Casey Brewing and Blending

As a new EF member, what do you buy per month on average? I will not be maxing out, but a few of each bottle and waiting the full 90 days could add up.

As someone in search of a proxy, happy to send shippers and labels or a shipper full of good local stuff as thank you and money for shipping supplies. I have been a proxy for others, and whatever makes it easiest.

 

I'm not a GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL kind of guy. My guess is I'd order at most 12-18 bottles in a given 90-day window.

 

As a guy who's been EF since the start, I will say my spending was insane for the first two years, but I have dialed back significantly since then. This last month I only ordered a single bottle for myself and I have completely skipped half the order windows this year. Back in the day I was maxing out everything, but I also traded and shared a lot more back then. Now I simply buy beer to drink myself.

I would put the idea of a lone proxy out of your head; very few guys I know consistently make the trip every 90 days and we all just end up helping each other out. For instance; I'll be there for the December EF party but probably won't go up again until spring/summer. It'll probably be easier to just ping this thread or the Facebook page when you are at 60 days and see if someone is going up soon to grab your bottles.

 

Thank you for the pro tips. I'm feeling like you in the early days but if I can pace myself...

 

Thanks for the tips guys, they’re much appreciated! Knowing you don’t have to assign one sole proxy is comforting.

 

Thank you, very helpful response.

 

New EF member as well. Thanks for the tips and would appreciate the help in the coming year.

 

This may be a stupid question but I don't recall seeing anything about it in the membership rules, so I'l ask... Am I correct in assuming that once you're in, you get right of first refusal for renewal? Or does everyone go back into the same lottery pot each year?

 

Correct, you get first right of refusal. Members were given the chance to renew for 2019 right around GABF week.

Like Dan, I've dialed my spend back a bit. Back in the earlier days (and back when there were release day lines), my wife and I would both max out on everything. At this point I now know what items I really love and which ones I'm only "meh" about, so I can manage my spend better. Plus, even though these age with the best of 'em, I like most of his stuff fresher. FWIW, it feels like plain and dry hopped Oak Theory bottles don't show up that much. They're always worth maxing out if you like them.
Also worth noting, this month's line-up is VERY strong. It has easily been one of my faves.

 

Awesome. I figured that was the case, but just wanted to confirm.

 

Does anyone have previous months bottle EF members emails they mind sharing? Curious what was released. Feel free to PM too.

 

I probably have every email since the start. Was there a particular month you were looking for?

 

July, August, and September. Thanks

 

Dumb questions from a new EF member:

• Is there an automated addition/invite to the FB group at some point?
• Is the FB group relatively active? Easy to arrange EF member pickups etc? Happy to grab boxes for Boulder folk when Im out there. Hoping the community is friendly when it comes to helping each other out with pickups etc.
• Does the EF store open up at some point? So far not able to access other than "no items matching your selection" message. Wait until the new year?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!!

 

January will be your first ordering window since you're a new 2019 member and the same applies to the FB page (or did in years' past for new members) so you'll get access to both at the same time.

 

Cheers! Appreciate the info!

 

I can echo what other members have said, I ordered a lot more my first year to share or trade. Now just order what I want to drink/cellar. I proxy for one guy currently who had 29 bottles the last 90 day pick up. I had 25 bottles from that same period.

 

Hot damn I am excited for this one!

 

Question for current EF members: how often do primary bottle sales sell out? Curious if the monthly sales are pretty laid back or more "rapidly mash F5" like?

 

This last month, not a single bottle sold out in the initial ordering window. Including Jammy at 2 pp. So you had ~5 days to get your order in.

Sometimes a bottle will sell out in a few hours, or the limit will drop from 3 to 2 to 1 within the first few hours. But it's not something where you need to have multiple screens opening clicking like a maniac.