Alpine Kiwi Herman

For sure man. He's a regular trading partner though and he does the same for me. Told him if I was able to get some I would send one his way. I'm sure not everyone would do this, but it's all about sharing for me. We will see if I regret that though haha

 

I just got two so if anyone missed out, it's worth trying now.

 

Its been going up and down all day. I assume as duplicates orders and such cancel.

 

You fucking rock! I assumed all afternoon I was assed-out but I just scored two bottles.

 

Bring one to 38 Degrees next time. Hahha just kidding

 

Got two and I was already thinking of heading down to San Diego that week for my birthday.

edit: what a way to make my day. I had no expectations of getting this, read the first post that said it was going up tomorrow, clicked the link and just happened to get two in my cart right away.

 

Yup, keep trying. Literally have one in my cart that I'm about to dump (already got one, and only went back to the website to see if they were still popping up, a la @SoCalBeerIdiot) Hope someone enjoys it!

 

I saw it come back twice so far. First time I selected 2 and lost it because it said I selected more than were available. Second time I figured I'd be safe and select 1. Going to keep trying and see if I can get a second

Edit: success

 

How is that possible.. It's been sold out?

 

Nevermind.. damn Drift you got a winner of a lady there.

 

Awesome! Just got my two! Had to do two transactions but I got them!
Now to decide on goin Tuesday or Wednesday. i love when these fall during my vacation week!

 

Hopefully, there's still a chance.

 

Anybody driving down from Corona area??

 

Let me preface this with me saying that living in SD, I proudly will tell anyone that Alpine makes my favorite IPA's and i love making the drive up once a month or so to get their beers. They are in my opinion the best truly "local" SD brewery.. (although this might change now that they have been bought by GF)

The way that Kiwi Herman was released really makes me re-evaluate Alpine....500-800 (depends how you ask) bottles go up for sale without warning and 20 minutes later are gone. The beer advocate forums explode with crazy trade offers for a beer no one has ever tried.

Seems like the average local beer enthusiast really missed out here beaten to the punch by the beer mules...
Not sure what Alpine was going for with this other than to create a hot mess and a lot of loyal customers with nothing more than hoping to snag a taste up at the brewery next week....

I get it that its mostly out fault for creating the craze but it really seems like Alpine overlooked their target audience here and really missed the boat here.

Thoughts?

 

Agreed. Got word of this (not from Alpine) about 30 minutes after the start time. All gone. Really sad way to treat loyal folks. I frequent their establishment every time I pass through and buy their beer religiously. Ah well, like you said, we created this monster, now we have to live with it.

 

You know, you're kind of the worst and part of the problem right? Your endless bragging about getting double allocations on limited shit is pretty annoying. Keep it to yourself and move on.

 

It looks like Alpine released some more Kiwi Herman again this evening. I see on the Pacific forum people being able to buy bottles around 6 p.m.

 

I find it funny reading some of these trade threads. People offering a known beer that is highly rated for an unknown Kiwi Herman... then they begin to reason by saying "Kiwi is a complete unknown"... then why are you offering a top shelf beer? The "buy low" strategy??