A few weeks ago I mentioned that I went to the Corkscrew and bought a bottle of Rogue Imperial Pilsner, which is the beer that sells for $30 a bottle at the Saucer. It sat in my fridge for a month, until this past Friday night when I was hanging out at my apartment with The Most Annoying Woman On The Planet after trolley tour. I was running low on wine, so I popped open the expensive beer.
Here’s the verdict: I’ve had a couple of other Rogue beers at the Saucer, in the $10 range, and the Imperial Pilsner is comparable in quality to those. Is it worth thirty bucks? HELL no. Not even if it’s served by a cute waitress in a miniskirt. Not even if she stands on top of a very gusty air duct as she serves it.
Is it worth the $13.99 I paid for it at the Corkscrew? Hmmm… that’s a tough call. It was a tasty beer (although unusally hoppy for a pilsner) and at 8.8% alcohol content it will F you up. I guess it was worth it to try it one time. However, for that price I could have bought TWO 12-packs of PBR cans at Rite Aid, and still had a dollar left over.
So there ya go… never did make it to the Majestic tonight. I ended up hanging out on the roof and drinking Red Bull and vodka with one of my new neighbors, and now we’re about to head to LoLo’s Table to get a bite to eat.