Cigar City El Catador Club Thread

[mateoloco]

What the **** is it with people trying to temporarily unload their Cat membership and profit in the interim? Already two cringeworthy examples on this page. Maybe BigGene was being sarcastic (really not sure), but @seawatchmen certainly wasn’t.

If you don’t want it or can’t justify the cost (short or long term), then let someone take it over with no strings attached. They get the beer they paid for and you get first rights of refusal for the next iteration. Seems fair.

I’ve shared memberships that were wholly mine, loaned out memberships I needed a break from and ‘borrowed’ memberships other folks needed a break from. Never did I attempt to profit from the access nor would I have agreed to let someone profit off of me.

One of those two was trying to sell one of the two bottles in his "friend"'s allotment for profit earlier in the thread. When called out on it, this was his reply:

Sorry did not realize this place is BEER ADVOCATE JR!!! Just trying to help a buddy out. **** all of you!!

 

[jivex5k1]

 

[BigGene]

What the **** is it with people trying to temporarily unload their Cat membership and profit in the interim? Already two cringeworthy examples on this page. Maybe BigGene was being sarcastic (really not sure), but @seawatchmen certainly wasn’t.

If you don’t want it or can’t justify the cost (short or long term), then let someone take it over with no strings attached. They get the beer they paid for and you get first rights of refusal for the next iteration. Seems fair.

I’ve shared memberships that were wholly mine, loaned out memberships I needed a break from and ‘borrowed’ memberships other folks needed a break from. Never did I attempt to profit from the access nor would I have agreed to let someone profit off of me.

If he's for real BigGene is being greedy. He should be happy just keeping his discount for the tap room.

It was a sarcastic post. I was at work and the edit timer expired before I got to find the gif I wanted to put in. I have already renewed.

 

[BigGene]

It looks like people that used to be in ECC and did not renew previously can now purchase ECC 9.
A buddy of mine whent to look at his ECC page and #9 was there for him and he purchased it.

FYI..... maybe you dont have to wait for the lottery.

 

[jivex5k1]

It looks like people that used to be in ECC and did not renew previously can now purchase ECC 9.
A buddy of mine whent to look at his ECC page and #9 was there for him and he purchased it.

FYI..... maybe you dont have to wait for the lottery.

Sounds about right.

I'm out of shape. I picked up my bottles, 11 of them, and by the time I hauled the box to my car in the overflow lot I was hurting. So much that I said **** this **** I'm glad I'm never having to do this again.

I used to be able to do that with no problem. This was a wake up call.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

I joined for the first time this morning with immediate access through the website. I guess a lot of people did not renew.

 

[BigGene]

I dont think it is that alot people did not renew. I bet they can do 5k bottles these days. So they just open it to however many will sign up. With bottle pick up avail in CO. Alot more people are able to join.

I am hoping these beers are amazong and not like previous collabs.

 

[jvanaus]

I am hoping these beers are amazong and not like previous collabs.

This right here is why I didn't renew. They absolutely could be amazing, but they could also be terrible and I'm not willing to put $500 on the winning line. After drinking a few of last round, I realized I would not spend $25/$30/$35 on any of those beers if I saw them on the shelf, so that was quickly my deciding factor.

 

[BigGene]

This right here is why I didn't renew. They absolutely could be amazing, but they could also be terrible and I'm not willing to put $500 on the winning line. After drinking a few of last round, I realized I would not spend $25/$30/$35 on any of those beers if I saw them on the shelf, so that was quickly my deciding factor.

CCB has a good track record with BA collabs. Its the reg collabs that really missed the mark. That being said 90% of the beers that have come fromt he ECC have been great beers. Some better than others, some phenominal. Hoping this edition is on the Phenomenal side. AC , 3 Sons and JWB I think are cant misses, 7th Sun will most likly be a BA Sour, Bottle Logic and Cycle could be toss ups depending on the adjucts they use. And I am just hoping the FB one is not a dumpster fire.

 

[jivex5k1]

CCB has a good track record with BA collabs. Its the reg collabs that really missed the mark. That being said 90% of the beers that have come fromt he ECC have been great beers. Some better than others, some phenominal. Hoping this edition is on the Phenomenal side. AC , 3 Sons and JWB I think are cant misses, 7th Sun will most likly be a BA Sour, Bottle Logic and Cycle could be toss ups depending on the adjucts they use. And I am just hoping the FB one is not a dumpster fire.

It's like they surveyed 100 Florida shitlords and asked them what breweries they should collaborate with. Most of them answered thinking about secondary values and then the rest of the gave a troll answer of funky Buddha.

 

[jvanaus]

CCB has a good track record with BA collabs. Its the reg collabs that really missed the mark. That being said 90% of the beers that have come fromt he ECC have been great beers. Some better than others, some phenominal. Hoping this edition is on the Phenomenal side. AC , 3 Sons and JWB I think are cant misses, 7th Sun will most likly be a BA Sour, Bottle Logic and Cycle could be toss ups depending on the adjucts they use. And I am just hoping the FB one is not a dumpster fire.

I don't have many complaints about the ECC beers over the years. I've been in from the second session, but over the years the bottles have accumulated and I can't get to them as fast as I'd like. Add in the pricing, and I can't justify sticking around when I'd prefer a well made APA instead.

I hope they knock it out of the park and I hope all the beers are great. I just can't do it anymore.

 

[Beerologist]

I've been in since round one and feel relieved to let this go actually.

The cost, plus the hit and miss of ECC beers, plus the fact I can't drink these high ABV stouts fast enough... I just can't justify it anymore - and I held out longer than most members I knew. There have been some great beers but there are plenty of great beers out there and the ECC releases have been nowhere near my favorite beers that I've enjoyed in the past few years.

 

[IndianaJones]

On an unrelated note, I found a bottle of reg Church on a Hill I’d stashed away years ago, looking forward to seeing how that’s held up. They missed an opportunity to collab with Swamp Head on another BA version of this

 

[dsigmon]

It's like they surveyed 100 Florida shitlords and asked them what breweries they should collaborate with. Most of them answered thinking about secondary values and then the rest of the gave a troll answer of funky Buddha.

LOL but if they did it with some lesser known breweries then you all would be shitting on how bad the round would be.

 

[jivex5k1]

LOL but if they did it with some lesser known breweries then you all would be shitting on how bad the round would be.

 

[FATSH1TTY]

The excuse of not getting to the bottles is weird to me.

Open the damn thing up and drink it.

I guess I’m past the whole “hold for special occasion” ****.

Might hold bottles to share with friends if they expressed interest

 

[Gonzoillini1]

The excuse of not getting to the bottles is weird to me.

Open the damn thing up and drink it.

I guess I’m past the whole “hold for special occasion” ****.

Might hold bottles to share with friends if they expressed interest

I probably have about 1000 bottles at the moment, and as a result I'm trying to drink older **** before starting on newer stuff.

I'm also not proud of that fact, but it is what it is at this point.

 

[FATSH1TTY]

I probably have about 1000 bottles at the moment, and as a result I'm trying to drink older **** before starting on newer stuff.

I'm also not proud of that fact, but it is what it is at this point.

Nah we all have gotten to extreme points. I get it!

I still have bottles I’ve attached a timeline or something too.

I also realize that I’m not normal and will just dome a large bottle format solo on a Tuesday watching shark week in my boxers. Special bottles be damned.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Nah we all have gotten to extreme points. I get it!

I still have bottles I’ve attached a timeline or something too.

I also realize that I’m not normal and will just dome a large bottle format solo on a Tuesday watching shark week in my boxers. Special bottles be damned.

I've got a variety of reasons for it between not really enjoying a lot of the stuff I still have (looking at you Bruery bottles), drinking at the brewery my father works at more often, not doing as many bottle shares as I did 3+ years ago, etc...

I've done a good job of not buying stuff for the most part, but I'm just not drinking the stuff I have fast enough to justify buying more stuff that'll likely sit for far too long as well.

 

[johnyb]

I probably have about 1000 bottles at the moment, and as a result I'm trying to drink older **** before starting on newer stuff.

I'm also not proud of that fact, but it is what it is at this point.

Didn’t I just send you more beer ?

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Didn’t I just send you more beer ?

Saving the best for last. 4 bottles left from this round. The coco-zhukov cans are awful!

 

[coldstorage]

I've got a variety of reasons for it between not really enjoying a lot of the stuff I still have (looking at you Bruery bottles), drinking at the brewery my father works at more often, not doing as many bottle shares as I did 3+ years ago, etc...

I've done a good job of not buying stuff for the most part, but I'm just not drinking the stuff I have fast enough to justify buying more stuff that'll likely sit for far too long as well.

 

[chemman141]

Nah we all have gotten to extreme points. I get it!

I still have bottles I’ve attached a timeline or something too.

I also realize that I’m not normal and will just dome a large bottle format solo on a Tuesday watching shark week in my boxers. Special bottles be damned.

Whelp, I know what you're doing tomorrow.

 

[Scalzo]

Florida Zhukov was pretty damn good - any idea what the natural flavors were tho?

I got a nice maple flavor, and some coffee?

 

[chemman141]

Florida Zhukov was pretty damn good - any idea what the natural flavors were tho?

I got a nice maple flavor, and some coffee?

I just cracked that one Thursday and also got maple and coffee. Strange they don't list the ingredients.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I just cracked that one Thursday and also got maple and coffee. Strange they don't list the ingredients.

Not really. This comes up more in mead where there are fewer “approved” ingredients (I follow the trade Assoc facebook group and see people talk about TTB label approvals).. If they are using something new or unusual, it’s faster to send a label with “natural inredients” then to list an uncommon ingredient and risk it getting rejected. Note that common for food might be uncommon for beer. Common for beer might be uncommon for wine or mead. Everything has its own ingredient approval process. It can be lengthy and Natural Flavors covers a lot.

 

[chemman141]

Not really. This comes up more in mead where there are fewer “approved” ingredients (I follow the trade Assoc facebook group and see people talk about TTB label approvals).. If they are using something new or unusual, it’s faster to send a label with “natural inredients” then to list an uncommon ingredient and risk it getting rejected. Note that common for food might be uncommon for beer. Common for beer might be uncommon for wine or mead. Everything has its own ingredient approval process. It can be lengthy and Natural Flavors covers a lot.

That does make sense, but you think they would at least tell us in the email or something. That wouldn't be against the TTB, correct?

 

[trickytunadicky]

That does make sense, but you think they would at least tell us in the email or something. That wouldn't be against the TTB, correct?

Apprently the TTB has been monitoring social media correspondence and handing out warnings for using words like metheglin instead of “other than standard wine.” You can’t prove common use without this information but you try to educate consumers to get more common use and get your hand slapped. Like a snake eating its tail or some ****. I am also just a casual observer and not anyone whose business depends on it, but I find the whole thing mind boggling and see why some businesses just say “**** it.”

 

[chemman141]

Apprently the TTB has been monitoring social media correspondence and handing out warnings for using words like metheglin instead of “other than standard wine.” You can’t prove common use without this information but you try to educate consumers to get more common use and get your hand slapped. Like a snake eating its tail or some ****. I am also just a casual observer and not anyone whose business depends on it, but I find the whole thing mind boggling and see why some businesses just say “**** it.”

Yeha the whole label approval process is another level of ****** in CA. You have to get your label approved by the feds, then by the state. There is literally only one person at the state level that approves labels, so obviously **** is backed up.