Kane Brewing (December 2015)

Missed out. Clicked 1 set of 8, add to cart, and had an error saying I hadn't purchased it in the allotted amount of time. Went back and 8 was sold out, but 4 wasn't so tried that, and had an error saying I was trying to purchase more than the max allotment. On my third try both were sold out...all within a minute.

Seems to me something was up with the site, and by the time the people who had errors were able to go back, other people had cleaned up the allotments.

Not a big deal, and certainly not Kane's fault. Put me in the camp that would rather do this 10,000 times than wait in what the line would have been. Not to get that old-timey, but I started going to releases in 2008 and they were really fun. I probably haven't been to one in 2 years because they got so outrageous...have people ever thought maybe the breweries and stores really don't want you there 6-12 hours before opening, drinking/smoking weed/peeing/yelling about beer in public the whole time?

I'd much rather do these lotteries, join a reserve society, or have to attend an event like Captain Lawrence is doing to get bottles of special beers than deal with what normal release lines have become.

 

Where has anyone actually said this?
I don't see anyone actually bashing Kane in this thread. Anyone that's upset has just been complaining about how they don't understand how it sold out so quickly online.
Just like how others have stated, I'm just glad that I didn't have to worry about waiting in line to find out they sold out.

 

So reading your statement then essentially you got what you keep asking for... a lottery. It sucks that you didnt get any this time but thats just the way it goes. ((shrug))

 

I recommend switching from Charmin to baby wipes. The lotion helps soothe the burning sensation.

 

I think there are a bunch of upset people on Facebook. I wanted the ticket system and now I guess I have a free morning so at least there's that.

 

Well, I won't be fighting you for a place in line. One less person for you to beat to the door.

Yeah. I completely understand. I guess I just have a hard time being sympathetic to people who want beer so badly that they're devoting 12 hours of time spent sitting in line overnight in December. I've said it time and time again, and don't particularly feel like getting into this conversation again, but these people are the ones who are ruining these things - not the method of sale. The people that think that they are more worthy of the beer because they slept in the goddamn parking lot. You're not worthy of anything other than some kind of medical examination to ensure that you're of sane mind. /rant (I think that's what internet people do at the end of their little diatribes. Put a / in front of the word rant? I dk. I'm getting too old for this shit...)

 

Shit sold so quick I wasn't even able to bottleshare and drink while waiting for the payment page to load. Completely disappointed.

 

I'm saying actually do it as a lottery because it shouldn't be a matter of speed. I keep bringing it up because there's ways to automate this process and make it unfair which I am sure happened.

 

I was sitting at my desk on BPT spamming F5 from 11:50 on. It never once even gave me the option to add to cart. It instantly went from "not available" to "sold out" at 12:00. I for one was totally fine w/ standing in line for many hours. I love Kane's beer, and I have spent multiple thousands of dollars on it. I buy every bottle release, even ones that aren't my favorite style because I like to support them. This just really screwed over people who are loyal customers in favor of the rando's from anywhere in a 4-6hr driving distance. I am most upset because I decided to forgo hunting ANY BCBS and variants this year to save money for this release because I'd rather support my local brewery than AB/Inbev. Now I get neither, and that really blows!

 

I agree. The more sales that move to ticketing the better. It certainly is fair. I got a set and didn't use any bots or code or anything like that. I didn't even know what F5 did until reading this thread. I've been shut out of many ticketed events in the past (Lawson's Anniversary Party comes to mind). You win some, you lose some. What you don't lose is an entire day standing in line only to be shut out and I'll take that any day.

 

kane excess web traffic to end all (our) dreams lol.

 

Most people seem to have a pretty good attitude about this, whether landing it or not. Same thing happened when Alesmith started using BPT. Nice to see that there's plenty of positive reaction.

The people bitching the loudest are probably the same people that were going to drink all night in Kane's parking lot (against the brewery's requests, of course) and then have ten friends join them at 9:50.

If you are Kane, or any other brewer, why would you NOT do it this way? Your beer still sells, and you completely avoid a shit show on/near your premises that could potentially get you in trouble with your landlord, your community, the police, or a combination of the three.

 

The biggest problem is that it should have only been 4 packs, not 8 packs. If you are @MichaelKane and Kane Brewing I would think you want more people to try your beer, not less. That way you generate more future sales. Again, no problem with the ticket sales, just the limits. At the end of the day, I will still have a good beer to drink Sunday, just not an ANTEAD.

 

Does anyone know how many bottles they had?

 

I feel that. I've been going to them for years now and also have spent a lot of money there. I planned on camping out early to secure my share but once the bpt was decided on I knew my chances went from 100% to 1%. Had it in my cart and then got booted out. If you're interested in regular bcbs still I have a case if you want a few bottles.

 

My guess is around 4000. 500 tickets and almost everyone took the max of 8 I'd imagine

 

So what's left bottle wise. and which variant/s

 

I think a lot of folks are missing out that it sold out at 11:58 but the sale didn't start till 12:00.

 

Got mine at 12:00, showed 12:00 on both computers I was trying with. Sure your computer's time is right?

 

On Facebook, people said they added to cart when their computer said 11:59.