Hill Farmstead hype

Jasper Hill Cheeses also available in the refrigerated case half way back on the left wall of Willey's to btw......

 

A couple of small breweries I've been to don't take debit or credit cards because they don't want Visa or MC or whoever taking a % of their limited cash flow.

As to HF's beers I've had one (Damon), and it was good but I was slightly underwhelmed by it. I certainly wouldn't be opposed to trying more.

 

Indeed! Whether you need the ATM or not, stop in for the cheese.

 

Tons of bars too. Toronado is cash-only, for one. But they usually have an ATM on the premise.

One of the few times I've had HF beers was at a beer and cheese event in SF. It was done by Shaun and the girl that he's dating (I think, it seemed that way at least), who's a cheesemonger at Jasper Hill, I believe. Both the cheese and the beer were delicious. Made me sad that Cabot is so much harder to find in CA. (We get good beer out here, but finding a super-sharp cheddar is so damn hard.)

 

It's shortsighted. I just spent $350 at Russian River last Sunday. I only brought $100 cash. The % they lose is made up for in the amount spent.

 

Toronado SD takes cards - yet another way it's the better one =)

 

Speaking of which, anybody know if there's any truth to the rumor that HF is gonna finally release the lambic(?) they brew for Jasper Hill's Winnimere?

 

yep, it's an automatic restriction on how much customers can spend at your location. There is a beer store here that only takes cash and I only ever bring $40/60. There have been a number of times I would have spent a lot more if they took credit/debit.

 

Anna is a very dry saison, maybe you were expecting to be slammed in the face with flavor instead of sipping and savoring the subtle complexity.

 

Small sample size, but at last weeks release the people I talked to no one brought less than $200 with them. I don't think it's hurting HF to be cash only.

 

It's a VT thing, much like vaccine avoidance.

I kid, I kid! All the beer I've had in the past 3 days has been brewed in VT, please don't take it away!

 

Do you need an instruction sheet to enjoy HF beers? Sounds too complicated - I just like to put the beer into my mouth and taste it.

 

Not anymore than any other brewery, from the first sip of Anna it is clear that it has a subtle flavor profile.

 

Russian River isn't a small brewery in the way that Hill Farmstead, East End, or COAST are though. If you are as small as those three and know that whatever you make will sell fairly quickly why give a multi-billion dollar company a share of your money? A few cents off of every dollar adds up quickly.

 

So does the additional money people spend when they use a card.

 

As you admit, that's a small sample size. It's also sort of impossible to answer just how much cash they might be losing. But there is a reason most businesses allow the CC companies to cut into their profits. The entire concept of credit is to spend more than you have at the moment (for better or worse).

 

I just don't like carrying cash. Pays to use credit.

 

that's also true. And for that reason I generally carry a lot less cash that I tend to spend.

 

If you sell out of all your stock relatively quickly despite being cash only, I don't think this is really relevant.

 

They sell 100% of everything for sale every morning and are then dry till the next bottling/kegging?