Voodoo Barrel Room Collection Release 3 details

@Steve_Oldrati I assume you are aware of this

 

Not sure how I feel about having to buy a whole allotment. I personally would not want to buy 2 bottles of a BA IPA; that could just be me, though.

 

want not want? what do you mean?

 

Edited.

 

Aha makes sense. I am slow today

 

edit: read it wrong

 

@PuckIt

 

Meh.... Two separate 9-hour round trips doesn't sound very appealing (IF I would even make it in time to buy an allotment). I believe I will be sitting this one out. The only thing that makes me want to go to the release is the previous BA beers they'll probably have on tap.

I already made my girlfriend commit to going to this release this year. Maybe I'll parlay that promise into a Vermont road trip instead; one less hour of driving time to HF and back! Haha

Good luck and enjoy to those that are lucky enough to attend!

 

I 100% get your point, but we're talking about a pretty well-known brewery with a good reputation, and a limited release. Unless it's terrible do you really anticipate having that much trouble trading it away $4$?

 

I would not anticipate that at all, but spending $42 just to trade them isn't appealing to me. Your mileage may vary.

 

In 20 minutes they already sold 30 allotments. They're going fast!

 

Wow...I won't be able to get there until way later tonight...10-11 or so. I wonder if it's even worth trying to make that happen?

 

Go for it. At the very least you can enjoy a glass of AB GNVP when you get there!

 

I love reading the comments from some of the people that can't make it, making lame excuses on other BA threads "These beers probably won't be that good" or "yeah they just don't appeal to me this time, what a let down" .... HAHA hilarious because these are probably the same people who would have their tent set up first had the announcement given lead time. And don't try and knock a brewery that has consistently made some off the charts barrel aged beers. "I'll get Gratitude since it's better blah blah" ... no no it's definitely not going to be better. Voodoo is legit!

 

Wouldn't be ideal, certainly, so if it's a style I'm unsure about I'd make sure to open one with others, rather than alone, but I'd be unlikely to trade away both.

In terms of buying anything specifically to trade, everything you trade away was at some point purchased, whether you had the trade in mind at the time of the purchase, or not, seems somewhat irrelevant once it's in a box; and since it's something limited and will fetch offers for other limited beer (even assuming a $4$ trade) it has value to me above the retail cost as it aided me in acquiring something I wanted but would not have been able to get as easily without it.

There are two points though where my mileage does not vary; the first being that $41 is a big number to have tied up until a trade is found, and it's definitely a gamble that the product is sub-par and you end up losing some of its value (eg sending it as an extra). My gut tells me that it will have enough demand even if it isn't the greatest thing ever that neither of these issues are likely to be problematic, but I admit they certainly are worth considering.

Keeping in mind, my first comment was that I 100% get where you're coming from; my points since are as much devil's advocate as disagreement.

 

Derp. No one in that thread said that Gratitude was better. I said they made my decision easy because it's not feasible for me to get to Meadville in time to sign up. No one said anything about Voodoo not being legit either, they're awesome.

 

Not everyone trades

 

This is true, but I know that the person I was speaking to does.

 

I'm sure I was one of those people that you're referring to, but my comments were born out of legitimate opinion of the beer styles. I sure as shit wouldnt be overnighting in the cold for them either. This method would have actually been easier for me to do.

Derp indeed.