Baladin Xyauyu Gold

Couldn't agree more. All the beers in the Xyauyu series are spectacular, and thankfully fly under the radar. While the price is high relative to most other beers, arguably this is a situation where the brewer actually priced his beer correctly. If this was available cheaply, it would fly off the shelves. As it is, it still moves off the shelves but lingers long enough for those who are interested to purchase it.

 

I came across Bronze for $45....I just couldn't do it. I'm sure the series is great though.

 

These beers are very good! I kick used for not buying more when I had the chance!

 

I think the problem is price at a local bottle shop, they range from $45 to $65. By all accounts they are delicious, but Abacus is still on the shelf at many places for $15-18, FW Anniversary for $20-25, King Henry was sold for about $15...It seems like the beer is priced too high for most people to want to buy the beer and finally appreciate it.

 

Exactly. Why would I drop 3X as much on something like that? There's Sucaba on shelves for $15 right across the river!

 

Not sure if people typically realize this, but the Xyauyu beers can be re-corked and enjoyed over a long period of time...much like Utopias.

I've had a bottle of the Gold last well over 2 months and every small pour tasted top-notch (and it likely could have hung around even longer). This helps me to rationalize the purchase of such a costly beer. Treat it like a sherry and it starts to make sense, actually.

 

It can at 13.5%abv? Utopias has twice the abv, and the reason I tought you could keep opening it to drink over time...

 

In this case, it has nothing to do with the ABV, but rather the fact that it's already a still beer. Intentionally. Remember, the varying colors (copper, silver, gold) represent specific levels of oxidation (the beer is purposefully oxidized during the fermentation process).

This is how bars can sell individual servings. They're not doing 3 or 4 oz pours and then dumping the rest....they're re-corking it until the next time someone orders it.

 

Sorry, I don't give it a shit if they've aged unicorn tears in PVW 73 year barrels made with wood from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad and brewed by Hammurabi himself while chiseling his code into limestone -- I'm not paying $50 retail for 17oz of beer.

 

Well that's another problem. I've tried some of the Loverbeer, Borgo, and Baladin and haven't really been blown away. I feel like the sour styles definitely have obvious faults (plasticy, highly phenolic, etc) but nothing I've had has made me feel like it was money well spent especially when they cost more than known quality imported beers like Cantillon, Chimay, 3F, Fantome, etc

Well the it does have something to do with the 13.5% abv--the high alcohol percentage is better at keeping the beer from spoiling due to microbe infection. Now most things can't live bathed in 1.35% ABV, but much fewer can live in 13.5

 

God i love Xyauyu.

 

I still have the one bottle that I bought last year and still haven't opened it.

 

I've wanted to try any of the 3 beers in that series since I joined BA, but I could never justify 45$ + shipping/trading fees. I had 3 bottles of Sedicigradi sent to me for pretty much the same price point.

 

split a bottle of the bronze recently (was a birthday present to myself). wouldn't buy again, but i loved it. so much flavor, but so easy drinking.

 

This. And people are also looking over the fact that this beer takes 2 years to make. Nothing about it is going to be cheap. King Henry and Abacus are nowhere near as laborous to make. And Abacus is also nowhere near as good. I think it's similarly enjoyable as Kng Henry and you don't have to trade anything crazy for one.