Steel Toe Lunker: Cost

I was expecting $15 per bottle, but if they hit it out of the park none of us are going to have an issue with the price. If its not great we'd all still be disappointed at $15 so let's just hope this is another high quality local beer.

 

well someone was saying the non barrel aged barley wine was good, so I can only imagine how good this will be. plus steel toe puts out much better stuff compared to lift bridge, however, this might be homerism/I have been drinking beer all night.

 

Ding! Ding! Ding! (except Commander was only $18, which I thought ((and still do)) was high)

Mr. De Niro will be in good company.

 

I thought this was only $18 too?

 

Commander was $18 out the door (did end up finding it at several stores for less than $15), Lunker is eighteen and change before taxes and "Twenty twen twen" out the door.

 

Apropos of nothing, but can it possibly be as good as CW BBBW, a 4-pack of which is in the $12 neighborhood?

 

Your right $18 pre tax $20 after so we should probably just be saying $18.

 

Cranky old guy only. But you have a point. I think it is high. I was thinking somewhere in the 12-15 dollar range would be fair. Anything above 18 would be really tough to swallow. That being said, with such a low bottle count, I'm grabbing two for me and one for a buddy. Yeah, I suck. If it were 12-15, I would have bought 4 and brought mules with (actually sent them) for more.

 

Wasn't Commander $15 at the brewery on release day and then jumped to $18 retail?

 

No, no we shouldn't. It is $20 out the door. Do we say Darkness only costs $16.10? It is $18, that is what it costs per bottle to walk out the door with it.
On nationally/regionally distributed beer, when speaking in terms of $4$ trade value, tax is typically left off. But no one is say well Black Tuesday is only (I have no idea what the state/local/alcohol taxes are in Placentia, CA) $27.94, it's $30.

 

It was $15 at the release party (plus $10 to get in, you did get a glass), the next day it was $18. It didn't make into distribution for several weeks.

 

Your right in the brewery release out the door is probably the price to consider, I was more so going off the price to grab a commander of the retail shelf now or any other beer at the retail level for that matter.

 

I still think if the beer is great no one is going to complain about the price (other than regretting not buying more) Steel Toe is certainly putting their reputation on the line with this realse though hopefully they think it lives up to and exceeds the the price tag.

 

be that as it may, if this isn't amazing, which I doubt, rain maker is still one of my favorite beers and I will stick around.

 

Cautionary tale...

I didn't go to the first Darkness day because it was cold out, I was sick and it sounded expensive (for a beer that I had not tried). I wish that I had a "do over" for that night.

A bunch of my buddies camped out at the Surly brewery with a small handfull of others. The DKNS1 bottles these guys still posses would make some of you guys offer up your first born children. Plus, they have some pretty cool bragging rights by being campers at the the 1st real Surly fanboy event.

Steel toe is for real! Support that company. They are the best newcomer to the MN beer scene.

I wish that I could go!

 

Don't make the same mistake twice john!!!!

 

Not saying its a make or break beer but success could really push them to the next level locally. I hope they kill it and I regret not buying 4.

 

You mean knuck knock, bro...

 

Don't mistake my dislike of the price point, with dislike of the brewery. I will be waiting in line, front and center, bells on, etc...
I just don't like the constant upward pricing of limited releases. And this is just it, I don't like it. I'll deal with it; I'll bitch about it; I'll write long posts on various internet beer forums; But I'll also stand in line and put my nickles on the bar.

 

My beer life sucks this year! My GF's co-workers scheduled a suprise birthday party for her the same night. Instead of hanging with you fellas, I will be stuck at Chino Latino. If you see me, shoot me in the face.

Also, this year will be the 1st DLD that I have missed since year #1. I'm old and lame.