Bourbon County 2017

Ehh. Ill do exactly what I did last year. Stroll up to binnys at 8am. Have all 7 varients in hand by 1030. Home and on the couch by 11. Nice easy morning.

 

Ehh...I spent like ~$175 last year and that included rare and two bottles of 2012 regular. It's going to hit like $300 this year if they allow all of the above as an allotment plus goodies.

 

I assume the Binnys you are referencing "strolling up to" is Lincoln Park? Ha.

 

Correct

 

Right. Two regulars at those prices and its like 175. My money is on 200-250 depending on extra goodies.

 

I will be seriously peeved it the price for Reserve Barleywine is over $25. The sale price for King Henry was $14-16 if I recall AND those bottles were larger than what GI is currently packaging. Obviously there is price inflation but the increase in Rare prices between 2010 ad 2015 was only around 30% (I believe OG Rare retailed for $40-45ish?).

 

I'm a french presser , and I've looked for good banana pressing ideas, and the FP community has told me bananas never work out well. So I guess I've never tried. I'm very skeptical of this variant, but I'll try pressing it and see what happens.

 

I'm guessing Reserve will be at least $25. I'd slap the over/under at $35.

 

There's a French Press Community?

 

My msrp guesses:

9.99 regular
12.99 bw and coffee
15.99 Northwoods
19.99 prop, reg reserve, bw reserve

This year should provide an excellent perspective on what we can expect for future years prices and the supply/demand/greed factor.

 

And I quote Jankoski from the OP's Trib link, “People have tried to create banana Bourbon County beers for a long time, but it’s tough. It’s not necessarily the ingredient that’s the issue, but the way it is blended into the beer. If you go with too much or too little, it can either be underwhelming or so far out of balance. Quinn was able to pull it together nicely and put some balance on it. The first time I tasted it, I got a really nice fresh-baked banana bread note with the baking spice integrated very nicely.” I'm intrigued enough to give it a shot.

 

They are not going to lower the price just for hell of it. It will match last year or we will see slight increases.

Looking back to 2015. I epect pricing to match.

9.99 for regular
12.99 for BW and Coffee
23.99 for northwoods, reserve, and prop
60+ for Barleywine Reserve.

 

Oh man I didn't realize they are again not using 3rd use barrels for the BW, that is a real disappointment. BW last year was a shadow of itself in year's past.

 

I liked 2016's 2nd use version better than the vintage 2014 I had shortly before it.

 

My prices were msrp from last year, minus the beers they've never released. Not sure where your getting the decrease.

 

Boy, you've changed...

The only '15 BW I had was an instant drain pour. I do like the 3rd use barrels for BW better than the 2nd use for the reasons already noted. I still like the 2nd use version from '16 though and think it's a great example of a BA English BW. I'll be buying more this year.