ridglens
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I meant to post this a while back to see if anyone noticed/knew details, but now i'm bored at work. It's probably not that big of a deal, but again, boredom and it's ****ing 12 below down here and i'm pissier than a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest.
Upland put the 2012 Winter warmer on their "bomber sale" last spring because the bottles were old and they wanted to get rid of them (they do this with their seasonals a lot, not a bad deal on the few that hold up ok), they dropped the price from like $8-9 to something like $3.50, $30/case, etc. Anyway, i thought the beer still tasted ok for most of the year, but had tons of protein-y floaties (beyond just yeast sediment i think, but i'm no expert) and was becoming stale/oxidized in later in the fall. Whatever, it's a 8-9% barleywine.
Then this winter, when the 2013 batch came out, they jacked the price of the 2012 back up to $10 or something, called it "cellared", and put a sticker on the bottle or something! To be fair, maybe these were refrigerated or stored differently than the 3 buck bottles they were selling the week before (they looked the same), but it seems like another sketchy deal from upland. It probably wouldn't bother me but i saw a few people were talked out of fresh WW or Teddy Bear Kisses because the "cellared" winter warmer was probably better because it's aged...
I'm likely being grumpy old man dramatic about it (i'm not that old...just extra bitter), but Upland is feeling less and less "on our side" lately... Or maybe i'm just sensitive after the 25% increase in sour bottle prices and the awesome secret reserve club this year (sorry MordorMongo )...
vent over.
Upland put the 2012 Winter warmer on their "bomber sale" last spring because the bottles were old and they wanted to get rid of them (they do this with their seasonals a lot, not a bad deal on the few that hold up ok), they dropped the price from like $8-9 to something like $3.50, $30/case, etc. Anyway, i thought the beer still tasted ok for most of the year, but had tons of protein-y floaties (beyond just yeast sediment i think, but i'm no expert) and was becoming stale/oxidized in later in the fall. Whatever, it's a 8-9% barleywine.
Then this winter, when the 2013 batch came out, they jacked the price of the 2012 back up to $10 or something, called it "cellared", and put a sticker on the bottle or something! To be fair, maybe these were refrigerated or stored differently than the 3 buck bottles they were selling the week before (they looked the same), but it seems like another sketchy deal from upland. It probably wouldn't bother me but i saw a few people were talked out of fresh WW or Teddy Bear Kisses because the "cellared" winter warmer was probably better because it's aged...
I'm likely being grumpy old man dramatic about it (i'm not that old...just extra bitter), but Upland is feeling less and less "on our side" lately... Or maybe i'm just sensitive after the 25% increase in sour bottle prices and the awesome secret reserve club this year (sorry MordorMongo )...
vent over.
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