Hops & Barley by Jocu

[Jocu]

Hops & Barley Belgian Blond General Release : Friday 17th June 20:00 CET

Hey guys! Happy to announce this will go on general sale on Friday.

It's a little earlier than the usual period of exclusivity we give to Inner Circle productions like this, but we have a crammed calendar of releases coming up including The Green Man Summer, Beltane/Lughnasadh/Samhain/Imbolc and a TBC general release to get in before the end of summer, so we're speeding things up to keep up our 1 release a month calendar.

If you received the newsletter announcement, you can get a discounted half brick of all the classic Hops & Barley decks so far in a half brick box for a great price, just follow the link in the email.

Love how this one turned out, looking forward to seeing some of you at the drop on Friday!

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[hsbc]

Hops & Barley Belgian Blond, $17.60



A classic, slimline deck with vintage-style tuck boxes of which the paper is made from actual beer by-products such as the remaining hops, barley, yeast and even recycled beer mats and labels. An homage to the ancient process of beer brewing, Hops & Barley is a classic deck of luxury playing cards for all beer aficionados.

[kevork]

There is a brewmaster for sale here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115722564149

I know of two sales this past year at $200. And one for $300.

[vasta41]

It's over $380 now.

[kevork]

It's over $380 now.

I suppose I'd be shocked if someone paid that much, but now with Dram coming out and its box framed as the sister to Brewmaster, I could see demand having increased. Anthony has expressed its been the most sought after deck especially given its limited nature and even he does not have one.

For those who are not aware, a couple of these were lost in shipping, so even though the total says 80, there are about 72 or so out in the wild.

EDIT: Anthony has provided the accurate tally (~75) that exist.

[GandalfPC]

I don’t see any on ebay for the last two years, save the current one

[Jocu]

It's interesting for us to see, as our limited decks are few and far between.

It's worth noting that whilst 80 were made, 12 were lost or stolen by UPS during their shipment to the UK.

We had records, fortunately, of the serial numbers and were able to remake a handful but we didn't have enough gilded decks or boxes to completely replace them as our contingency was not that high. In the end we probably only replaced half, so I reckon 75 is a more accurate estimate.

[hsbc]

SoCal: Hops & Barley Brewmaster's Edition (#74/80) [AUCTION]