$100 bottle of beer

superjunior · Jan 22, 2011

A couple friends and I stopped by a beverage/ liquor store yesterday to sample a few things on tap and get a few growlers filled. than I saw it - the biggest beer bottle I've ever seen. it was a double oak aged arrogant bastard, not my favorite beer from stone, but I almost bought it anyway.
it had a $89.99 price tag on it. if it was their regular IPA I would have snatched it up. here's a pic
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2011/01/07/beer-review-stones-lukcy-basartd/

crash1292 · Jan 22, 2011

you got more money than brains

MyNameIsPaul · Jan 22, 2011

$89.99 =/= $100

rwinzing · Jan 22, 2011

The guys at stone have come out and said it is not practical. They have to fill them by hand because of the size of the bottle. It is something they just want to do.

How about a bottle of Sink The Bismark for $108.00 and it is only 12OZ

superjunior · Jan 22, 2011

rwinzing said:
The guys at stone have come out and said it is not practical. They have to fill them by hand because of the size of the bottle. It is something they just want to do.

no it didn't seem practical, but the bottle sure is one cool conversation piece

Revvy · Jan 22, 2011

That's the magnum. IIRC they have bombers of it that are much cheaper. I've had it. I think it's like 11 dollars or something. It's nothing spectacular.

But with Utopias and beers jammed up the a$$ of stuffed squirrels who can blame them. Pricey collectible beers are the new black.

One one level I think it's great because beer is starting to be seen in a better light. More than just cheap assed bud. But comparable to wines...especially something pared with food.

rjwhite41 · Jan 22, 2011

"This is an aggressive ale. You probably wont like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territorymaybe something with a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you its made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beverage will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multi-million dollar ad campaigns make things taste better. Perhaps youre mouthing your words as you read this."

Priceless

motobrewer · Jan 22, 2011

there was a bomber of goose island bourbon country rare last time i was in my local store. $50 / 22oz....kind of wanted to buy it....

beninan · Jan 22, 2011

The beer store next door to my workplace had one of those bottles of Stone for about the same price. It was pretty.

doctorRobert · Jan 22, 2011

MyNameIsPaul said:
$89.99 =/= $100

With tax it might be more than 100

Mightyscoop · Jan 22, 2011

Love 'em. We get a couple every year in our store. Does anyone else play Land Mines?

ultravista · Jan 22, 2011

fughettaboutit, too pricey for me.

PorterIdontknowher · Jan 22, 2011

Revvy said:
But with Utopias and beers jammed up the a$$ of stuffed squirrels who can blame them. Pricey collectible beers are the new black.
.

Stone's been making the 3 liter bottle for at least 6 or 7 years, long before anyone thought of jamming a beer into a squirrel or marmot. Back then it was $40 for the bottle of Double Bastard and it was a reasonable conversation piece for a party. (3 liters is about 8 1/2 12oz bottles)

The one that surprised me was walking into a local beer/wine store and seeing a mini-keg of a Schlenkerla rauchbier. (The little 1 foot diameter by 15 inch or so tall kegs that first showed up filled with Heineken.) That's a lot of smoke... :drunk:

davesrose · Jan 22, 2011

rjwhite41 said:
"This is an aggressive ale. You probably wont like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territorymaybe something with a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you its made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beverage will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multi-million dollar ad campaigns make things taste better. Perhaps youre mouthing your words as you read this."

Priceless

And yet my IPAs taste more aggressive and sophisticated then Arrogant Bastard :drunk:

I think Stone is overrated: their beers are drinkable, but the only one that I'd volunteer to buy is Ruination. Here in Georgia, they are way overpriced too. For $100, I'll make a really good batch of 5 to 10 gallon limited edition beer! :mug:

rjwhite41 · Jan 22, 2011

davesrose said:
And yet my IPAs taste more aggressive and sophisticated then Arrogant Bastard I think Stone is overrated: their beers are drinkable, but the only one that I'd volunteer to buy is Ruination. Here in Georgia, they are way overpriced too. For $100, I'll make a really good batch of 5 to 10 gallon limited edition beer!

I've never tried Stone before. You can't get it here in Iowa. Next time I'm in Illinois I might pick one up just to see what all the talk is about. Love the label though! Hilarious!

dummkauf · Jan 22, 2011

MyNameIsPaul said:
$89.99 =/= $100

Unless you are buying tax free, that will probably come out pretty damn close to $100 depending on what state you're in.

HH60gunner · Jan 22, 2011

I like arrogant bastard, and love stone IPA. I think I like stone IPA better than dogfish head 60 minute IPA. Don't think I'd fork over a hundred bucks for that bad boy though.

alexdagrate · Jan 22, 2011

Our beer store has old magnums sitting around, both emtpty and full, that are not for sale.

How about a ten year old magnum of Fish Brewing's Oak Aged Leviathan Barleywine? I don't think they'd ever sell it.

They also have 50+ year old cans of Oly that they'd never sell, either... so, you know...

MattHollingsworth · Jan 23, 2011

At our homebrew group meeting the other night I bought a $66 3 liter of Chimay Blue for us to finish off with (the meeting was at a beer shop warehouse). It was cool to pour that as people held up their glasses. Massive bottle.

And of course, it was tasty as hell.

Houblon · Jan 23, 2011

How does a 43 9L bottle St-Feuillien Triple said?

http://thebeerinme.com/e107_files/public/1259838745_93_FT340_sdc13171_-_copy.jpg

$100 bottle of beer

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