insured that more folks had access. Saving cases for distribution would have done that even more so. The fact that you got yours is not much of an argument.

 

Last year they had case limits and didn't sell out. The fact is, they never sold out of a 1,000+ bottle beer before so there was no reason to assume they would do so this time in advance. I expect next time Fantasia drops the limit will be less (as evidenced by the always dropping limit on Sole Comps) but with age comes wisdom as they say.

 

Hear what you're saying, but one quick glance at this board in the past week could have told you they were going to sell out day of.

 

One quick glance at this board in the past week and nobody questioned the case limits until after the release. Monday morning quarterbacking, hind-sight is 20/20, coulda, woulda, shoulda...those all apply here.

 

I emailed Alex a week before the release and let him know he might want to consider doing a head count before the sale started to figure out if he should drop the bottle limits.

The rest of you were hoping to get your case so you didn't complain until you got shut out.

 

My point exactly.

 

Don't ya mean 900 bottle release?

 

either way its not a 20,000 bottle release which saw large distro, so no way it can be a whale or, of lesser importance, taste good.