BA Speedway Value

BASS cost was $30. You should be able to get $30 of limited brewery-only release beer....

 

All I know is that I was surprised seeing BA Speedway show up recently in Washington, first time I've seen it up here. Think it was $35 around here though.

 

$30 was the price at the brewery at least.

http://beerservedrare.wordpress.com...-and-barrel-aged-speedway-stout-bottle-sales/

I guess they didn't sell out there if it made it to retail...

 

BA Speedway is one of those magnificent beasts whose trade 'value' has dropped, because there's a perception that it's become more 'common'. And indeed, the batches being made now are much larger than the early batches. The 2003 batch was only 196 bottles - now BA Speedway seems to come out of a fire hose at Alesmith someplace.

Which doesn't make it any less delicious, but from my side of the table (in MN) it's much easier to come by nowadays! But on your side, Kramer was right. $30 in limited (but not super limited) beers.

 

I thought all the BA Alesmith beers were brewery only releases. As some others have said, I guess the leftovers make it to retail. I bought a 2012 BA Wee Heavy in Seattle sometime last year. And just last week I saw a BA Speedway on the shelf ($37) sitting next to a handful of BA Old Numbskulls.

 

I've been trying like hell lately to trade a BA Speedway for 2 Mexican Cakes and it just doesn't seem like it's going to happen. I guess Cake pulls more than I thought. That or BA Speedway pulls less, dunno.

 

Alesmith has been distributing BA Speedway and BA Old Numbskull to Wisconsin for 2 years now but at 43 dollars with tax I passed. There are to many other good beers out there for me to pay that price.

 

I hear ya. I didn't pay quite that much for it, but I'm not even looking for $4$ really, I'd go BASS + for Mexican Cake x2 at this point. It's one of my favorite beers and I just figured the BASS would be a better thing to trade for it than the stuff I normally deal, since a lot of SC folks come through NC relatively often.

 

Whoaa... where did you see it? I've been around the shops lately but never saw it although honestly I didn't look for it thinking they didn't distro here... cheers.

 

Saw it at a place in Longview and I think I saw it in olympia as well

 

How about BASS for Chocolate Rain or Grey Monday 1:1?

I know that they're both California beers, but it seems like a lot of folks outside of California have them.

 

hit up @Kurmaraja. I think he landed some BA Speedway in your area too and may know where to find some.

 

I think they were thin on the ground out here, but hit me up if u want to open some BA speedway and otherr BA alesmith stuff sometime.

 

BASS for Huna, 1:1 seems like a fair trade you might be able to land. Non-BA Huna was around $20 a bottle, plus ticket $ and inconvenience... I've been able to trade it $4$ @ $40 a bottle, which is what it cost here in WI.

 

@dsigmon
Thanks guys! Literally as I saw the alert as I paying for some I found over on the eastside. That being said, we should definitely do a bottle share + BBQ Ryan. I'll BM you to see if sometime in the next couple of weeks works out....
Cheers!

 

is there any more BA speedway in Seattle? I regret not grabbing the one I saw at Chuck's CD. Even at $37.

 

Any Washington person who wants one, message me.

 

It's going for $34 at the brewery now.