Trinity Brewing dropped their prices?

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  1. ArrogantB

    ArrogantB Grand Pooh-Bah (3,224) Jun 9, 2006 Colorado
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    I thought they used to charge $30 but I saw bottles today priced from $17 - $20. That is much more reasonable and I bought a TPS report. $20 for a DIPA is still unacceptable, Alpine only charges $12 for Exponential Hoppiness and they are probably the only brewery that can command that high of a price for an IPA. Unless RR bottles younger of course.
     
  2. imperialbeerdude

    imperialbeerdude Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2012 Colorado

    It's possible they are old and were discounted.
     
  3. ucsbmullet

    ucsbmullet Initiate (0) Oct 5, 2011 Colorado

    Guessing nobody's buying at that price point. I aint.
     
  4. skycracksopen

    skycracksopen Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 Colorado

    They are currently undergoing an expansion, which they claim is allowing them to release more bottles, and as a result, charge less for them.

    But I think that is probably partly an excuse because they realized their bottles weren't selling well enough at the $25-28 price range.
     
  5. SalukiAlum

    SalukiAlum Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2010 Colorado

    Trinity drops those prices and I buy on a regular basis, otherwise many better selections.
     
  6. FarmerTed

    FarmerTed Pundit (904) May 31, 2011 Colorado

    I saw TPS report at Hazel's today for $15; their other bottles seemed lower priced than the last time I saw them.
     
  7. mklever42

    mklever42 Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2012 Colorado

    I was at Trinity on Friday for Pappy Legba and all of their prices are down. I still think they would sell more if they bottled in 375ml.
     
  8. alexipa

    alexipa Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2011 Colorado

    I would really like to try this brewery, but as stated their prices are too high. I might try to grab a TPS report for $15 but honestly that's just to try it out. I wouldn't buy it with any regularity at $15, still too high in my opinion.
     
  9. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,081) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
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    I tried their Pineapple Saison...thought it was interesting and well put together. But I will take Funkwerks Saison at ~$10, which I already think is a pricey, to that Trinity offering. With that said, I am sure if Trinity made it up to Fort Collins at $15 a bottle I would give a bottle (perhaps 2) a try.
     
  10. joshclauss

    joshclauss Zealot (689) Oct 31, 2010 Colorado

    Awesome to see these price changes for both the broader craft beer consumer and for us collector-y types. Lower prices on these bottles means more stores will actually carry it, which I assume is another reason for the change in conjunction with the expansion. Fear not, BA's, price pressure doesn't just come from forum posts.
     
  11. Mebuzzard

    Mebuzzard Grand Pooh-Bah (4,216) May 19, 2005 Colorado
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    I've only tried their beers at fests. Too $$ at the stores and at a 'Koop fest (rare beer '11?)I think they only brought like 4 bottles and were empty in 20 min. They didn't seem to take it seriously :angry:
     
  12. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,206) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    I really like their stuff, but I've never had to actually spend money on it since my wife has always brought it back from CoS. Their sours are about as puckering as beer can get, so I wouldn't bother chilling them. If they're even slightly cold, they might as well just be pure citric acid/unripe green apple. When they're room temperature, they have a lot going on, though. If you're paying a lot for them, be ready with something to catch they beer when you open one. I have yet to have one that wasn't a gusher and if you aren't careful, you'll lose your first glass to the floor.
     
  13. scray24

    scray24 Initiate (0) Mar 12, 2008 Colorado

    Definitely wasn't rare beer. Might have been parade of darks...
     
  14. Mebuzzard

    Mebuzzard Grand Pooh-Bah (4,216) May 19, 2005 Colorado
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    That may have been it. I rarely remember things from 5 minutes ag...wait what are we talking about?
     
  15. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,206) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    I think it was their Belgian Beer Fest from 2010...maybe? Their own reps were drinking as much as they were pouring, and they didn't bring much.
     
  16. MarkyMOD

    MarkyMOD Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2012 Colorado

    I bought their pumpkin Saison, Emma's Coffin I believe, which was pretty good and worth the $13-15 for me when compared to other similarly priced pumpkin beers (Uinta's and Rumpkin come to mind). Wanted to go all out on pumpkin beers this year and I've been to the brewery thrice on my travels and thought they had great stuff, but I won't be buying it again because of the style/price. In fact I won't be buying any of their beer until they are all priced around what TPS is ($15) with maybe one super special beer a few dollars higher. I hope others will do the same so they get the message, it really feels like a slap in the face to me the way they priced their bottled beer right out of the gate. Yea they're pretty well known in CO for their sours and saisons, but look at the Crooked Stave's and Funkwerks' prices... Enough said.
    I remember seeing one of their bottles priced $29-32 when they first started bottling, I wanna say it's their DIPA (which is awesome), but then I'd feel like I'm losing my mind.
    I'd feel like its more of backhand to the face rather than any old slap, but I get the feeling they're not really trying to screw us and just don't have it together. All three times I was there the bartenders were pretty wasted even though the sun was far from being down and of the three times I ordered food, once they completely forget and another time they brought us two completely different items than what we ordered, after forgetting we ordered meals for about 15 minutes...
    I don't mind putting up with drunken bartenders with bad memories, actually a really cool atmosphere, but their bottled prices let me know I'd be better off leaving them in the Springs.
     
  17. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,274) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Maybe if they put out a flat triple IPA for more money people would buy that shit up...
     
  18. quirkzoo

    quirkzoo Initiate (0) Jul 7, 2011 Colorado

    It would be really cool if someone from Trinity could chime in on this. One thing I just noticed is that Crooked Stave (and maybe Funkwerks) operate a different model than Trinity. Trinity is a brewpub first, that happens to bottle some of the beer it makes, whereas Crooked Stave is a production brewery that happens to have a tap room. I wonder if this affects the bottle prices? Seems like as they have expanded their bottling capabilities the prices went down.
     
  19. Steve_0

    Steve_0 Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2012 Colorado
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    I completely agree with 95% of what you are saying but if you think about it, you are really paying $24-$25 for the same amount of beer from Crooked Stave (375mL x 2) with the exception of the saison now that Chad has changed his bottling. I don't agree with Trinity's pricing as I was definitely one complaining about how high they are, just playing some Devil's Advocate here.
     
  20. MarkyMOD

    MarkyMOD Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2012 Colorado

    I see where you're coming from and if the brewery had taken care of me, the customer, in the past I definitely would take this into consideration and do them a favor by paying their ridiculous prices a few times. By taken care of I mean just seeming to really care about the customer, mainly having a history of reasonably priced bottles and friendly customer service. Hosting events that us beer geeks love, Zwanse Day comes to mind, is a big plus and so are things like reserve societies. I'd have to imagine the brewery makes at least some money off this, but it's caring enough to put the time and effort into these things that matters to me.
    In the end from a consumer's POV $30 for a bottle is $30 and even if it's The Bruery selling Fruet most people can't afford to buy many/any, especially when there's hundreds of other delicious beers on the shelf.

    P.S. An example of Crooked Stave's awesomeness: my glass had a very small chip in, I don't notice as the bartender sets it down and wouldn't care anyways.
    Bartender: I see a chip in your glass, let me bring you a new one.
    Me: Not a big deal.
    Bartender: Can't be havin that, I'll fix it for you.
    Me: Alright. Hey, if you're just gonna toss the glass, I'll take it.
    Bartender: Sure.

    Glass collection +1, section of my glass collection I think is awesome and would hate to lose +1.
     
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