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I can confirm, just picked up Mai Tai and Humming Wires. *shhh*
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Modern Times is modem tones. Which was the second brewery I listed. As mentioned previously, I forgot H24, but that club sounded like such a disaster the first time around that I can't believe anyone signed up for the second version. Alesmith doesn't really count, I don't think.

So, semi definitive list of brewery memberships in CA available last year:
  • Sante Adarius
  • The Bruery
  • Modern Times
  • Good Beer Company
  • The Rare Barrel
  • Sierra Nevada
  • Fifty Fifty
  • Libertine
  • Hanger 24
  • Casa Agria
  • Dionysis
  • California Wild Ales
  • Bike Dog
  • Mraz
  • Mikkeller
  • Chleopus Quealy
  • Track 7 (ish)
  • HPB (ish)
  • Monkish (ish)
Those are roughly ranked for me, though at some point the list transitions to "I just don't give a ****" and they're all clumped together. Anything I missed?

I joined Mad Fritz this year. Some hits and misses last year but figured I would give them some time.
 
There are a lot more clubs than those listed there. Plenty of crappy little breweries have clubs, even though they don't bottle. Some of them are such bad breweries I would be amazed if anyone actually joined, like this place. But maybe the beer is too complex for my non-advanced palate.
 
There are a lot more clubs than those listed there. Plenty of crappy little breweries have clubs, even though they don't bottle. Some of them are such bad breweries I would be amazed if anyone actually joined, like this place. But maybe the beer is too complex for my non-advanced palate.
IDK man...

from their website said:
THE BEST IPA I’VE EVER HAD! CAN’T WAIT TO GIVE YOU MY MONEY!
 
$14 a four pack. I know Henhouse doesn't get a ton of love, but that price point is way better than Alvarado St. and Fieldwork. Definitely willing to give it a try.
Haven't bought Fieldwork, but isn't Alvarado like $16? Alvarado is $2 better than henhouse IMO. Maybe I need to give henhouse another shot, but at $14, that stays on the shelf.
 
Haven't bought Fieldwork, but isn't Alvarado like $16? Alvarado is $2 better than henhouse IMO. Maybe I need to give henhouse another shot, but at $14, that stays on the shelf.
I bought a single Alvarado St. can at Beer Rev for like $6. That's probably my bad, but I didn't think they were $16/4-pack in distro.

Either way, I'll give a single can a shot.
 
Yeah my buddy has been paying 22-24 at places like beer rev and good hop for Alvarado. Maybe $16 is at the brewery price? Only eccentric billionaires like tosh can afford to drill $24 four packs all day long...

I paid at least $20 for my last 4 pack (Humming Wires), and that's a price point where I'm evaluating beers pretty critically. I don't think HW was worth it.

That being said, any Hopslam sightings?
 
I joined Mad Fritz this year. Some hits and misses last year but figured I would give them some time.
Pricey, and all the bottles I've opened so far are crazy foamy. Do like the direction they're headed in however. Would like to visit the tasting room. I hear Nile is super nice and accommodating.
 
Santa Clara is ok. Last time I was there they still had MoaS on the shelf. Taproom is neat too. Mountainview one is weird: last time I was there they put out "fresh" Pliney and it was a month old.
 
Santa Clara is ok. Last time I was there they still had MoaS on the shelf. Taproom is neat too. Mountainview one is weird: last time I was there they put out "fresh" Pliney and it was a month old.
That may just be what RR sent them - one of the Oakland bars got in a shipment of Pliny a couple weeks ago, and they were already 3 weeks old by then.
 
The insane $5 cans seem worth it if you think of them as half-crowlers? You can hardly get hoppy beers fresher than that.
 

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