Bay Area Thread

[bdogg1]

I am glad they had it on tap as well. I enjoyed it.

 

[Arbitrator]

You sure about that?

HaveUSeenMyCellar is a lot like herpes... He always pops up at the worst times, and he never goes away.

 

[loeyjarko]

I have to say, I'm unsurprised but pleased that I haven't seen a FT: Jezebel yet. Yay for no profiteering! And no haveuseenmycellar at the release!

Jezebel is pretty good I thought! Nice meeting jedwards buzzword (again) and Michigan as well as the regular faces.

 

[Arbitrator]

Turns out Cellarmaker Bangerang is really damn good. Sweet melons Batman.

 

[drgarage1]

Turns out Cellarmaker Bangerang is really damn good. Sweet melons Batman.

It's safe to drink now, you guys! Arbi likes it!

 

[Arbitrator]

It's safe to drink now, you guys! Arbi likes it!

I can't even say good things about beer anymore. :-(

 

[drgarage1]

I can't even say good things about beer anymore. :-(

I was just acknowledging the binding nature of your judgment, given the title and all. (My father-in-law is an actual arbitrator, hence my amusement whenever you render an opinion on a beer)

 

[largodier]

Turns out Cellarmaker Bangerang is really damn good. Sweet melons Batman.

You should have tried Danker Zone. That beer was so good it gave me a 12 hour long hangover.

 

[Arbitrator]

You should have tried Danker Zone. That beer was so good it gave me a 12 hour long hangover.

I find the trick is to consume less than a gallon in a sitting.

 

[falc0n26001]

On Rare Barrel's facebook:

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, August 2nd. We are releasing our first ever collaboration! You aren't going to want to miss this sour. Details coming soon...

 

[johnnyramirez]

On Rare Barrel's facebook:

They have the label posted on their wall near their bottles where you pick up Founders bottles. It's called "On the shoulders of giants". Collab with Pete Slosberg. IIRC it's a dark sour with cherries

 

[RyanG1]

They have the label posted on their wall near their bottles where you pick up Founders bottles. It's called "On the shoulders of giants". Collab with Pete Slosberg. IIRC it's a dark sour with cherries

The Rarest Wickedest Strawberry Ale

 

[bdogg1]

You should have tried Danker Zone. That beer was so good it gave me a 12 hour long hangover.

That was soooo good. I was bummed I could only have one glass of it. Had to drive back home :-(

 

[bdogg1]

They have the label posted on their wall near their bottles where you pick up Founders bottles. It's called "On the shoulders of giants". Collab with Pete Slosberg. IIRC it's a dark sour with cherries

That sounds pretty awesome.

 

[matedog]

They have the label posted on their wall near their bottles where you pick up Founders bottles. It's called "On the shoulders of giants". Collab with Pete Slosberg. IIRC it's a dark sour with cherries

I remember from a Founder's night, them saying that they were hoping the Shoulders of Giants was going to be an annual series of collabs with heavy hitters that came before them.

IIRC, they haven't done a cherry sour beyond the Isla Vista one yet.

 

[loeyjarko]

On Rare Barrel's facebook:

Probably that Cantillon collab they did.

 

[drgarage1]

Why does Rare Barrel make so many dark and red sours relative to others? Always seems like a waste to add fruit to ones that have other flavors that just swallow up everything else. Oude Tart w. Cherries for example is a total waste.

 

[gregkoko]

Why does Rare Barrel make so many dark and red sours relative to others? Always seems like a waste to add fruit to ones that have other flavors that just swallow up everything else. Oude Tart w. Cherries for example is a total waste.

I actually thought Oude Tart w/ Cherries was fantastic. SitR w/kumquats though? Meh

 

[matedog]

Why does Rare Barrel make so many dark and red sours relative to others? Always seems like a waste to add fruit to ones that have other flavors that just swallow up everything else. Oude Tart w. Cherries for example is a total waste.

Lesson learned: dark beers have strong flavors and light beers have less flavor.

 

[drgarage1]

Lesson learned: dark beers have strong flavors and light beers have less flavor.

You know what I mean! When brett and bugs eat unfermentables, it throws off strong flavors that overwhelm the rest of the beer. I thought Oude Tart with Cherries was good, but the cherries didn't add much to the base beer.

 

[falc0n26001]

Oude Tart with Cherries is fantastic and any RS members who don't want their full allotment... Lemme know! Same with GM/CR which I have never tried. Oude Tart with cherries has been available randomly on tap several times around me.

 

[DougOLis]

I actually thought Oude Tart w/ Cherries was fantastic. SitR w/kumquats though? Meh

You go to hell good ser. You go to hell.

 

[DougOLis]

Why does Rare Barrel make so many dark and red sours relative to others? Always seems like a waste to add fruit to ones that have other flavors that just swallow up everything else. Oude Tart w. Cherries for example is a total waste.

I was extremely pleasantly surprised when Sirius Black turned out to not to be a dark sour.

 

[1987GN]

Turns out Cellarmaker Bangerang is really damn good. Sweet melons Batman.

Are they doing growler fills of it?

 

[walterfredo]

Turns out Cellarmaker Bangerang is really damn good. Sweet melons Batman.

agree, thought it was great. Had a couple pints at Hog's Apothecary last Sunday.

 

[Arbitrator]

Are they doing growler fills of it?

Don't know, sorry. I had it at Ale Arsenal.

 

[RyanG1]

Are they doing growler fills of it?

Nope

 

[drgarage1]

Nope

None for Danker Zone at this point, too...

 

[1987GN]

Don't know, sorry. I had it at Ale Arsenal.

Nope

None for Danker Zone at this point, too...

Bummer. I'll be there this weekend and was hoping to get some.

Do you know what they are filling right now?

 

[RyanG1]

Bummer. I'll be there this weekend and was hoping to get some.

Do you know what they are filling right now?

Didn't see the growler fill list at the Jezebel release and it seems like none of the DIPA or limited stuff, like Bangerang and Questionable Origins were fills. Probably doing Hully Lewis, Fake Gold, Rye Be Bitter and/or Tim's Brown.

Every time I go, there is some good stuff on tap for growler fills.