Tavour experiences

Can't complain about the new delivery service. Seems quicker and I can't complain if the beer was less than stellar because of unusual record breaking heat or if they sat in a truck all weekend in 100+ F. The beer tastes fine. Haven't gotten through the big stouts yet.

I guess I have spent enough at Tavour to qualify for the secret stashes. The problem is that they are sold out before I have any idea that they even are available. Not that I missed out on anything I would want.

 

Interesting. My shipments came speedee as well. Guess I'm done with tavour for now as well, though I haven't ordered anything in over 6 months or so. Halftime beverages has been my go to mail order beer company for the last few purchases.

 

Would love to give Tavour a try but I'm running into the same issues that @Peach63 ran into.

I am a bit surprised that they don't have a web site that could support ordering.

 

So I grabbed Gutted a couple of weeks ago and have been sitting on that crate for a bit, and added a couple of ipas shortly after thinking that I would see a couple more beers that piqued my interest. Now my crate is closing in two days and seeing a 3 beer crate has me thinking I better try something else in my feed. I find myself considering beers that I may not even like simply because I want to take advantage of the shipping rates. I think that, outside of a few BA releases that I do not have access to and would gladly pay the inflated prices, I may be done with the platform again. It seems halftime gets a lot of the same hard to aquire beers and more. And I don't have to wait for something else to pop. I grab my "whale" and some other more readily available beers to try and I'm done.

 

Dude. Closed my crate last night after postponing for 4 weeks hoping to fill it out, rusty nail drops this morning. DaFUQ.

 

Time to open a new box. Amirite?

seriously though that’s generally how it does. Crap for a few weeks then close then boom something you want.

 

I believe that each bottle/can label needs to be approved by ATF and possibly state authorities. They can't just buy a keg, bottle it, and ship it out. I don't see how they could make this work as a series of one-offs. A heads-up from the authorities or from a knowledgeable colleague might have caused them to change business model.

 

By choosing mostly high ABV stouts I've managed to keep my crate open long enough to include all of the below in a single shipment without getting the "don't let your beer go bad" message:

• Coolship Resurgam - Allagash
• Frayja - Anchorage
• Gutted - Anchorage
• Sent by Liars - Anchorage
• Juan De Bolas - Aslin
• Velvet Merkin (2016 Vintage) - Firestone Walker
• Brew 5000 - Fremont
• Extended Barrel-Aged DORIS - Hoppin' Frog
• Barrel-Aged BORIS - Hoppin' Frog
• DDH Vapor Ringz - Other Half
• Helles Lager - pFriem

This is set to ship next week, and I didn't see the Rusty Nail pop up this morning, so fingers crossed that I don't have the same luck with timing. Or more likely, I just won't see it pop up at all.

 

I never got the “don’t let your beer go bad message” and often would wait 3-4 months before shipments, but I never bought IPAs or anything like that until I was about to close a box

 

Nah, I get Fremont bottles on my local shelves. Batch 5000 never popped on my feed but I was able to nab some bottles easily on my way home. No need to start another crate.

 

Does every order get delayed in shipping? Every single one of mine has and I am wondering if this is a standard thing.

 

Just got my first crate in over a year, silky smooth as has been my experience previously.

 

I’ve had 2 get delayed. Once was because it was too cold to continue in transit and held for 2 days and once was one of my last crates

 

Just had a horrible experience with the latest delivery courier (Street Fleet) that will prevent me from using Tavour. Have to make a complaint to the delivery service for all the good that will do.

 

Can you give more detail? Just received my first via Street Fleet & other than receiving the box on Thursday & not delivering it until Tuesday (their location is about 25 minutes away) I didn't have any issues. But I'd like to be aware just in case...

 

I have these type of packages delivered to my workplace since I am rarely at home during delivery hours. I arrange it that a CSR will sign or take responsibility for the package. Never a problem before. This particular driver refused to let someone else take it and required me to come and get it. I had to be tracked down and retrieved and come to the lobby. The driver then proclaims, "I got a box of booze for you!". There were customers around and all their heads jerked around because I have a very safety sensitive job. How about some discretion? I then had to walk outside with the driver and they required a photograph of my ID. What? I then had to pull the box out of the trunk of their car. The car was loaded with a bunch of identical Tavour boxes so if you got one on Wednesday it was probably the same driver.

 

Some people have no self-awareness. That's bizarre. I'd certainly let Tavour know.

The guy who dropped mine off was in a van & I've never been asked for a photo of my ID...also bizarre. Sounds like you had a tone-deaf tool delivering to you.

 

I emailed Tavour and they responded and apologized and thanked me for the feedback. They said they will contact the courier.

 

Pretty excited to see Revolution's Supermassive Cafe Deth. Do any of their barleywines ever make it to Tavour? Thanks.

 

I have only been on Tavour for about a year, but the only other Revolution barrel aged thing I've seen is Deth by Cherries a few months ago. I think there have been a few ipas too, but don't quote me on thay.

 

I grabbed one before I really even realized how much it was, but if I'm being honest, I probably still would have grabbed one even if I had immediately noticed. I was just excited it wasn't sold out. From what I can find online, these sold for $100 (or thereabouts) at the taproom upon release as well, so Tavour isn't really marking it up. Based on a quick Google search, they're already going for insane amounts on the grey/secondary market it looks like, making $100 a steal.

 

They were $70 a pop from the brewery. At least this batch was. Maybe last batch was more. But still $100 a bottle on Tavour.

 

Gotcha. They were $50 for a 16oz can last year on Tavour, and I believe they sold for about $30 - $40 from the brewery.

 

For sure, and I honestly don't either typically, but some comments on Anchorage's Instagram posts regarding this release made me reallllly curious. I'll just say, "yikes."

 

Oh geez -- between this and all the Side Project drops lately, my poor, poor wallet...

 

If it pops for me I'll be buying ADWTD. Been iso forever. The trade value is stupid, if it weren't for tavour I would never have a chance.

 

I can’t believe it’s still available. Previous batch was gone in 10 min

 

I just had a nice experience with Tavour. With how much beer I have at the moment I didn’t want to add anymore to my crate but an ipa bundle popped up that I wanted so I waited hoping it would stay in the app until after my crate closed and I could start a new one with it. It didn’t quite stay long enough but didn’t sell out either so I emailed them about it and they added it to my new crate for me. Didn’t expect to be able to do that. Pretty cool.

 

That’s weird. That one has dropped twice for me in the last month or so. Bought it for myself and then for a coworker.

 

It's a weird algorithm they use. We will see if I get a shot at adwtd

 

It’s out of the secret stash and onto regular availability. Hope that means you have a crack at it!

 

Been watching all week with nothing.

 

Yeah, the carrier that used to cover my region parted ways with Tavour. They were terrible as the last leg. I shifted my delivery site to a Pennsylvania store, and it’s been much better, despite the new 2-hour trip to get there.

 

Old school on Tavour right now! East End Gratitude, haven't had that in 10 years. Looking forward to getting reacquainted.

 

TO ADWTD was up yesterday for most of the day yesterday. Only $100. I think it was $75 at Anchorage.

 

I speak good. Also, when I say most of the day, I got a notification around noon and it sold out sometime yesterday night. Was up for a good 7-8 hours I believe.

 

It went up as a secret stash on Friday, lasted a few days.