Which FiftyFifty Eclipse?

Discussion in 'Pacific' started by Thickfreakness, Jan 20, 2013.

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  1. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    If you could only get one of the recently released FiftyFifty Eclipse, which bottle would you grab and why?

    1. Elijah Craig (purple)
    2. Evan Williams (black)
    3. Rittenhouse Rye (green)
    4. Mellow Corn (gold)
    5. Berheim Wheat (tan)
    6. Old Fitzgerald (blue)
     
  2. sweatervest27

    sweatervest27 Initiate (0) Oct 13, 2009 Ohio

    Number 1, on the sole basis of me liking purple.
     
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  3. stuart3368

    stuart3368 Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2011 Colorado

    I couldn't decide on just one so I have purple, gold, and green at the house right now!
     
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  4. CarolinaKevin

    CarolinaKevin Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2010 North Carolina

    1 or 2, just love what EC and EW barrels does to a beer
     
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  5. SimpsonsFan714

    SimpsonsFan714 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2011 California

    I would go with the Elijah Craig 12 year. Last year I drank an EC18 and it was phenomenal. I imagine the EC12 would have to be good, and even if it's just a fraction as good as the EC18 was it would still be awesome.
     
  6. fujindemon74

    fujindemon74 Pooh-Bah (1,797) Nov 7, 2012 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    Old Fitzgerald because I haven't had one yet.
    But I wouldn't pay more than $23.
     
  7. fmccormi

    fmccormi Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2010 California

    Aye, there's the rub. We've got the whole series here in CNY but they're running $27.99-30.99, from what I've seen. Kinda want to try these beers, but far too rich for my blood.
     
  8. fujindemon74

    fujindemon74 Pooh-Bah (1,797) Nov 7, 2012 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    That's the thing about Eclipse.
    Really good beer, too expensive in comparison to BCBS, Parabola, and BA B.O.R.I.S.
     
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  9. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    $27.99 near me! Only two places with-in 50 miles got any.
     
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  10. OneBeertoRTA

    OneBeertoRTA Initiate (0) Jan 2, 2010 California

    Purple
    Black
    Blue
    Green

    All very good though. Did they make it out to the shelves in NYC?
     
  11. Jtc2811

    Jtc2811 Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2011 California

    It seems excessive to me when the cost of a beer aged in a whisky barrel is close to the same price as that whisky
     
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  12. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    The Albany, NY area.
     
  13. kawilliams81

    kawilliams81 Pooh-Bah (1,893) Feb 27, 2009 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah

    They're all sitting on shelves in Chicago. People figured out its nowhere near a $30 a bottle beer.
     
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  14. ArchEnemyBrew

    ArchEnemyBrew Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2010 Washington

    Don't bother. None are that impressive and are massively overpriced.
     
  15. iceatalamo

    iceatalamo Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2011 Michigan

    I got one of each so this question is irrelevant.
     
  16. jplopez21

    jplopez21 Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2012 Illinois

    Theyve been staring me in the face everytime i go to binnys, even though i can afford it i find it hard justifying spending 30 dollars on a bottle. 20 is reasonable but 30 is ridic.
     
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  17. Levitation

    Levitation Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2009 California

    shogokawada said the same thing the other day.

    so did i, and people jumped down my throat for it. (but i've been saying it for months.)

    it's not a message people want to hear, but breaking the underlying whiskey's price point is an important psychological barrier.
     
  18. MinorThreat

    MinorThreat Savant (1,235) Apr 7, 2008 Nebraska

    Honestly I'd try to trade for last years 18(20) yr Elijah Craig with white wax. Its the best I've had (have not had coffee or pvw)
     
  19. Thickfreakness

    Thickfreakness Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2010 New York

    I would think that the beer aged in barrels, costs WAY more in the end than just the whiskey itself. Maybe I'm crazy, but I have a feeling that these companys have caught on and don't just give "old barrells" away.
     
  20. Levitation

    Levitation Initiate (0) Aug 7, 2009 California

    why? 99% of barrel-aged beer costs less than most good-quality whiskeys. are you suggesting barrel-aged beer is low-margin or even a loss leader? i find that extremely unlikely.

    they aren't, but bourbon barrels can only be used once, by law. you can't call it bourbon if you reuse a barrel. so the used barrels have to be sold. i don't know the full economics going on; i imagine a lot of distilleries don't want beer piggybacking on the brand they've created, so i don't know how breweries get away with advertising, "now aged on pappy!!" quite brazenly. there may be some lawsuits over trademarks in the future.

    i think the beer industry is largely cannibalizing resold barrels (way more breweries want barrels now than 4 years ago), in addition to the normal demand that existed from e.g. scotch distilleries (which often buy used bourbon barrels).
     
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