Pittsburgh

[greg4579]

Hacker Pschorr is the most underrated one, in my opinion. It's a little lighter and more traditional than others. But damn, it's good.

Need to try some Hacker this year. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[McMatt7]

Easy on the eyes too

 

[greg4579]

Gaucho + Brew Gentlemen =

I really hope this becomes a regular thing!

 

[jeevo]

Bullfrog is releasing Le Roar Grrrz next weekend:

We’ll be releasing 4 Le Roar Grrrz varieties to the public and our members starting on July 29th, 2016 at our brewpub.

The brands and counts that will be available for the General Public Sale on Saturday, July 30th are as follows: 280 Le Roar Grrrz (bottled 6/15/15), 337 Le Roar Grrrz Apricot (bottled 3/30/16), 413 Le Roar Grrrz Framboise (bottled 3/30/16), 368 Le Roar Grrrz Aardbei (bottled 3/25/16). 280 full allotments.


Freaking figures. Was just up at Penn State for 3 days this past weekend. Probably not going to make this one.

 

[OneDropSoup]

Fat Heads.

Edit: Think it's cost-prohibitive for any but medium/larger breweries. *

Would Four Seasons qualify as one of these sizes?

 

[OneDropSoup]

Back to beer, i've been drinkin a lot of Rolling Rock cause i got free 30pack. If there's a better alcoholic palate cleanser out there i've never tried it. Doing a Monk's Blood vertical? Crack an ice cold rolling rock. Sampling all the hot new local IPAs? Dump two rollling rocks into a frosted mug. Building a birdhouse with your niece? Drink 10 rolling rocks first. It has absolutely nothing going on, which to me makes it ******* perfect.

It used to be the poster boy for DMS, to the point that I think they intentionally brewed it that way due to customer demand. Is that gone?

 

[McMatt7]

It used to be the poster boy for DMS, to the point that I think they intentionally brewed it that way due to customer demand. Is that gone?

I didn't pick it up but i don't know that i'm that sensitive to it. I'm sure it's all ill taste now. Thanks Nate.

 

[OneDropSoup]

I didn't pick it up but i don't know that i'm that sensitive to it. I'm sure it's all ill taste now. Thanks Nate.

Could be that they cleaned it up when production moved to NJ.

 

[McMatt7]

Could be that they cleaned it up when production moved to NJ.

No joke, that was my breakfast this morning.



Joking.

 

[McMatt7]

I'm depressed now.

We'll have to discuss ICUs vs perceived corniness later, i'm not in the ****** mood.

 

[bren4220]

Did you know there's a theoretical limit of corniness? I think it's above 100 ICUs

 

[PSUMike]

It used to be the poster boy for DMS, to the point that I think they intentionally brewed it that way due to customer demand. Is that gone?

When they moved to NJ, they did say something about correcting mistakes in the brewing process if I recall correctly which pissed off a lot of RR drinkers, my father being one of them. Not because of the statement itself but because they were changing the product that has a massive following. While he's moved on to better beer, he did say that a recent RR he drank did taste a lot closer to the original brewed in Latrobe.

 

[bren4220]

Any info on BG Lou?

 

[Stigs1]

Any info on BG Lou?

More importantly, the Gaucho truck?? I'm a foodie.

 

[Dogleg1]

Bullfrog is releasing Le Roar Grrrz next weekend:

We’ll be releasing 4 Le Roar Grrrz varieties to the public and our members starting on July 29th, 2016 at our brewpub.

The brands and counts that will be available for the General Public Sale on Saturday, July 30th are as follows: 280 Le Roar Grrrz (bottled 6/15/15), 337 Le Roar Grrrz Apricot (bottled 3/30/16), 413 Le Roar Grrrz Framboise (bottled 3/30/16), 368 Le Roar Grrrz Aardbei (bottled 3/25/16). 280 full allotments.


Freaking figures. Was just up at Penn State for 3 days this past weekend. Probably not going to make this one.

Had a project up in Williamsport and was up there every other week for about 3 months. Of course it just wrapped up.

 

[troygreer]

Would Four Seasons qualify as one of these sizes?

The cost is having a booth but you can enter beer without having a booth.

 

[Cazlo]

More importantly, the Gaucho truck?? I'm a foodie.

Any info on BG Lou?

The Lou was outstanding, and the Prototype peach/nectarine Weisse was really great as well. Gaucho Asado did not disappoint either, steak plate, wings and roasted corn were all excellent!

 

[barflybastard]

Would Four Seasons qualify as one of these sizes?

Obvious exceptions; wasn't speaking in absolutes--I'm not a Sith Lord. Why I mentioned trends (general tendencies, not exclusive).

 

[barflybastard]

The cost is having a booth but you can enter beer without having a booth.

Think it's still a couple hundred dollars for each beer submitted + cost of shipping your beers out there. Adds up.

 

[kbuzz1]

The Lou was outstanding, and the Prototype peach/nectarine Weisse was really great as well. Gaucho Asado did not disappoint either, steak plate, wings and roasted corn were all excellent!

Welcome to the thread.

 

[tommyguz]

Anyone see this?



That painting is awesome. I want one

 

[troygreer]

Think it's still a couple hundred dollars for each beer submitted + cost of shipping your beers out there. Adds up.

$160 per beer is well worth the advertising in my eyes.

 

[greg4579]

Any info on BG Lou?

The LOU last year was just OK to me. I just didn't dig the hops. This year's LOU is phenomenal. I really liked it a lot and got a growler to go. I told Rjdillman that I actually liked it better than Akamai, which on the TB Pittsburgh Thread scale places it somewhere between Nimble Giant and Rolling Rock.

 

[Matthouse3]

More importantly, the Gaucho truck?? I'm a foodie.

I'll kill you.

 

[kbuzz1]

I'll kill you.

 

[McMatt7]

The LOU last year was just OK to me. I just didn't dig the hops. This year's LOU is phenomenal. I really liked it a lot and got a growler to go. I told Rjdillman that I actually liked it better than Akamai, which on the TB Pittsburgh Thread scale places it somewhere between Nimble Giant and Rolling Rock.

 

[zieglemt]

So this thread has been a bit of a shitshow. Tried do some digging, but there are only so many hours in a day.

I just found out a slot opened up for some training next week so I'll be heading to your fair city. I think I'm gonna stay downtown, but the training is in Bridgeville. Will probably hit the Pirates game Wednesday night (Star Wars night), So I'll really only have Monday and Tuesday evening. Any breweries I could/should hit Mon/Tues? Any beers I should be looking for on tap or dinner recs? Decent selection at PNC?

Thanks!

 

[greg4579]

So this thread has been a bit of a shitshow. Tried do some digging, but there are only so many hours in a day.

I just found out a slot opened up for some training next week so I'll be heading to your fair city. I think I'm gonna stay downtown, but the training is in Bridgeville. Will probably hit the Pirates game Wednesday night (Star Wars night), So I'll really only have Monday and Tuesday evening. Any breweries I could/should hit Mon/Tues? Any beers I should be looking for on tap or dinner recs? Decent selection at PNC?

Thanks!

Monday or Tuesday will limit your options for breweries. How mobile are you and how far do you comfortably want to venture? That will help us with getting you some suggestions.

 

[PSUMike]

So this thread has been a bit of a shitshow. Tried do some digging, but there are only so many hours in a day.

I just found out a slot opened up for some training next week so I'll be heading to your fair city. I think I'm gonna stay downtown, but the training is in Bridgeville. Will probably hit the Pirates game Wednesday night (Star Wars night), So I'll really only have Monday and Tuesday evening. Any breweries I could/should hit Mon/Tues? Any beers I should be looking for on tap or dinner recs? Decent selection at PNC?

Thanks!

For a Monday/Tuesday visit, Voodoo Homestead will be your #1 choice (or any day of the week for that matter). PNC Park does have vendors that sell beers other than BMC but you're looking at Rivertowne, Harpoon, Southern Tier, or GI as your better options. Insurrection is one of the closer ones to Bridgeville and is off to a nice start. Not sure of their hours though.

 

[zieglemt]

Monday or Tuesday will limit your options for breweries. How mobile are you and how far do you comfortably want to venture? That will help us with getting you some suggestions.

Very mobile, especially Monday (which obviously limits options eve more). I may have to do dinner Tuesday night with some coworkers attending this training. Sounds like Insurrection is a good bet for after training/ before Bucs on Wednesday (or Tues, closed Mon)