re: Craft Beer Mules Exposed

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i seriously think this whole article is grossly exaggerated.

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Oh there are definitely some exaggerations, like this:

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If you’re an Average Joe who was unable to land any Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout this year, you’d probably be upset to learn that a Beerz 4 Fearz Chicago operative spent most of November going around to area retailers offering to buy their entire allotment for 20% over cost—so long as they would assure him the beer would never hit their shelves. While you were scrounging for a meager four-pack, he acquired literally thousands of bottles.

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Really? BCBS is almost nationwide and not that hard to find on Black Friday. I had a hard time believing this, unless they are talking about variants like Vanilla Rye or Prop.

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Really doubt any of this even happens anymore.

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I bet it happens to a certain extent. I could see brewers hooking their buddies up. But hopefully not anything too crazy. You know, Vinny letting his buddy grab a case of Beatification is a lot different than six cases.