Month old Lunch

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  1. AdamsDTD

    AdamsDTD Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2011 Massachusetts

    So, I've heard of and seen MBC sit on shelves for months, but never thought I'd see this. Went to a store in Brookline and saw Lunch that was over a month old sitting there (bottled 7/2). Think this is old stock that the store hasn't been able to sell, or MBC shipping a hoppy beer a month after bottling? The store is fairly well known and seems to push product fairly quickly, but who knows...
     
    #1 AdamsDTD, Aug 7, 2013
  2. Archemedies

    Archemedies Initiate (0) Dec 8, 2011 Massachusetts

    I have seen month old and three month old Lunch before. I highly doubt MBC is shipping old bottles.
     
    #2 Archemedies, Aug 7, 2013
  3. AdamsDTD

    AdamsDTD Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2011 Massachusetts

    Maybe I'm just used to it getting snatched up at the places I usually go. Most of the bottles I've seen are 1-2 weeks old tops. I've definitely seen other MBC stuff that's older. The same store had three month old MO.
     
    #3 AdamsDTD, Aug 7, 2013
  4. SunDevilBeer

    SunDevilBeer Pooh-Bah (1,945) May 9, 2003 Massachusetts
    Pooh-Bah

    Perhaps people finally reallize Lunch is a horrible value? Mediocre beer that's horribly overpriced.
     
    #4 SunDevilBeer, Aug 7, 2013
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  5. benbking

    benbking Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2009 Rhode Island

    Do What's Right! ha
     
    #5 benbking, Aug 7, 2013
  6. commis

    commis Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2009 Massachusetts

    So, did you buy it?
     
    #6 commis, Aug 7, 2013
  7. TheMonkfish

    TheMonkfish Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Chad


    Lunch the Elder has been taking longer to sell at my local in NH, but it probably wouldn't last that a month.

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    #7 TheMonkfish, Aug 7, 2013
  8. billylectro

    billylectro Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2013 Vermont

    Not surprised, I think people are only excited to buy Lunch the first time they buy it. Not a beer I will spending that kind of money on a second time.
     
    #8 billylectro, Aug 7, 2013
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  9. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    I remember when Lunch first came here it didn't sell like crazy and I would see bottles sit on shelves for at least a couple months.
     
    #9 BearsOnAcid, Aug 7, 2013
  10. TheMonkfish

    TheMonkfish Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Chad


    There's one place in NH where the owner would get like seven cases at a pop and he'd take a sledgehammer to three of them screaming something about making Mainers cry.

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    #10 TheMonkfish, Aug 7, 2013
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  11. AdamsDTD

    AdamsDTD Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2011 Massachusetts

    Nope. Have a trade partner in Alabama that wants some MBC stuff cause he liked the Lunch I sent last time. Went to this store, saw that all their MBC product was 1-3 months old, and left.
     
    #11 AdamsDTD, Aug 7, 2013
  12. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Is a month old IPA too far past its freshness? I've opened pretty good growlers from other places that were older than that.
     
    #12 BearsOnAcid, Aug 7, 2013
  13. AdamsDTD

    AdamsDTD Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2011 Massachusetts

    I'd drink month old IPA for sure, but I'm not paying $8 for 16oz of month old Lunch that's been sitting in a warehouse or shelf. If I'm investing that kind of money, I want 1-2 week old IPA. Craft Beer Cellar just got Lunch that was bottled a week ago - I'd drop $8 for that.

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    #13 AdamsDTD, Aug 7, 2013
  14. willbm3

    willbm3 Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2010 Massachusetts

    What on earth can someone in Alabama possibly offer a beer drinker in MA?
     
    #14 willbm3, Aug 7, 2013
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  15. WkndatBernardus

    WkndatBernardus Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2009 Massachusetts

    For $8, I expect the Brewery to fill a growler for me from the bright tank and get it to my house within 36hrs.
     
    #15 WkndatBernardus, Aug 7, 2013
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  16. AdamsDTD

    AdamsDTD Initiate (0) Jun 5, 2011 Massachusetts

    He has regular access to Cigar City, Sweet Water, and Snake Handler.
     
    #16 AdamsDTD, Aug 7, 2013
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  17. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
    Pooh-Bah

    One time I lost $8 and had similar feelings after buying Lunch.
     
    #17 BearsOnAcid, Aug 7, 2013
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  18. commis

    commis Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2009 Massachusetts

    Can't disagree with that. Normally priced IPA, I'll buy under two months of age, but I competely get your hang-up with Lunch. I personally don't buy Lunch but I love Peeper and Mo and buy them only when they are under 4 weeks.

    Do what's right.
     
    #18 commis, Aug 7, 2013
  19. jakeaustin

    jakeaustin Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2007 Maine

    A month old? I'd never let a beer that old cross my lips. 1 week or less unless it's an imperial stout or lambic. You know, something that can stand to be aged for a long 2-3 months.
     
    #19 jakeaustin, Aug 7, 2013
  20. cbeer88

    cbeer88 Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2007 Massachusetts

    I've seen plenty of Lunch on shelves for a couple of months. Nowhere near as bad as the others, but a month isn't out of the ordinary at all.
     
    #20 cbeer88, Aug 7, 2013
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