So, a place here in Bellingham, that I generally have a very high opinion of, has a keg of Supplication. A 10 ounce pour for $15. For me, that's not a $15 beer. Thoughts, opinions, random haikus or limericks?
That seems to be the general opinion among my friends. One guy went for it, and his response was "that's not $15 worth of beer".
That's a little pricey. Engine House 9 had it on tap for their sour fest and it was $7.50 for a 8 oz. pour.
Would you pay $12 for a 12.7 oz bottle of Supplication? Do you feel that 50% over bottle retail price is reasonable for a bar to charge? If you answered yes to both of these, then $15 for a 10oz pour is a reasonable price to pay.
For me personally, I could be talked into $10/10oz, but I'd think a fairer price would be $8/10oz. It's not a rare or hard to get beer, they make plenty of it, and I've been burned by too many $8/12oz pours of average beers lately.
I'm just saying.. either you think the bottles are overpriced, or you think it's unreasonable to pay a 50% premium at a bar.
Well, all RR -ation beers actually are rare and hard to get in Washington now, so unless you travel to Oregon or California a lot that deal in Bellingham is a pretty rare chance to taste that beer locally if you haven't had it. In February I grudgingly paid somewhere around $15 each for a couple 375mL RR bottles (Supplication/Consecration I believe) only because I knew I wouldn't be able to find them again anywhere locally. All of that said, I'd probably rather just have a glass of Rodenbach Grand Cru or something.
Just had a conversation last night about this beer and the constant price increases at this place. I did get one because I love the beer and didn't bother to ask about the price until it was too late, but I will not be getting more. FYI, firestone 16 is also on the shelves for 36 bucks... other beers aged less than a year have shown up with roughly a $6 to $10 increase! I used to be a huge supporter but thier perceived value of these beers is making me go elsewhere for my beers. Rant over...
I actually do most of my drinking in bars, so I don't have a basic problem with the markup. This one just seems a bit excessive to me, and I hate to think that the PNW, and especially my little corner of it, is starting to become like other places in the country, where a premium for "hyped"(for lack of a better term) beers is expected.
Well, basically RR beers are now as "rare" for us, as they are for people in 45-47 other states, they still make a lot of these brews (comparatively speaking), and they're not that hard to get, if ya want 'em.
You a Hamster too? Are we talking about the same place, near the funeral home? This isn't the first thing they've done the last few months that have made me raise my eyebrows a bit.
I'd wager that 90% of the RR regular sours sold here in PDX are purchased by out of towners. I haven't bought one since moving here. Exception may be Sanctification. For me, when I didn't have access to them regularly, yes I would have probably paid $15/10oz and felt like it was worth it. Now? not a chance.
That's exactly the impression I have as well. However, as this is Eugene, we don't get nearly as many tourists and/or out of towners as PDX, so the stuff tends to sit on the shelf. Supplication is pretty much everywhere in town right now (I honestly have no idea how old the bottles are), including some of the MofC's in town. When Supplication or Consecration goes on tap, it's usually around for at least a week. The 16 tons taphouse has had the Consecration on tap for going on close to a week now. I think the price for Consecration is in the $5 or $6 for an 8 ounce glass range, which really isn't a bad price, but it tends to be more than a lot of folks want to pay I think. Also, there are good quality, cheaper, local options (Logsdon, Blcok 15, De Garde, etc.), and given a choice, I think most folks in the area would prefer to buy a sour beer made locally rather than from N. California.
Yes, yes and I agree. I still like the place but I keep having that wtf moment when I see the pricing lately.
