Lambic Discussion Thread

[stakem1]

Missed Tros Bessen... anyone notice if there was a lower total available than Bosbessen when these first went up today?

Another case was just added to online inventory

 

[boogercrack]

Another case was just added to online inventory

case -2


thnxbb

 

[jrstar96]

they had necterine back in stock also. De Cam's version has been one of my favorite belgium beers. order max of all three, no more fram for me however.

 

[Hopping Tiger]

Market exchange rate does not reflect the exchange rate a bank will give you. For instance, if you have $100, turn them into euro, then turn them back into dollars, you'll probably end up with around $92.

You speak truth. I worked for 7 years doing international payroll stuff and we had to explain this all the time.

However, with the amount of transactions Pay Pal is doing I guarantee they have negotiated with banks some pretty slick rates. Our little start up was able to do that so I am certain Pay Pal has the FX game on lock down.

 

[wolfman1201]

You speak truth. I worked for 7 years doing international payroll stuff and we had to explain this all the time.

However, with the amount of transactions Pay Pal is doing I guarantee they have negotiated with banks some pretty slick rates. Our little start up was able to do that so I am certain Pay Pal has the FX game on lock down.

Yup. You will never get a spot rate on your exchange. You pay a premium every time (likely points on the spot or points on their contract rate with a financial institution) because most likely they are buying forward rates based on expected exchanges in a single day.

Even if you exchange at a bank, you still pay a premium in one of those 2 ways.

 

[nathanmiller]

Maybe this is the wrong place for this, but why is Paypal's exchange rate significantly off? One would think that paypal is a rather large company, they would follow market exchange rate, but instead, they're off by 4 eurocents. Aka a 78ish euro order costs 88USD instead of 84-85USD. Multiply this by probably thousands if not millions of transactions per day = hard scamming.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bid-askspread.asp

 

[SeaWatchman]

You speak truth. I worked for 7 years doing international payroll stuff and we had to explain this all the time.

However, with the amount of transactions Pay Pal is doing I guarantee they have negotiated with banks some pretty slick rates. Our little start up was able to do that so I am certain Pay Pal has the FX game on lock down.

I recently paid for a BiaB order via PayPal but with my Amex, and even with the additional PayPal fee, Amex's exchange rate still came out to be $1.87 cheaper than what PayPal was offering me just withdrawing it from my bank account. Sweet, sweet profit.

 

[thefleshlight]

You're just now noticing this?

Since PP deducts it in euro on my balance sheet, I do not see how much money I'm being charged in freedom units.

But now that you say that, I've always heard to use amex or another card (I forget which) when making international purchases due to more favorable exchange rates.

 

[boogercrack]

I recently paid for a BiaB order via PayPal but with my Amex, and even with the additional PayPal fee, Amex's exchange rate still came out to be $1.87 cheaper than what PayPal was offering me just withdrawing it from my bank account. Sweet, sweet profit.

YA AIN'T GETTING POINTS OFF THAT DIRECT WITHDRAW FROM YOUR CHECKING EITHER.

Ain't no point in not using a non foreign exchange fee CC for paypal transactions.

You're not using friends and family to pay some shitlord on mbc

 

[infi]

Missed Tros Bessen... anyone notice if there was a lower total available than Bosbessen when these first went up today?

Hey Ryan, I remember seeing a stock count of around 60-70ish(?) when it first went up this morning, compared to the 99 of Bosbessen. If you missed it, I got one for ya to open with the next time you come up to the NY/NJ area.

 

[callmemickey]

Hey Ryan, I remember seeing a stock count of around 60-70ish(?) when it first went up this morning, compared to the 99 of Bosbessen. If you missed it, I got one for ya to open with the next time you come up to the NY/NJ area.

Thanks, bud. I managed to snag one when they put up another case

 

[Lamnic]

Hey Ryan, I remember seeing a stock count of around 60-70ish(?) when it first went up this morning, compared to the 99 of Bosbessen. If you missed it, I got one for ya to open with the next time you come up to the NY/NJ area.

When I caught it this morning it was 76

 

[cyde]

Almost pulled the trigger on the new De Cam fruits but swapped them out for more Vat 109.

 

[Digita7693]

Almost pulled the trigger on the new De Cam fruits but swapped them out for more Vat 109.

I retract everything I have said, vat 109 sucks, everything else, anything else is great

 

[jrstar96]

Almost pulled the trigger on the new De Cam fruits but swapped them out for more Vat 109.

I threw in three bottle of Vat 109 in my order and the new HOREL mega to go along with the De Cam! Got to get all you can out of that shipping cost!

 

[cyde]

I retract everything I have said, vat 109 sucks, everything else, anything else is great

Don't Tell Chase Healy about Vat 109. He'll order the entire inventory.

 

[SeaWatchman]

YA AIN'T GETTING POINTS OFF THAT DIRECT WITHDRAW FROM YOUR CHECKING EITHER.

Ain't no point in not using a non foreign exchange fee CC for paypal transactions.

You're not using friends and family to pay some shitlord on mbc

Right? My Amex is on fire this month.

 

[QueefLatina]

This is a thought I had that has been on my mind for a few months now...why doesn't Cantillon release a blackberry seasonal lambic? I love the Mure Tilquin, which I know is part Cantillon wort, I wonder if Jean Von Roy has tried it and didn't like it or he just isn't interested.

 

[jrstar96]

This is a thought I had that has been on my mind for a few months now...why doesn't Cantillon release a blackberry seasonal lambic? I love the Mure Tilquin, which I know is part Cantillon wort, I wonder if Jean Von Roy has tried it and didn't like it or he just isn't interested.

isn't blabaer made with blackberries?

 

[IndianaJones]

isn't blabaer made with blackberries?

Bilberries, akin to the blueberry but not the same

Edit: or as I like to call them, bilbs

 

[jrstar96]

isn't blabaer made with blackberries?

oh wait blueberry variant of some sort right. nevermind

 

[HeadytheElder]

Confession: for the longest time I thought bilberries were just some stupid internet beer dipshit substitution for blueberries that caught on. I was very wrong.

 

[cyde]

This is a thought I had that has been on my mind for a few months now...why doesn't Cantillon release a blackberry seasonal lambic? I love the Mure Tilquin, which I know is part Cantillon wort, I wonder if Jean Von Roy has tried it and didn't like it or he just isn't interested.

Someone please source Driscoll blackberries for Cantillon. I can't get enough of these when they are in season. Perfectly sweet, tart, and on a bodybuilder steroid regimen.

 

[Lamnic]

This is a thought I had that has been on my mind for a few months now...why doesn't Cantillon release a blackberry seasonal lambic? I love the Mure Tilquin, which I know is part Cantillon wort, I wonder if Jean Von Roy has tried it and didn't like it or he just isn't interested.

Or.... how about stealing the American idea of Black Raspberry
CBRL > SHBRL

 

[Digita7693]

Marionberries on Pinot Noir barrels!

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

Has there been any further mention of the Magnum Cantillon bottles which have Armagnac as part of the 2 year component in the blend? Has there been any talk of a regular-format bottling of such an enticing blend?

 

[Digita7693]

Has there been any further mention of the Magnum Cantillon bottles which have Armagnac as part of the 2 year component in the blend? Has there been any talk of a regular-format bottling of such an enticing blend?

There is such a blend, in bottles (375ml), with a pretty label, not for onsite, not to go...

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

There is such a blend, in bottles (375ml), with a pretty label, not for onsite, not to go...

BFNA?

 

[QueefLatina]

Or.... how about stealing the American idea of Black Raspberry
CBRL > SHBRL

If anyone could do SHBRL better, it would be Cantillon.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Has there been any further mention of the Magnum Cantillon bottles which have Armagnac as part of the 2 year component in the blend? Has there been any talk of a regular-format bottling of such an enticing blend?

They're aging, presumably for later release. Also there's part of a St. Gilloise brew in an armagnac barrel.