2017 Firestone Walker Parabola

I took the text on the back of the box to mean there is no "FW batch"—that everything was brewed at Boulevard.

 

I dont need 2 cases of parabola but would love to have it.

 

For me? It's easy as I don't buy bombers and a $10 12oz beer from a store just is past my threshold on what I'd pay for a beer in a store, world class or not.
In a bar with friends I'd probably pay the 10 spot on a 8oz pour but it wasn't and I didn't, more for others

 

You should've bought it and sent it my may! Lol. It would have been a decent beer for you to pick up to use for trading, but I can understand. 10$ for a beer can be steep at times, personally, I am going to buy 3-4 if I can.

 

Establishment? Any Sac-area Costco sightings?

 

I really don't get this sentiment. Some people don't mind paying over $1/oz. at a bar, but when it comes to a full bottle at home it is forbidden. I would personally pay more to have it at my own leisure than have it ice cold at a bar with who knows how clean the tap lines are, less comfort and overall enjoyable beer experience. I don't understand why people pay extra for the "experience" of drinking at a noisy bar, but aren't willing to pay as much to experience it at their own time in the comfort of wherever they please. I guess some people really like drinking out at bars, and I usually don't because of the price and lack of beer control. If it's a really good super rare beer then sure I'll go to a bar, but if it's for standard beers then I'd rather get them at a store for half the price and enjoy them how I please.

 

Personally, I couldn't disagree with anything you just said. The only way I would pay more to have it at a bar, is if I knew I couldn't get it in a bottle to enjoy it at my own leisure; and the only time that really happens is when I travel. At that point, I am going to a bar that I know nothing about, so I don't know the atmosphere. This summer I went to a bar to have BA expedition, I knew I was never going to have a chance to get it in a bottle, living in Kansas. So I decided to go out and get a glass of it, yes I enjoyed the hell out of the beer, but I was not a huge fan of the atmosphere.

I agree, if I can pay a cheaper price per ounce, and enjoy it at my own leisure, that is the way I am going. So, if you can get it cheaper in in a bottle, you might as well get it; I think it is going to be harder to get this on draft vs. a bottle. So you might as well buy it if you see a bottle of this limited release.

 

This is correct.

 

Total wine Roseville. No limit obviously.

 

Natty ice is always available for the low low.

 

Costco in Roseville yesterday.

 

No offense, because I don't know you (though a post like this makes me think I do), but there is something to be said for moderation, and for leaving something behind for others to enjoy.

Like my namesake once wrote, "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." Hoarding and consuming for the sake of hoarding and consuming is not far off...

 

It's like the rich guy in a village with 400 gallons of water, and others scraping by. Why not hoard everything? Why not have 10 cars? Why not have 10 houses? Leave those photos to the latest haul thread. You even have it as your avatar. Come on dude. That will rub people the wrong way. My own goal is to try and wipe out a place but I won't be bragging about it in photo form. And thanks for telling us what else you have cases of (as if anyone was asking).

 

Well there are 7997 cases left for other people to purchase. I consider my haul a small dent in the global allocation.

 

Well, it's a national allocation, not a "global" one; and, by your logic (if everyone else did as you did), only 2,667 people out of a couple hundred million (of drinking age) should have the privilege of enjoying this beer.

A "small dent" indeed. Carry on.

 

Well there was still about 5 cases left on the shelves. Parabola is very common in CA. I don't get all butt hurt when I see people get huge amounts of Tree House cans. And as far as the picture and the avatar goes, who cares? Sounds like you are kind of being a hater. Glass half empty? You could just have said, "awesome score man." This is a thread about parabola right?

 

Sounds like kbbs

 

All Parabola 2017 was produced by Boulevard under supervision of FW (including multiple trips by FW brewers to KS). And the batch was almost twice as large this year.

 

Picked up the last 2 bottles for 11.99 across the border since we do not get Firestone distro in IN. Say Bravo for 18.99 and passed.

 

BLVD is a part of Duvel USA which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duvel-Moortgat. Firestone Walker is a completely separate company with joint ownership between Adam Firestone, David Walker, and the Moortgat family.