Bruery Reserve Society 2014 Allocations/Discussion Thread

[henrythehippo]

Highly doubtful -- this is an intentionally bretted beer. White Chocolate was force-carbed, which was why it had an acetylaldehyde issue that never cleared. Separately, it also had a lactic bacteria infection that soured it.

Really guessing the apple description is bad writing based on an interesting but ambiguous aroma.

I don't think force-carbing has anything to do with acetyaldehyde. It should be strong or gone by the time you carb. Is the thought that they rushed it out?

 

[stxSS07]

Send me all your White Chocolate pls.

 

[FBIinformant]

no wonder they're in search for a new events coordinator. One BT release party per member seems stupid. Especially when it's a given that most all hoarders are splitting there account.

 

[drgarage1]

I don't think force-carbing has anything to do with acetyaldehyde. It should be strong or gone by the time you carb. Is the thought that they rushed it out?

Rushed it out. Proper fermentation would eliminate it, yes.

 

[domtronzero]

no wonder they're in search for a new events coordinator. One BT release party per member seems stupid. Especially when it's a given that most all hoarders are splitting there account.

Haven't heard anything to the contrary, but previous parties have allowed HS members to purchase 2x tickets.

 

[FBIinformant]

probably very similar to the Reserve Mondays, where it's the card holder only allowed to reap the benefits.

 

[Adam Jackson]

Ended up getting
2 WC
2 TOD Cherry
1 TOD 2014
2 Mash
3 Ignis
2 Golden Orchard

Not a terrible month. I really hope WC isn't infected. Then again, it's only 2 bottles.

 

[CERNERDERNGHERTER]

Everyone who is tasting WC this year will have infection on their mind, so it will have to be untraceable otherwise people will start crying out that its off.

In other infection news had a Rue D'Floyd about a month ago and the tartness is definitely picking up. Glad all my bottles are gone and drank.

 

[3rdto1st1]

Everyone who is tasting WC this year will have infection on their mind, so it will have to be untraceable otherwise people will start crying out that its off.

In other infection news had a Rue D'Floyd about a month ago and the tartness is definitely picking up. Glad all my bottles are gone and drank.

Had my last RdF Sunday night, no off tart at all for any of us.

 

[wuntrikpony]

Any idea when WC will be available in the tasting room?

 

[franch]

Haven't heard anything to the contrary, but previous parties have allowed HS members to purchase 2x tickets.

i emailed and asked. nope. one for HS too. ******* irritating.

 

[domtronzero]

i emailed and asked. nope. one for HS too. ******* irritating.

Whelp. Not like I'd travel up to OC to drink booze on a Tuesday night anyways...

 

[stupac2]

i emailed and asked. nope. one for HS too. ******* irritating.

Wait, and they're seriously not transferable? What the everlasting ****.

 

[franch]

Wait, and they're seriously not transferable? What the everlasting ****.

nope. fiancee and i will be in SF for a wedding and were going to fly down to LA for Black Tuesday then fly back to NYC. even have a RS (the bride!) friend who won't be going who offered me her ticket. this pisses me off more than any of the infection issues. serious kick in the dick for HS members.

 

[kscaldef]

Wow, that sucks. I split HS with a friend, but the membership is in his name. However, I'm far more likely to have attended one of the events, but I guess that's not an option.

 

[stupac2]

Maybe if we all write in they'll change their minds, because that is seriously stupid.

 

[jtmartino1]

You guys act surprised when The Bruery does some stupid ****. Do you really expect any different from them?

Reason n+1 why my money will be going elsewhere from now on.

 

[JulianB1]

Seems like a pretty crappy way to treat customers who give them a huge amount of money, much of it ahead of time.

 

[Usofar]

10 People bitch on the internet about one ticket limit, while even more people bitch in person about it selling out in 2 minutes on their underpowered website. Those people cry the opposite, "why are guests allowed when members who paid $300 are shut out?" With 4 sessions over 2 days it's only approximately 300 total tickets for approximately 2500 members. Regardless, people are going to miss out and be disappointed.

 

[FBIinformant]

The simple solution would be to not hold it in a venue that can't accommodate a proper portion of membership numbers.

 

[hi im richie]

Hit up mattolesh on BA if you have an account, the guy is pretty active on there and replies.

 

[Usofar]

The simple solution would be to not hold it in a venue that can't accommodate a proper portion of membership numbers.

They have two events like that, the initiation and barrel party. Black Tuesday party has been the hard ticket to get for many years now. I think they prefer this one in house.

 

[FBIinformant]

When they had the provisions, they at least had two parties going on at once. Still, with an event that you're building up to with this blending competition, you would think that you'd want to hold a big event for it.

As it stands, I know two of the people who's concept ranked really high in both the RS and HS blending party that share the society account and are not the named member on the card. So with this strict one ticket per, and the usual name on the account thing, both these folks won't even get to be at the party where their potential winning blend will be served on cask.

HA!

 

[kyle2k10]

When they had the provisions, they at least had two parties going on at once. Still, with an event that you're building up to with this blending competition, you would think that you'd want to hold a big event for it.

As it stands, I know two of the people who's concept ranked really high in both the RS and HS blending party that share the society account and are not the named member on the card. So with this strict one ticket per, and the usual name on the account thing, both these folks won't even get to be at the party where their potential winning blend will be served on cask.

HA!

Don't worry, they won't be the winning blend

 

[kyle2k10]

Wineification Batch #2 coming to 2014 Hoarder's

 

[stupac2]

Wineification Batch #2 coming to 2014 Hoarder's

For real?

 

[domtronzero]

I'm not going to the party.

That being said, with the shear amount of HS and RS members in southern California it may be beyond their capacity to host potentially twice that amount of people in a party exclusively held on a single day (Tuesday).

It sucks that they can't allow more than a single ticket per member, but I'm sure they'll be at capacity with a small number of members they'll be able to host. I'm also assuming that they'll sell out of tickets before all members that want to attend can purchase tickets.

 

[domtronzero]

Wineification Batch #2 coming to 2014 Hoarder's

For real?

Fingers crossed...

 

[kscaldef]

From their instagram feed:



"Hoarders, this one's for you. Here's our packaging team member Andrew K. in action moving a very limited beer off the bottling Meheen and into a case so it can patiently wait to go home with a 2014 Hoarders Society member in the near future. Wineification II is a dreamy elixir of Black Tuesday co-fermented with Petite Sirah grapes and aged in French oak barrels for Hoarders only. "

 

[kscaldef]

So, "co-fermented" is an interesting term. Does that mean this is not technically beer? I've heard some other brewers dance around the exact details of their process when using grapes in a way that made me think they might be skirting the boundaries of what they are allowed to do with a brewery license.