Cigar City El Catador Club Thread

[disapowzment]

I threw my computer at a friend who was making fun of me. Over/under on if they will be replacing it

Edit - friend is pissed.

 

[riemster]

I bet grandmule will taste like **** anyways. It needs more ADJUNCTS... only a base beer in barrels??? For shame CCB.

 

[Coldsnack]

I bet grandmule will taste like **** anyways. It needs more ADJUNCTS... only a base beer in barrels??? For shame CCB.

You obviously aren't in the know. The barrels were actually from bourbon flavored Ensure.

 

[GetchaPull]

I bet grandmule will taste like **** anyways. It needs more ADJUNCTS... only a base beer in barrels??? For shame CCB.

It Depends.





















I'll show myself out...

 

[riemster]

It Depends.





















I'll show myself out...

I'm not going to lie... That took me a few minutes, but once I got it I wet myself from laughter.

 

[ChugLife]

Tropical export stout up next. Rum in my tummy

 

[Lasering]

yay!

 

[Hubarooski]

Why does everything have to be in rum barrels???

 

[Doc1]

Why does everything have to be in rum barrels???

I agree. I want everything aged in the barrels they use to make MD 20/20 Blue Rasberry.

 

[franch]

Why does everything have to be in rum barrels???

ugh i know

 

[ChugLife]

Why does everything have to be in rum barrels???

I'm of sick of bourbon barrel aged to be honest. Plus the rum fits exactly what Cigar City is all about.

 

[ChugLife]

plus Captain Jack likes it...

 

[Hubarooski]

ChugLife What is Cigar City all about? Srs

And I will refrain from answering my own question with snarky comments

 

[ChugLife]

ChugLife What is Cigar City all about? Srs

And I will refrain from answering my own question with snarky comments

When I say "What they are all about", I am referring to the image that they portray. I see a brewery with a stylish line up of tropical Southern Atlantic/Caribbean beers. What would be more fitting than a rum barrel. Especially a rum barrel from a Florida local like Wicked Dolphin Distillery.

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

When I say "What they are all about", I am referring to the image that they portray. I see a brewery with a stylish line up of tropical Southern Atlantic/Caribbean beers. What would be more fitting than a rum barrel. Especially a rum barrel from a Florida local like Wicked Dolphin Distillery.

Yet their best beers are heavy stouts and barleywines.

 

[ChugLife]

Yet their best beers are heavy stouts and barleywines.

Like I said. It fits their style.

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

Like I said. It fits their style.

Yeah, cause heavy stouts and barleywines are EXACTLY what comes to mind as something you want to drink in beautiful warm tropical climates.

I repeat. WAT? No, seriously. WAT?

 

[ChugLife]

Yeah, cause heavy stouts and barleywines are EXACTLY what comes to mind as something you want to drink in beautiful warm tropical climates.

I repeat. WAT? No, seriously. WAT?

If you read anything I wrote it was about the RUM BARREL. Nothing about the beer styles that they brew. It was a discussion about.. ANOTHER RUM BARREL BEER!

 

[ChugLife]

RUM BARREL stout. "It goes well with the image they portray". A STOUT. With a RUM barrel. Rum being the tropical addition.

 

[ApocalypseZombie]

Yet their best beers are heavy stouts and barleywines.

Like I said. It fits their style.

 

[ChugLife]

You've skewed every comment I've said when it has nothing to do with my original statement. Now if you care to comment on what my original post was, which was about how the rum barrels fits cigar city then I will gladly entertain. Otherwise I'm done here.

 

[pjl44]

Last night I squeezed some guava into a Black Tuesday and it immediately whisked my mind away to a beach in Punta Cana.

 

[CERNERDERNGHERTER]

I'm ok with the abundance of Rum barrel offerings so far for Catador club. By my count, its 4.5 out of 7 beers released for the club have been aged in Rum barrels. No other brewery can make rum barrel beers that are actually drinkable so bring em on from CCB.

 

[lazerviking]

So did anyone participate in the stress test last night? I was caught up at work and couldn't make an attempt. I assume because CCB didn't offer much of a real chance at obtaining bottles a critical mass of people didn't participate. Anybody have details?

 

[sblank1]

So did anyone participate in the stress test last night? I was caught up at work and couldn't make an attempt. I assume because CCB didn't offer much of a real chance at obtaining bottles a critical mass of people didn't participate. Anybody have details?

The server crashed so they're giving the free pint to all members and entering every member into the drawing for the 10 Grandmules.

 

[CharlieMurphy1]

So did anyone participate in the stress test last night? I was caught up at work and couldn't make an attempt. I assume because CCB didn't offer much of a real chance at obtaining bottles a critical mass of people didn't participate. Anybody have details?

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/zero-fuxx-givin.1032/

 

[MKtheGeneral]

So did anyone participate in the stress test last night? I was caught up at work and couldn't make an attempt. I assume because CCB didn't offer much of a real chance at obtaining bottles a critical mass of people didn't participate. Anybody have details?

The server definitely crashed a number of times before I was able to get through the entire experience (access site, login with Catador credentials, add to cart and complete transaction.) I'm curious about the # of completed transactions...

 

[lazerviking]

The server crashed so they're giving the free pint to all members and entering every member into the drawing for the 10 Grandmules.

The server definitely crashed a number of times before I was able to get through the entire experience (access site, login with Catador credentials, add to cart and complete transaction.) I'm curious about the # of completed transactions...

Wow. My guess is a large number of members didn't even attempt to log on. This doesn't sound promising. I'm sure it was a pain in the ass for them to tally all the emails, but last year's system of reserving bottles was at least predictable and probably less of an overall pain in the ass for them.

Edit: mixed_master7, please drink my pint.

 

[MKtheGeneral]

Wow. My guess is a large number of members didn't even attempt to log on. This doesn't sound promising. I'm sure it was a pain in the ass for them to tally all the emails, but last year's system of reserving bottles was at least predictable and probably less of an overall pain in the ass for them.

Agreed. Not on their servers last year though. I'm far from an IT expert but don't some companies offer plans where the server bandwidth increases as volume does (e.g. increases during these heavy influxes and reduces during less "peak" times?)

 

[DanzBorin]

I forgot... I was trying to fix the Girlfriend's car anyways so I wouldn't have been able to.