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Hope your visit went well if you went to the bar! I'm usually off on sundays to catch up on school stuff though sometimes I come by to hang out and work on stuff. I messed around in the kitchen today sous viding some swordfish the end product was killller
You're speakin my language. I didn't love the one time I did swordfish. Maybe it was because I did a steak instead of loin or whatever. Check out Salmon Mi Cuit if you have not. 1 hr brine, 1 hr 104F sous vide, 6hr chill. Result is like a sushi terrine. I serve as an app with wasabi whip cream, lemon zest, tobiko, and toasted nori on a beet chip.

Wife and I got caught up on a house project, so we never made it out to the farms Planning on next weekend. Good to have somewhere out there to stop and have a pint. Such a long ass roundtrip drive for some pumpkins and produce.
 
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CAREFUL, I was blocked by them on IG and asked not to come into their store again (via PM) for asking about IPAs in the window (direct sunlight). They probably will take your comment as a full scale attack.

City Beer Store did the same when I called them out for reselling 2011 Framboise for a Cure with a $5 markup (RR had distributed it that year with the condition that places sell it at cost). Profit on a charity beer for cancer! Craig and Beth are ghouls.
 
City Beer Store did the same when I called them out for reselling 2011 Framboise for a Cure with a $5 markup (RR had distributed it that year with the condition that places sell it at cost). Profit on a charity beer for cancer! Craig and Beth are ghouls.
Yet they still continue to get RR kegs. Sort of on RR at this point as well.
 
I'm not alone in being someone who doesn't really give a **** about anything from RR anymore, right?
Def not, time is passing them by. Pliny was great 10 yrs ago, now tons of competitors with just as good/better IPAs. their sours are solid, but also tons of those on the market. They haven't kept up with the times, Blind Pig is the only beer of theirs I'll seek out or get excited about. But they rarely bottle it anymore bc Pliny still sells out instantly. I get it.
 
Blind Pig is the only beer of theirs I'll seek out or get excited about. But they rarely bottle it anymore bc Pliny still sells out instantly. I get it.
I know one spot where it almost always on tap. Killer BBQ too. I watched the game there Saturday night, had some St. Louis ribs and had a couple Blind Pigs.
 
Def not, time is passing them by. Pliny was great 10 yrs ago, now tons of competitors with just as good/better IPAs. their sours are solid, but also tons of those on the market. They haven't kept up with the times, Blind Pig is the only beer of theirs I'll seek out or get excited about. But they rarely bottle it anymore bc Pliny still sells out instantly. I get it.
My enthusiasm has waned considerably. They have barely made anything new post 20...10? They are certainly avoiding trends of an endless lineup of new sours ala Almanac, Rare Barrel, etc. I mean, I still don't see Supp/Temp/Cons often enough, so I still get excited if I see them on tap somewhere. They could bottle Compuction and that'd be neat. I guess I still get excited about Row 2. But they haven't really done anything new/exciting. I guess they did a NEIPA, but meh.
 
My enthusiasm has waned considerably. They have barely made anything new post 20...10? They are certainly avoiding trends of an endless lineup of new sours ala Almanac, Rare Barrel, etc. I mean, I still don't see Supp/Temp/Cons often enough, so I still get excited if I see them on tap somewhere. They could bottle Compuction and that'd be neat. I guess I still get excited about Row 2. But they haven't really done anything new/exciting. I guess they did a NEIPA, but meh.
STS Pils.
 
About as exciting as a brown ale.
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My enthusiasm has waned considerably. They have barely made anything new post 20...10? They are certainly avoiding trends of an endless lineup of new sours ala Almanac, Rare Barrel, etc. I mean, I still don't see Supp/Temp/Cons often enough, so I still get excited if I see them on tap somewhere. They could bottle Compuction and that'd be neat. I guess I still get excited about Row 2. But they haven't really done anything new/exciting. I guess they did a NEIPA, but meh.
I might be crazy but I'd rather drink Pliny and Blind Pig than pretty much any new IPA I've had in the last 3 years.
 
I might be crazy but I'd rather drink Pliny and Blind Pig than pretty much any new IPA I've had in the last 3 years.
depends on what type of hop flavor you prefer. I'm not into Pine, so pliny doesn't do it for me the way a tropical flavor hop profile would. Still a very well crafted and balanced beer.
 
If its not broke don't fix it. I still enjoy their beers, and theyre of a good quality.
Their bottles/taps not a top priority when I go looking for a beer to drink, but its nice to know its always there.
 
It's cool that ppl are over russian river but let's not pretend it's a hot take. They have enjoyed low status with the beer scene for at least a half a decade now.
You were clearly not lining up for Beat B5.

Also, when was the last time you tried to go to the pub? There's still long waits and I'm sure PtY would be a bitch to get. Plus you still see people ISO Pliny. It's easy for us to say "oh well this is passe" because they're not chasing the trends, but at some point you have to actually step back and say "Oh wait they're building a huge new brewhouse and will still probably be packed constantly, maybe time hasn't passed them by."

The fact that the neckbeards are too hipstery to go there doesn't say anything about where they are as a brewery.
 
I'm never upset if I have to drink Russian River beer.

We had a little fire scare today here in the East Bay. Was a 100+ acre fire less than 5 miles from my place in Dublin this afternoon. Plz stop.

Luckily I was already on the way home. Was mentally preparing to load up the cats and whatever else I could grab.
 
I might be crazy but I'd rather drink Pliny and Blind Pig than pretty much any new IPA I've had in the last 3 years.
I guess my gripe isn’t that they’ve been surpassed qualitatively, just that their lineup is so static. If I’m itching for an IPA and I see Pliny or Alvarado St, I’m going to get Alvarado because I haven’t had it a hundred times already. Same for their sours, they can still hold their own against the best (on point batches of Supp are about as good a beer as I’ll ever have), but again, I’ve had them so many times.

I can’t speak for others, but that is really my issue.
 
You were clearly not lining up for Beat B5.

Also, when was the last time you tried to go to the pub? There's still long waits and I'm sure PtY would be a bitch to get. Plus you still see people ISO Pliny. It's easy for us to say "oh well this is passe" because they're not chasing the trends, but at some point you have to actually step back and say "Oh wait they're building a huge new brewhouse and will still probably be packed constantly, maybe time hasn't passed them by."

The fact that the neckbeards are too hipstery to go there doesn't say anything about where they are as a brewery.

Idk which one was batch 5 but no im not lining up for any of them. Other folks are, then I'm going the next day when there is no line... or some day the following week if I don't get around to it right away.

Go to the pub once a week, never wait in line though I concede that lines exist from time to time. Obviously PTY is still going to be a **** show.

Maybe beer scene was wrong word? Beer message boards and bottle shares more accurate? Your last sentence makes me feel like we are on the same page. Idk. All I know is for about 5 years now people who are "really into beer" have been patting themselves ib the back for the hot take of being over RR and it seems like you can't have it both ways is all I'm saying.

For the record, I'm still a big fan. Their "static" lineup is a plus to me. consistency is a virtue in my book. Still love Pliny, bp, sts the whole gang.
 
Idk which one was batch 5 but no im not lining up for any of them. Other folks are, then I'm going the next day when there is no line... or some day the following week if I don't get around to it right away.

Go to the pub once a week, never wait in line though I concede that lines exist from time to time. Obviously PTY is still going to be a **** show.

Maybe beer scene was wrong word? Beer message boards and bottle shares more accurate? Your last sentence makes me feel like we are on the same page. Idk. All I know is for about 5 years now people who are "really into beer" have been patting themselves ib the back for the hot take of being over RR and it seems like you can't have it both ways is all I'm saying.

For the record, I'm still a big fan. Their "static" lineup is a plus to me. consistency is a virtue in my book. Still love Pliny, bp, sts the whole gang.
I just wish we got BP in distro again. That was a major blow.
 
Idk which one was batch 5 but no im not lining up for any of them. Other folks are, then I'm going the next day when there is no line... or some day the following week if I don't get around to it right away.

Go to the pub once a week, never wait in line though I concede that lines exist from time to time. Obviously PTY is still going to be a **** show.

Maybe beer scene was wrong word? Beer message boards and bottle shares more accurate? Your last sentence makes me feel like we are on the same page. Idk. All I know is for about 5 years now people who are "really into beer" have been patting themselves ib the back for the hot take of being over RR and it seems like you can't have it both ways is all I'm saying.

For the record, I'm still a big fan. Their "static" lineup is a plus to me. consistency is a virtue in my book. Still love Pliny, bp, sts the whole gang.
It hasn't been 5 years, is what I'm saying. Five years ago was before Beat b6 which was a colossal shitshow and people were still posting ISOs. It's been maybe like 2.
 
Asked them on Twitter (not banned) if the proceeds were going to Sonoma/Napa valley relief. We'll see if they respond....
So they basically responded saying breweries told them that the best way to help would be to sell more of their product. So the discount idea was the most direct way. Which, fine, whatever, they could actually sell stuff where all the proceeds go to charity, but fine I guess this approach doesn't hurt.
 
So they basically responded saying breweries told them that the best way to help would be to sell more of their product. So the discount idea was the most direct way. Which, fine, whatever, they could actually sell stuff where all the proceeds go to charity, but fine I guess this approach doesn't hurt.
I feel like the odds of that being true are close to 0%. If that were the case, why is CBS the only one doing it? They're doing it because they're dirtbags. At this point there are enough good beer stores that people should just dump them on their asses.
 
I feel like the odds of that being true are close to 0%. If that were the case, why is CBS the only one doing it? They're doing it because they're dirtbags. At this point there are enough good beer stores that people should just dump them on their asses.
Agreed, also when was the last time a case of pliny didn't sell same day?
 
I feel like the odds of that being true are close to 0%. If that were the case, why is CBS the only one doing it? They're doing it because they're dirtbags. At this point there are enough good beer stores that people should just dump them on their asses.
And RR gets paid the same by CBS regardless of what they charge.
 
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