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We do a small amount of self-distribution in Austin. For example, we self-distribute Draught House, Whip In, Flying Saucer, Black Star Co-op, Bangers, Alamo Drafthouse, Red's Porch and Stanley's Farmhouse Pizza (as of last week). The places we self-distribute tend to be the ones that carry our beer on draught because Virtuoso doesn't provide line-cleaning services. Our rationale is that if we have to be at these places anyway to clean lines, we may as well bring cases of bottles with us to sell. Virtuoso is fine with this. In fact, we'd rather it be the other way around with Virtuoso covering these places and cleaning the lines. As I suspect any Texas self-distributing, production brewery would say, line cleaning takes up a lot of time.

Jeff Stuffings
Jester King

 

That sucks man. Sounds like a lot of work.

 

I've never understood why the draft maintenance/cleaning is not the responsibility if the bar. Makes no sense to me. Just seems like asking for conflict from distributers etc.

 

I completely agree. We have to be one of the very few states where this takes place.

 

Because the bar wouldn't do it and the integrity of the product would be compromised and that goes back on the brewery not the bar.

 

Multiple breweries, multiple distributers, multiple changes. Also could get into payola charges, sabotage, etc. Just seems ripe for issues.

Wrong place to discuss... Never mind.

 

Where the Funk is my beer?

 

By this logic it would be up to Ford to keep my vehicles maintenance up to date not me. If its your equiptment it's your responsibility. I see it as a bar that would not get my money if they didn't keep things clean.

 

If an average consumer tries a new beer from Brewery X and the lines are dirty as all hell and it tastes of shit, that consumer is more than likely going to assume that the beer (and probably all of Brewery X's beers) is the problem, not the lines. The more apt analogy here is Ford checking in on their dealers every now and then to make sure their vehicles are being displayed and sold correctly.

In a perfect world, bars would clean their lines; this is not a perfect world. If you want something done right, do it yourself.

 

My point exactly. Anyway, back to topic.

 

it's Thursday, where is the funk metal

 

They're relabeling it today according to Jeff w/ the correct UPC.

 

Thanks for clearing that up - I think that system model is unfair with stores like mine because from what i have noticed that places who u guys provide cleaning services/ Bottles delivery tend to get the Bottles few days before places like mine and that gives them an advantage over us -

Sam
E1G.

 

I appreciate your sentiments, Sam. We try to time our self-distribution bottle releases so they're very close in time, if not identical, with Virtuoso bringing our beer to market. However, there's inevitably going to be some variation in timing. We often delay our self-distribution to sync with Virtuoso's schedule. For example, we have Das Uberkind! bottles ready to go right now, but we're not self-distributing any cases this week because Virtuoso hasn't picked Das Uberkind! up yet. There have also been times when our self-distribution accounts have received their cases second in time to accounts that Virtuoso distributes.

Thanks for selling our beer.

Jeff Stuffings
Jester King

 

So, Uberkind at Stanley's this Saturday?

 

I like how it is Das Uberkind! The exclamation point is part if the name.

 

We'll have gravity kegs of Das Uberkind! pouring in our tasting room Saturday. We're going to deliver Stanley's Farmhouse Pizza a case or two Saturday.

 

Pretty long route. Sure you guys can handle it?

btw as a homebrewer and avid bottle re-animator...you'll have to give me the hookup on the non-standard cap sizes so I can keep the JK mojo going. My beer tastes better out of old weasel rodeo bottles.

 

Why not just reuse your old caps from JK bottles? I used to do that in college when I was homebrewing (you just cannot screw up the cap when you take it off the beer.

BTW: I'm so talking the fiance` into "pizza" this saturday

 

because I bite them off with my teeth and they are unusable after that