The Bruery Jardinier

Good to see its year round. Looking forward to trying this one.

 

Is it going to cost over $10 for a bottle? I don't see how the Bruery gets away with what they do.

 

PT Barnum was certainly right. 5 years ago, liquid gold. Now their bottles are dust collectors. I can truthfully say that of all the times I have been in shops, I have never seen one bottle purchased by anyone of any style beer by the Bruery. Makes you wonder who drinks this stuff.

 

It'll probably be 8.99-10.99 like hottenroth or loakal red.

 

I'm with @beernuts I don't know if I could see myself spending $10+ on this one. I'll wait for some reviews.

 

I will probably just get this one tap. Great to see something new on the shelves, but I'm in agreement with everyone in this thread. I have no idea who purchases all of those Bruery beers on the shelves.

 

i splurge for their big beers now and then, e.g. cuir. really love saison rue and a few others (saison rue best aged).

the thing i can't get behind is their commitment to their price point and, to a far greater extent, their commitment to the 750ml bottle format.

i can age saison rue and take it out for a special occasion, great.

i can drink half of their unbelievably good 15%~ or whatever beers like smoking wood, put a wine stopper on it, and drink the rest later. or split it.

but for other stuff, e.g. rugbrod, mischief, this new beer, i'm not buying that in 750ml bottles, if i'm buying it at all at a premium. goose island puts beer like sophie in 12oz bottles and still has the luxury look; you can do so too bruery.

i sort of understand their commitment, but it's still a hurdle for me actually buying their stuff.

 

I have liked the majority of what I have tried from The Bruery, but never enough to spend what it costs for one of their bottles. If I find their stuff on tap I am likely to get a pour though.

 

Do any of you ever look at "...haul" thread? A lot of people purchase The Bruery's shelf beers.

 

A <5% table beer from Bruery might be this year's most paradoxical release.

 

I will have to give this one a try soon.

 

I've gotten a couple of bottles- Tart of Darkness, Oude Tart, Mischief. Had Sour in the Rye on tap. I think they're worth trying once, particularly the $8-12 options. Then again, I think everything's worth trying once haha. However, this one seems like an oddball... but if it gets a good reception, I might treat myself.

 

I remember someone saying that FiftyFifty had made a specific business decision (it seems) to price their stuff a little higher than is "warranted," which allows them to keep their stuff on the shelves year round. Maybe it's the same type of decision for the Bruery; instead of pricing everything at $15-20 and making it difficult to get, they price it around $30, and suddenly people can get it whenever they want.

Honestly, I'm generally the type of person to pass on this sort of beer (my thinking always used to be "if it's $30 and won't sell, it can't be worth my money"), but I can see myself plunking down the cash for a bottle of Tart of Darkness every once in a while; it fits the same need that GI's Gillian and Halia (and the like) do, for me.

 

man, so many of their better beers are worth $30/750ml easy, and if that keeps them on the shelves all the better. people often ask stuff like, "is fruet / smoking wood / etc really so much better than (my local brewery's $15 barrel aged anniversary beer)?" and the answer is YES. is it better than bourbon county stout? no (maybe for one's tastes sure), but that beer is expensive as shit too.

tart of darkness is great, but honestly if i'm spending that much for an american sour i'd rather lost abbey or cascade. the spirit barrel aged strong ales though, bruery is top 5 at that stuff IMO. i would personally drink the fruet/bois/cuir/coton line over pretty much any other "big barrel aged beer" on the market. offhand i can only think of a handful of better beers, like $45 barrel aged xyauyu, or NEBCO redrum, or the better hill farmstead BBA stouts... and these beers are completely eclipsed by the bruery ones in terms of availability (pun kind of intended... i love eclipse too).

 

Why do people think it will be expensive? I get saison de lente for 7.99- 8.99, I don't see this being a huge price. Jester king has petite prince and commercial suicide that go for 8-9 as well

 

I think in PA / MD / VA / DE those prices are like 9.99 - 10.99 so I guess people are saying that that's pricey, but for 750 ml, I don't think $10-11 is pricey because I know I paid more per ounce for other stuff. Then again I like the Bruery and buy a lot of their stuff. Just wish we had it in Western PA

 

I buy the hell out of Hottenroth when it's out, and then maybe one SITR per year, but that's about it. Maybe have an occasional offering on tap from them if the price is right. Will try this one though.

 

$10 for a stone bomber, but $10 for a bruery 750ml.... And ppl are complaining !!!!!

 

@beernuts curious to know if you even drink good beer?!??