F44 Thanks

Now THAT'S how it's done. Nice work.

 

Thanks! Was about 12th in line and it all went super smooth.

 

Also an '08 Bourbon County!

 

Nice to meet you today man! If I'm ever around Mankato I will swing by the bar and check it out.

 

I got there just before 8, and like most people, got some great stuff. The gem being a Vanilla Rye I just lucked into after 20+ people missed it. After my jaunt on the selection to the left side of the store, I went over to the right side.

It was cleverly hidden amongst one of the lesser sought after bottles. I didn't notice until about 10 minutes later, but the price tag in front of that row of beers was listed "BudWeiser Special Vanilla" or something along those lines.

Thanks Bill, always fun!

 

Got there abt 7:45. Maybe 25th in line. Came home with some greater stuff. Thanks @BeerBuyerBill for a fun morning!

 

And Bill Pls keep this thing going i liked the format

 

If you got a 08 BCBS I would drink it soon. I had some at the rare beer fest and oxidation was present probably to the twist top tops. Past it's prime IMHO.

 

I had an 08 last November and it was delicious. Got it at zipps cellar sale last august. It all depends on how it was stored

 

How does a fellow BA find out about these F44 cellar sales?

 

Social media, it was posted on twitter a few days ago.

 

Social media, it was posted on facebook a few days ago.

 

Social media, it was posted on BA the day before. Er, sorry? Just need to be vigilant on all airwaves these days!

And thanks Bill, we got there about 830 and there was a ton of superlative beer left for us "stragglers." Any reason(s) why you won't be doing another cellar sale?

 

Just a guess, but from a business perspective, maybe tying up capital cellaring hard to get and relatively expensive beers, only to have us fanatics line up before opening and snap up all the gems - on the one day every year (or two) most of us set foot in the place - does nothing to reward their loyal clientele. Hell, it might actually be counterproductive if their regulars see the hauls people were pulling out of there at the checkouts (or posting here online) and feel disenfranchised.

I could be wrong, but the PR value of a cellar sale doesn't seem to provide much benefit to France 44 unless they're somehow converting lots of the attendees into new regular customers.

Or maybe it's too much work for too little reward and it's just easier to sell the stuff as it comes in from the distributor or trickle it out in the following weeks/months unannounced (sorta ties in with the first premise), or perhaps they can just better utilize the cellar space for other, higher margin stuff...

 

Dead on ^^^

Shop here weekly and love the store and they always keep me up to date on when rarer beers will be in

These sales draw in the once a yr customers who have 4 hrs to wait in line for beer

 

Gotta make room for the larger Bourbon County bottles this year

https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonli...action=publicFormDisplay&ttbid=15097001000400

(PSA: This was meant as a joke & I'm not trying to start/reignite chaos over this)