Hardywood Trickey Release

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  1. LeeEvolved

    LeeEvolved Initiate (0) Oct 12, 2010 Virginia

    Rumor has it that it's because Hardywood employees want to sleep in after spending Friday night riding around town drinking good beer at ___________ (insert random RVA brewery here) :wink:


    j/k
     
    #21 LeeEvolved, Oct 17, 2015
  2. DeadWalkerAir

    DeadWalkerAir Maven (1,478) Jan 7, 2014 South Carolina

    I will be there, I went to Milkman/Milkmaid, Foolery and BA Raspberry Stout releases last year. Hardywood is a great place
     
    #22 DeadWalkerAir, Oct 17, 2015
  3. tiamat8086

    tiamat8086 Initiate (0) Jun 12, 2014 North Carolina

    I don't see limits or pricing?
     
    #23 tiamat8086, Oct 17, 2015
  4. c64person

    c64person Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2010 Michigan

    Because it's VA, I think there is a rule about posting of beer pricing from a brewery, but could be wrong.

    Last time it was 4pp ~$17 a bottle.

    But knowing the bottle limit will let me know if I drive up for this or go to Old Hickory instead.
     
    #24 c64person, Oct 18, 2015
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  5. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Breweries rarely post pricing and I think the rule is often confused. My understanding is ABC does not allow a business is post any special specific pricing (like happy hour specials). The price posted by anyone has to be the all day every day price. HWP could not offer a special price for release day only (i.e. $15 on Oct 31st) while it may normally run $20 and post that for advertising but could state the regular cost if they wanted. I do not know the actual price and just used those for examples. I would expect them to announce limits before release.
     
    #25 TomCat11, Oct 18, 2015
  6. DeadWalkerAir

    DeadWalkerAir Maven (1,478) Jan 7, 2014 South Carolina

    Was Trickery really 4pp? Foolery and Ruse were only 1pp
     
    #26 DeadWalkerAir, Oct 20, 2015
  7. c64person

    c64person Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2010 Michigan

    Yes. There was ~1700 bottles from the first run of Trickery.
     
    #27 c64person, Oct 20, 2015
  8. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Yep. 4pp last year. It came in heavily under the radar on the initial run. I'm guessing very few people (even the "whale" hunters) knew how popular the beer would be. Since it is aged for 8 months I'm guessing/hoping they had time to ramp up production and plan as long as it got in barrels by late Jan/early Feb. Ruse and Foolery they did not have much time to prepare I bet. Just hoping Trickery lasts for a few hours on the 31st so I can swing by later in the day to pickup a couple bottles.
     
    #28 TomCat11, Oct 20, 2015
  9. ncaudle

    ncaudle Initiate (0) May 28, 2010 Virginia

    even last year at 4/per it only lasted about an hour.
    @c64person there were only 1000ish bottles last year.
     
    #29 ncaudle, Oct 20, 2015
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  10. raveskdr

    raveskdr Initiate (0) Oct 10, 2009 Virginia

    There is a ton more this year. It could be a similar limit. They are anticipating having it seeing limited distro as well.
     
    #30 raveskdr, Oct 20, 2015
  11. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    I stand corrected. Sounds like there were some who did see it coming and snapped them up quick!
    @raveskdr I hope you are right. I just want them to still have some when I'm able to get there around 2:30/3:00 to pickup bottles. They can run out right after that. :slight_smile:
     
    #31 TomCat11, Oct 20, 2015
  12. DeadWalkerAir

    DeadWalkerAir Maven (1,478) Jan 7, 2014 South Carolina

    Awesome, hopefully this means I get 4 bottles
     
    #32 DeadWalkerAir, Oct 21, 2015
  13. LeeEvolved

    LeeEvolved Initiate (0) Oct 12, 2010 Virginia

    IIRC, GBS fell off for a year or two after its first release because Hardywood ramped up production. Hopefully Trickery won't suffer the same fate. This beer was just too damn good and expectations are very high again.
     
    #33 LeeEvolved, Oct 21, 2015
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  14. c64person

    c64person Initiate (0) Mar 20, 2010 Michigan

    I don't 100% agree with this. Last years GBS was the best I have had to date and was probably the biggest yield by far. Same goes with BA GBS which also saw limited distro last year.
     
    #34 c64person, Oct 21, 2015
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  15. LeeEvolved

    LeeEvolved Initiate (0) Oct 12, 2010 Virginia

    I was implying that it was the second or third year, which was the 2011 & 2012 batches (I think). The last couple of years have been pretty good and almost back on par with the initial GBS release which got the perfect score on BA. Last year was really good IMO.
     
    #35 LeeEvolved, Oct 21, 2015
  16. Cobratrooper

    Cobratrooper Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2014 Virginia

    GBS batch 1 was easily the best.
     
    #36 Cobratrooper, Oct 21, 2015
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  17. oldn00b

    oldn00b Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2015 Virginia

    This would be awesome - I can't make it to the release but also don't need 4 bottles. If I could get just one from a shop I'd be happy about that!
     
    #37 oldn00b, Oct 21, 2015
  18. Matttt

    Matttt Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2015 Virginia

    soup?
     
    #38 Matttt, Oct 21, 2015
  19. mblackie

    mblackie Devotee (360) Sep 19, 2010 California

    Anyone from NOVA/DC area going down and willing to pick up one or 2 for me (assuming 4 bottles pp)? Will unfortunately be out of town. I've got some supreme leader and will likely head down to RVA for one of the GBS variants if anyone wants to set up a trade. Msg me if interestd.
     
    #39 mblackie, Oct 22, 2015
  20. ncaudle

    ncaudle Initiate (0) May 28, 2010 Virginia

    I would be shocked it if was the same 4/per limit like last year.
    I'm personally expecting 2/per (pure guess on my part - no source/confirmation)
     
    #40 ncaudle, Oct 22, 2015
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