Bay Area Thread

[loeyjarko]

Imma be there Friday. You heading over there? We can do our IP trade there if you want. Otherwise I can swing to your area on my way there or my way back.

I'm thinking that sounds good. Hoping for new bottles and Cask 200 on draft. Given the past few weeks, that's not a stretch. Taplist on saturday was stupid good.

 

[Bluecane]

I'm thinking that sounds good. Hoping for new bottles and Cask 200 on draft. Given the past few weeks, that's not a stretch. Taplist on saturday was stupid good.

I'll be there, too. Excited to spend my birthday with Sara, er, SARA.

 

[stupac2]

I'll be at SARA on Saturday.

 

[Adam Jackson]

I'm around 16-21 so if there are some hill farmstead things I can bring for a chance to drink with you fine folks, please let me know.

 

[Bluecane]

I'll be at SARA on Saturday.

Plz Friday? Much hangout. Wow Talkbeer.

 

[JCastle1]

Fam who's trying to go to Sante next friday or Saturday?

Imma be there Friday. You heading over there? We can do our IP trade there if you want. Otherwise I can swing to your area on my way there or my way back.

Also gonna go on Friday most likely.

 

[loeyjarko]

I'm around 16-21 so if there are some hill farmstead things I can bring for a chance to drink with you fine folks, please let me know.

Bring the funky goodness to Sante and I'll bring some locals. SARA meet-ups errday.

 

[stupac2]

Plz Friday? Much hangout. Wow Talkbeer.

I have to work! Plus I'm definitely going down on Saturday for family stuff, doing that trip two days in a row is a little crazy!

 

[Bluecane]

I have to work! Plus I'm definitely going down on Saturday for family stuff, doing that trip two days in a row is a little crazy!

Psh, nuclear phsyics isn't changing anytime soon! Hopefully another day will work, though. And then we discuss whether the laws of physics are immutable throughout the multiverse, since I prefer my beer with a side of nerdiness. (P.S. You don't seem nerdy; but, you're a physicist, so just indulge me, damnit!)

 

[bird22]

Odds are extremely high that I will be at SARA on Friday as well.

 

[abecall98]

I'm around probably until 3/21, so let me know.

Sweet. I'll see what's up when I get settled in.

 

[Bluecane]

How does SARA feel about bottle shares? I'm trying to get my Portland trade box rerouted to SF so I can crack it this week.

 

[AndresR]

Mikkeller will have Avery's Tweak on next weds. *Fingers cross it's not total *****.

http://www.mikkellerbar.com/events.html

 

[stupac2]

How does SARA feel about bottle shares?

I've opened more bottles at SARA in the past month than everywhere else combined.

 

[bugdoc]

How does SARA feel about bottle shares? I'm trying to get my Portland trade box rerouted to SF so I can crack it this week.

Going to Sante is like going to an endless bottleshare at a friend's house (where your friend homebrews better **** than 90% of what you brought).

 

[82300sd]

true dat!

 

[litheum94]

From the Russian River blog:

"Vinnie and I were discussing the fast approaching storm while watching the news the night before. One of us actually said "this just might be the first year that no one shows up"."

Really? Are breweries really that ignorant as to what is going on in the beer world these days? The CC fiasco just seems to confirm that.

 

[matedog]

From the Russian River blog:

"Vinnie and I were discussing the fast approaching storm while watching the news the night before. One of us actually said "this just might be the first year that no one shows up"."

Really? Are breweries really that ignorant as to what is going on in the beer world these days? The CC fiasco just seems to confirm that.

I'm guessing it was an off the cuff joke.

Regardless, next Beat release, I will state clearly to them, "there will be more people than last time. Plan accordingly."

 

[litheum94]

I'm guessing it was an off the cuff joke.

Regardless, next Beat release, I will state clearly to them, "there will be more people than last time. Plan accordingly."

I don't know anymore. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they thought that. They've shown that they still underestimate their draw with the Beatification release and this year's Younger.

Oh well. At least they've just been busy releases and not complete **** shows. We can be thankful for that.

 

[jtmartino1]

I'm guessing it was an off the cuff joke.

I'm not so sure. At the Beat release, most of the employees were running around with a deer-in-the-headlights kind of look, and the girl ringing up the bottle-only line literally had no idea that it would be that busy.

They're not the only ones - look at Founders KBS release, Cigar City's Huna debacle, The Bruery's online sales of cellar beers or BT, Firestone Invitational tickets and their Feral release last weekend.

Each year gets worse and worse.

It's good evidence that the market can support more good beer. Let's hope the ingredients and equipment suppliers can keep up.

 

[abecall98]

I don't know anymore. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they thought that. They've shown that they still underestimate their draw with the Beatification release and this year's Younger.

Oh well. At least they've just been busy releases and not complete **** shows. We can be thankful for that.

I agree. The last shitshow they had, they learned from, ala Younger 2010. It's only a matter of time until the next big release outdoes Hunahpu 2014 also. I just hope it's not one of ours.

 

[stupac2]

It's good evidence that the market can support more good beer. Let's hope the ingredients and equipment suppliers can keep up.

Isn't there a really big fear right now in the industry that suppliers can't, in fact, keep up with the growth?

 

[drgarage1]

Isn't there a really big fear right now in the industry that suppliers can't, in fact, keep up with the growth?

Equipment should be fine. Ingredients is a definite concern.

 

[jtmartino1]

Isn't there a really big fear right now in the industry that suppliers can't, in fact, keep up with the growth?

That's what I heard, and it's already a significant challenge for new breweries. There isn't enough stuff to go around, particularly regarding stainless brewing equipment and hops. So the little guys are having trouble acquiring the more desirable hop varieties (Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra, etc.) and there is even a wait time (6 months+) for new equipment for some brewers.

But this demand should eventually be met with increased supply, hopefully from more local specialty options. Would be cool if there were many different growing regions for hops like there are for grapes.

 

[litheum94]

That's what I heard, and it's already a significant challenge for new breweries. There isn't enough stuff to go around, particularly regarding stainless brewing equipment and hops. So the little guys are having trouble acquiring the more desirable hop varieties (Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra, etc.) and there is even a wait time (6 months+) for new equipment for some brewers.

But this demand should eventually be met with increased supply, hopefully from more local specialty options. Would be cool if there were many different growing regions for hops like there are for grapes.

That area is called Santa Rosa

Seriously, we need to go back to our roots and plant some hops instead of another ******* vineyard.

 

[flexabull]

That area is called Santa Rosa

Seriously, we need to go back to our roots and plant some hops instead of another ******* vineyard.

At least they are starting to plant hops up in Clear Lake.

 

[tosh1]

That area is called Santa Rosa

Seriously, we need to go back to our roots and plant some hops instead of another ******* vineyard.

I am going to start a new way of thinking...my first thoughts of a slogan are "think ******* local for everything, except for Belgium lambics"

 

[Arbitrator]

That area is called Santa Rosa

Seriously, we need to go back to our roots and plant some hops instead of another ******* vineyard.

Given CA's water situation, I'm not sure planting anything is the direction to go in right now...

 

[tosh1]

Given CA's water situation, I'm not sure planting anything is the direction to go in right now...

Learning to live within the environmental constraints of your surroundings - you are doing crazy talk, that aint happening n USA 2014. So move on and come up with a new reality

 

[falc0n26001]

Sacramento used to have the largest hops farm in the world, before Prohibition screwed that up:
http://www.sacramentohistory.org/films_hopfarm.html .
In fact, less than 3 years ago there was just ONE hops farm in all of California, which is rather insane:
http://www.sactownmag.com/December-January-2013/Deja-Brew/index.php?cparticle=5&siarticle=4

California needs to get their **** together and grow some hops. Unfortunately, with the current drought this is about the worst possible time to start.