Tavour experiences

Sounds interesting but wouldn't want to sign up without seeing what they have to offer- any members care to post a list?

 

I signed up and I still have no idea what the hell is going on

 

A sample of the last few days:

Death of a Contract Brewer: $7.98 a 22
Nogne India Saison $9.99 for a 500
Freigeist Geisterzug $7.49 for a 500
Speakeasy Vendetta IPA $7.79 for a 22
Base Camp Lost Meridian $5.99 for a 22
Trois Pistoles for $8.99 for a 750

So not a lot of crazy exclusive stuff. I'm not sure if the prices are good or not. I think it's more meaningful for people not in close proximity of good beer shops.

Their initial plan, which was more interesting, was to buy kegs from beweries of things that weren't otherwise bottled / canned and then sell those. For example, they sold bottles of Boneyard Hop Venom and RPM in their early days. I'm not sure if they still plan to get back to that idea, but THAT was business I'd be very excited about.

 

Yeah, it's basically stuff you can get at the bottle shop down the street. I was also excited about them talking about bringing in out of area bottles, but it just hasn't happened. Maybe with expansion they can grow into being more than what they are currently.

 

Those offerings are pretty awful. Especially Trois - is there somewhere you CAN'T get Unibroue?

 

Do you mean the beers themselves are awful or just not unique enough?

As I said, I think it's a better fit for people in places without good distribution. I don't know what you can and can't get in the middle of nowhere ... and if it's there, has it sat on shelves for an eternity? I think their shipping is pretty affordable. I think there's a person this could work for ... but it's not me / you / many of us.

Again, I REALLY hope they get back to counter pressure filling and capping bottles from odd kegs. Seems like a cool model both for consumers an for small breweries that can't afford to bottle / distribute everything ... or for releases that are small batch enough that there's not enough for mass distribution.

 

Not unique enough. If you want me to use a service like this, then the offerings need to be enticing. I'm not just saying this as somebody spoiled in Southern California, but I question if there's a beer on that list that would excite somebody. Base Camp would be the least distributed beer on the list, and I doubt that would make anyone want to use the service - especially for a Wit.

 

This is actually a really neat service considering what it is, what they do, and how they do it.

What fsck said above about how they're basically stuff that you can get down the street at a local bottle shop is only partly true. People who live on the west coast sometimes forget that you can't get a lot of these brands east of us, even as near as Arizona. If you live in Seattle or San Diego, sure maybe you don't necessarily want to get involved in a mail-order beer service but for a ton of people across the USA? Heck yeah! For virtually the same cost as a bottleshop, you can get it delivered straight to your door. Really, this is entirely cool for 80% of America who doesn't live in metropolitan west coast beer mecca.

Those of you not living in Washington State looking for coveted Sound Brewery beer? Yeah, this is how you're going to get it. I'm ordering my Sound Sommerweizen from them as we speak.

Again, if you live in metro beer mecca, this might not be perfect for you, but if you live somewhere else where the only store near you is a supermarket with lame selection, the convenience of this service is pretty darn cool. Especially for lazy people, and lets face it, we're all a lil lazy sometimes, right? Hah.

Cheers

 

For the most part, I can't find any IPA they have in stores here (beer central SF Bay Area), which is why I use them. With one exception they have all been good, some of them (e.g. Valiant Alpha Drive) exceptional. They don't seem to have as many IPAs this month compared to last.

 

I like how the signup window sits there and prevents you from doing anything else on the website after the 5-10second leeway. Sure I could turn on noscript, but this website is trying to force my hand.

 

Too much work. I am just deeming the site too much of a hastle and until I can browse the selections I will just act like it doesn't exist

I don't really care if they have somewhat common beers. If they are a better price than I can get elsewhere, it is a good program

 

Woh, really?

 

Used it a few times and enjoyed it. There's not a huge selection..they mail you a new beer they have a day...you reply to email, "I want two" they put it in your "box". Two days later another peeks your interest repeat the process, it adds to your box. Now your box has a date it is set to be shipped, usually a month or so out, so you can get a good chunk of beers if you want, and get it shipped for $15. 1 beer or 14 beers, its $15. Only buy what you want, though, not everything is available for long...sometimes there will be beers emailed a few days before still up for purchase, sometime next day it's nits, assuming it sold out. Nothing crazy rare, but nab stuff that sounds interesting not available here in so cal.

 

Be warned - Tavour hits you with 9.6% sales tax on every purchase = Seattle city tax.

 

been using it for about 3 months now..... good way to spend your money quick lol.... decent selection seems like they have been expanding outside of the west coast recently. The last few weeks they offered Le petit prince from jester king which was kinda cool to see. Overall its cool if u wanna try stuff you dont normally see. I think its worth trying out at least for 1 month. Oh and now that they have an app its makes it way easier to order.

 

It sounds like you work for them

 

I've been using them for about 9 months now and really like the service. It's unique from other mail order beer services out there in that you are on the hook for nothing. Sign up for free, get an account without any requirement to purchase a beer. I've enjoyed the ability to get beers that either aren't at my local bottleshop or are gone before I'm able to get my hands on one. The prices seem right in line with the bottleshops in the area, from what I've seen.

Picked up a bomber of barrel aged B.O.R.I.S. recently for $15 that I can't wait to enjoy.

I do live in the Seattle area so I chose the pick up option which means I don't ever pay for the beer to be shipped. And yes, Seattle sales tax sucks, but I pay it anyway, no matter where I shop so the downfalls don't seem prominent to me.

 

I keep seeing facebook ads that have Fremont Brewing's barrel aged stuff. I think it's either Dark Star or Abominable. I would totally buy those, but not sure if it's just a trick to lure me in....

 

I get the daily emails, and have ordered some stuff on my friends account. You only have to pay once you order something, so if you're not interested in that days brews, ya just delete the email, and go on your way. They do offer a lot of PNW brews that are easily accessible for me, so there's not much incentive for me on a lot of things. But, they do offer up some interesting stuff sometimes, and it's free to window shop, so what the hell? Their service is good, and if you know you're going to be in Seattle, you can just go pick your box up.

Plus, here's an earlier thread on Tavour: http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/issues-with-tavour.337231/

 

That's what lured me in. Got a mix of like 9 bottles of Fremont BA stuff and it was only $15 to ship. Hasn't been a lot of other stuff worth ordering lately, but I am really glad I joined for those

 

Been using Tavour around 9 months and have been glad to try a lot of PNW beers that aren't readily available in the Bay Area. In fact, I just had a Saison from Woodland Empire in Idaho earlier today. They have an app that makes ordering pretty easy. My only problem is I always end up buying more beer than I can drink!

 

Totally with you on this one. There's a few breweries up that way that I never see down here in San Diego. I've enjoyed using Tavour quite a bit to try bottles that I can't get here.

 

I live in Ohio and have been getting west coast stuff from them for months now. IPA's are hit or miss on freshness but the company is great. If you spend enough money with them you can get on their VIP list and get crazier things offered. At least that's what I assume. I accidentally got a VIP email offering something rare, told them I'd take one and got a reply saying "we're sorry, you weren't supposed to get that email" and they discounted my next purchase. Now I got another VIP email for real this time. Some Ale Apothecary barrel aged sours. Dropped $65 on two bottles but that's the going rate for great sours so...

 

I have been getting their emails for months and didn't bite until now. It is called Hoppin Honey from Rooftop Brewing Co. A 22oz for $14. I got it because I've never had the braggot style and am curious to try.
I replied yesterday, xmas eve. Can anyone tell me roughly when I can expect a response and for my shipment to arrive. What can I expect via shipping cost? (I live in NY)

 

My other questions are that when I order different items a day or two apart, do they ship together or separately? Also, has anyone ordered IPAs from this site? If so, did they arrive expediently and relatively fresh?

 

I use them, quite happy with the service. No whales offered but lots of things I can't get it my area. Too easy to reply "I'll take 3-4"... then the wife starts commenting on the accumulating boxes in the pantry.
I've ordered plenty of PNW IPAs. Freshness generally not an issue, though nothing perfect. I'd say about a 70-75% hit rate.

 

They give you a deadline to build a "crate" up to a certain date. Anything you order before that date gets shipped together, then a new crate is started with a new shipping date. They have an app that makes it pretty easy to check and keep track of it. The only hoppy beer I ordered from them was pseudo sue, I think it was 4-5 weeks old when I got it but they disclosed the bottling date and the shipping date before you purchased so there was no surprises there.

 

I just placed an order for Big Bad Baptist. Will see how it goes!

 

I placed an order on 11/18 for 6 Abraxas. In remaining month and a half that I had my order open I ordered about a dozen more beers. I received the package last week. Everything was there but I was missing FOUR Abraxas! The main reason I even started an order. I emailed Them after the end of the business day on Saturday, quite frankly freaking out because I didn't want them to think I was lying. Yesterday I got an email back, short but saying "Thanks for letting us know about the mistake, we are investing and will get to the bottom of it."
This is my second time getting anything from them. First time was extremely easy. This time it's pretty awful. I will update when they get back to me.
Best case scenario they track down those four bottles!

 

I've been ordering from them for over a year now. Very happy with them.

 

Anyone ever had any missing bottles? I have 5 missing from last shipments - emailed them but nothing back from them. Nothing wrong with my first shipment but this previous shipment, missing bottles. No communication. Weird.

 

I was missing 4 Abraxas bottles. No explanation but they did refund my money. I had to bed for shipping back as compensation since they didn't offer to replace the beer with something as good. I was very turned off. They screwed up big time and didn't make it right.
Part of me is thinking they conned me into to ordering from them to start a basket and then turned around and said they didn't have all those. They still made money off of me by having me buy other bottles. But I never would have started the basket if they didn't offer Abraxas.
They suck in my opinion. I cannot recommend them.

 

I've emailed them twice about the issue and nothing back. Going to wait a few more days and call and escalate yet again. Glad to see that I am not the only one.

 

Got my first crate yesterday. Only hassle was having to sign for it, but I understand that necessity. Can't wait to crack a Baptista!

 

I signed up earlier this month, after being referred by a friend.

Really enjoying the experience so far. However I've yet to fill my first crate yet. If you're not paying attention, it can get expensive pretty quick.

Probably the last thing I needed was an easier/more convenient way to buy beer though....

 

I just received my first crate. I had an order of 14 items (12 cans, 2 bombers) that arrived via GSO. There was a packing slip included that made inventory easy - everything was there. Package was pretty good....was a big box (slightly bigger than a wine box) with cardboard lattice to separate the beers. It was fine for cans, but there was no additional cushioning for the bottles. If

So far pretty happy with the experience

 

Having a horrible experience with GSO. Unfortunately, this was also my first experience with Tavour.

 

Having a terrible experience as well. Ordered 2 cans of pseudoSue more than a month ago and they still havent shown up. The app is awful, the UI is terrible. I accidentally added a beer to my "cellar" once (the first time I used the app) and they automatically charged my credit card. There is no remove button. They use a delivery service here in NYC that calls from a blocked numbers like a damn drug dealer. Got no tracking number so I had no idea the beer was out for delivery. When I told the guy I wasnt home he said "Ok Sorry" so I asked if they could deliver it tomorrow "We dont do that," he said an hung up. So I email tavour and they say we can move you to the night delivery schedule that comes after work hours. Great. Not so much, the delivery window they gave me is two weeks out, today. The packaged never showed up and I just received a text saying my delivery is scheduled for tomorrow!? I'm beyond frustrated with this company...

 

Yeah, everything else with Tavour was pretty good but shipping seems to be a big problem. Unless you can ship it to your work or you work from home, it's basically impossible to plan a day off to be there to sign for it. My first month it took 4 days from box close to delivery. My second month it took 10 days. Doesn't help that their estimate is always 7 days but you don't know when they'll actually deliver until the night before.