Cable Beverages Cantillons

Ha! Thanks a lot

Yeah- they posted it on Facebook yesterday. I might head up there after work, but doubt there will be any left at that time. There is always something else to get, though...

 

reasonably priced loons on the shelf? say it aint so.
i've never even heard of this place, so doubt it's somewhere i can get to. google tells me new york?

 

Rockland County, NY

 

Eagle Provisions in Brooklyn just tweeted that they got Cantillion in and to call for details, so I did and 750ml bottles are going for ... $100

 

there were 4, i tuned out at $100 but definitely fou foune and i think mamouche

 

Iris, Mamouche, Fou Foune, Bruocsella Grand Cru were the four he told me.

 

Fuck them.
I'm glad to see they're still sitting on cases and cases of the $35 BCBS 4pks. Fucking thieves.

 

Lol... they know they're in the same borough as a bar that sells Blabaer for cheaper right?

 

fyi, Foodtown Express in Yonkers apparently has Cuvee St. Gilloise for $27.99. I hope this means Cantillon might start becoming available in NY stores once in a while.

 

Just called, only 2 left and it's one per person.

 

Has anyone been to foodtown in Yonkers? Their list on beermenus is insane. I was wondering how accurate it is for new items.. I don't think they remove anything since they have both Enjoy By 12/21/12 and 4/1/13.
I would make the trip from NYC if they have Cantillon, Sucaba, BA Bigfoot.... It is a long 'featured' list

 

They have the ones you mentioned. However, that list is pretty dated. There are other things on there that are no longer on the shelf. Also, a lot of the "rarer" beers are kept in the back. You have to ask Rico, the beer guy, for them.

 

Eagle and Bierkraft are prime examples of bottle shops that exude all of the negative aspects of craft beer - greed, price gouging, and product hoarding. I went into Bierkraft last night and was stunned at what they were charging fr bottles and cans - $5.50 for one can of Sixpoint 3Beans! $23.95 got a Victory Oaked Horizontal. And the scary thing is, Eagle might actually be worse. $33 for Black Ops!

 

So I checked with WF Bowery and New Beer yesterday. Both were surprised (I would even say shocked) to learn that Eagle got in Cantillon bottles. They were even more shocked when I told them the price they were charging. The beer guy at WF was insistent that Cantillon only goes to bars/restaurants in NYC, and not to any bottle shops, while New Beer seemed clueless as well and told me they would "try" to get some in, but not to hold my breath.

 

Eagle is insane. However, Bierkraft is in a bit of a predicament because you can open the bottles you purchase right in the store. So they're kind of half bar/half store. Their bottles prices are pretty on par with that of a bar, which is of course high. If they could offer an option that carry out bottles are reduced it would be a much better place IMO.

 

Well with this recent tweet from Eagle, I am assuming they just ordered some stuff from Belgium and are selling it since they have Westy 12, 8 and blonde
CANTILLON (Saint-Gilloise 4/4 L $100)(Lou Pepe Kreit 3/4 L $100)(Gueuze 375CL $50.)Kreik 375 CL $50) WESTVLETEREN #12-$75#8 $50 Blond $50

 

This used to be the excuse but with Top Hops and Good Beer operating the same model (in Manhattan nonetheless) and offering much more reasonable prices, they have no excuse for the ridiculous price gouging anymore.