Lambic Discussion Thread

[mjohnson171]

I casually check this thread for the first time in days, only to find I'm 6 minutes too late.

Isn't it ironic...

Don't you think?

 

[MooseLang]

I missed them all. Guess I won't be flipping them for tater tots IPAs after all.

I had a La Vie est Solidaire all set, but took a deep breath and stepped away. I still don't know if I'm proud of myself or pissed at myself.

 

[wolfman1201]

2 of 3 still up. No chance I'm spending the money but it's interesting they didn't sell out immediately.

 

[IndianaJones]

2 of 3 still up. No chance I'm spending the money but it's interesting they didn't sell out immediately.

Definitely a glitch, there aren't any in stock

 

[SeaWatchman]

Are there really that many people itching to pay $200 for these bottles?

(And yes yes, I know it's cheaper than a flight to Belgium or secondary prices, that's still a lot of cash.)

I was adding shipping. But if you change it to $185 or whatever the point still stands, that's a lot to drop for a single bottle. It's just not the same thing as the previous sales. This will probably still be a shitshow because there's no such thing as a nice time in beer in 2017, but it seems really silly to me that people aren't stopping to think about whether some grape beer is actually worth that.

Same. I have no justification. My wife's reaction was just "oh Stuart". About sums it up...

Apparently.

 

[burgundysmoke]

I had a La Vie est Solidaire all set, but took a deep breath and stepped away. I still don't know if I'm proud of myself or pissed at myself.

Same here

 

[64vdub]

2 of 3 still up. No chance I'm spending the money but it's interesting they didn't sell out immediately.

It's practically for charity though so....I'm a sucker.

 

[JulianB1]

Everyone who missed will have plenty of opportunities to buy them on resale sites and Facebook raffles in a few months.

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

I can't believe I just spent $200 on one bottle of Cantillon. That's up there with the stupidest beer **** I've ever done.

I feel dirty. BUT- Tissot!

 

[tehzachatak]

I feel dirty. BUT- Tissot!

Yeah. Gotta be honest, grapes didn't interest me and wouldn't have bought them even if they were in stock. Vin jaune, tho...

 

[RuckIt]

La Vie in my cart, but I can't proceed through checkout.... ugh.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Everyone who missed will have plenty of opportunities to buy them on resale sites and Facebook raffles in a few minutes.

FTFY

 

[tehzachatak]

Everyone who missed will have plenty of opportunities to buy them on resale sites and Facebook raffles in a few months.

Just PM Stu now that his wife found out

It should go without saying but this is obviously a joke

 

[SeaWatchman]

The VJ is the best of the bunch. It's truly an amazing beer.

 

[user 308679]

Whoops my bad. Thought this was the DDG thread.

 

[steinbbr]

same here.

 

[matedog]

What was available?

 

[tylerk88]

Thanks for the heads up. Grabbed a La Vie eat solitaire. Had some $$ in the PayPal account from random eBay sales which softened the blow.

 

[steinbbr]

lost out of cart.... noooo

 

[matedog]

I have similar feels atm

Holy jesus, that gif.

 

[JohnnyBags]

If you told me 10 years ago one day I'd be sitting in front of a computer screen trying to buy a $150 bottle of beer I would have told you you were a mad man. But here we are.

 

[nathanmiller]

I was following this thread and very very ready for the sale, unlike usual.

But then I got pulled away for a meeting.

It sucks that the means by which I afford lambic prevented me from acquiring lambic.

 

[IndianaJones]

Managed to pick up a Vin Jaune about 25 minutes after they went on sale

 

[ckoop]

Keep trying! I just got through after reloading after each error page. I feel happy?

 

[daniel1]

I haven't even been able to get to the site from my phone or my desktop since 11 this morning. Maybe I've been virtually banned from the webshop.

 

[stupac2]

Apparently.

What's your point? Plunking down that cash on that bottle was kind of dumb. The number of people interested in doing so was probably significantly higher than the number who actually have that kind of cash spare. I'm not in the latter group, but it was still kind of dumb to do.

 

[SeaWatchman]

What's your point? Plunking down that cash on that bottle was kind of dumb. The number of people interested in doing so was probably significantly higher than the number who actually have that kind of cash spare. I'm not in the latter group, but it was still kind of dumb to do.

Irony. Irony is the point.

 

[stupac2]

Irony. Irony is the point.

I don't really see how. My entire argument was that the release should be smoother than the previous ones because a significant number of people should be priced out. Then the release was smoother! (At least for me, ymmv.)

 

[64vdub]

Irony. Irony is the point.

 

[JulianB1]

Got a Vie Jaune a few minutes ago, so there's definitely still bottles in their system. Basically just refresh/luck of the draw.