redrocker652002
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Post deleted due to it being deemed as being unrelated to the topic.Wonder if this is in any way related to the cultural problems that are killing other San Francisco businesses.
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Post deleted due to it being deemed as being unrelated to the topic.Wonder if this is in any way related to the cultural problems that are killing other San Francisco businesses.
San Francisco has become a pool of homeless, drug addicts and criminals that run the city. It is dirty and smells of human waste. Such a pity for a once really nice city. I live about 10 to 15 mins from the downtown area and would not go there for anything. Anybody who asks, I tell them to go to Monterrey, Napa Valley, Santa Cruz or anywhere but SF. It is a craphole.
Post deleted due to not belonging in this thread. My apologies.Of course you feel that way because you're probably in a tough location. If you know about SF,, you know the problems are real downtown but there are many "clean" districts and areas.
While I would agree to a point, the better areas are getting worse as the homeless and drug addicts move or increase. North Beach use to be a great place to go have a nice dinner and walk around. Not anymore. The piers and the Wharf, once again, the same. San Francisco pays the drug addicts something like 800 bucks a month just to do nothing. I saw an interview on one of the news channels and the guy openly admitted he uses the money for dope and sees no real need to get a job when they will pay him to get high. That is the problem with SF, too many handouts.
As far as location, I am not in SF, but in a city about 5 to 10 miles south of it. Close enough that if it was cleaner and nicer I could go to the theater district and catch a show and dinner. But getting hit up for money, watching people urinate in the streets and shoot up just doesn't do it for me. Just my opinion, if you want to wade is the filth of SF be my guest.
The current state of the city and a business closing possibly due to it is not pertinent? Ok, cool. Will delete. My apologies to any and all who might have been offended. I will try and limit my opinion in the future.I don't have a problem with your opinion. Just doesn't belong in this thread.
So my opinion is not right, but yours is? Got it. You are right and I a wrong. There ya go. Have a great day. So if my opinion didn't belong in the thread, nor should your reply. So, maybe you should be omitting your opinion of my opinion. LOL. Again, have a great day.This shouldn't be part of this discussion. Of course you feel that way because you're probably in a tough location. If you know about SF, you know the problems are real downtown but there are many "clean" districts and areas. And it's not just San Francisco. There's a true, serious drug epidemic in every city, and even small towns. Even in the Appalacia. To ignore the problem and blame it on on SF and "Cali" (no one from CA calls it that) is a tired trope we've all heard before. And it's sad because a lot of good people get addicted. On the flip side, there are hundreds of successful global industries based in SF which help make CA one of the top economies in the world. Some of these companies are beer companies. Get off you
I liked Fat Tire and so did my father in law. He kept it in his fridge regularly that is until they changed the recipe..sigh.... LolFat Tire? Not long ago
He didn't say that. Sheesh.So my opinion is not right, but yours is? Got it. You are right and I a wrong. There ya go.
Plus, CA. Enough said there. I read one article where the employees were all blaming Sapporro who bought the company and ran it into the ground.Plenty o' factors in this (and the larger issue of breweries shutting down, in general). Some that come to mind right away:
1. A Darwinian thinning of the herd going on. Unsustainable, what with 9700 U.S. breweries, per @day_trippr's data.
2. Fickle tastes among beer drinkers.
3. Competition from other beverages, and a trend among some people to eschew alcohol altogether.
4. Inflation, meaning less disposable income for buying craft beer.
5. Supply chain issues and post-Covid price-gouging turning away some consumers who refuse to pay $12-$15/4-pack, or $8 a pint in a taproom.
6. Quality problems in some packaged beer--e.g., short shelf life of certain varieties.
7. Poor management.
8. Acquisition of craft breweries by large corporate entities, then the inevitable cuts when one doesn't live up to revenue projections.
That’s what they make spirits for. I’ve never had any seltzer that I said, wow that’s awesome. They have all had an artificial taste.A lot of people really like seltzer because it gets them drunk and it’s very few calories. It’s not really about the taste.
Yeah but taxes/convenience/social expectations make that unpopular. Popping open a few cans of seltzer is easier and a closer experience to social beer than mixing a jack and coke. Plus many venues don’t allow liquor sales, and if you bring a flask you're the ‘drinker’ and have something to carry arround when done.That’s what they make spirits for. I’ve never had any seltzer that I said, wow that’s awesome. They have all had an artificial taste.
looks tasty, might contemplate adding the molasses and brown sugar later in the boil say around 5min left, they don't need to boil just mix inSo for a first draft of an Our Special Ale recipe, I came up with this. I wanted to use up the little bit of honey malt I have left and I've had a jar of molasses waiting to be used for a long time. Everything said figs and dark fruit, so this seemed appropriate. I wanted to get to 7%, went about .5 on the hop ratio since this is a spiced beer. I brew 3 gallon batches, all my brews are 3.5 gallons into the fermenter so that I actually end up with 3 gallons of finished beer. Simpson's Best is what I have a sack of, you could use Maris Otter.
Winter Warmer - OSA
17-A British Strong Ale
Size: 3.5 gal
Efficiency: 81.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Original Gravity: 1.072 (1.055 - 1.080)
Terminal Gravity: 1.018 (1.015 - 1.022)
Color: 16.76 SRM (8.0 - 22.0)
Alcohol: 7.07% (5.5% - 8.0%)
Bitterness: 33.1 (30.0 - 60.0)
Ingredients:
6.5 lb (75.9%) Simpson's Best Pale Ale Malt - added during mash
.5 lb (5.8%) Special Roast Malt - added during mash
.5 lb (5.8%) Munich 10L Malt - added during mash
.25 lb (2.9%) American Honey Malt - added during mash
.5 lb (5.8%) Molasses - added during boil, boiled 60 m
5 oz (3.6%) Light Brown Sugar - added during boil, boiled 60 m
.75 oz (50.0%) Northern Brewer (6.4%) - boiled 60 m
.75 oz (50.0%) Northern Brewer (6.4%) - boiled 20 m
1 ea Vanilla (whole bean) - boiled 15 m
2 tsp Orange Peel (dried) - boiled 15 m
.25 tsp Allspice - boiled 15 m
1.0 ea Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 2.0.24
Yup, that's him. He sounds pretty serious, but like you said, good luck to him.That would be this guy...
https://www.ktvu.com/news/local-interest-now-on-tap-to-buy-iconic-anchor-brewery
Good luck to anyone trying to keep icons around...
Cheers!
I agree. While I will drink it if it is offered, I don't think it is one I would go out and buy. My son had a six pack of it in the fridge and he and I had one each. It wasn't bad, but not the type of beer I would normally drink.Cracked open a can of Anchor Steam tonight, not sure how fresh it was, or maybe I'm not that keen on Northern Brewer hops. I brewed a clone a while back and wasn't blown away either. Just seems to me that an off the shelf Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, or pale ales that I can brew trump this beer. The romantic aspects on this beer are not enough for me to support it financially.
Good on them … being a veteran star-up entrepreneur I’ve been in these situations … while it didn’t work out for me in specific companies, their moxie can not go unnoticed. Good for them going for the long shot!
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