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"Stephanos":10kisyg5 wrote:

"KeeganAles":10kisyg5 wrote: OK, I'm game.

Justifiable for me is a combination of strength, style, quality, accessibility, freshness, and scarcity.

Here's 5 beers that are €5 a bottle at Drinkstore that I would pay for:
Rochefort 10
Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Red Willow Ageless
Thornbridge St Petersburg
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum

And here's 5 beers that are €5 a bottle I wouldn't pay for:
Schneider Weisse Aventinus Weizen Eisbock
Mikkeller Tomahawk Single Hop IPA
Red Willow Feckless
Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout
Flying Dog Horn Dog[/quote:10kisyg5]
interested in your justification on a few of those[/quote:10kisyg5]
Rochefort v Aventinus - Style:
10 is one of the signature quads, where eisbocks always struck me as a bit... gimmicky.

Mikkeller - Style:
Beer Geek Breakfast is the prototypical coffee stout; a workhorse bittering hop like Tomahawk doesn't need its own IPA.

Red Willow - Style, Quality, Accessibility:
Ageless is one of the best Brit DIPAs, Feckless is yet another pint of bitter.
Red Willow are hard to find, so I'll pay a bit extra for them.

Thornbridge v Bristol - Quality, Strength:
I will pay for a 7.7% stout from an excellent brewery, but not for a 4.5% stout from a hit-and-miss brewery.

Sierra v Flying Dog - Quality, Freshness, Scarcity:
SN are consistently good; Hoptimum is a seasonal with a June 7 bottling date. Flying Dog are often mediocre; Horn Dog is a year round release.


That's how it works for me.