THIS made me stoked. Store managers take note.

Very nice story Chad. Now go get drunk!

Cheers!

 

Feel bad for that guy

 

Yeah, he's losing out on potential new regulars by being like that.

 

This definitely made YOU stoked. That other guy was probably heartbroken.

 

Just got back from my local shop with a couple Olde Hickory Event Horizons. Me and my buddy are locals. He couldn't make it today and the owner was more than happy to hold his limit for him. Good beer karma!

 

No he is preserving the limited / special / rare stuff for his locals who might come in to buy $60 worth of "normal" beer and not selling the limited stuff to folks who are driving all over creation looking for 1 -2 special releases. Folks who have to drive a half hour (hour round trip) to get to your store aren't ever going to be regulars.

My local store does the same thing, and its why I support them.

Cheers!

 

I never said it was a bad thing, it's actually pretty neat. But there's no doubt that other guy was upset lol.

 

Regulars deserve some love

 

While I agree that it's best to treat your locals with some love, you also have to respect the fact that every store needs a healthy influx of "new" regulars. Maybe he's not a regular at your store, but he may be a regular at another store that didn't get any BCS Coffee. Or maybe he's been driving all over to get a bottle of something that sells out as fast as it's unloaded from the truck (you said 2 cases sold out in <30 minutes). I don't like truck chasers as much as the next person, but this may have been someone that was legitimately trying to find a bottle and now he gets turned away because he's characterized as a "non-regular". And I bet he won't go out of his way to become a regular either. Every story has two sides.

 

shithead hitting up every store in a 50 mile radius != new regular

 

Sounds like terrible customer service to me. Basically saying, yeah we have it but you can't have any.

F that. great way to make sure you don't get new customers. I would understand if they work on a reserve system, but a 'you ain't from around here' mentality is ridiculous.

 

Store managers take note: If your in this situation just tell the guy from far away you only got a little in and its all been spoken for. This way you don't make the regulars mad and you don't offend the non regular. I'm getting sick of these limited releases getting harder and harder to get. It's guys like this who just drive around looking for them that's the problem. I'm not as persistent as most of the people on here and I don't keep track of all of the release dates. There are a couple that i do search out. But for the most part I show up and gets what there and enjoy alot of the more widely available seasonals. However, I am starting to miss out on the beers I used to pick up like Pumking for example didn't get any this year besides on tap. Now I have to either start trying my ass off to get these beers or miss out on them

 

Lame story. What if his local shop didn't get a case? It reminds me of beanie babies for some reason. Luckily goose island is going big beer. I wonder if a Budweiser plant could handle making a 15% beer. They could make it close to Kentucky and drop it into thousands of bourbon barrels in some nondescript where house. Then everyone can try them.

 

Bravo. Always good knowing you have your back covered with coveted goods. Get cool with the beer guys, shop regularly, and sometimes a bone gets tossed your way.