Most expensive / valuable beer you have see

A place near me has some fruet still sitting on the shelf for $40

 

Well, Utopias is a good start. $160 this year.

Unless you're talking Ebay prices, which are just a little inflated...

Dope

 

Moeder Lambic has had some memorable prices. 250 euros for Millenium Gueuze in 2010.

 

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. 6 pack sells for $7.99, but it's invaluable. I'd take it over any ridiculous $200 bottle of Blaeber any day.

 

Saw an older vintage of Utopias priced at $600. I'm guessing that will sit there for a while.

 

If you don't include the ridiculously expensive rarities like Allsop's Arctic Ale I don't think you'll find anything that tops the 2 bottles of HOTD Dave that sold for over $2,000 each last November.

 

2008 Lost Abbey Angel's Share - $67.00. I wanted to buy it so bad, and I have a history of buying plenty of beer on impulse, but I just couldn't justify that much.

 

Mikkeller charges a dollar an ounce for stale, middling beer.

 

595 Kroner for a bottle of Loerik was pretty steep.

 

yikes. That isn't a beer i will be trying anytime soon.

 

Not to mention it's most likely flat. The store should tack on a additional $10 for carbonation insurance on that one.

 

Funny that you made the same spelling error as this guy: http://www.newlifeauctions.com/allsopp.html

 

Probably the Atomic Penguin (~$90-95) and Sam Adams Utopia (~$180-200).

 

I still remember when this went down:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Midnight-Sun-Brewing-M-VERY-RARE-/320868085827

 

Would you really want to try it? At that price, unless the glass of beer gives you a full-on hallucinatory orgasm, it probably wasn't worth the $.

 

If someone gave me a free taste sure. I could start planning a trip to belgium to visit breweries with 2000 big ones!

 

My buddy bought a bottle of drie fonteinen J&J blue for $100 on Zwanze day this year

 

Just seen a bottle of Barrel Aged Old Ruffian going for 42.99$
2009 bottle of kbs for 20$
2010 120 minute for 25$

 

Are we talking store prices only, or private online sales? I terribly desire a bottle of RR's Deviation, and have seen it listed online for 225-250$. Wish I had the ammo to trade for it.

That being said, the craft beer hobby is weird in that, unlike other hobbies, if you have $$ you can get what you want - that doesn't seem to be exactly the case with craft beer - at least the rare, limited, and vintage stuff. I can't exactly go out and buy a bottle of Rodenbach Alexander, although I would in a heart beat if I saw one for sale, yanno? Sorry for the off-tangent ramble. lol.

 

I believe I read about this and it was a charity auction. Corrrect me if im wrong

 

Utopias for sure. $175 at stores near me as we speak. I will say this though, I got to sample it at Beervana back in October and it was awesome. I was expecting the hype train, driven by foolish engineers, to crash into the "Mount Let-Down." But it didn't it was amazing.

With that said.....$175 is steep. As good as it is, I wouldn't pull the trigger. Additionally, big props to Beervana who let me get a sample of that just for the price of the ticket to the fest (which was otherwise already awesome).

 

I ACTUALLY BOUGHT a new anniversary utopias from halftime for $249. I got a $25 gift certificate and they gave $50 to charity I think, so it was alright by me, as nobody near me has any allocation for it. That tops my most expensive single ever bought. :-/

 

If anyone here is buying beer as speculation or an investment, then I have some land on Mars that I'd like to sell you.

 

I can't imagine spending hundreds on a beer... would take all enjoyment out of it. The most expensive I bought was the mikkeller weasel beer geek brunch. Something like $15 for a tiny bottle was outrageous enough!

 

Helped drink a 5 Squared at our Christmas tasting and I drank a Drie Fontain Hommage at the Deliruim Cafe in Brussels.

 

Brewdog The End of History...they're somewhere around $800 and come with a taxidermy squirrel lol

 

Stone's 02-02-02 - Sellers market, and that is if you can even find one. I saw the unopened set 02 through 011 last year for $990. The 02 alone was $350.

 

You're right. It was a charity auction held during his anniversary dock sale back in November. All the money went to a group that trains guide dogs for blind people.

 

Utopia probably.

Of more standard beers, I think Bolt Cutter at $25 was the highest around here (northern MI).

 

Thank god! For a minute i thought somevody would pay that for a glass full. We all love beer of all kinds but WOW! The cause was ligit though more power to him..

 

Stone Vertical Epic 02-02-02 listed right now on Craiglist (Inland-Empire, CA) for 500-800 a bottle. I think.there is an empty VE 02-02-02 going for around 150. I recently purchased a Magnum of the 12-12-12 for about 90 bucks. Going to cellar that one.

 

Theres a lot of beers out there that go for what people are willing to pay for it like Wooden Hell going for $500, the Barrel aged Dark Lords go for $200-$500 on ebay sometimes and I even seen one listed for a $1000 once. I tried to buy a bottle of Midnight Sun M once but it went over a $1000 and I just couldn't see spending that kinda cash for a beer. Even some of the earlier Bruery stuff goes for like $400-$700, its just who wants the bottles bad enough to pay out the ass for them.

 

Some guy on craigslist trying to sell Boulevard Chocolate Ale for $900.

 

I think Rare Bourbon County was priced at $80-100 a few years ago. Thats about the most expensive I've seen.

 

Fixed that for you.