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Posted by Nick B. on 2013-01-31 23:55:12

Don't you lot have a name for those particular kinds of tickers? True story: A California microbrewery released a new(?) strong barleywine (10+% ABV?) a year or two ago, only to be sold on draught at the brewery tap. Proceeds were to go to breast cancer research or something, IIRC. The hype was so great that you had to buy tickets in advance to get a glass of it (American "pint" or half-"pint"?). Someone got a glass, took it into the loo, poured it into a swing-top bottle (Bügelflasche), and sold that on EBay for hundreds of dollars. The brewery found out about it and made press releases about how horrible it was that their creation or baby or something could be so mis-treated. Or something like that. Absolutely *hilarious*! Especially the righteous indignation of the brewery.

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RateBeer Best Lists by mike004 on  2013-02-01 03:48:59