2015 Bourbon County releases

[drgarage1]

Struck out entirely on Coffee and Rare. Would have skipped rare anyway at $80 each. Was bummed about the Coffee miss. In a cruel twist of fate, my variant options at store 1 were Prop or Barleywine - the two variants I wanted least. Lucky to have picked up a Regal somewhere else. Iowa, IL got a lot less on the variant front this year. I think there might have been a half-dozen bottles of Coffee and Regal in the whole area.

BCBS Shitlord Of the Day Awards​

Enter your best shitlords of the day. I want to see who is the one true lord.

My Entrant:
- Guy gets the last Rare.
- "It's the LAST one?" "Uhh yep."
- "YESSSS!" *air punching* "Oh yeah!" *fist pumping* "YESSSS! MMMM!"
- This continues through his entire transaction (at least a minute or two) while everyone behind him is some combination of

and

Last of the allocation bottles are always worth double in trade value.

 

[No1Smitty]

Variants are non existent in my area. I can buy these at my local grocery store though.

It's encouraged to buy a **** ton !

 

[jupiter6xx]

Variants are non existent in my area. I can buy these at my local grocery store though.

It's encouraged to buy a **** ton !

But what about that $8.99 pecan pie? Discounts available if I buy six or more of those too?

 

[Sean802]

The LT and myself got in line at 245am at Lincoln Park Binnys and had tickets to the 10 am tasting session. Also my mother is a saint and jumped in line at Oak Brook Binnys at 645 am with another local friend.

Super serial.

 

[RedCoffee]

The LT and myself got in line at 245am at Lincoln Park Binnys and had tickets to the 10 am tasting session. Also my mother is a saint and jumped in line at Oak Brook Binnys at 645 am with another local friend. Long day but I'm really enjoying all the 2015 beers and thought the Goose / Binnys crew did great with a thankless job processing roughly 1000 people.

Pah! Look at those LAME old BCBS bottles. Not even proprietary bottle shapes. Take the label off and they could just be any old pleb bottle of beer. I assume those are for beer pong or butt-chugging?

 

[Juice1]

Pah! Look at those LAME old BCBS bottles. Not even proprietary bottle shapes. Take the label off and they could just be any old pleb bottle of beer. I assume those are for beer pong or butt-chugging?

Fun fact: you can shotgun pre-2015 Bourbon County bottles.
Fun fact: Bourbon County had gold flake in it before the introduction of the ****** pint bottles.
Fun fact: you can fit 2 '14 BCBS bottles in your butt to every 1 '15 bottle of BCBS.

EDIT: I will concede that '15 BCBS bottles are worth $35 at recycling plants in MI and MS, as opposed to only $12 for '14 BCBS bottles.

 

[CornAndBeer]

Drank a 2013 the other night, oh lawd

Drank one today as soon as the BCBS horde had moved through. So ******* good.

 

[RyanG1]

tosh and I scored at FoodMaxx

 

[sacrelicio]

tosh and I scored at FoodMaxx

ermagerd berbern cernty

 

[viajero]

As it were, Regal has done nothing to convince me fruited stouts are ever a good idea.

 

[sacrelicio]

As it were, Regal has done nothing to convince me fruited stouts are ever a good idea.

Sounds so gross.

Drinking 2015 regular and enjoying it! Yes, this is better than 2014 by a country mile. 2014 is fine but not as complex and delicious as this.

 

[Podunkparte]

Barleywine sucks.

FT 3 bottles

 

[ASUBeer]

I hope there are more waves of the regular BCBS. I have been down at the beach with nowhere close that got any. Don't really care about all of the variants just regular.

 

[JulianB1]

I hope there are more waves of the regular BCBS. I have been down at the beach with nowhere close that got any. Don't really care about all of the variants just regular.

The beach meaning Myrtle? It's possible there are still some cases up in Florence (no limit either), call both Micky Finns locations and ask. If you meant Outer Banks then can't help you.

 

[ASUBeer]

The beach meaning Myrtle? It's possible there are still some cases up in Florence (no limit either), call both Micky Finns locations and ask. If you meant Outer Banks then can't help you.

Unfortunately not close to myrtle. I'm in the dead zone of beer right now.

 

[MikeG1]

Unfortunately not close to myrtle. I'm in the dead zone of beer right now.

I have access to BCBS for $15/bottle by me if you're desperate. I could c+s it for you.

 

[RayP]

Came here to read about neckbeard parking lot brawls over line cutting.

Leaving very disappointed.

 

[GuisseppeFranco]

Came here to read about neckbeard parking lot brawls over line cutting.

Leaving very disappointed.

Neckbeards don't ever actually say anything to the line cutters, they just bitch about it on the internets where they can't actually get into a real life confrontation.

 

[gregkoko]

Whole Foods was doing a release at noon today. Friend strolled by at 9:30 to find no line. He gets on and texts me. Six bottles of rare, case of regal and BW. I figured it would be a shitshow so I steered clear. Easy 45-50 minute trip for me. Texts me an hour later still no line. Hop on the subway and get off to a slurry of messages. Rare sold out. Four bottles of Regal left. I was fifth in line at that point. Oh well. Got some stout and BW

 

[sacrelicio]

Neckbeards don't ever actually say anything to the line cutters, they just bitch about it on the internets where they can't actually can't into a real life confrontation.

And the the line cutting neckbeards say "I'll be at the ____ release, come say it to my face!!"

 

[sacrelicio]

Whole Foods was doing a release at noon today. Friend strolled by at 9:30 to find no line. He gets on and texts me. Six bottles of rare, case of regal and BW. I figured it would be a shitshow so I steered clear. Easy 45-50 minute trip for me. Texts me an hour later still no line. Hop on the subway and get off to a slurry of messages. Rare sold out. Four bottles of Regal left. I was fifth in line at that point. Oh well. Got some stout and BW

I'm hanging out at home yesterday and hear of two stores in downtown Minneapolis that had regular, coffee, and BW. Short drive, stores are close together, not posted on BA or anything, so should be easy. This part of downtown is pretty dead on a day like this. I'm looking for parking....I see a compact car at the intersection with a bearded driver, couple other guys in the back. OK, no biggie, could be just downtown for some other reason.

I park, walk up to the store...car with four hungover looking bearded men in ski jackets pulls up...this time I know it's real.

One guy lurches out of the car, runs in ahead of me...we both head to the register. Guy is so amped that he can't even talk straight. They have cases of each beer behind the counter, no one in the store. He struggles to tell the clerk what he wants....his buddies rush in behind me, panting, stumbling...there is a moment of tense, boiling silence as they converse with their eyes...clerk looks at me, I say "I'll take one of each."

"EACH??? WAIT DO THEY HAVE REGAL" one guys asks to no one in particular. First guy: "Uhhh...do you have Regal Rye?"

Clerk thinks for a second... looks at his pile or beer, laconically answers "No, just stout, coffee, barley." "UM UM, DO YOU HAVE A BOTTLE LIMIT??" "Well, you can buy one of each. "WHAT IS THAT OTHER CASE. IS THAT ******* RARE" "Ummmm....that is the Lolita. I think it's a raspberry sour ale." Clerk's contempt, boredom, and mild confusion is in stark contrast to the laser focused depravity.

"Want the Lolita sir?" he asks me. "No thanks, I'll take one of each of the others."

I hear a chorus of heavy breathing as I swipe my credit card.

 

[drgarage1]

I'm hanging out at home yesterday and hear of two stores in downtown Minneapolis that had regular, coffee, and BW. Short drive, stores are close together, not posted on BA or anything, so should be easy. This part of downtown is pretty dead on a day like this. I'm looking for parking....I see a compact car at the intersection with a bearded driver, couple other guys in the back. OK, no biggie, could be just downtown for some other reason.

I park, walk up to the store...car with four hungover looking bearded men in ski jackets pulls up...this time I know it's real.

One guy lurches out of the car, runs in ahead of me...we both head to the register. Guy is so amped that he can't even talk straight. They have cases of each beer behind the counter, no one in the store. He struggles to tell the clerk what he wants....his buddies rush in behind me, panting, stumbling...there is a moment of tense, boiling silence as they converse with their eyes...clerk looks at me, I say "I'll take one of each."

"EACH??? WAIT DO THEY HAVE REGAL" one guys asks to no one in particular. First guy: "Uhhh...do you have Regal Rye?"

Clerk thinks for a second... looks at his pile or beer, laconically answers "No, just stout, coffee, barley." "UM UM, DO YOU HAVE A BOTTLE LIMIT??" "Well, you can buy one of each. "WHAT IS THAT OTHER CASE. IS THAT ******* RARE" "Ummmm....that is the Lolita. I think it's a raspberry sour ale." Clerk's contempt, boredom, and mild confusion is in stark contrast to the laser focused depravity.

"Want the Lolita sir?" he asks me. "No thanks, I'll take one of each of the others."

I hear a chorus of heavy breathing as I swipe my credit card.

And thus began the least appealing orgy ever.

 

[mateoloco]

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[JulianB1]

Holy **** and I thought I had beer purchasing/hoarding problems...

 

[RedCoffee]

You got any of dat BCBS?

 

[sidetracked]

That is quite the humblebrag.

 

[StarRaptor1]

Figured the InBev Apologists Thread would be the best place to post this
http://www.wsj.com/articles/craft-brewers-take-issue-with-ab-inbev-distribution-plan-1449227668

 

[lb304854]

Figured the InBev Apologists Thread would be the best place to post this
http://www.wsj.com/articles/craft-brewers-take-issue-with-ab-inbev-distribution-plan-1449227668

Pay wall. Copy/paste pls.

And as one of those so called 'apologists', I absolutely hate GI's distribution. I don't think any of you rubes should get a damn drop of Bourbon County until their home market is sated.

 

[jivex5k1]

Pay wall. Copy/paste pls.

Craft beer breweries dislike the power InBev holds over distributors.
Coming up next: The color of the sky.

 

[Hookemhops13]

So for those who have had a few of the variants what's the verdict this year? Only gotten the regular here but I think it's the best year fresh that I've had yet.

Heard Barleywine is disappointing?
How's the coffee?
Regal/Prop worth the price of admission?

Edit: FWIW Coffee is typically my favorite and I loved Backyard.