A&T

I think it takes more than a ff or bramble. 1.5 fou founes.

 

ha thanks. But yeah A&T trades pretty high and I've always seen it trading higher than both FF and bramble.

 

Oh wow yeah two years ago my beer shop had a whole shelf of them for 12 euros each and they sat there forever. Finally when I realized they were worth buying there was only one left. Regrets...

 

I'd love to land an A&T as well, but I don't know I have what it takes to get it either. Did they come only in 375's or did they come in both formats?

I think the lesson here is: whenever you are able, buy any Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze whenever you see it. Even the regular one. Such great beers.

 

only 750ml

 

It takes a lot mainly because it only hit Canada (and Australia/Europe but that brings overseas shipping/trading into it) and really only a few hundred bottles got into public hands (most went to bars that don't sell to-go), and most of that to people who don't trade and/or who already drank it (ie- spread pretty thinly to the general public) .

Having said that, I may have access to one or maybe more (would need to double check if my group didn't drink it all already!) but it would take something like the above (ie- replace LP Fram with something other than Cantillon, so something like 2 x Prop and couple BCBCS say) to get me into setting up a trade.

PS: If I had a crystal ball I'd say A&T is the next/new Millennium Geuze basically.

Cheers,
Ted

 

Damn it. I'll never get to try this beer now.

 

It requires more risk/work, but there is always the overseas trading route. It's too costly from Canada due to shipping, but from the U.S. side I think shipping overseas is actually a bit cheaper.

 

I traded mine for Fuzzy + BN x2

 

All 3 of those pretty much. You never know how these things will go, however I do know the scarcity of A&T is definately there, plus it's really good which is also a bonus. (Unlike, say Intense Red which I liked but didn't love)

 

What was A&T bottle count? I'm too lazy to do much searching.

 

It was in the low/mid 3000's. I believe that something like a little less than half went to Canada (split evenly between Alberta and Ontario). However, of the ~1500 bottles that made it to Canada the lions share got gobbled up by bars to be sold on-site. Maybe 500 bottles or so made it to the public, and that's split between two provinces (AB/ON). So, pretty scarce.

Of the other 1500-1800 that didn't go to Canada, some went to Australia, and the rest stayed local I believe (or maybe went elsewhere?). In any case it boils down to you either need one of the 500 Canadian bottles, or you're trading overseas (where there was only 1500-1800 bottles avaiable as well).

 

What would it take if one were to start with a DB Huna?

 

I thought that A&T is a 750 format only. I have been wanting to trading for a bottle this summer as well.

Yes always buy Drie Fonteinen when on shelf!!!

 

The bottle count is higher than 3000, but don't know how many. I think it was 3000 bottles distributed with half to both Canada and Australia in 2013. It has previously been sold at the Sour & Bitter in May 2012 in Copenhagen. DRK125 (~$25) with no limit.

 

I'm pretty sure its between 3300-3400 bottles for distributed (remember reading it on ratebeer during all the S&B threads), but couldn't find a reference so played it safe with "low/mid 3000". I'm not sure how many got opened during S&B but those are moot now...