Can the success of Heady Topper be repeated?

[Mainer]

How does one go about getting these 'rare' beers. Only by standing in line at the brewery? I would love to try Heady or Pliny or any of them but I'm not really into the beer scene. Lol. It's not that I'm cheap but I have a hard time spending big money on a bottle of rare beer when I could get an assortment of really good beers. I just don't think I could tell the difference between a good beer and a great beer. Im not that refined.

For me it's not the money, it's the time. I don't want to spend hours waiting in line at one brewery when I could visit three good ones in the same amount of time.

 

[muels]

I agree on the time as well. I think they are both similar. Why visit 1 when you can visit three....why buy one when you can buy three. Also like I mentioned, I am not sure my taste buds can distinguish good from great. At least not enough to justify the time and money difference. I guess if someone brought it to my house I would pay asking price!

 

[Braufessor]

How does one go about getting these 'rare' beers. Only by standing in line at the brewery? I would love to try Heady or Pliny or any of them but I'm not really into the beer scene. Lol. It's not that I'm cheap but I have a hard time spending big money on a bottle of rare beer when I could get an assortment of really good beers. I just don't think I could tell the difference between a good beer and a great beer. Im not that refined.

Yeah.... I am not into spending all kinds of time in line or driving all over the place. I am kind of lucky in the fact that I am within 10 minutes of Toppling Goliath Brewery and can get super easy access to all of their beer, with no inconvenience at all to myself. Then, I simply trade some beers with others who can basically do the same with other beers that I can't get so easily. I am not into the whole trading for the rarest or hardest to get.... but, I do like to sample a wide range of beers that I can't get myself. I would prefer a bunch of "really good beers" to a single "whale" that is impossible to come by.