Bay Area Thread

[Josh2]

Oh, City Beer is/was selling Framboos? Assuming it's all sold out by now, how do people find out about this stuff ahead of time? (Or do they just get lucky?)

It's in the "vintage cooler".
It was bottled last year = vintage.

Far, far more than I'd regularly pay for a beer, but I want to tick it.

 

[archagon]

Oh, I see, yeah I thought you meant in the regular coolers. I've heard that Framboos has been seen in a few stores in the Bay Area recently, but I'm guessing by the time you hear about it it's already too late...

 

[buzzword]

so how flat and medicinal is it?

 

[litheum94]

It's in the "vintage cooler".
It was bottled last year = vintage.

Far, far more than I'd regularly pay for a beer, but I want to tick it.

I don't even want to know how much they charged you for that.

 

[bathroomlaughter]

so how flat and medicinal is it?

i've had 2 bottles. i think the second was maybe slightly less flat but maybe that was wishful thinking. first was dead flat. not medicinal though, and i thought hommage was very medicinal. if by some miracle it carbs up over time it'll be a great beer. it's tasty anyway.

 

[tosh1]

Josh please tell me you went to Cellarmaker and not just shitybeer?

 

[Josh2]

Josh please tell me you went to Cellarmaker and not just shitybeer?

Cellarmaker was my first stop.
Hence my drunken urge to spend far too much on beer. I should've just stayed at cellar.

 

[Josh2]

I don't even want to know how much they charged you for that.

No one took me up on the offer, nor did anyone at the bar want a pour of it. As much as I wanted it, I couldn't justify spending $100 for a beer and not share it.

 

[drgarage1]

Sanct 3L right now... Can anyone do a pick up for me? I'm on imminent baby watch and can't go but I've also been hunting a RR 3L to celebrate baby's arrival for 9 months...

 

[Wino1]

Sanct 3L right now... Can anyone do a pick up for me? I'm on imminent baby watch and can't go but I've also been hunting a RR 3L to celebrate baby's arrival for 9 months...

where did you even find it?

 

[RyanG1]

baby's arrival for 9 months...

where did you even find it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse

 

[drgarage1]

where did you even find it?

Posted on the new money and dabs Facebook group. Might be more of them tomorrow or Wednesday, too.

 

[Wino1]

Posted on the new money and dabs Facebook group. Might be more of them tomorrow or Wednesday, too.

I was referring to the baby, but Ryan_G beat me to it

 

[preacher1]

Not many released today and it was gone by 3ish.

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

A photo posted by Ales Unlimited (@alesunlimited) on Sep 29, 2015 at 10:37am PDT
Looks like Founders has hit the Bay Area

 

[drgarage1]

A photo posted by Ales Unlimited (@alesunlimited) on Sep 29, 2015 at 10:37am PDT
Looks like Founders has hit the Bay Area

Yep. A friend found them at Handy Deli on Sunday. Crazy fresh: 10-day old FBS.

 

[HeavySpeedway]

A photo posted by Ales Unlimited (@alesunlimited) on Sep 29, 2015 at 10:37am PDT
Looks like Founders has hit the Bay Area

Nice, but wake me up when we get a good KBS (or better yet CBS) hunt going. LOL

I wonder if it has made it into the South Bay or Peninsula. (OK, this might be rhetorical)

 

[kiki3drt292]

Nice, but wake me up when we get a good KBS (or better yet CBS) hunt going. LOL

I wonder if it has made it into the South Bay or Peninsula. (OK, this might be rhetorical)

Yup- hitting tomorrow! The only "special" bottles are Curmudgeon's and Blushing Monk. Oh and Alpine bottles tomorrow. At least in the Peninsula.

 

[CommanderofAwesome]

Yep. A friend found them at Handy Deli on Sunday. Crazy fresh: 10-day old FBS.

Damn, hoping it hits the East Bay soon.

 

[cardinalbruintriton]

Oh and Alpine bottles tomorrow. At least in the Peninsula.

Are you referring to the Duet 4 packs?

 

[tosh1]

Damn, hoping it hits the East Bay soon.

Alameda and Contra Costa weren't on the distribution list that was posted the other week.

 

[RyanG1]

Yup- hitting tomorrow! The only "special" bottles are Curmudgeon's and Blushing Monk. Oh and Alpine bottles tomorrow. At least in the Peninsula.

Alpine, where?

 

[tosh1]

Alpine, where?

Alpine*

 

[kiki3drt292]

Are you referring to the Duet 4 packs?

Heh, Green Flash changed their format to 6-packs a few months back . Naw these are the 22oz bottles.

 

[archagon]

All these new beers and I still can't find a single 6-pack of Sucks less than two months old...

Maybe time to stock up on those Founders IPAs before they go stale like everything else.

 

[Xul1]

Maybe time to stock up on those Founders IPAs

That uhhh...that's a joke, right? I'm assuming so but it almost sounds like you're serious. That's some great deadpan delivery.

 

[archagon]

Why? I'm looking forward to getting my hands on their stouts as much as anyone, but some of their IPAs are pretty well regarded (Centennial) and I've been meaning to try them for a while. Plus, they've just been shipped in.

Seriously, I've barely been able to find any good, fresh IPAs in 12oz format at my local stores. Even the SNs are all from like July. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

 

[Xul1]

Seriously, I've barely been able to find any good, fresh IPAs in 12oz format at my local stores.

If that's your criteria, then yeah, I guess Founders is as good as anything else. However, you live in the Bay Area so I'm guessing you have access to some combination of Cellarmaker, Fieldwork, Altamont, Russian River, Alpha Acid, etc on draft (albeit possibly not easy growler fills depending on where you are). You've got tons of fresh, high quality hoppy beers right in your backyard, getting excited about midwest IPAs to the point of stocking up - and Founders' IPAs are solid, I'll drink the **** out of All Day IPA when I'm in their distro footprint - seems silly.

After the initial novelty wears off, I would be surprised if Founders' hoppy beers do any better up in the Bay Area than Bells' hoppy beers have done in San Diego.

 

[Sage1]

After the initial novelty wears off, I would be surprised if Founders' hoppy beers do any better up in the Bay Area than Bells' hoppy beers have done in San Diego.

These midwest breweries are excellent at being about 3–5 years behind when they should’ve gotten a move on.

 

[MrDave]

Seriously, I've barely been able to find any good, fresh IPAs in 12oz format at my local stores. Even the SNs are all from like July. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

You sir, need to give up on hoppy shelf beer in the bay area, get yourself some growlers, and pay some breweries a visit once or twice a week. With Cellarmaker, Russian River, Fieldwork, Faction and Berryessa in our backyards, how can you still be dealing with the annoyance of holding a bottle of Sucks up to the light in Safeway and trying to read Julian date stamps.