I bought a budweiser at a redsox game for like 8$. Not the best 8 I ever spent. How dare you say that name on here!! Shame on you for spending any money on that SH-T! I wouldn't drink it if it was free. Not worth even throwing a ping pong ball in.
$50 bottle of 2012 lost abbey cable car that i had to drink on premises! Wtf!?! If u pay 50$ for a 750 ml u should be able to do what u want eith it!
This is how I feel about it. It's not like I am drinking $20+ bottles of beer every night. I don't mind spending that on a bottle I plan on enjoying with a few buddies. Money well spent.
so far, a couple $25 4-packs for BCBS this year. that may change, if I see a Westvleteren XII pack. Decision time...
Alright so I admit that I bought a bottle of Abyss 2010 (in 2012 properly cellared - and as pictured in my avatar) for $45 (or something like that) shipped off of Ebay. I absolutely loved it but I did overpay for sure.
I would pay $18.59 in a heartbeat (where in Seattle did you find this - if you don't mind sharing). I paid $20 for a bottle of AftW at the HotD tasting room earlier this year (for onsite consumption) and it was delicious.
A 750 of Gonzo Imperial Porter, signed by Ralph Steadman (the label designer, for those who don't know). Got it at auction and, well, sorry kids. Community College is good too....
Troegs Splinter Black. $35/bottle + a lot of hassle to get only 2 bottles of this average beer on the day.
$17.99 for a 4 pack of Ten Fidy. Incredible beer, but I found it at another place not long after for 5 bucks cheaper.
This stuff: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3521/59673 I think I paid $23 for it. Right after that was when I started making sure to look up BA ratings for every potential beer buy. I also paid over $30 for a bottle of Cuir by The Bruery but hopefully that will be money well spent once I pop it.
'03 De Cam Oude Lambiek 750 ml- $38 '10 3F Schaerbeeske Kriek 750 ml - $35 '06 3F Doesjel 750 ml- $35 '11 3F Golden Blend 375 ml- $30 All worth every penny!
This was my first beer release event and probably my last. I arrived an hour early or so and the line was already fairly large. Was about #90 in line and did not partake in any of the delicious beers brought by the wonderfully friendly crowd. The samples of Idiot's Drool I had that night were pretty good, at no point did I sample Idiot's Drool and say it's awful so I ended up getting about 7 or 8 bottles in my case. Ended up having to double check my case and good thing I did because they shorted me on one bottle, which was quickly rectified without issue (again thank you Weyerbacher staff!) I ended up trading a bunch of it and no one seemed to enjoy it. I had three bottles left so I figured I might as well crack one open and holy shit was I not pleased with this beer. I love Weyerbacher, and in particular their barrel aged offerings but this was undrinkable. I ended up sharing some of it and drinking it all but bleh! I think there was some intense variation in the bottles because the sample I tried at the release were pretty good, I even commented to some people on line near me that it was pretty decent and we all agreed. Clearly Idiot's Drool was not a homerun but I give Weyerbacher credit for attempting to try and create an interesting brew and even more credit for releasing it!
At the risk of sounding stupid, I recently saw a bottle of Parabola for around $17 but I was hesitant to buy it. Was this a reasonable price? I had it for the first time, on draft, about a couple weeks ago.
Ten Fidy for $15 a four-pack. It's a good beer, but there are much better examples of the style for $9-10 a four-pack.
You got off easy, compared to anyone who bought their Darkness from Surdyk's last year. As for the Odell Woodcut series, I have purchased at least 3 each of #3-#5, and will only say that #3 was worth it.
The first Cantillon Kriek I bought cost me about 60 USD I wasn't too unhappy though, I was more amazed to see it in Africa!!!
It was the cheapest I could find it....through a personal transaction with someone in CA. It would have been nice if they had not jacked the price up but oh well, my fault for paying it. At least it wasn't as expensive as some assholes were selling them for on eBay - I saw a a few bottles over $200 each...crazy!
$15 for a 12oz Immort Ale (which I hated). Never saw it before and didn't see the price tag so I threw it on the counter and walked away to get more stuff as the clerk rang it up. Didn't realize until I got home 2 hours away that my wife didn't buy the extra bottle of wine I had thought she did to give the final high charge. I wish the clerk would have told me that someone took the other three bottles from the four-pack and I got stuck with the fourth that had the price tag affixed to the bottom.
Noticing DFH and Rogue keep popping up, and I totally agree. Their beers are great (for the most part), but I hate feeling like I took it in the financial caboose whenever I have them.
