Just in case anyone's going to be in the Bellingham area today, the Copper Hog is putting all 12 of the Beer Camp brews on tap. I case you don't want to invest in a whole 12 pack of beer. I might swing by and grab a pint of the couple brews I liked. Or not.
But wouldn't buying the Base Camp 12 pack at Safeway be about the same as buying three pints at a bar but you get to try all 12 rather than just three?
Yup, my 12 pack was a bit over $20, with tax. Copper Hog does sell beer in 4/12/16 oz pours, so you could try all 12 in one sitting if you chose the small ones.
And, with the rating changes announced on here today, BA as well. BTW, anybody using the BA app? I haven't even looked at it.
well how I do it is ..say im in a good Taproom with 30 beers ..maybe 8 or 9 I would love. But don't want to get smashed. First I will ask the gal/guy for a sample of say 2,6,9..then get a pint of 8..next up sample 3 others then get a pint of another. YOu just tasted 8 beers for the price of two. Especially if your a regular growler buyer there they generally don't have a problem.
At least down here in Eugene, Bier Stein would only let you do 4 at a time. Part of the problem was all the glassware necessitated by serving up so many sampler trays. Even serving one flight of 4 at a time, the bartender staff was hard put to keep up. I thought 4 at a time was more than enough, as I can't imagine keeping track of what I was drinking if I had gotten all 12 at the same time. But yeah, I see your point... if BS had allowed folks to order 12 samples at a time, it would have been a logistics nightmare.
My local has a written policy of 2 free tasters max, but they also offer a flight of any 5 for $10. Seems like a perfect way to satisfy tickers and the mildly curious. It's not a big part of their business from what I've observed, but I've never seen wait time or general serviced degrade when they had to do a few.
But isn't asking for a free taste of a beer you have no intention of buying bordering on being a dick move? I used to tend bar at a small place here in town, and one of my regulars was a school teacher who would come in every day after work to have a couple while she corrected her students work. She loved IPA's, and only drank IPAs. But, she would get a taste of every new brew we put on tap. Her: "what's that beer?" Me: "it's a Tripel, you don't care for those yeasts". H: "well, i'll try it anyway". No matter how small a sample I would pour her (and we poured generous tasters), she would never finish the sample. She'd try 2-5 new brews a day, then order an IPA. It got annoying, all those taster glasses had to be washed (we hand washed the glasses there), and other folks would be waiting. Point is, if your not sure, taste away. But if you know your not going to actually order a given beer, don't waste everyone's time by sampling it.
I feel guilty asking for a free taster and will only do it on rare occasion when I'm really not sure what I want.
