Bay Area Thread

[coldstorage]

Bottle line forms to the right you will be in and out in a flash.

 

[AndresR]

Bottle line forms to the right you will be in and out in a flash.

 

[Arbitrator]

Bottle line forms to the right you will be in and out in a flash.

There's no line here for the restaurant or bottles, wtf.

Also, Flavor Bistro closed and Rendezvous Bistro is being replaced by a Beer Baron outpost? The villains really do win in the end.

 

[coldstorage]

Yeah flavor bistro said the downtown revitalization screwed them. It did close off the front of their restaurant for like twice as long as they said it would. RIP.

At least the moonlight taproom is open now.

 

[chemman141]

Yeah flavor bistro said the downtown revitalization screwed them. It did close off the front of their restaurant for like twice as long as they said it would. RIP.

At least the moonlight taproom is open now.

Can't wait to visit that spot next month, lagers are life.

 

[Arbitrator]

Yeah flavor bistro said the downtown revitalization screwed them. It did close off the front of their restaurant for like twice as long as they said it would. RIP.

At least the moonlight taproom is open now.

Only Fri - Sun, otherwise I'd go there.

I texted my friends that I'm at RR and can pick up anything they like. Lots of jokes - "jumped the shark," "barleywine is life" - but no requests. Weird how passé RR has become.

 

[jtmartino1]

Only Fri - Sun, otherwise I'd go there.

I texted my friends that I'm at RR and can pick up anything they like. Lots of jokes - "jumped the shark," "barleywine is life" - but no requests. Weird how passé RR has become.

I'd take a growler of Procrastination.

 

[matedog]

Yeah flavor bistro said the downtown revitalization screwed them. It did close off the front of their restaurant for like twice as long as they said it would. RIP.

At least the moonlight taproom is open now.

Does Moonlight do growlers, crowlers, cans?

 

[RyanG1]

Does Moonlight do growlers, crowlers, cans?

Growlers.

Cans in my dreams.

 

[Sage1]

Growlers.

Cans in my dreams.

In all seriousness, I kinda wonder if that might happen someday now that it's 50% owned by Lagunitas. A bunch of kegs of Death & Taxes made their way down to SD a few weeks ago – Lagunitas's doing?

 

[AndresR]

Only Fri - Sun, otherwise I'd go there.

I texted my friends that I'm at RR and can pick up anything they like. Lots of jokes - "jumped the shark," "barleywine is life" - but no requests. Weird how passé RR has become.

I pick up all my RR bottles from Perry's.

 

[Hornet]

Anyone around the bay want 2 free lawn tickets to the "Dead & Company" show in Mountain View on Saturday?
Pick up in Oakland would be most ideal.
Send me a message, just want to see them go to good use.

 

[Beerjaminfrankli]

Does anyone know of a beer engine in operation somewhere in the Bay Area? I realize they're probably not all that interesting but I just gotta see one some day. Cheers!

 

[rrryanc]

Does anyone know of a beer engine in operation somewhere in the Bay Area? I realize they're probably not all that interesting but I just gotta see one some day. Cheers!

Freewheel in Redwood City for sure. Likely plenty of other spots as well

 

[nothingisreal]

Does anyone know of a beer engine in operation somewhere in the Bay Area? I realize they're probably not all that interesting but I just gotta see one some day. Cheers!

Freewheel in Redwood City for sure. Likely plenty of other spots as well

Monk's kettle has one that you can sit right in front of by the entrance if you're sitting at the bar. Toronado usually has some going but they're behind the counter towards the end of the bar near the restrooms.

 

[brentsdodgers]

Does anyone know of a beer engine in operation somewhere in the Bay Area? I realize they're probably not all that interesting but I just gotta see one some day. Cheers!

If you're down in the Santa Cruz area East Cliff Brewing Company specializes in English style Cask Ales.

 

[Beerjaminfrankli]

These are great tips. Thanks a ton! Forgive my lack of memes.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Hello Bay Area Talk Beer members!

I have a request. Maybe I should post this in the ISO forum but I figured I'd come right to you, the people.

I'm looking to acquire a bottle of Anchor Brewing's Flying Cloud Stout aged in Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey barrels. As seen here:



Cheers and thanks for your time!

 

[coldstorage]

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

I appreciate your candidness.

 

[stupac2]

I appreciate your candidness.

IIRC offering money for beer is against TB TOS. So basically Gene is about to drop the hammer on your ass.

(Not really. Well really about the TOS. You might want to rephrase.)

 

[chemman141]

Hello Bay Area Talk Beer members!

I have a request. Maybe I should post this in the ISO forum but I figured I'd come right to you, the people.

I'm looking to acquire a bottle of Anchor Brewing's Flying Cloud Stout aged in Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey barrels. As seen here:

I can send you monies via PayPal for 2 bottles + shipping. 1 bottle I would like shipped to me and the other bottle you can keep for your troubles.

Cheers and thanks for your time!

Lemme get memaw on the case.

 

[RyanG1]

Today we are releasing our 2017 Beatification on DRAFT only at our brewpub in Downtown Santa Rosa! We debuted the latest batch of Beatification this past weekend at both the Firestone Invitational and Sierra Nevada's Beer Camp in San Francisco. This beer is unique in that we transfer the beer from the kettle into our koelschip which is a long, shallow, open-top tank in the barrel room. The beer sits overnight to collect all the ambient wild yeasts, or "bugs and critters", then is racked into used wine barrels for fermentation. Because no yeast is added to the beer, we call this process "spontaneous fermentation", or affectionately known to us as "Sonambic". Once Vinnie is satisfied with the beer, it is then bottled and kegged for conditioning (carbonation).

Beatification will be available at our pub on draft for on-premise enjoyment. Like all our sour beers there will be no growlers to go. The last time we had Beatification for about a month, so there is plenty of time to stop by and enjoy a glass or two! Bottles will be released "spontaneously" throughout the next several weeks 100 cases at a time. We have about 700 cases. There will be a 6 bottle limit per person at $20 per bottle. The chalkboard on our website shows all current releases including bottles. The only announcement we will make is updating our chalkboard the morning of a release. Not even our staff will know until that morning if bottles will be available. We are a brewpub first and need to be considerate to our guests who are merely coming to enjoy their beer and pizza. That said, it will be possible for us to host a more celebratory event at our new brewery in Windsor where we will have much more space and 2 acres of FREE parking! We feel this is the best way to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to enjoy a world-class customer experience at Russian River Brewing Company! A spontaneous release for a spontaneous beer!

Not much into sour beers? We have something for you, too! Row 2, Hill 56 is back after a brief hiatus, along with Tempo Change, one of our newer IPA's. And I just learned that HopFather IPA has been brewed and is coming very soon! Stay tuned....

Cheers-

Natalie

edit: 1st

 

[matedog]

https://russianriverbrewing.com/blogs/news/beatification-2017-release

On draft now, releasing 100 cases at a time (out of 700 total cases) randomly over the next few weeks. Hey, they didn't raise the price again, so it's a super pricey $20/bottle.

 

[stupac2]

Wow, RR is relasing Beat in a not-completely-batshit-*******-insane manner: https://russianriverbrewing.com/blogs/news/beatification-2017-release

What is the world coming to???

Edit: Well now we know who's on the mailing list. My post is the best.

 

[matedog]

Wow, RR is relasing Beat in a not-completely-batshit-*******-insane manner: https://russianriverbrewing.com/blogs/news/beatification-2017-release

What is the world coming to???

Edit: Well now we know who's on the mailing list. My post is the best.

True, though they could have easily done a standard bottle release without it being a shitshow.

Oh and I just saw it pop up on fb. Didn't know they had a mailing list.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Welp, I was planning to go next weekend anyway. Still have PTSD from the last Beatification release. If they have bottles the day we go, I'll consider it a bonus.

Did anyone here try it at FWIBF? Curious to here how it compares to the last batch, which I was not feeling. Last batch was Temptation base, tho, right?

 

[AptosBeerDrinker]

Crazy how the beer world changes. Even 5 years ago a Beatification release would have had people losing their god damn minds. Now my guess is that it's a collective Meh.

 

[NAD1983]

Crazy how the beer world changes. Even 5 years ago a Beatification release would have had people losing their god damn minds. Now my guess is that it's a collective Meh.

Beat can't even close for shelfie Lego sets. What a time to be alive.

 

[matedog]

Crazy how the beer world changes. Even 5 years ago a Beatification release would have had people losing their god damn minds. Now my guess is that it's a collective Meh.

Haven't tried old batches in awhile, but the last B7 I had tasted like a perfectly fine AWA with pretty much no spontaneous funk. At $20/bottle and the ******* six hour wait, I'm not going out of my way for this one.