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Doesn't look like this thread gets a lot of play but I'll throw it out here anyway. I'll be in StL for business tomorrow and plan on spending a good bit of time at Side Project. Flight lands at 1240 CST so I'll head down to my hotel or grab some food before getting there around open. If anyone wants to split some bottles, I'd like to crack all the on-site SP bottles I can so let me know if there's any interest.
 
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I'm driving in from NC and will arrive early tomorrow morning. Will be hitting up SP mostly on Thursday, schafly Saturday, and then Perennial for the party Saturday afternoon. If anyone wants to split some on-site bottles at sp let me know. Also, does anyone know if there are any other releases I should look out for in STL this weekend?
 
actually looking like I'll be travelling out there in the next month or two. Any week/weekend I should shoot for?

I think I asked before, but is STL Uber friendly? will I be able to get around from Downtown to SideProject, etc?
 
Os said:
actually looking like I'll be travelling out there in the next month or two. Any week/weekend I should shoot for?

I think I asked before, but is STL Uber friendly? will I be able to get around from Downtown to SideProject, etc?
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STL is uber friendly, and it's probably about $20 and 15-20 minutes to get from downtown to the SP cellar or brewery.

As for a weekend to shoot for there's the Brewer's Heritage Festival on June 3rd on the riverfront. It's put on by the STL Brewers Guild which is made up of pretty much every brewery within 100 miles. It's a cool event. SP seems to release something just about every weekend now, but I can't think of any other events off the top of my head.
 
ccbstl said:
STL is uber friendly, and it's probably about $20 and 15-20 minutes to get from downtown to the SP cellar or brewery.

As for a weekend to shoot for there's the Brewer's Heritage Festival on June 3rd on the riverfront. It's put on by the STL Brewers Guild which is made up of pretty much every brewery within 100 miles. It's a cool event. SP seems to release something just about every weekend now, but I can't think of any other events off the top of my head.
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awesome! Thank you much...
 
2plums4one said:
I'm driving in from NC and will arrive early tomorrow morning. Will be hitting up SP mostly on Thursday, schafly Saturday, and then Perennial for the party Saturday afternoon. If anyone wants to split some on-site bottles at sp let me know. Also, does anyone know if there are any other releases I should look out for in STL this weekend?
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Schlafly Downtown - Port/Cacao Stout @ 11am
Side Project/Shared - Proof of Concept 3 & Biere du Pays @ 12pm (get whatever Bolyards is serving for food on site that day)
Narrow Gauge - OJ Run Crowlers 3pp if its still going
 
This is the first one ever and its at nearly the same time as the Side Project one so really hard to say.
 
Oh, good to know. I figured Eleventh Labor was a brewery release given the Ibex branding. Shows how little I know. I guess I'll just tell him to swing by if he has time and the crowds aren't too crazy, since he lives less than 10 minutes away. If I miss out, so be it.
 
beerindex said:
Oh, good to know. I figured Eleventh Labor was a brewery release given the Ibex branding. Shows how little I know. I guess I'll just tell him to swing by if he has time and the crowds aren't too crazy, since he lives less than 10 minutes away. If I miss out, so be it.
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As far as this goes, this is a new brand of 'Ibex Rare'. Eleventh Labor and others have seen distro to at least KC if not other markets. Good luck!
 
Os said:
actually looking like I'll be travelling out there in the next month or two. Any week/weekend I should shoot for?

I think I asked before, but is STL Uber friendly? will I be able to get around from Downtown to SideProject, etc?
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try to make it July 15th-16th. That'd be crazy to crush beers in St Louis
 
Does anybody know what the Shared Coffee Vibes limits were and if they're still on sale? Trying to figure out if I can reasonably pursue them or I should just give up. Thanks.
 
My daughter just tried to ship me a box from the FedEx location off Manchester and McKnight in St. Louis. They wanted to inspect the box because they said they've had trouble with people shipping liquor. The FedEx worker was a total ass!

Can you recommend another FedEx location to ship from? Anyone ship from downtown St. Louis?

Thanks
 
Os said:
actually looking like I'll be travelling out there in the next month or two. Any week/weekend I should shoot for?

I think I asked before, but is STL Uber friendly? will I be able to get around from Downtown to SideProject, etc?
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I am planning a trip as well...note that SP Cellar is closed June 2-6.
 
I saw that. Really glad I'll be there 6/16. The hours of tasting room at the brewery don't work for me.
 
Just wanted to add some thoughts after hitting up a few new spots this weekend.

Started off (and hit up again in the trip) Narrow Gauge Brewing which is contained within the sports bar / restaurant Cugino's.

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I had tried a few beers that Jaminjohnson had shared before and tried a few from Jeff Hardesty at New Glarus last year pre Great Taste of the Midwest. Fantastic hop forward hazy beers, a really impressive pilsner, good food, but the service left something to be desired as it took forever to get beers / food with a small group (5 people). The vibe of the place is a little weird as it's wearing a few hats, but definitely a spot I will be checking out on future trips. Couldn't believe the amount of folks walking away with 6+ crowlers at a time.
 
Next stop was The Side Project Cellar which wasn't even around when I was last back in St. Louis in 2013.

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Ended up sharing bottles of Apple Brandy Derivation, Side Project / Casey Jammy and Live Oak / Jester King Foudreweizen which were all very good in different ways. Could certainly see this being a pricey spot to hang out if I was a local, but not sure I can come down again without making a stop here in the future. Loved that they had on a cask of Civil Life English Pale Ale as well even if it wasn't the freshest cask in the world.
 
ok so I'll be in St. Louis July 15-16th (probably like 2pm on Saturday) What can I not miss in this short amount of time? Thanks for any help, just trying to not miss an awesome event or great food or something..
 
FTowne said:
Just drink some Urban Chestnut cans and eat some toasted ravioli.
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can't really turn that idea down.

Gonna be an interesting trip: KC, St Louis, Little Rock, Nashville, Chattanooga and then a drive from Chattanooga all the way home. Hopefully I can figure out the best ride home for some good breweries.
 
pythonhgr said:
can't really turn that idea down.

Gonna be an interesting trip: KC, St Louis, Little Rock, Nashville, Chattanooga and then a drive from Chattanooga all the way home. Hopefully I can figure out the best ride home for some good breweries.
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But spare yourself the cruel and unusual punishment that is St Louis style pizza. That is, unless your idea of pizza is the world's most brittle and stale cracker, topped with a blood red sugar they claim is pizza sauce, and cheese that is closer to the plastic shrink wrap on a Kraft singles slice than any actual cheese. This isn't to say all pizza in St Louis is bad, just St Louis style pizza, like what you'd find at Imo's.
 
beerindex said:
But spare yourself the cruel and unusual punishment that is St Louis style pizza. That is, unless your idea of pizza is the world's most brittle and stale cracker, topped with a blood red sugar they claim is pizza sauce, and cheese that is closer to the plastic shrink wrap on a Kraft singles slice than any actual cheese. This isn't to say all pizza in St Louis is bad, just St Louis style pizza, like what you'd find at Imo's.
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Ignore this post and get an IMO's pizza after you've drank all day.
 
Man, I am still so jacked from my Wisconsin trip, damn I love the Midwest. As a result,
St. Louis trip is in the works. No dates set. But it's gonna happen. Just wanted to post here so I can get the updates looking forward.

Just gotta few details to work out first. Hopefully a kick ass concert, beer release, disc golf, tons of grub, maybe a Brewer/Cardinal game and extended 4 day weekend kind of thing ideally speaking.

The Dr. brought up some beers for me when we met up last week in Milwaukee. I really loved this one:

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She also scored this one that I liked too:
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Keep all the news coming, I'll be reading and planning.
 
beerandraiderfan said:
Man, I am still so jacked from my Wisconsin trip, damn I love the Midwest. As a result,
St. Louis trip is in the works. No dates set. But it's gonna happen. Just wanted to post here so I can get the updates looking forward.

Just gotta few details to work out first. Hopefully a kick ass concert, beer release, disc golf, tons of grub, maybe a Brewer/Cardinal game and extended 4 day weekend kind of thing ideally speaking.

The Dr. brought up some beers for me when we met up last week in Milwaukee. I really loved this one:

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She also scored this one that I liked too:
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Keep all the news coming, I'll be reading and planning.
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Holler
 

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