SDBW - Barrel Aged Speedway bottles

Discussion in 'Pacific' started by mrkrispy, Nov 4, 2013.

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  1. mrkrispy

    mrkrispy Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2006 California

    Seriously, why do Lost Abbey and the Bruery insist on spending years of futility on horribly managed online bottles sales? Alesmith rocks, I got on BrownPaperTickets and got my bottles in a couple of minutes vs hours from those other guys.


    Now I hope my liver is still functional after Beer Week to drink one of these bottles...
     
    #1 mrkrispy, Nov 4, 2013
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  2. Sublime

    Sublime Initiate (0) Apr 10, 2007 California

    Does anyone know if this is the exact same batch that was released earlier in the year along with VSS? Just wondering if this saw longer time in barrel or if they had some leftover from that release.
     
    #2 Sublime, Nov 4, 2013
  3. alesmithabby

    alesmithabby Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2011 California

    New batch
     
    #3 alesmithabby, Nov 4, 2013
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  4. mrkrispy

    mrkrispy Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2006 California

    It is the latest batch that was served at the GuildFest on Friday night. Delicious, heavy on the bourbon and not syrupy sweet or thin or anything like that. Not as overblended as last year's batch seemed to be, a little more booze than the early 2013 bottles.
     
    #4 mrkrispy, Nov 4, 2013
  5. rrryanc

    rrryanc Pundit (896) May 19, 2006 California

    While I applaud Alesmith outsourcing their special releases to a website that's been purpose-built, comparing to DDG and BT isn't a fair comparison. There's no way that any of the Alesmith releases have seen anywhere close to the same amount of traffic that those did. BPT did fail when KBS was released earlier this year, so it's not like it's infallible.
     
    #5 rrryanc, Nov 4, 2013
  6. bikeracer

    bikeracer Devotee (341) Jun 25, 2012 California

    I brought this up to a friend who works for The Bruery. It's not as simple as I wish it was.
     
    #6 bikeracer, Nov 4, 2013
  7. grrrah

    grrrah Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2009 California

    Bruery BT went super smooth last year when it was pick up only. And they allowed trustees unlike Alesmith which is probably a bigger factor. And the pickup window is bigger which kept me out of this BASS sale
     
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  8. mrkrispy

    mrkrispy Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2006 California

    Yeah, I assume BPT isn't the sole reason the sales go so smoothly. Whatever factors Alesmith has going (pickup rules, no trustees) seems to work great. Previous BPT releases of their stuff was selling out in minutes so the website seems to be able to handle it pretty well.
     
    #8 mrkrispy, Nov 4, 2013
  9. MLeicht

    MLeicht Initiate (0) Jul 9, 2012 New Jersey

    3 bottles ordered and can't wait to visit Alesmith and Try speedway stout for the first time. and be in San Diego for that matter.
     
    #9 MLeicht, Nov 4, 2013
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  10. drummermattie02

    drummermattie02 Initiate (0) May 10, 2009 Texas

    Order a 4th and I'd gladly cover cost + shipping. Let me know.
     
    #10 drummermattie02, Nov 4, 2013
  11. angrygrimace

    angrygrimace Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2011 California

    I thought the earlier batches from this year were very boozy, actually. I'm actually surprised people saw it the other way around.
     
    #11 angrygrimace, Nov 4, 2013
  12. riko

    riko Pundit (756) Jan 18, 2008 California
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    I bought the max available at every BASS release since 2007, then I was a little underwhelmed with last year's release (too much non-BA in the blend) so I only bought two bottles of the release earlier this year. After trying one of those bottles and realizing it was a return to form, I went back to the max with today's offering.
     
    #12 riko, Nov 4, 2013
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  13. ficklenicholas

    ficklenicholas Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2011 California

    Still available... Bought three on my phone earlier in the day and just bought one more to max it out...
     
    #13 ficklenicholas, Nov 5, 2013
  14. corby112

    corby112 Initiate (0) Nov 19, 2008 Pennsylvania

    These releases are so easy. I purchased the max allotment and received the confirmation email in under four minutes. I find it strange that other breweries don't use the same method for releasing limited, high demand beers. I'm not sure what the difference in traffic is between this and LA or Bruery's sites during these releases but it's interesting that they need to do stress tests and their sites crash for hours when they sell through their own sites. Last year, BA Kopi sold out in less than ten minutes so it seems like brown paper can handle heavy traffic.
     
    #14 corby112, Nov 5, 2013
  15. ldhughes3

    ldhughes3 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2013 Louisiana

    anyone willing to mule a couple of bottles for me, i'll cover bottle cost, shipping, and send a nice thank you box for your time
     
    #15 ldhughes3, Nov 5, 2013
  16. TasterMike

    TasterMike Initiate (0) Sep 13, 2013 California

    I could do that for you. I live 10 min from the brewery and work even closer to it. Message me.
     
    #16 TasterMike, Nov 5, 2013
  17. Eriktheipaman

    Eriktheipaman Pooh-Bah (2,303) Sep 4, 2010 California
    Pooh-Bah

    Went on BPT and considered ordering a bottle or two yesterday but I am too broke to justify it :slight_frown:
     
    #17 Eriktheipaman, Nov 5, 2013
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  18. radshoesbro

    radshoesbro Pundit (987) Dec 16, 2004 California

    If it weren't SDBW I would've bought more, but I can only afford one bottle.
     
    #18 radshoesbro, Nov 5, 2013
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