Official Holy Mountain Thread

[NAD1983]

Vintage clothes, huh?

******* hipsters

 

[Podunkparte]

The only thing of interest I observed while in line was when the guy in the Land Rover Defender stuffed to the gills with cardboard rolled up to dispose of his recycling. (unrelated to the release)

Yeah, the hell was that?

Doesn't he know those sized boxes are great for shipping?

 

[facesnorth1]

What if I told you the root of the problem was staring you in the face the whole time?

Fair enough, but trading sucks everywhere these days.

What groups? I can assure you I'm not expecting Art or AT&T for any HM bottles.

Seattle sugar water and beer tasting Seattle.

Oddly enough Art and WoL Sara were the only bottles anyone wanted from a nice list, where I was also looking for Broken truck 2 with my Art, but everyone was kind enough to inform me that the HM bottles I was looking for wouldn't trade for less than Art (multiples, even), either.

 

[FoudreGuy]

I just don't getting like rid of HM regardless of what's offered in return.

 

[AnotherPint4Ole]

Born and raised in Bellingham guy here, live in Pittsburgh now. Got to visit HM for the first time on Sunday. To say the least, I loved it! Didn't try a single beer that I would describe as less than awesome. Solar Benediction, Scryer's Throne, and Deadfall were standouts. Great service too. Hopefully I can get back again soon, but until then I'll be savoring the couple bottles of Witchfinder I am taking home.

Those of you who have these guys in your backyard are lucky!

-Cheers

 

[wethorseblanket]

Fair enough, but trading sucks everywhere these days.

Seattle sugar water and beer tasting Seattle.

Oddly enough Art and WoL Sara were the only bottles anyone wanted from a nice list, where I was also looking for Broken truck 2 with my Art, but everyone was kind enough to inform me that the HM bottles I was looking for wouldn't trade for less than Art (multiples, even), either.

I missed that post but I'm in Beer Tasting Seattle. I don't have notifications turned on so I miss a lot of stuff unless I reply. There are some homers in there for sure. And some people like me who often call that **** out.

I'm done trading for the year but if you ever want to swap for some HM hit me up. Otherwise I'd imagine you'd have better luck here than on Facebook.

 

[RyanG1]

Send me all your Mountains of Holiness

 

[waltersrj]

Podunkparte is the biggest hipster I know.

 

[chongcheesol]

I wish I had a metal friendly brewery around here. I guess Angry Chair will play some every now and then but its usually Pantera or Metallica. I need some black/death metal

 

[user 304985]

I wish I had a metal friendly brewery around here. I guess Angry Chair will play some every now and then but its usually Pantera or Metallica. I need some black/death metal

I feel like tracking some Holy Mountain down to prepare for Jan 27

 

[wethorseblanket]

I went to see OM a few weeks ago, I imagine much of the HM staff was there.

 

[HolyMtn]

I went to see OM a few weeks ago, I imagine much of the HM staff was there.

We were at both. Best Sleep show I've seen was the last one at Showbox.

 

[chongcheesol]

That's gonna be a good show!

 

[waltersrj]

 

[wethorseblanket]

Wraith sounds pretty good, albeit similar to Dark Retreat. I'll when they announce the other two bottles! *crosses fingers for non-fruited mixed fermentation saisons*

 

[NAD1983]

non-fruited mixed fermentation saisons

 

[swivelhips1]

*crosses fingers for non-fruited mixed fermentation saisons with brown labels that see distro and stick around until the 22nd when i get to town*

FTFY

 

[tylerk88]

woah.

 

[NAD1983]

Holy ****. Three Fates in cans!!!!!!!!!

 

[swivelhips1]

HolyMtn growler fills? I don't need to brave the lines that cans generate (also I can't since I am not into town until the 22nd) but I would love to get a fill if it lasts that long.

 

[wethorseblanket]

HolyMtn growler fills? I don't need to brave the lines that cans generate (also I can't since I am not into town until the 22nd) but I would love to get a fill if it lasts that long.

If this turns into a Tired Hands/Tree House situation, it'd be cool if they kept can releases and bottle releases to separate days. I honestly can't imagine this being the case though.

 

[swivelhips1]

If this turns into a Tired Hands/Tree House situation, it'd be cool if they kept can releases and bottle releases to separate days. I honestly can't imagine this being the case though.

Yeah, imo Monkish has done a good job of keeping can releases as their own thing. You can still go there on non-can days and its laid back and enjoyable.

 

[swivelhips1]

holy ****, astral projection is good.

 

[swivelhips1]

Will HM fill my 64 oz Standard Brewing growler or 32 oz Cloudburst growler?

 

[NAD1983]

Will HM fill my 64 oz Standard Brewing growler or 32 oz Cloudburst growler?

Any and all growler, sizes, and varieties are fine on "off days." I routinely fill my 750 mL flip top growlers and they take $1 or $2 off depending on the beer. Just don't be a dick and order a ton of non prefill growlers when they're slammed on a Friday after work

*The only caveat is that release days are prefill only
**Cloudburst is the only brewery in the city that I know of that will only fill their glassware

 

[harrymel1]

**Cloudburst is the only brewery in the city that I know of that hates money

 

[NAD1983]

**Cloudburst is the only brewery in the city that I know of that hates money

I slightly misspoke, Cloudburst will fill HM growlers as well.

Not worth getting into this argument, but I'll add my half cent anyways...

I completely understand the frustration on both ends. Most customers would prefer to fill anything and everything on demand (especially someone like me with 500 growlers lying around), while the producer cares about the QA/QC of their product and keeping the taproom running smoothly. Filling a bunch of random, dirty growlers on a Friday night isn't efficient and increases the potential for your product's quality to be compromised.

My only issue with all of this is that HM and Cloudburst only have twist-top growlers, which are ***** compared to flip-tops. If they had flip-tops I would say **** it and buy a few but without those I'll just stick with my HM fills.

 

[harrymel1]

I slightly misspoke, Cloudburst will fill HM growlers as well.

Not worth getting into this argument, but I'll add my half cent anyways...

I completely understand the frustration on both ends. Most customers would prefer to fill anything and everything on demand (especially someone like me with 500 growlers lying around), while the producer cares about the QA/QC of their product and keeping the taproom running smoothly. Filling a bunch of random, dirty growlers on a Friday night isn't efficient and increases the potential for your product's quality to be compromised.

My only issue with all of this is that HM and Cloudburst only have twist-top growlers, which are ***** compared to flip-tops. If they had flip-tops I would say **** it and buy a few but without those I'll just stick with my HM fills.

I just don't buy the "my brand of growler doesn't get dirty" logic. Either only sell brand new or prefills or get over yourself

 

[NAD1983]

I just don't buy the "my brand of growler doesn't get dirty" logic. Either only sell brand new or prefills or get over yourself

Unless I'm missing something, it has nothing to do with "my brand doesn't get dirty" and everything to do with accounting for all of the dipshits that don't clean their growlers.

Sure I've heard the argument that it's their fault. **** 'em if they want to let a half filled growler roll around in their trunk for a month and fill it that's their fault. But as the brewery you've just put out a product that isn't representative of its true quality. That leaves you open to bad reviews, non-repeat customers, etc.

When a brewery prefills, they also clean, CO2 purge, etc. Steps that aren't possible when you have 2 people behind the bar and 50+ people in the taproom.

At the end of the day breweries aren't making any money off of growlers so the decision is either quality or time related, which I have no problem with. Now that's WA state, if we're talking about CA that's a completely different story....

 

[harrymel1]

Unless I'm missing something, it has nothing to do with "my brand doesn't get dirty" and everything to do with accounting for all of the dipshits that don't clean their growlers....

My point is that even their branded growlers can get ****** dirty. I just don't buy the logic that you're more likely to bring in a clean growler for a fill if it's branded.

I agree the brewer has a vested interest in minimizing risk of filling a growler full of mold or that would otherwise compromise their product.

I would be more receptive to something like not allowing stainless steel growlers since you can't easily see grossly unclean interiors compared to glass.

Either way, to each their own, I just don't get the logic.