Row 2, Hill 56 Bottles Now Available

So is Blind Pig a rip off? Since it's 0.1% lower ABV, it should be more of a rip off than Row 2.

Also, drink alpha session out of a growler. It's better that way anyway.

 

Huh? Blind Pig is 6.1%, Row 2 is 5.8%. Neither is a great deal at $5 / 500mL -- I imagine this is why they stopped bottling Blind Pig as much....

What are you getting at? I don't understand.

 

For some reason I thought Row 2 was 6.2. Not sure why.

Regardless, I'll drink Row 2 at that price all day, so if it's too high for other people then awesome, more for me.

 

Totally understand... Leaves more fresh Little Sumpin' Sumpin' on the shelves for me...

 

This part is funny because we have probably never been into the same store in the same week.

 

If it happens, looks like the July 14th weekend would be the weekend. I'll let ya know asap when I know. . .

If you like road trips, we're having a small pool party/disc golf skins game/bbq/sonnen-silva ii ppv fight/poker game/bottle share this saturday in fallon. My dad has four, 5 gal kegs, in the makeshift kegerator fridge in the garage, the orange cream ale and porter are decent, I forget what the other two taps are. Come check it out if ya can, we're still getting the bottle list settled . . .

Bruery hottenroth
Bruery 100% cuir
Bruery 100% fruet
Cantillon classic gueueze
Central waters bourbon barrel barleywine
Ithaca leblue
New belgium tart lychee (growler?)
FiftyFifty eclipse grand cru
Founders All Day IPA
Speedway Stout
Drake's Alpha Session
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
SNPA
GI Bramble BCS
GI Juliet/Lolita
FW Abacus
Allagash Old HLT
RR Beatification
Mickey's Malt Liquor
Lindemens Gueuze

 

Man, pretty nice list so far. If you end up heading down to RR on the weekend of the 14th let me know. I may be able to head down there and meet you for a few beers.

 

Zombie Dust trades even after shipping are still cheaper than buying Row 2 which is not as good an APA. RR pricing is crazy.

 

Yes, BP is overpriced. It's a good beer though.

 

I don't think either of those points are true.

Also, am I the only one in the world who isn't impressed with zombie dust? A 6.4% citra pale should be significantly better than that.

 

Thanks, between James moving to Vegas real soon, 4thish of July weekend, the ufc ppv etc. . . I decided to break out some of my faves to share around the pool with a few friends. Speaking of which, 3F Schaerbeekse & Tilquin Gueuze added to the list. . .

I definitely will let ya know if we head to RR in 2 weeks. Hoping it happens, just have to get one matter addressed before I can confirm.

I know its a 3 hour drive for ya, but you, Hilary, Abel etc. . . are always more than welcome out here this Saturday, got plenty of space for everyone staying overnight.

 

I'm not a big fan, but it's rare that I enjoy single hopped Citra beers unless there's a lot more going on in it.

 

That would be hella sweet, but unfortunately Hill works this weekend. If you come down for RR we should open up a few beers at my place the night before RR, I have plenty of room here.

 

^^Word. Hope it happens. I'll beermail you with the word on the sitchamation.

 

Any Nor Cal heads wanna ship me a bottle???

 

Any sightings south of Bay Area?

 

I live in Napa and just went to my first bottle share with Stupac and Kanos777. Can you PM me the info for this in case I can make it? :-)

 

72oz of ZD is $20 shipped to San Diego. $10 for the sixxer, $10 shipping. The cost per oz goes WAY down if your partner ships you a case. $25 shipping and $35 for the case. Then you're looking at $60 total for 288oz.

72oz of R2 is $21.23 plus tax versus $20 for the ZD.
288oz of R2 is $85.04 plus tax versus $60 for the ZD.

ZD is cheaper, even after shipped especially in quantity. Wow, after that simple math it is even more amazing what a ripoff R2 is. You can argue that R2 tastes better - all opinion. It is a ripoff though and RR gouges for it. It's an APA, not an expensive DIPA hop bomb. The fact that a comparable beer in style and quality is cheaper even when shipped across half the country by an individual - how can you argue R2 is not a ripoff?

 

I don't know where you're getting those shipping numbers from, but they're not correct. Using FedEx's website (and using the 7.8 lbs I just weighed a 6-pack of 12 ounce bottles at) I see $14.25 for a sixer, and $36.25 for a case. That's without packaging, which would add a decent amount of weight but I don't feel like adding in or making guesses about.

Also, I'm reasonably confident (but admittedly not entirely sure since I don't inspect receipts) that the $5 advertised price at RR includes tax/deposit (etc), which makes their prices look more expensive than they are.

Regardless of all of that, I don't really see why it being more expensive than something else makes it a ripoff. I mean, whether or not the price of something is worth paying is, in regards to beer, just as subjective as how good it tastes. I happen to think that $5 a pint is a perfectly reasonable price to pay for Row 2 and will gladly pay it, and so will lots of other people. That you don't think it's worth that doesn't say anything about whether or not it's correctly priced.

 

You are correct; $5 includes tax and deposit.