These are hard because there’s a super tiny sample size related to other breweries. 100-120/bottle? They tend to trade slightly above Floodland bottles. Hard to gauge with Hill. Definitely not up there with Art/Ann. Maybe at Samuel level in some cases. The older or one-offs would likely be a little more. People also tend to love their gin barrel aged beers. The 500ml bottles would likely be less. (Jelly, donut, that’s all for now)
Kind of both. I have traded some. And have seen many trades. What complicates it is they’re most often part of a larger trade. And also just as often traded for bourbon or money. Even more often between friends that aren’t posting it publicly. It would take me a long time to go through Facebook and ba history to track it all down.
Can anyone kindly chime in to let me know how Nebuleus releases work? I don't see any sort of website and their Insta is scant on info.
Yeah, there's not a whole lot of current information. New School did a pretty comprehensive article about them, but that was 3 years ago. Nebuleus Beer weaves cult Saison magic into Small Oregon Brewery of the Year — New School Beer + Cider @bret27 started a thread a couple years ago, inquiring about Nebuleus at the time. There wasn't a lot of information about them back then, and unfortunately not much has changed. They did have a website at one time, but it's no longer operational (which often is not a good sign). I know they donated a couple bottles of their beer to the annual Brews for New Avenue event in 2023, but that's the most recent online reference I can find for them. I live in the PDX area, so I have heard of them (back when New School listed them as the most anticipated brewery for 2021), but I've never seen a bottle and know of only one person who has ever actually tried one of their beers. He's a friend, so I'll reach out to him to see if he has any more current information.
Helpful info, thank you! Sounds like they're closer to some of the nano breweries on the East Coast like Willow Park where only those in the know get beer. Was curious as to whether releases were "rare" or "nonexistent" as I look for options to hit in the PDX area later this year.
I'm not sure how often the releases take place, but my friend thinks there's a release coming up soon. He's friends with a friend of the brewer, and can typically get up to date info from him. I'm told that Instagram is the only way to find out exact dates and times for upcoming releases. They list the information to their stories, so there's no record of previous releases on their Instagram page. So it sounds like you need to check their Instagram page regularly if you want to find out about upcoming releases. My friend mentioned that he'll try to remember to shoot me a text if he gets advance information about an upcoming release. He confirmed releases sell out very quickly... in a matter of minutes apparently. It appears production is still very limited, but prices sound fairly reasonable. Generally $30 for a 750 ml bottle and $20 for 500 ml bottles. In my experience, all this spells considerable difficulty in arranging a trade for bottles. Demand is high, supply is very limited, and pricing isn't outrageous.
The last release involved purchasing a Miller Highlife from their briefly revived website, which secretly got you an email at a random time a few days later with a presale code to reserve bottles for the release, which was in person and cash only.
Agreed. They're from PDX, so many of us had an inking where they may gave gotten this idea from. Some years ago, back when it was particularly hard to find (Pliny the Younger), a local popular taphouse listed Miller High Life on their draft list. This was a taphouse that never has or had an AAL on tap, so it was clear this was some sort of joke. In fact, MHL was code for Younger... if you ordered a glass of MHL, you would get a glass of Younger. Not everyone was entirely happy or amused by this little ploy, but it's a story that even to this day most people recall. It's become rather legendary in PDX.
Nice, thanks for the context. Interesting stuff. For better or for worse, not something we see too much of anymore in craft beer, understandably.
As I've been out in Oregon the past few weeks visiting in-laws, I was excited when they started posting Instagram stories again at the beginning of the month, as surely a release/pick-up event would happen before I go home this week. So of course, the month went by with nothing more than their IG account posting additional in-joke/no-context stories that made no sense to a non-local.
