Firestone anniversary beers at bars high cost ??

Dont buy it then, not sure why you had to start a tread and QQ about it.

You going to start a thread about Ferrari's costing too much too?

 

Although it does seem high to me, I dont have an issue with them charging that much. It comes down to the cardinal rule - if you dont like the price, dont pay it. It is really not that complicated. The bar is not buying these beers to assure that they are equitably allocated among the beer drinking community. They buy the beers to seel them as part of a business. They wont charge these prices unless (1) they can make money doing it and (2) people will pay it.

 

I dislike ANY bar markup which is why you don't find me in bars very often.

 

like they said, they only had a couple of bottles. the question is did you try that tap #7 RUFUS though? sounnds like we were at the same place. i was the one doing handstands on the shuffleboard table

 

That's pretty ridiculous. I paid $5 each for 5oz pours XV and XVI. But I bet enough people paid to justify the price for them

 

Firestone Ann has been around 20 bucks. And most bottle shops sell them for more.. Pretty standard price range for Firestone

 

You're paying a premium for the X, XI, and XII. Sorry it wasn't in your price range, you'll live.

Remind me, what was the price for the 13-16 vertical?

 

25

 

If a bar buys a beer for $20 and sells for $50, it's wrong. If a random guy buys for $20 and trades for $50, it's fine.

 

They were larger than 1oz. though, correct.

 

i think from what i read the 13-16 vert was 3oz pours. nothing matters though.. there is no way i would have as good of a time tiny sipping vertical releases as much as i had having a full glass of something as big and tasty as that 13% brett BA rufus. that's jsut me though. i understand it's fun for people to taste the dif blends next to each other

 

I agree. I'm not much of a vertical/taster guy.
I much prefer a proper pour of one tasty beer, over a couple sips of many tasty beers.

 

I understand your frustration with the amount of threads similar to this, but these two have very little to do with each other and frankly your comments to the OP were rude and a false analogy. This would be more similar to one Ferrari dealership trying to sell their cars for $5,000,000. It's nearly a 1000% markup (on an already premium priced product). It's potentially detrimental to the brand to price a good that high depending on the brewery's philosophy. I am sure a lot of breweries would not be OK with this markup.

 

you're paying for storage, the novelty and rarity of the bottles, and the flight experience.

You're not going to get a 6 y.o. vintage beer at cost from a bar. That's just science.

 

This guy gets it.

I'm getting tired of QQing threads about how they think so and so beer/bar is expensive. Don't buy, you're not entitled to shit. Sorry its too rich for your blood, get over it. You want to do the vertical for cheaper? Buy the $20~$25 bottles, store them yourselves and then do it.

7 bottles x $22.5 (roughly, I paid $25 for the last 2 anniversary beers)=~$158. Plus time, and storage costs. Sorry you don't get a 22 oz pour on all 7? Gimmie a freakin break.

I mean come on, everyone wants bars to carry high end beers, and the opportunity to do verticals etc is pretty cool. In order for bars to be able to do this, you have to give them an incentive. Rent, storage, lack of that space being used for 7 years to store beers that customers actually buy, payroll, insurance, utilities all cost money. The OP just doesn't have a clue.

 

Completely agree

 

The 1oz seems miserly to me, and barely enough to get a taste. 2oz is standard tasting at a festival, so why not a bar? I'm guessing that's so they can sell 22 tickets/bottle, for a cool $1100 for all 22 people. And what bar pays retail cost for their beer instead of wholesale? I'd expect the bar to pay ~$14/bottle (if it was $20 retail the entire 7 years). So, about $100 cost to the bar, plus cellaring, etc. It does seem excessively high for what you get.

To be fair, I also bitched about Goose Island's $75 Black Friday tasting for being overly expensive.

 

Nevermind the price... a 1 oz pour? How can anyone get a grasp on what a beer has to offer on a one oz pour? That's too stupid for words.