I recently tried to get some Founders CBS since it just came out in bottles. I figured I'd buy two and save one to see how it ages. The dude at the liquor store tells me hardly anyone got it and you can check out ebay to find crazy prices over $100 for a bomber.
What?!?
So, I've got two questions.
A. Who on earth would buy it? Lots of people as ebay would tell. What are you going to do with a $100+ of beer? Save it for 10 years and hope to double your investment? Collect it to say you have it? Drink $100 worth of beer in two glasses? It just seems absurd to me. I'd like a bottle but not for beer scalping prices.
B. Who sells this? I understand that people want to make money and can with something like this. But that person must either be a beer fanatic or a liquor store owner. Who's going to know something like this is released and knows it's money in a bottle? The lucky dude who happens to be there and sees a $20 bomber and buys it just to find out it's super rare? Unlikely. Or is it some a-hole who buys a case of bombers and sells off most of it.
I've seen scalping like this on 120 minute, Dark Lord, etc. and it just makes me sick. I also don't know what I would do as a brewer to prevent this.
What?!?
So, I've got two questions.
A. Who on earth would buy it? Lots of people as ebay would tell. What are you going to do with a $100+ of beer? Save it for 10 years and hope to double your investment? Collect it to say you have it? Drink $100 worth of beer in two glasses? It just seems absurd to me. I'd like a bottle but not for beer scalping prices.
B. Who sells this? I understand that people want to make money and can with something like this. But that person must either be a beer fanatic or a liquor store owner. Who's going to know something like this is released and knows it's money in a bottle? The lucky dude who happens to be there and sees a $20 bomber and buys it just to find out it's super rare? Unlikely. Or is it some a-hole who buys a case of bombers and sells off most of it.
I've seen scalping like this on 120 minute, Dark Lord, etc. and it just makes me sick. I also don't know what I would do as a brewer to prevent this.