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radioguy · 06-10-2008, 02:03 PM

have you ever done this??? texas is a state that allows beer to be shipped to your home and i've found a couple of beer of the month clubs that i'd like to get in on from certain websites. if you've done this, how was it? any issues? thanks!

Punk.of.Ages · 06-10-2008, 02:32 PM

Why have I never heard of this?!

They probably don't allow this in Utah.

radioguy · 06-10-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages

Why have I never heard of this?!

They probably don't allow this in Utah.

you're right...they don't! sorry bro!

uncle phil · 06-10-2008, 02:40 PM

almost like "dial-a-brew..."

radioguy · 06-10-2008, 02:50 PM

yep, but it gets microbrews to my house that i can't get without a roadtrip! it's about 30 bucks a month for twelve bottles of 4-6 different brews...

Clermont · 06-10-2008, 03:00 PM

Beer of the month from the vendor's perspective it's a good way to unload beer that's not selling in a normal retail venue. They can and do stiff you with with some old, skunky and weird beer. Occasionally though you'll find something really nice that you might not normally pick up, so it can be a way to try a lot of variety.

Psycho Dad · 06-10-2008, 03:55 PM

While I've never ordered from one of these "beer of the month clubs", I can imagine that there is a strong probability of them sending you something that just doesn't move otherwise. This is one reason I started home brewing.

Other than than, I've found two liquor stores within an hour that offer a wide selection of brews, two within a half hour with slightly less variety and my local liquor store will order me whatever I want.

I have also seen on other forums where members will trade beers from one area to another.

radioguy · 06-10-2008, 04:20 PM

i've kinda wondered how they pick their beers...i guess it makes sense to have those that don't move be the ones they send out. i've checked about 6 different beer of the month clubs and none of their beers overlap monthly, so maybe that isn't always the case.

Psycho Dad · 06-10-2008, 05:21 PM

Don't get me wrong, these may be fine beers. But you are looking at 15 bucks a six pack and they may be styles you don't care for. I would have been inclined to do it too, but I found other options.

MSD · 06-10-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Clermont

Beer of the month from the vendor's perspective it's a good way to unload beer that's not selling in a normal retail venue. They can and do stiff you with with some old, skunky and weird beer. Occasionally though you'll find something really nice that you might not normally pick up, so it can be a way to try a lot of variety.

Same with "sampler packs." You always end up with that fucking chili-flavored beer.

Jinn · 06-11-2008, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by MSD

Same with "sampler packs." You always end up with that fucking chili-flavored beer.

mmm, chili flavored beer...

snowy · 06-11-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jinn

mmm, chili flavored beer...

Chili beer is delicious. Rogue Brewery makes a great chipotle ale; I recommend giving it a try. Another local brewery makes a special batch of chili beer once a year, and I always look forward to it--somehow they manage to create a beverage that is refreshing and a kick in the pants.

lotsofmagnets · 06-11-2008, 10:04 AM

haha "a refreshing kick in the pants"

xepherys · 06-11-2008, 10:46 AM

<3 chili beer. But yeah, the *-of-the-month clubs are generally a rip off.

radioguy · 06-11-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl

Chili beer is delicious. Rogue Brewery makes a great chipotle ale; I recommend giving it a try. Another local brewery makes a special batch of chili beer once a year, and I always look forward to it--somehow they manage to create a beverage that is refreshing and a kick in the pants.

yuk....i've had the rogue one but had to pour it out! i can't do spicy beer!

06-10-2008, 02:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
radioguy Registered User Location: Texas	buying beer over the internet have you ever done this??? texas is a state that allows beer to be shipped to your home and i've found a couple of beer of the month clubs that i'd like to get in on from certain websites. if you've done this, how was it? any issues? thanks!

06-10-2008, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Punk.of.Ages Forming Location: ....a state of pure inebriation.	Why have I never heard of this?! They probably don't allow this in Utah. __________________ "The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager "Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike

06-10-2008, 02:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	almost like "dial-a-brew..." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-10-2008, 03:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	While I've never ordered from one of these "beer of the month clubs", I can imagine that there is a strong probability of them sending you something that just doesn't move otherwise. This is one reason I started home brewing. Other than than, I've found two liquor stores within an hour that offer a wide selection of brews, two within a half hour with slightly less variety and my local liquor store will order me whatever I want. I have also seen on other forums where members will trade beers from one area to another. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

06-10-2008, 05:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	Don't get me wrong, these may be fine beers. But you are looking at 15 bucks a six pack and they may be styles you don't care for. I would have been inclined to do it too, but I found other options. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

06-10-2008, 02:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
radioguy Registered User Location: Texas	yep, but it gets microbrews to my house that i can't get without a roadtrip! it's about 30 bucks a month for twelve bottles of 4-6 different brews...

06-10-2008, 03:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Clermont Upright Location: Austin, Texas	Beer of the month from the vendor's perspective it's a good way to unload beer that's not selling in a normal retail venue. They can and do stiff you with with some old, skunky and weird beer. Occasionally though you'll find something really nice that you might not normally pick up, so it can be a way to try a lot of variety.

06-10-2008, 04:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
radioguy Registered User Location: Texas	i've kinda wondered how they pick their beers...i guess it makes sense to have those that don't move be the ones they send out. i've checked about 6 different beer of the month clubs and none of their beers overlap monthly, so maybe that isn't always the case.

06-11-2008, 10:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
lotsofmagnets Upright Location: reykjavík, iceland	haha "a refreshing kick in the pants" __________________ mother nature made the aeroplane, and the submarine sandwich, with the steady hands and dead eye of a remarkable sculptor. she shed her mountain turning training wheels, for the convenience of the moving sidewalk, that delivers the magnetic monkey children through the mouth of impossible calendar clock, into the devil's manhole cauldron. physics of a bicycle, isn't it remarkable?

06-11-2008, 10:46 AM	#14 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	<3 chili beer. But yeah, the -of-the-month clubs are generally a rip off. __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible...* -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage