No Rules will not be distributed this year

Can we just go back to...limits are good for the purpose of sharing the release by those willing to put the effort in to get the beer.

Brewery releases = good. Letting one person buy it all up just makes for frustrated customers.Is the PR bump really better than all the people that are now upset that can't drive over to grab a bottle or two? I would say you lost more customers than you gained by this.

 

Didn't you read, they all contributed to Toys for Tots! How dare you!

 

A single bottle? Seriously? This dude didn't even put a minimum on how much you had to order? Is he distrubting them at his house? Is he going to have 300 different neck beards coming and going all the time? And yes this is more ridiculous than any Black Friday beer story.

 

Next year this guy should mortgage his house and buy the entire supply and then command a premium....when you have a chance to corner the market....

 

Get your point but it's different. I agree, don't factor in what beer it is. As someone who waited in line about 8 hours to get my Black Friday allotment, there's a huge difference between waiting a long time in line for "Beer A" as opposed to taking $$ and tracking preorders, renting a truck, driving to Perrin, waiting a long time in line for 130 cases of "Beer B", and then doling them out to 500 people.

Now maybe he just didn't care and, like you said, just said "screw it, how big can I make this".

 

I think someone would have to pay me a couple hundred bucks just to do the physical act of unloading 130 cases of beer from a U-Haul and into my house or storage (or wherever he's temporarily holding these). As someone who has moved 20+ cases of beer/wine at one time, all I can say is that process really sucks.

 

Ah, so maybe we all *didn't* read that thread. But more to the point, that was just an example--and not even the worst one...

https://www.pastemagazine.com/artic...ry-chair-brewing-illustrates-the-pitfall.html

All I'm saying is that on the grand scheme of ridiculousness, being a mule--even one as over the top as this--isn't really that nuts. At least this guy is doing something to help out the community. Meanwhile, there are people paying homeless people in Florida to get extra pastry stouts.

 

I've read this before, and I don't actually think that this compares to the BCBS 2017 Black Friday shit show. Not even kind of. And I still think 300 or more (my number keeps going up based on what we see in this thread) people getting someone to mule and dole out said beers - especially at some people only doing 1pp, is a whole 'nother level. Is it crazy? Perhaps that's the wrong word, but it is far more ridiculous to me.

For reference, the 2017 BCBS line had adults with their children standing in line to ultimately sell their line-ticket. (Ok, children might be far-fetched, but I read at least one account of a -presumably- father doing this with his teenage son). Feels worse to have your son stand in line over-night to sell a spot in line than it does to pay a homeless person to.

 

dude I feel you. 27 cases last time we moved. The next time we move im having a party to drink it all. Moving that down 3 flights of stairs was brutal.

 

How does this happen with something like No Rules, but not Cycle? No Rules was easily available in trades and all over the place on shelves. Cycle is brewery only, and always has been, and is far more hyped, infection shitstorm this TBBW notwithstanding.

Those statements, especially side by side, are rather...curious...

In any case, we're talking about single bottles at AC. Those people endured the same slog as we did, except for something they didn't care about. The only thing I can criticize the few homeless in those lines for is not being fully aware of exactly how valuable the bottles were that they were slinging, as they were often settling for $60, as opposed to $150-$350 others would happily pay.

 

So I know after reading through a bunch of posts that there's probably zero effs given about this, but how's it taste this year? Lol

 

I saw a trade post that said "Best year yet! Less sweet, more coconut!"

I'm being a bit of a smart ass, because that response is essentially what the complaints that I have read would want corrected. (Coincidence?!) -And, can it be trusted? Hocker's gonna hock. -But, it is a data point.

 

Helping out the community? We should make this guy citizen of the year for muling a ton of beer. Maybe he can ride on top of the U-haul in the Thanksgiving Day Parade. He needs some sort of award and recognition for his community service.

 

Just in case you missed it, No Rules is supposedly not going to see any distro on shelves this year. So it's ready availability in years past is somewhat irrelevant.

As far as it being easy to trade for... sometimes people would prefer to just pay retail cost for a beer rather than 1) going through the pain in the ass that trades can sometimes be, or 2) give up something that they bought with the intent to consume.

I don't think the hype factor really matters here at all. If this beer were super-hyped, I doubt anyone would be willing to give their time to mule 1,500 bottles of beer across the state for cost.

I guess you're going to have to explain why those statements are curious. The former is a guy voluntarily doing people a favor by getting them access to a beer that won't see distro at cost, hauling it back across the state for them. The latter is literally exploiting a homeless person so that you can have extra bottles that you can flip in the secondary market for $400.

In case it wasn't painfully obvious, my disdain for the goings on at Angry Chair was not directed at the homeless people...

 

It's hilarious that in a thread where so many people openly wondered why someone would go to all this effort that I'm now being mocked for suggesting that the guy was doing people favors.

But hey, sweet hyperbole. That edginess should get you a few extra internet points.

 

How dare you ask such a thing. I say good day to you sir!

 

Muling to that magnitude feels like a trailer park boys episode. How long before Mr. Lahey (RIP) finds their stash and calls the cops? (some will not get this reference at all. To those, I apologize)

 

How dare you make fun of such a serious subject. Being a mule is serious business. Beer heroes are a true rarity. This man may end up being the mule of the year.

 

With the amount he's muling, he may be considered as a distributor soon. Then we'll ALL be calling him the devil (unless he gets those beers delivered the week they're brewed of course)

 

And the slogan for the next release is born. "No Rules.....Only Mules"