if it bothers you that much,dont click on the post.see how easy that is?
*cheers
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But Cuvée Delphine is available for sale in our beershop. Two bottles of 1,5 l has been sold. It was also available in a for public open tasting, we have them every two weeks in our brewery. We not only taste our beers, but also beers from collegues such as Struise. Last tasting was with beers from Abbaye des Rocs, some are easier to find in the States then in Belgium.
Anyhow, I think that makes Cuvée Delphine commercial available.
Glenn c
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I can’t find it there?
Happy new year!
Jeppe
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There’s a top 50 list?
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Seem to me that Struises bigest problem is they didnt charge for some of these beers
Ive seen threads where they have held and open day at the farm, for any one to turn up and try the beers.
So they have been available to anyone who could make it to the farm on the day specifed.
SO its difficult for most people to get these beer, but the same true for the 2 non bottled versions of Darklord.
Not every one is going to have access to all beers, and as for the suggestion that a beer not make the top50 unless and american has had it.
That strike me as all thats wrong with America. WHY. Why sould a beer need US approval to ne a great Beer.
Feel free to add Criteria like that but make sure that all countires have teh same right. SO no beer can be in the top 50 till someone from every country has tried it.
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An interesting idea but speaking from a UK perspective if a beer had to be bottled for rating purposes then you would just about wreck most of the UK ratings, as cask beers are pretty much the lifeblood and be all and end all of the UK beer market.
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Because we’re the deciders.
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I guess that the biggest problem that can lead to frustration, and above discussion, is not to be able to get or buy a certain beer. As long it is not a top 50 beer it is never a problem, once it gets in there, problems arise. Maybe it is time to level up to minimum 200 ratings before a beer can hit the top 50, and all problems would be solved, I guess.
We sincerely hope that we will be able to solve a lot of the availability issue with the coming of our shop, if not, all positive ideas are welcome. We have a very good ear for every solution a consumer might bring.
Yesterday, I f..k.d up with the zeros, I probably had a beer too much. Production for 2008 is 240.000 bottles and not 2.400.000, big difference and probably the most important reason why availability is scarce. I can believe and understand a lot of people are not happy, such a production result is just a drop on a hot plate.
But I can assure everybody we are working very hard to get more bottles on the streets, however Rome was not build in a day. It took Struise 7 years to get to today’s results, and it will probably take us another hell of a lot more time before we can satisfy everyone. But as I said in the past, we try every day with high quality as our primary standard. This is not a commercial strategy however, but you would not like Struise beers any more if we were to go really commercial.
So we thank everybody for their patience, and their love for the beer. Sometimes discussions can get very hot over here, but that means Ratebeer is alive and kicking, no matter what country a ratebeerian is from.
We thank everybody for the fantastic ride we had this year, this merely due to your love for high quality artisan beer. Have a Happy ending 2008, and may 2009 bring you love, health, work and a lot more fantastic beers to find.
Cheers to all of you and thanks again, Urbain
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Makes me wish I could afford a trip to Europe right about now!
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+1 LOL, however some decisions lead to the actual world economic and financial crisis. I sincerely hope the level of decision makers gets an upgrade or chaos could be in reach real soon. :-) cheers, Urbain
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