$398 for a bottle of beer!!!!

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
This thing is pure marketing. The true beer connoisseurs will not be drinking this thing especially if more than 1-2 months go by...

Beer is a perishable food and does go bad with time.

This thing is the same as those Kobe beef burgers....what a waste.

That's almost completely dependant on the beer. Lagers don't age well, but ales can be brewed to sit around for ten years or more. Stone Brewing has an 11 year beer odyssey going on where they release a new beer on x.x.x date (1/1/01, 2/2/02, 3/3/03, etc.). You're supposed to buy them all and cellar them, then drink them all come 12/12/12 when the final one is released (and yes, theoretically that does make 12 beers, not 11, but they skipped 1/1/01, so there you go).

Saying that you can't age beer is absolute nonsense.

 

[Descartes]

I'd pay for it if an unbiased source said it was truly that good. I highly doubt it though. I see no reason to believe that it's any better than any of the other exeptional brews already out there, including Westvleteren, Westmalle, St Bernadus, Allagash, Ommegang, Konigshoven, etc.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: sobriquet

Originally posted by: alkemyst
The funny part is the geeks buying this.

The 'Stella' crowd, microbrews, and the like have made this a reality.

I would think that this was made a reality more by the same forces responsible for a $55 bottle of water, not the microbrewers who commonly languish in obscurity and financial insecurity for the sake of producing great beer. If anything, I think the Stella crowd is rather the antithesis of the microbrew crowd. Just a thought.

same people probably buy into that water. Going to many bars here in palm beach county will have you hearing 'this beer sucks', 'they have no Stella here', 'a microbrew is so much more full and flavorful'

It's like a bunch of whiny bitches than men.

Beer is supposed to be good....not go for gold medals and be the A student. it's supposed to be easy to drink and find.

If you want to be pretentious go for $500 shots of cognac.

Beverages, just like foods, can have connoisseirs; people who appreciate the flavor enough to demand the best quality they can find. If you wanted, you could survive on ramen and Taco Bell... but wouldn't you rather have a nice filet mignon? Similarly, you can get drunk on Monarch vodka for 8 bucks a half gallon... but Grey Goose is going to be more pleasant to drink.

If you want to drink ice cold PBRs, that's your business, and good for you. But some of us like to taste our beer. We're not just drinking to quench our thirst or get drunk, we legitimately enjoy the taste of a nice, hearty porter. We want a stout so thick you can bend a spoon in it. We want an ESB that makes our face contort into impossible shapes, an IPA whose hoppiness cleaves our palate in twain, a trappist ale that melts in our mouths like the nectar of the Gods. We like beer, and we are willing to spend more to get something that's just a little bit better.

Maybe it's because I come from Oregon (a land so fanatical about beverages that if someone refers to themselves as a coffee drinker, and you hold out your hand to offer them Starbucks, you'll be pulling back a stump), but being a beer connoisseir just feels right to me. Life is too short for shitty beer. So bottoms up my beer drinking friends, whether ye' be toasting with a Rogue Dead Guy, a Stone Imperial Russian Stout, a Deschutes Abyss, a Rochefort 10, or even the old fall back, Widmer Hefeweizen. Salud.

I wonder if it's too early to start drinking at work?

lollerskates.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

I wonder if it's too early to start drinking at work?

Is it still dark out?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
$400 for a bottle of beer, HOLY SHIAT.
Based upon the description, It sounds a bit like Allagash Interlude to me.
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/allagash-interlude/52853/

That said, I wonder how it would compare to some of my favorites. I don't think I'll be finding out though.

I can get monk beer here, and it's more than awesome enough times infinity plus one.
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/chimay-bleue-blue/53/
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/westmalle-tripel/2204/
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/r...rt-trappistes-10/2360/

And a little less expensive, there's some great abbey ale's out there.
http://www.ratebeer.com/Rating...atings.asp?BeerID=2530

That said, I find Wisconsin beer to be just as tasty on some days
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/n...arus-belgian-red/7688/

Also, I'm hooked on this tasty stout from Oregon!
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/r...-chocolate-stout/7177/

Originally posted by: Farang
Stupid.. monks in Belgium make better for less. I came oh so close to the pilgrimage.. I was just a couple hours off in my timing on that train out of Brussels to the promised land of Westvleteren.

I am sorry for your loss. I shall mourn for you!

If you like New Glarius beer, be sure to give the Spotted Cow a try. One of my favorites.

I've had that at the Nightengale in Sturgeon bay. Goooood stuff.