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Think paying $8 for a beer is outrageous? Then steer clear of ordering the Baladine Xyauyù at Park Slope's Beer Table, the 17-oz. bottle will set you back 95 bucks (but to be fair, would be the perfect accompaniment to the $175 hamburger).
The new bar calls the Slope's 7th Avenue home, and the Daily News, unsurprisingly, describes the digs as "swank." As for the beer, it cannot be found anywhere else in New York, and takes three years to brew; something that Paul Kermizian, beer connoisseur and co-owner of Barcade and The Gutter, tells us factors in to what may seem like an inflated price tag.
It is an extremely rare beer from a tiny artisanal brewery in Italy. Many craft breweries brew small batch beers such as this that are extremely time consuming and labor intensive. That, plus the skyrocketing costs of ingredients, puts the brewery in a position to have to charge a good deal more than they would for a typical Pale Ale. Often, breweries brew these beers for enjoyment and will likely only break even once all of it is sold. One thing to consider is that if a brewery makes a beer that takes 3 years to age, the beer is probably taking up precious tank space in a brewery already working in too small of a facility.Of the 22 bottles made available at the bar, 4 have been purchased so far. And if you want a taste of the top shelf for slightly less, there's also a "rotating collection of about 100 obscure and artisanal beers also includes a $64 Danish beer that changes its ingredients with each new batch and a handful of $50 brews." Or, you know, there's always the champagne of beers.
How much does one tip for such a costly brew? When we asked Craig Wedren for his tipping scale, he said $3-5 on a $10+ drink.
Photo via Richard Byrom's Flickr.
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Seems like yet another hipster scam, but loving beer as much as I do I can't say I'm not a bit curious...still, that doesn't even look like a 12oz glass - c'mon now, give me a 750ml at least!
because hipsters are all about drinking $95 beer??? This sounds more like a rare beer that takes a long time to make and therefore is expensive.
yeah i heard about another rare brew from italy for the park slope set, it's called
Doucheziani Yupsterilo, suck it up you all
I'm curious too, but my experience with barleywine is that it's typically a much higher alcohol content and not as pleasing to the palate. But of course that's from someone more likely to drink Balantine than Baladine Xyauyù.
It's odd, I wouldn't think it reasonable to pay $175 for that nasty-looking "hamburger" but I'd seriously consider getting this beer. Then again, this is made in very limited quantities over a long period of time, while the burger is made to order and doesn't take nearly as long (excluding the time to raise the cow).
Screw the $3-5 tip per bottle. How much if I order a six pack to go?
"How much does one tip for such a costly brew? When we asked Craig Wedren for his tipping scale, he said $3-5 on a $10+ drink."
On $10, that's a 30-50% tip. Nice try, asshole.
The media keep falling for this old trick:
Charge extremely expensive price for a common item ($95 beer, $175 burger, $1000 sundae, $15M bra, etc.)
Then sit back and soak up all the free publicity, as the media create a "story" where none exists.
At a $3-5 tip I would at least ask for my bottle deposit money back.
Wait..Is that 4 grand in cash sitting on the bar??
i would like to try this beer but i won't. I drink too fast, and it would be over too quickly to make it worth my while.
I have to ask, is there seriously a market for $64 - $100 beer in the current economy? Who has disposable income like this these days? I walk past Beer Table and wonder about the priorities of the people inside.
A fool and his money are soon departed.
Q-'Who has disposable income like this these days?'
A-The same idiot who paid $18,000 to watch S*x and the City.
Why would anybody throw down that kind of cash for an Italian beer? That's like paying $200,000 for an American car.
Another example of the Assification of New York
15 comments and not a single one about Park Slope moms? Well, it must be an off day.
Anyway, I live near the joint in question and swear I saw a nanny filling a toddler's bottle with the expensive brew. The parents, who were working 25 hour days as investment bankers or lawyers or something like that, just want the best for their kid.
Oh come on people, lighten up. The Beer Table has unusual beers that are much more reasonably priced on tap($6-$8 I think.) Some of the more expensive ones are definitely worth a try on a special occasion and really changed what I thought a beer could be. Plus the owners are nice.
They aren't trying to market this as a gimmick or looking for publicity. This beer is equivalent to a $95 bottle of wine, which is not uncommon.
I didn't think the letters J, K and Y were in the Italian alphabet. Did they change their alphabet recently?
OK, Headzo,
I admit that this example is not as gimmicky as the other examples I mentioned. A high-end, rare, craft brew can reach $95.
My point was that it should not be a news item.
Deep down, I am just jealous of the publicity.
Park Slope will soon be enjoying its own finely crafted, overpriced brew: "Stroh-lers Beer". It's the one that can't be served within 1,000 ft. of a school, a church, or anyone who earns an hourly wage.