Bay Area Thread

[jtmartino1]

From the time I hit the register in the bottle-only line, it took nearly 5 minutes until I was out the door with a case of Beat and 3 bottles each of Pliny and Blind Pig. I was timing it.

Like...are you ****** serious?

You'd think that the one brewery on the West Coast with years and years of experience dealing with long-ass lines for a bottle release would do it better. But instead, every year they reveal themselves to be a bunch of idiots.

 

[82300sd]

They want the publicity and hype of the line going down 4th St, wrapping around the block and going down D St, and going down 5th St. I think the next Beat release, the line will come full circle down E St.

 

[bdogg1]

They want the publicity and hype of the line going down 4th St, wrapping around the block and going down D St, and going down 5th St. I think the next Beat release, the line will come full circle down E St.

I wouldn't doubt it. ANd they will sell out after the first 20 people so everyine will have to line up the next day hahaha.

 

[buzzword]

any of you ding dongs going to the perennial/side project shiz @ mikkeller on saturday?

 

[bdogg1]

any of you ding dongs going to the perennial/side project shiz @ mikkeller on saturday?

I wish. Damn fam in town so playing host. I know they are also doing something at City Beer Store as well.

 

[RyanG1]

any of you ding dongs going to the perennial/side project shiz @ mikkeller on saturday?

I'll miss out but

OMG FUZZY!

Draft list (subject to change):

Saison de Lis, Hommel Bier, Aria, The Last Word, Sump Coffee Stout, Hopfentea, Peach Berliner Weisse, Anniversaria 2013, La Boheme

Bottle List: sales start at 6:30 in the Tivoli Sour Room
Perennial Savant Blanc, Side Project Blueberry Flanders, Side Project Fuzzy

 

[buzzword]

OMG FUZZY!

Draft list (subject to change):

Saison de Lis, Hommel Bier, Aria, The Last Word, Sump Coffee Stout, Hopfentea, Peach Berliner Weisse, Anniversaria 2013, La Boheme

Bottle List: sales start at 6:30 in the Tivoli Sour Room
Perennial Savant Blanc, Side Project Blueberry Flanders, Side Project Fuzzy

yep. I'll not be in town, but that blueberry flanders is apparently the jam.

 

[drgarage1]

City Beer sAid they'll have BA Abraxas

 

[ABSTRACTlegend]

any of you ding dongs going to the perennial/side project shiz @ mikkeller on saturday?

bottle are for in house consumption only, right?

 

[schwartzoid]

bottle are for in house consumption only, right?

Yes, and I predict RR epic levels of **** show.

 

[bdogg1]

City Beer sAid they'll have BA Abraxas

 

[grrrah]

Other than the ridonkulous line which is going to happen regardless for Beat, what other complaints do you have? We had cases delivered to our table, got to drink lots of Beat on tap while having lunch. What else did you want?

Congrats for being in the 1/2 of the line that benefitted from the other half getting screwed by poor/zero line organization and bad I structions from RRBC staff. Slow service just happened to be a seperate issue that day.

 

[schwartzoid]

Congrats for being in the 1/2 of the line that benefitted from the other half getting screwed by poor/zero line organization and bad instructions from RRBC staff. Slow service just happened to be a seperate issue that day.

I didn't benefit from anyone getting screwed, I was there at 6:30ish and we got the last tables outside before they stopped seating folks and did the whole second line BS. Slow service is almost a guarantee when there's wall-to-wall people inside and very little room for servers to actually move around.

 

[bdogg1]

I didn't benefit from anyone getting screwed, I was there at 6:30ish and we got the last tables outside before they stopped seating folks and did the whole second line BS. Slow service is almost a guarantee when there's wall-to-wall people inside and very little room for servers to actually move around.

That place is a zoo on a normal day. I gave up going on big bottle release day hahha.

 

[tosh1]

Firestone Walker brewing Pliny for a month or so.....okay......

 

[bdogg1]

Firestone Walker brewing Pliny for a month or so.....okay......

Hmmm. Trying to keep up with demand maybe?

 

[tosh1]

No, new brewing equipment means no brewing at RR production facility for a while. The press release makes it clear it is not expantion.

 

[stupac2]

Firestone Walker brewing Pliny for a month or so.....okay......

inb4 "It's not as good whaaa whaaa!"

For the record this will be happening in February.

 

[bdogg1]

No, new brewing equipment means no brewing at RR production facility for a while. The press release makes it clear it is not expantion.

Gotcha.

 

[matedog]

Looks like that $100 CL posting for Pliny was not that ludicrous.

 

[mjl21]

A press release about a shutdown. How exciting!

 

[tosh1]

A press release about a shutdown. How exciting!

But it was write in the third person, so....duh

 

[buzzword]

since I got stuck in Chicago, I'm flying home today. I'll be home for a bit, so I might go by city beer this afternoon. anyone else going?

 

[CharlieMurphy1]

:Haven't looked anywhere/heard anything recently: anyone know when Helldorado is dropping?

 

[jedwards]

Having never been before, I am perhaps foolishly going to head up to RR on Wednesday. If anyone wants a ride from the Sunset/Richmond I'm happy to carpool.

 

[bdogg1]

Having never been before, I am perhaps foolishly going to head up to RR on Wednesday. If anyone wants a ride from the Sunset/Richmond I'm happy to carpool.

Going for the release huh?

 

[mitchdeason]

City Beer sAid they'll have BA Abraxas

Did this actually happen?

 

[bdogg1]

Did this actually happen?

Yes it did.

 

[trio2shine1]

Did this actually happen?

As previously stated it did. In the realm of "rare beer" releases this one was relatively quiet.

 

[RyanG1]

And they had some other great offerings, like the Berliners at CBS, and Side Project stuff (fuzzy, flanders, etc.), in house only at Mikkeller.