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Those were good times.Heretic always seemed like a love letter to the mid 2000s ibu wars and his glory days as a homebrewer; however, it never seemed like a big deal outside of older homebrewers who witnessed his heyday.
Which is exactly why I, and a lot of others, enjoy the hell out of that place. I’ll take mid 2000’s over much of the rubbish being cranked out these days.Heretic always seemed like a love letter to the mid 2000s ibu wars and his glory days as a homebrewer; however, it never seemed like a big deal outside of older homebrewers who witnessed his heyday.
i don't know, 2000 ibu's seems like a bit much.Which is exactly why I, and a lot of others, enjoy the hell out of that place. I’ll take mid 2000’s over much of the rubbish being cranked out these days.
JZ just posted on FB:
"The new owners of Heretic Brewery and Distillery have terminated my employment to "save money." I no longer have any involvement with what they produce or how the business is run."
JZ just posted on FB:
"The new owners of Heretic Brewery and Distillery have terminated my employment to "save money." I no longer have any involvement with what they produce or how the business is run."
Really? Jamil knows what he's doing and when he sold the brewery and stayed on as an employee he knew that it wasn't going to be forever.I don’t worship Jamil but this news still really sucks. Hate when ironic stuff like this happens.
no additional details. does indeed appear to be an unhappy separation. mostly it appears to be sudden and unexpected. i take it he didn't get 2 weeks noticeWell, that sucks. Gotta any more details? The first impressions I get from your quote make me think this has happened on bad terms.
imma gonna disagree with you about jamil brewing beer that is out of date, unwanted, etc. his production has been growing year over year - that doesn't happen if you brew stuff that no one wants. for us homebrewers we think Heretic = Jamil. for the 99+% of the country that doesn't homebrew, Heretic is just another craft brewery. it's that overwhelming majority that drives sales, not us Jamil worshippers.Not surprised. I don't mean to pile on to my past comment but what is a conglomerate trying to brew beer in 2022 going to do with a guy who brewed beer like it was twenty years ago? They are a financial interest motivated by selling as much beer as they can as fast as they can. An 80 IBU IPA just isn't a seller these days. Jamil opened Heretic ten years too late and basically sold beer based on who he was which hasn't been a thing for a long time.
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