Philly Area Thread

[owlsfan]

I'm confused. There are pleanty of bottle shops that do not offer food—Brew, Bottle shop on passyunk, beer heaven, local 44 bottle shop...

They mostly all have snacks up front. And I think they need some seating too.

 

[xnicknj]

Kinda what I thiught. Just trying to understand the hawthornes hate (that gillian price is pretty silly)

Hawthorne's is typically really expensive for buying limited release type stuff, but if you're hanging out and eating there, drinking from the cooler is actually a pretty good deal. There's plenty of stuff in there thats like $3-5ish, which is a lot cheaper than the drafts and cheaper than if you were sitting at a bar where they'd charge you like $7 for a can of Shape of Hops to Come.

 

[Beeradelphia1]

Hawthorne's is typically really expensive for buying limited release type stuff, but if you're hanging out and eating there, drinking from the cooler is actually a pretty good deal. There's plenty of stuff in there thats like $3-5ish, which is a lot cheaper than the drafts and cheaper than if you were sitting at a bar where they'd charge you like $7 for a can of Shape of Hops to Come.

It's mostly $4.50+ now even for mediocre ipa like big eye.
A friend got a 6 pack of angry orchard Togo from Hawthornes the other day and was charged $29.50 with the take out discount. He didn't realize it until he got home.

 

[xnicknj]

It's mostly $4.50+ now even for mediocre ipa like big eye.
A friend got a 6 pack of angry orchard Togo from Hawthornes the other day and was charged $29.50 with the take out discount. He didn't realize it until he got home.

Yea I agree - for takeaway it's pretty terrible, I just mean for dining in it's fairly "cheap" compared to $7 tulip glass beers.

 

[demmons]

Anyone hitting Bru today?

 

[Shakedwnst]

Planning on it. Depends how my wife is feeling after this 24 hour bug though. May be rolling solo if I make it.

 

[oowtfmate]

Anyone hitting Bru today?

What's bru?

 

[Shakedwnst]

Sour bowl at bru craft and wurst. 16 taps of sours/wilds and 16 taps of IIPAs/Imperial stouts

 

[Beeradelphia1]

Sour bowl at bru craft and wurst. 16 taps of sours/wilds and 16 taps of IIPAs/Imperial stouts

Abraxas

 

[ShogoKawada]

I have stopped buying stuff at bottleshops outside of a rare treat. Not worth it. I'll drive to Jersey if I want some not-by-the-case beer.

 

[cry me]

Two Stones guys are opening a brewery with Bob from the Media iron hill... i'm honestly a little excited for this...

http://www.brewbound.com/news/2sp-brewing-breaks-ground-pennsylvania

 

[DigDug1810]

looks like churchville has some apricot looking planet beer event or something or other tomorrow.. fyi

 

[Friend_of_the_Gueuze]

Two Stones guys are opening a brewery with Bob from the Media iron hill... i'm honestly a little excited for this...

http://www.brewbound.com/news/2sp-brewing-breaks-ground-pennsylvania

Can't wait for $50 bombers!

With any luck, Bob will talk sense into Stigz et al about their ridiculous beer pricing.

 

[schillman]

Anyone see Knee Deep at Wegmans/Whole Foods locations yet? I've only seen them posted (on FB) at bottle shops so far.

 

[LittleSebastian]

Anyone see Knee Deep at Wegmans/Whole Foods locations yet? I've only seen them posted (on FB) at bottle shops so far.

Yeah, I picked up Hoparillo and Hoptologist at KOP Wegmans last week (I think on Wednesday). No clue if there's any left, haven't been back since then. I did hear last weekend that the Collegeville Wegmans was running pretty low on Knee Deep tho, so it might be hard to find at this point.

 

[Phillyz1]

I have stopped buying stuff at bottleshops outside of a rare treat. Not worth it. I'll drive to Jersey if I want some not-by-the-case beer.

Cool! Bet you can get rare gems in Jersey, like vanilla rye, pizza boy, russian river, cantillon, drie fonteinen, fantome, etc.

 

[Beeradelphia1]

Cool! Bet you can get rare gems in Jersey, like vanilla rye, pizza boy, russian river, cantillon, drie fonteinen, fantome, etc.

Get an avatar you newbie troll

 

[Thoreau Like A Girl]

Cool! Bet you can get rare gems in Jersey, like vanilla rye, pizza boy, russian river, cantillon, drie fonteinen, fantome, etc.

No. But he can ride the Girard trolley 20 blocks and drink them at my house with me.

 

[user 305778]

I read Sidecar was charging $16 for 10oz of CBS. Did anyone partake in that? Seems insane to me to think charging that much is reasonable if it's not for charity or something.

 

[Evan1212]

Are there certain times a year when the bottle list at Monks is great? Or are those days long gone? Not saying it isn't great now but do they have certain times of the year (besides Zwanze) when they put some limited lambic on the list?

 

[Beeradelphia1]

Are there certain times a year when the bottle list at Monks is great? Or are those days long gone? Not saying it isn't great now but do they have certain times of the year (besides Zwanze) when they put some limited lambic on the list?

They have had Fou Foune, Vigneronne, Bruocsella etc on the menu for about 10 days now. I think Fou Foune might've finally sold out this past weekend.

 

[xnicknj]

I read Sidecar was charging $16 for 10oz of CBS. Did anyone partake in that? Seems insane to me to think charging that much is reasonable if it's not for charity or something.

Saw this as well and thought someone was just trolling. I kind of hate beer sometimes.

 

[user 305778]

Saw this as well and thought someone was just trolling. I kind of hate beer sometimes.

That's more than $1100 for a sixtel. $1100!

 

[Beeradelphia1]

That's more than $1100 for a sixtel. $1100!

Insane... and I'm pretty sure Founders only slings 1/4s and 1/2s these days. I don't even wanna know the profit they're making on that. If we had gotten a keg at my bar it would've been $8 for 8oz. Funny that that price would've sounded crazy a few years ago too. We've come a long way Philly...

 

[William2]

Not really sure how to put this, but does any one have a Westy 12 for trade maybe two? I don't have much but I do have some eclipse Bottles.

 

[ShogoKawada]

No. But he can ride the Girard trolley 20 blocks and drink them at my house with me.

This. Way better than buying them on my own.

 

[xnicknj]

Annual PtY shitfest at Monks is on Monday at 1130am. Curious to see what he breaks out for the raffles.

 

[Shakedwnst]

Are people in line for that before 1130? I'm assuming yes given that even non beer friends are letting me know about it

 

[cry me]

Are people in line for that before 1130? I'm assuming yes given that even non beer friends are letting me know about it

Yes. PtY is the longest line I've ever seen at Monk's.

 

[user 305778]

I'm pretty sure younger has lasted forever at Monks the past few years. He gets a lot of it and it's generally $15 so you can generally go later in the afternoon to get it. Don't quote me if it's gone though.