Enhancing or adulterating?

[ImNoExpert]

I am 100% against it. Although I'm also against shandys and Black and Tans.

So I say, if it sells more beer, go for it!

 

[TropicAl]

Why not. If you can get people to part with an extra 50 cents a draft good for you

 

[iijakii]

I've had some syrups in Berliners that were fantastic. I also really enjoy grapefruit juice in some pils/blondes. I say go for it and market them as beer cocktails. Why would anyone care about an optional offering?

I can imagine some 'purist' douchehole raging at someone for putting an orange slice in their hefe or lime in a light lager.

 

[iijakii]

I am also against black and tans, but only because I'd rather have 100% delicious Guiness. Now if it was one pint of black and one pint of tan, now that I could abide.

 

[Gavin C]

I am also against black and tans, but only because I'd rather have 100% delicious Guiness. Now if it was one pint of black and one pint of tan, now that I could abide.

Testify!

 

[day_trippr]

It's been done...

http://www.bruflavor.com/flavors.html

Cheers!

 

[ColoHox]

It's been done...

http://www.bruflavor.com/flavors.html

Cheers!

Of couse people sell flavorings. I don't often see them in taprooms.

 

[day_trippr]

Of course you haven't - because nobody asked for them...

Cheers!

[edit] I thought the story behind the product might be illuminating.
As in "What the hell do I do with all this fizzy yellow pisswater".
But, if that paradigm seems aspirational, go for it

 

[pdxal]

I've seen several breweries in Oregon serve their Berliner Weiss with a shot of house made flavored syrups alongside for the customer to add as much as desired. Probably more folks go for the syrup than go without like I do.
Go for it if you can do it in a cost effective manner and make money at it.

 

[Jwin]

Just make sure is non-gmo, certified organic flavorings made by Amish with hipster mustaches.

No, seriously, just pick one or two pairings to start and give out some free flights with a small survey(printed on 100% recycled hippie tampons) and see what the reaction is.

 

[B-Hoppy]

I hadn't seen the bruflavor, but this surfaced a few years ago: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/vide...to-make-cheap-beer-taste-better/1435988969001. Then, just last week I saw this: http://www.gomadhops.com/ which seems like a twist on the hop drops? Someone's bound to hit on it one of these days.

 

[ColoHox]

Go for it if you can do it in a cost effective manner and make money at it.

Yes. That will be the key. Novelty doesn't surpass revenue.

 

[ColoHox]

I hadn't seen the bruflavor, but this surfaced a few years ago: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/vide...to-make-cheap-beer-taste-better/1435988969001. Then, just last week I saw this: http://www.gomadhops.com/ which seems like a twist on the hop drops? Someone's bound to hit on it one of these days.

We also thought about having hop extracts available too, although they are a bit pricey. The difference is, the extracts will be going into good beer for fun, not to cover up bad beer.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Dogfish Head achieves a similar effect using a Randall. Your idea sounds good to me.

 

[dsaavedra]

I wouldn't want any flavorings added to my beer but I wouldn't think twice about a taproom that offered flavorings for beers.

 

[ColoHox]

I wouldn't want any flavorings added to my beer but I wouldn't think twice about a taproom that offered flavorings for beers.

Why not? Just curious.

 

[dsaavedra]

Why not? Just curious.

Just not something I would be into. I don't really like flavored beers, even if the flavor is actually brewed into the beer (fruit, coffee, etc.), so I am nearly 100% certain I wouldn't like a beer where flavor was added as a syrup when serving. However, I understand that a lot of people do like flavored beers, and I can appreciate the novelty of being able to put any number of flavorings into any beer you want. As long as the "neat-beer" was good, I wouldn't think any less of a tap room that offered flavors when serving beer.

Its kind of like those Freestyle Coke machines with all the different flavor combinations. When I use one I usually just get regular Barqs or Coke, but I appreciate the novelty and that some people might like a Orange-Lime-Diet Coke ( :: )

 

[Psylocide]

Should have a pump with a mixture of balsamic vinegar, Limburger cheese and moldy ketchup for people that want to sour up their beers.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Should have a pump with a mixture of balsamic vinegar, Limburger cheese and moldy ketchup for people that want to sour up their beers.

You don't think the aroma from the cheese would be too much?

 

[ColoHox]

How about a squirt of yogurt? Then you could clutch your beer against your chest for heat. After an hour or so, bingo, sour beer.