Weekend observations from BK - 3 Floyds, Founders, Dogfish Head

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  1. ynnpar

    ynnpar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2007 England

    So this past weekend I saw a couple of Three Floyds bottles at a shop in Brooklyn. One was a Christmas Porter for the bargain price of $27. Anyone know what's up with their distribution in NY? Also, a local cornershop is selling 4 packs of Old Curmudgeon at $9.99 but Burton Baton at $19.99. Erm?

    That's all.
     
    #1 ynnpar, May 8, 2012
  2. Knifestyles

    Knifestyles Initiate (0) Jun 7, 2005 New York

    Nonexistent. FFF does not distribute to NY.
     
    #2 Knifestyles, May 8, 2012
  3. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Where is the store? I will head over and buy all 3 bottles tomorrow?
     
    #3 SammyJaxxxx, May 8, 2012
  4. Jose2412

    Jose2412 Initiate (0) Feb 25, 2012 Michigan

    Curmudgeon and Burton Baton are different beers. 9.99 for the four pack is the going price for Curmudgeon
     
    #4 Jose2412, May 8, 2012
  5. stickboy1125

    stickboy1125 Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2012 Virginia

    $20 for Burton seems pretty high, it's ~$14 around here.
     
    #5 stickboy1125, May 8, 2012
  6. mark14580

    mark14580 Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2011 New York

    eagle provisions in Brooklyn was tweeting that they had three floyds. Didn't make it there but I don't know why they'd lie.
     
    #6 mark14580, May 8, 2012
  7. Knifestyles

    Knifestyles Initiate (0) Jun 7, 2005 New York

    They would lie if they were smart. It's not a good idea to advertise that you're selling a beer which is not legally distributed in the area.
     
    #7 Knifestyles, May 8, 2012
  8. ChefBergo

    ChefBergo Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2011 Illinois

    If it was three floyd's porter your getting ripped off. Alpha Klaus was only 12$ where I'm at in Illinois. Also I didn't think they distributed it up there. Maybe one of the people from the store went to the brew pub at some point and bought a case? I've seen the barrel aged versions on the shelf at one of my local spots for the slightly exaggerated price of 100$.
     
    #8 ChefBergo, May 8, 2012
  9. Etan

    Etan Initiate (0) Jul 11, 2011 Wisconsin

    Whichever shop is selling the Alpha Klaus really aren't presenting themselves well...selling non-distributed items commercially and way overcharging. Looks like they want to take advantage of the desperate in NY.
     
    #9 Etan, May 8, 2012
  10. Jakers90

    Jakers90 Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2011 Michigan

    My question is who's really going to police the sale of undistributed products. Only person I would for see even being knowledgable of this would more than likely be a rep for a local distributor & the ones I've met are most defintely not assholes that are going to turn
     
    #10 Jakers90, May 8, 2012
  11. Jakers90

    Jakers90 Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2011 Michigan

    But on a side note, definetly not worth any fines or potential revokation of any liscenses.
     
    #11 Jakers90, May 8, 2012
  12. Knifestyles

    Knifestyles Initiate (0) Jun 7, 2005 New York

    You'd be surprised....the NYLC would be happy to investigate, I'm sure.

    http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...uble-for-Selling-Wisconsin-Beer-73637282.html
     
    #12 Knifestyles, May 8, 2012
  13. ynnpar

    ynnpar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2007 England

    #13 ynnpar, May 8, 2012
  14. ynnpar

    ynnpar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2007 England

    Yep, that was the place. I don't follow them on twitter so I was unaware they'd announced it publicly. Weird.
     
    #14 ynnpar, May 8, 2012
  15. ynnpar

    ynnpar Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2007 England

    Finally - well aware that Old Curmudgeon and Burton Baton are different beers. Happen to like both and was, simply, surprised at the extreme difference in their price. 4 pack of OC at $10 seems OK to me. 4 of BB at $20 seems... too much.
     
    #15 ynnpar, May 8, 2012
  16. trenchtown4

    trenchtown4 Devotee (378) Apr 13, 2010 Massachusetts
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    wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes, they had Alpha King, Gumballhead 6-packs and Brian Boru 22's, he ran out of theother stuff they tweeted on Friday...there was probably someone associated with the store at DL Day and brought back a haul for the store.
     
    #16 trenchtown4, May 8, 2012
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