Buying them out

I wish my local place was a little more conscientious when it comes to selling limited release stuff - having just missed out on Bourbon County Cherry Rye one of the clerks tells me that the same two guys have been coming in together and buying out the limited release stuff the day the shipment arrives - including what they have 'in the back' -

 

Blanchards in Marshfield has some, picked it up last night . Another solid offering.

 

I would have bought a four maybe two. It's this kind of stuff that shows peoples real colors...all about themselves. Just like all the beer hoarders on this, quit bragging, drink it or share it otherwise go away! Just my opinion.

 

"First come, first served." Anything beyond that is you being nice. Unless you were taking it and wasting it, which of course you weren't.

 

maybe if everybody buys how much ever they want- the company will decide to expand, hire more people, and make enough beer for everyone. It could have began in that store on that day.

 

I doubt that a brewery making Very good profits will expand and take on massive dept in this economy.

 

Which shop is this? You should have told the guy to piss off and not put it all on the shelf then. It's also not like it was a very sought after beer.

 

I don't know if the whole thing falls under the name of douchery, but...
I personally won't take everything that have in most cases.
If this case, i would have grabbed 2, 4-packs. If there was 2 on the shelf, I'd take one. If there was one lonely pack remaning, I wouldn;t have any problem grabbing it.
Hop Union is a very desirable beer these days, and most places sellout very quickly after it gets in.
Private Rye is a seasonal, so it is somewhat limited. It is very good though. I have a growler here that I got the other day at the brewery.

 

Have to agree completely.Iv'e seen threads on this subject that went way opposite end of the spectrum. Interesting considering the guy did say no problem "just sayin" after he made the ccomment.I've seen extensive talk of the ole "beer karma" deal in these threads to a somewhat nauseating degree actually. Not sure where the karma guys are at? Odd.

 

Ummm.............its California!

 

If there is no limit, then there is no reason you shouldn't buy it all if you want to. You also gave plenty of time for anyone that buys from that shop to buy what they wanted. I had a similar situation that I might catch a beating for on here but tough shit, here it goes...

A month ago my friend stopped by a shop that had a case of bourbon county coffee. He bought three bottles, one for him, me, and another friend. All week I thought, "why did I only get one?" About a week and a half later I called the store and they said they still had some left. When I arrived I saw six bottles left. I make very very little money, but I bought them all, along with two Big Johns. I treated myself to something I know I'd like, gave a bottle to a friend in Philly, one to a Manager that works at our sister store/restaurant, and one to my brother. I told my friend to keep the bottle he got me leaving me with three all to myself, one to open now (which I shared with said friend) and two to save.

In the end maybe it was a dick move to buy them all, but I did share. There were two clerks and a manager working that day and they didn't even know what BCBCS was. There was no bottle limit and they thought I was crazy buying all 6. When I was there I also saw two cases of Terrapin Wake n' Bake. I called three weeks later to see if they still had it and the girl who answered the phone had no idea what I was talking about. I said, "No, look up 'Terrapin'." I finally overheard her ask the person next to her if they have any and he said, "No, I don't even know what that is." A week later the same friend that bought the BCBCS in the first place stopped by and there was a case and a half of Wake n Bake just sitting there.

So in this case this store has great beer without any employee really knowing this industry. Tons and tons of stuff sits on the shelves and still is if you want to go get some because know one in that town buys craft apparently. Lets just put it this way, after I bought the bottles (there faces were very happy) the guys started talking with me and one said, "I really think you should try this stuff out." He then walked me to a case stack of Batch 19.

 

Based on these types of threads and my personal experiences I have resigned myself to the fact that the 'I got there first, the store let me buy it all' attitude apparently is the prevailing mentality.

 

The "Beer News" and regional forums here on BA, and the various beer/brewing industry news websites like BeerPulse and Brewbound, are weekly full of stories about breweries expanding capacity, buying new, larger brewhouses, moving/building new breweries, etc.

It's hard to think of a well-known craft brewery that hasn't invested in some form of expansion in the last few years.

 

The guy was a real asshat if you ask me !!

 

I try not to buy out the place out of courtesy, but when it comes to special releases and hard to find bottle....well someones got to buy the last one right? > I always try to share the beers I find with good friends anyway.

 

And an attitude I despise. There are a lot of beer hoarding know it all's here but also some very cool people. It just takes time to figure out who is who.

 

Sure " some type of expansion" but I don't see Three Floyds or Surly coming to NJ. Now that would be a treat.

 

If it's hard to get, there should be a limit imposed assuming the shop cares about repeat customers. If they haven't imposed limits on beer, then they have no reason to complain when they love all of their product.

 

If you love it, then you better put a limit on it,

 

This.