andrewdrinks
Well-Known Member
In five years we'll all be buying beer from amazon.
Having bought beer in Europe, where buying online is normal, this should be good news for the customer. Couple of use cases:
Ordered a mixed 12 case of Burning Sky 75s from Beer Merchants last Sunday; shipped Monday morning and delivered 10am Tuesday. Shipping was $6, prices were about 15% cheaper than on shelf in London.
Cloudwater and Deya have a weekly cadence of announcing what's being canned that week, taking orders on canning day, then nextdaying cases out from the pre-orders. Typically cans are in hand within 48 hours of can date.
However the UK bottle shop scene is pretty hand-to-mouth, and supermarkets have yet to start stocking craft in bulk (I think Punk IPA is the only beer you can buy in 6/12 pack in big stores, everything else is singles only).
(Declaration of interest etc)