tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post1980110470447799029..comments2024-03-12T16:26:57.940-05:00Comments on The Wine and Cheese Place: BRC Beer updatePaul Haydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972430848334214826noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-5262379020311669072016-02-05T18:52:31.059-06:002016-02-05T18:52:31.059-06:00I agree, Paul is the man. Thx, Paul!I agree, Paul is the man. Thx, Paul!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-21144448122286502102016-02-04T22:17:30.829-06:002016-02-04T22:17:30.829-06:00Yeah I agree with you about Randall's. There j...Yeah I agree with you about Randall's. There just going after a different customer. I know your job is thankless at times but I appreciate your dedication to TWCP. I mean get some sleep. Thanks Paul! Your the man! Your the only person I know in this shady business with integrity. When I say shady, I don't mean TWCP. I mean the whole liquor business. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-39205530597653054172016-02-04T21:45:59.845-06:002016-02-04T21:45:59.845-06:00I think all 4 stores got in Stagg Jr, not 100% sur...I think all 4 stores got in Stagg Jr, not 100% sure. We also had Pikesville Rye on the shelf this week also, in fact there still might be some on the shelf right now. That was another one, I decided not to post to let regulars find it on the shelf. We do not want to raise our prices on the limited Bourbons to make them last longer on the shelf. I think our Weller 12 is $26 or something like that, I do not know if it is true, but I have been told by a few people that Randalls has it for over $60? again not sure it that is true or not. I did see they had the Makers Cask for $40, not sure if that is a mistake, because that is well below cost. When I saw that, I called my distributor to find out how that could be, they said the wholesale has never been that low before. They were guessing they priced it based on the 375ml bottles. We were $30 on 375ml and $62 on 750, and we are not making a ton of money at those prices. I can buy it cheaper from them than our wholesaler. We have been talking about the whiskey club for awhile, that is true. But it is logistically a nightmare. We want to make sure we do it right and we wanted to wait until we got our new POS system set up. It will eventually make it, still not sure how fast. Paul Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972430848334214826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-32777694165795543672016-02-04T21:28:54.881-06:002016-02-04T21:28:54.881-06:00On the second comment about limited beer:
Again, t...On the second comment about limited beer:<br />Again, there is no perfect way. We try to be as fair as possible. When you get 12 bottles of something, what do you do? If we just put it on the shelf the same people go around town and scoop it up from all stores. People know when the releases are and many will even take off work to go round them up. We just feel it is more fair to give it to regulars of the store. Some releases are based on whiskey/beer/wine sales. So if you purchase a lot of whiskey you can still qualify for beer. The Dissident release today went using overall sales including whiskey too. Many of the limited beers do end up on the shelf. This week alone people found on the shelf Side Project The Scribe, Perennial Sump, Prairie Barrel Aged Bomb!, 2nd Shift Bourbon Barrel Aged Vanilla Cat Spit, Deschutes The Abyss, and others. I have said this before, it would be much easier to just put the limited beers on the shelf, we spend a lot of effort and time releasing these beers the way we do. We do it this way because it is much more fair.<br />Paul Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972430848334214826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-46577722195421098812016-02-04T21:19:20.334-06:002016-02-04T21:19:20.334-06:00I appreciate all that you guys do and I know it...I appreciate all that you guys do and I know it's prob difficult to make everyone happy. The regulars, from my point of view come up on Friday to taste beer and buy whiskey. I'd love a bottle of stagg jr but I've never found anything special on Fridays or weekends. Do you put Blanton or stagg Jr on the other stores shelves? I'm not trying to be ungrateful because I like TWCP and the work you do Paul. When I see pikesville rye on Randall's shelves, blantons, Weller 12. Those cost a couple extra bucks but I found makers mark cask for 40 bucks so it evens out. I'm not sure if the two times I went there was a fluke but I bought 5 bottles of Makers. From the people I talk to, if you can't get/find those hidden bottle then you why not just find the lowest price. I mean I see people selling the "rare" stuff on bottle spot for decent prices. I'll speak for myself but your gonna start losing customers and I'm just being honest. I'm sorry to be negative but I've heard about this whiskey club for a few years. Thanks for the response Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-47012276103957526152016-02-04T20:57:16.337-06:002016-02-04T20:57:16.337-06:00On the first comment:
Having a whiskey reward prog...On the first comment:<br />Having a whiskey reward program is in the planning., so stay tuned for that. Even without that, we do our best to be as fair as possible with limited bourbons by doing many of them via the raffle method. Some we just throw on the shelf a bottle at a time without telling people. To let the regular shopper find them. Just in the last 2 weeks, Stagg Jr and Blantons were on the shelf and we never posted that we had them. Just to reward people that are shopping in the store. People found them and were excited to find them.Paul Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972430848334214826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-19637292857802892842016-02-04T20:30:17.427-06:002016-02-04T20:30:17.427-06:00Yeah, I hear you....I'm in the same boat. Thu...Yeah, I hear you....I'm in the same boat. Thus I have to buy my Ltd. Beer from the competition....who actually put it on the shelf instead of only giving it to select people...<br />I drink quality, not quantity....Thus I get nothing.<br />The only thing "brc" has done is alienate me from a store that used to be my "go to place" for everything.<br />Still love buying whiskey @ twcp though... :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243985051209567821.post-70081741086768215542016-02-04T17:21:15.156-06:002016-02-04T17:21:15.156-06:00How about a little love for the whiskey guys who d...How about a little love for the whiskey guys who don't get any emails for the BRC! We like beer too but we just don't buy enough. I've done the math and both customers spend about the same. I've never got an email for the whiskey release club. Also, is there only room for one club at TWCP? What about a spirit release club? Or would the little guys get pushed out of that club. I spend $5000-$7000 a year on whiskey. I know that's not much for one person but what about the other 500 people like me. Would you rather lose 500 peoples business or 1 guy who spends $50,000 a year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com