The Four Firkins is closing

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Message Steasy66 beers 1156 º places 10 º 09:56 Wed 6/24/2015 Originally posted by MatSciGuy If I was one of the 8 people who put $1000 on the table for ’lifetime access to rare beer’ I’d be pretty pissed right now. Ended up being one year of rare beer. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-four-firkins-craft-beer-store-expansion#/ I think those 8 people could benefit from learning an expensive lesson.
Message TheHOFF43 P beers 2045 º places 169 º 10:41 Wed 6/24/2015 Anyone who paid that might deserve this. $1000 for first shot @ KBS? Love it.
Message arminjewell beers 9756 º places 10 º 12:18 Wed 6/24/2015 Originally posted by JK Absolutely not giving legal advice and only engaging in discussion, it sounds like they sold gift cards that they intended not to honor. If that happened, it might be a crime. If I had bought a gift card there, i would call my credit card people immediately for help. Wow. While I also did not care for the store much on personal preferences, this would be pretty low.

Message MatSciGuy beers 924 º 12:56 Wed 6/24/2015 The circumstances seems really suspicious. Given, I’m not a customer of the store. Was there any hint of their bad situation prior to this statement?
Message Steasy66 beers 1156 º places 10 º 13:13 Wed 6/24/2015 One of their previous newsletters outlined a fire sale on their merch. ($2 T-shirts, $10 hoodies) That was the only sign I saw.
Message Atom beers 3303 º places 229 º 13:18 Wed 6/24/2015 Originally posted by MatSciGuy The circumstances seems really suspicious. Given, I’m not a customer of the store. Was there any hint of their bad situation prior to this statement? A mutual friend of ours at Indeed, said yesterday was also the first they’d heard anything and were also surprised.
Message thome50 beers 1295 º places 34 º 13:37 Wed 6/24/2015 Mostly just checking this thread to see if mattyb83 makes a return to dance on their grave.

Message JK beers 7296 º places 442 º 13:41 Wed 6/24/2015 Never had a bad experience in the handful of times i went there, but rarely stopped by because i found the prices too high. They were friendly enough and i recall being given a free pour from a fresh growler of Furious to enjoy while i shopped.
Message MatSciGuy beers 924 º 14:36 Wed 6/24/2015 On the industry side, I heard about Alvey’s tantrums when he didn’t get shipments of new beers from distributors before the other stores.
Message Atom beers 3303 º places 229 º 16:10 Wed 6/24/2015 Originally posted by MatSciGuy On the industry side, I heard about Alvey’s tantrums when he didn’t get shipments of new beers from distributors before the other stores. Yeah I heard he and his staff where notorious pains in the butt about new beers or "rare" releases. With the last round of Bourbon County I remember Liqour Barrel getting a second shipment and stopped into FF to see if they happened to also. They didn’t and the guy looked so pissed and told me he would call the distributor right away. I got a laugh out of that, but also thought "poor guy" that would be getting that call.