How much would you pay for SA Utopias?

I've tried it and enjoyed it. I respect SA, and feel that it's a product worthy of reverence, but I've never personally felt inclined to lay out the money for the stuff. Occasional tastes at beer fests are enough for me.

 

I don't think I'd ever pay more than $20 for a beer (and even that is massively pushing it. The most expensive bottle I have bought in the last year has probably been a $10 Saison Dupont, ha!), so paying the $115 you say you have heard Utopias go for is completely out of the question (let alone the $300 you saw it for).

Fortunately, I was lucky enough to try Utopias at a beer fest last fall. Pours of it were at no extra cost and were part of the price of admission/experience. I got in line and got a chance to try it. It was excellent. I was expecting to be let down, but I was really impressed. As impressed as I was, I would never buy a bottle of it. One pour of it was enough for me to enjoy. I couldn't see myself sitting around taking nips off of that instead of a kick ass bottle of bourbon that I could get for way cheaper.

For what it's worth, around these parts I have seen it on occasion for anywhere between $175 and $225.

 

Well since I only have about $50 right now I guess no more than that :/

Taste wise though, it is totally worth $300!

 

6 bucks for a 5 oz pour, is all I would pay. I would love to just have a taste to try it. other than that I could care less.

 

It's my understanding that the huge price somewhat reduces the rarity. The stores I've talked to about it are only allocated 1 or 2 bottles when it's released (I think it comes out every other year...), but those 2 bottles will sit on the shelf for a long time before someone ponies up the dough.

 

well I would not care about reviewing or even ticking it, but I love to have an opinion on it. being its all subjective though, it would just be for my info.

 

split it with a bunch of friends. I think it's absolutely fantastic.

 

Just saw an in-state store post it at $169. Why would anyone pay $300 for it other than for bragging rights?

 

ZERO...the same I'd pay for any of theirs beers

 

I think it depends on how much of a dent it will put in your bundget. If $300 will put you way back then I would pass. I think you can get a better deal somewhere else.

 

25 oz. bottle of Samuel Adams Utopias = $210 or $8.40 per oz.
25 oz. bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel = $55 or $2.20 per oz.

Although I'd like to try a sample of Utopias some time, as far as buying an entire bottle, I think it's a no-brainer.

 

Irrelevant, not everyone likes straight whiskey.

 

I do so it's not irrelevant to me. And you don't have to drink it straight either. Besides, the post was how much would you pay for SA Utopias, not does everyone like straight whiskey.

 

Right now I would pay about $10 for one, I am mad broke right now, but payday is tomorrow, I usually see them go for $150 to $300.

I bought an 2011 for $150 and thought it was well worth it.

 

Like the others who brought up other nice forms of alcohol, I'd have to consider how much nice Scotch, absinthe, or Port I could get for the same cost. I might drop $60 in a three way split with my best friends for a special occasion, but I probably would need a few drinks in me, too...

The occasional taste is enough.