Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking.If you can't get it outside of a specific geographical area, it becomes coveted.
Like Coors beer in 1977.
.....Based on social proof, there is often a high tendency that people see a scarce product as a product of higher quality.
I don't think the brewery owner really does cause their not on the hook for the violation.... I could be wrong, but I believe that anyone selling this online out of state is breaking the law. I don't really care, but I'm sure the Careys do.
This is an excellent point, there are plenty of hard to get yet mediocre beers. Some breweries abuse this psychological tendency to manipulate their customers.
Yeah I'm looking at you Three Floyds.
Lotteries to get your name on a list for a "limited edition" beer?
Standing in line for hours to overpay for craft beer? For shame.
It's just beer FFS, brewed in a perfectly crappy part of town.
Moonshine country? Like say, Franklin, Tennessee?I don't think the brewery owner really does cause their not on the hook for the violation.
However, in moonshine country there is a group that has become rather adept at tracking and catching those who violate revenue laws on alcohol, just sayin...
I would think twice about advertising on the Wild Wild Web.
biggest let down i've ever experienced from a beer. it was so over-hyped there was no way it could live up to the reputation.I can drink Spotted Cow whenever I want. It's everywhere around here. But I haven't had it in years.
Why?
It sucks. It's a hazy cream ale. And not even a great cream ale. The only reasons it's famous are:
Yeah I'm looking at you Three Floyds.
When I was a kid my dad would take us down some weekends to a boating lake in TN that was in a dry County. He would stash cases of Miller in every compartment of our boat, several dozen in total. When we got down there, my brother and I would set up camp while dad took the boat down to the slip; he'd have it all sold and a pocket full of cash within an hour or so, the boat all gassed up and ready to spend the day out on the water. Reelfoot Lake IIRC? The marina had motorized canoes powered by lawnmower engines that you could rent, we had way too much fun with those.Franklin Co. TN is dry, IIRC. Maybe the seller thinks the price is worthy, given his risk.
Spotted cow is a english folk euphemism for virginity, just saying. We have family who live in wisconson, look forward to visits there for the beer. Oh and Keewanau in MIFound this while perusing Craigslist (Nashville) tonight. Have to respect the guy's entrepreneurship, but at $14.59/bottle it can't be that good.
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If you ever get the chance to hang out at the brewery's beer garden on a sunny afternoon absolutely do it, they've made a wonderful spot. Spotted Cow is my least favorite of their beers, and I still like it just fine. Their Lambics and other fruited sours are the best bet IMO.
I don't know about over hyped. It's not really hyped at all. But it is just a solid local beer for Wisconsin. New Glarus has many other beers I would rather drink though. They discontinued their best beer a few years , Fat Squirrel Nut Brown Ale.
Reelfoot Lake. Neat place. Camped there a few times in Big Grey the Prairie Schooner (RV) while traversing East Coast to Western destinations. Did you know that the lake was formed when the Mississippi River flowed backwards for a period of time following the New Madrid earthquake swarm between 1811-1812. Strange-Happenings-during-the-EarthquakeWhen I was a kid my dad would take us down some weekends to a boating lake in TN that was in a dry County. He would stash cases of Miller in every compartment of our boat, several dozen in total. When we got down there, my brother and I would set up camp while dad took the boat down to the slip; he'd have it all sold and a pocket full of cash within an hour or so, the boat all gassed up and ready to spend the day out on the water. Reelfoot Lake IIRC? The marina had motorized canoes powered by lawnmower engines that you could rent, we had way too much fun with those.
I hadn't heard of the earthquake, thanks for that! We pulled a lot of smallmouth out of the cypress groves for sure, great big crappie too. My brother and I would do a lot of panfishing with ultralight gear, took forever fileting a couple of buckets full of fish but damned tasty. Dad would fry them up breaded with pancake mix and cornmeal.Reelfoot Lake. Neat place. Camped there a few times in Big Grey the Prairie Schooner (RV) while traversing East Coast to Western destinations. Did you know that the lake was formed when the Mississippi River flowed backwards for a period of time following the New Madrid earthquake swarm between 1811-1812. Strange-Happenings-during-the-Earthquake
The largest magnitude quake was estimated to be 8.1 on the Richter scale, which is UGE! Who woulda' thunk it, in the middle of nowhere, flatland mud-basin cotton growing Delta land between Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi? The area east of the subduction zone was raised tens of feet above the surrounding landscape, forming Reelfoot Lake. It's pretty big East to West. Used to fly over it quite often when I was based at NAS Memphis back in the early 80s. Also, GREAT Bass fishing if you're into that.
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The small mouth bass are more common up there, and the large mouth become more common to the south in Central Mississippi. Good fightin' fish, but not like the Muskie up north.I hadn't heard of the earthquake, thanks for that! We pulled a lot of smallmouth out of the cypress groves for sure, great big crappie too. My brother and I would do a lot of panfishing with ultralight gear, took forever fileting a couple of buckets full of fish but damned tasty. Dad would fry them up breaded with pancake mix and cornmeal.
We lived on an inland lake in northern Florida for a few years, 83-85 iirc. All summer fishing the mangroves, large mouth so big you could put a fist in there. Broke back Rapala and a halting retrieve was a sure bet, zig-zagging along between 6" and 24" below the surface across some cover at dawn and dusk. Just watch out for the gators.The small mouth bass are more common up there, and the large mouth become more common to the south in Central Mississippi. Good fightin' fish, but not like the Muskie up north.
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