Pittsburgh

[OneDropSoup]

Only a true moron would rent that place out for anything.

All my favorite sentences start this way.

 

[tommyguz]

11, 9, and 2. Would probably be cheaper than our damn $10/hr babysitters we have now

11 is old enough to watch the others no?

 

[dadavat]

11 is old enough to watch the others no?

Not this 11 year old. I wish.

 

[benchpressured]

So I went to the farmhouse to table thing last night at ace hotel. Couple highlights:
-oxbow phosphoresence is awesome and I drank about 60 oz of it
-they ran out of food 45 minutes in. The dude who ran the event was pretty pissed and bought any hungry people full meals from the restaurant. Great gesture and I'd totally go to any other event they throw in the future.
-speaking of food, one of the offerings was a cold radish and leek soup that smelled like a backed up sewage line in your basement. It was bright green and came in shot glasses and was more of a fear factor style food challenge than anything.
-one of the gross beer servers didn't wash his hands in the bathroom so I opted against trying the one brewery
-the dg saison was gross
-the ace hotel is the hippest lamest place I've ever seen and will totally avoid in the future

Hey....I think I'm the dude who was pretty pissed and ordering food for people.

First, thanks for coming to the event! I'm glad you dug the Oxbow. I also thought Scratch killed it (the hickory fennel especially).

Second, I'd like to apologize about the food situation. It was our first beer dinner event, and we (incorrectly) left a lot of the food coordination in the wrong hands. It's totally on us for not asking the right questions, but the result was that the amount of food and the process for food distribution was not optimal. Some people didn't get much food, other people posted up at the food table and downed like 12 plates by themselves.

I hope you can give another chance for Hop Culture and Ace Hotel to impress you in two weeks (if you're coming to Hotel Party) or somewhere else down the line. Again, thanks for the support!

All the best,
Travis

PS. Which beer was being served with unwashed hands.....god damnit.

 

[dadavat]

Hey....I think I'm the dude who was pretty pissed and ordering food for people.

First, thanks for coming to the event! I'm glad you dug the Oxbow. I also thought Scratch killed it (the hickory fennel especially).

Second, I'd like to apologize about the food situation. It was our first beer dinner event, and we (incorrectly) left a lot of the food coordination in the wrong hands. It's totally on us for not asking the right questions, but the result was that the amount of food and the process for food distribution was not optimal. Some people didn't get much food, other people posted up at the food table and downed like 12 plates by themselves.

I hope you can give another chance for Hop Culture and Ace Hotel to impress you in two weeks (if you're coming to Hotel Party) or somewhere else down the line. Again, thanks for the support!

All the best,
Travis

PS. Which beer was being served with unwashed hands.....god damnit.

Food situation was understandable. Sit down dinner probably would have worked better given the amount of people. The fact that you guys stepped up and made it right was awesome and i wouldn't hesitate to attend any future events. Overall we had a great time and it was great to see an event focused on the best style of beer (arguably). We also liked that there were lots of out of market bottles and cans for sale.

As far as the yellow handed bandit, i don't wanna blow anyone's spot up specifically. I'd say just remind all the volunteers next time to adhere to typical food serving practices.

 

[ur boy catlicks]

my cock is habitually cleaner than my hands and during winter months the cheap hand soap dries out my skin

 

[beerman6686]

my cock is habitually cleaner than my hands and during winter months the cheap hand soap dries out my skin

Can you get me some of those Bottle House FOMO cans?

 

[dadavat]

my cock is habitually cleaner than my hands and during winter months the cheap hand soap dries out my skin

While i tend to agree with you scientifically, I'd wager that the type of person who doesn't wash their hands while serving many people is probably into way more deviant **** than just that.

 

[kbuzz1]

Project #4 from the BG Hackathon summary gave me a solid chuckle:

"Project number four was an abject failure, as certain overenthusiastic members of our team were proven incorrect in their assessment that it would be possible to deliver a 6oz glass of beer using a quadcopter drone. The drone broke almost instantly, surprising absolutely no one."

I imagine the last sentence spoken like the dude who did all the voice overs for Monty Python.

 

[ur boy catlicks]

Project #4 from the BG Hackathon summary gave me a solid chuckle:

"Project number four was an abject failure, as certain overenthusiastic members of our team were proven incorrect in their assessment that it would be possible to deliver a 6oz glass of beer using a quadcopter drone. The drone broke almost instantly, surprising absolutely no one."

I imagine the last sentence spoken like the dude who did all the voice overs for Monty Python.

honestly thought it was going to be hacking how to serve 9 oz of beer in an 8 oz taster

 

[psbhockey12]

 

[psbhockey12]

....?

 

[preluderl]

Am I missing what the significance is here?

 

[docreight1]

Am I missing what the significance is here?

Yes, you are.

And I am as well.

 

[McMatt7]

Am I missing what the significance is here?

Yes, you are.

And I am as well.

First time they brewed in their third brewery?

 

[preluderl]

First time they brewed in their third brewery?

I guess I don't get why that's significant. Not trying to be a dick though, I just didn't know if I was missing something.

 

[psbhockey12]

That's what I'm trying to figure out ... looks like they're in another facility (3rd), and ordered foeders ... sours?

 

[preluderl]

Doing sour stuff in a third facility would make some sense. Trying to limit the potential for cross contamination and whatnot.

 

[McMatt7]

Doing sour stuff in a third facility would make some sense. Trying to limit the potential for cross contamination and whatnot.

I once cross contaminated a bulldog with a shih tzu.

 

[preluderl]

I once cross contaminated a bulldog with a shih tzu.

Tzudog amirite?

 

[McMatt7]

Tzudog amirite?

We named her Dame Cutey Dench.

 

[preluderl]

We named her Dame Cutey Dench.

 

[dadavat]

I kinda wish voodoo would pump out more ba stouts and barleywines rather than delve into wild ales. I guess making the same thing over and over again would be boring work though.

 

[shuggy1]

I guess making the same thing over and over again would be boring work though.

Can't tell if serious.

 

[shuggy1]

 

[dadavat]

Can't tell if serious.

No I'm serious. Have we ever seen any breweries double down on a limited release like black magick and make it all year round? Isn't it weird that everything has to be a special seasonal release?

 

[nhindian1]

No I'm serious. Have we ever seen any breweries double down on a limited release like black magick and make it all year round? Isn't it weird that everything has to be a special seasonal release?

I would imagine Voodoo (or any other brewery) doesn't make special releases year-round due to other constraints, such as time/money/space/equipment/necessity to brew a wide variety of beers due to consumer preference/etc, not because doing so would be "boring".

 

[clwatt3]

I would imagine Voodoo (or any other brewery) doesn't make special releases year-round due to other constraints, such as time/money/space/equipment/necessity to brew a wide variety of beers due to consumer preference/etc, not because doing so would be "boring".

I also wouldnt be surprised if we start to see them doing BRC releases more often. With the capacity/space they have now versus 2 years ago, I think we will see more BA releases from them.

 

[dadavat]

I would imagine Voodoo (or any other brewery) doesn't make special releases year-round due to other constraints, such as time/money/space/equipment/necessity to brew a wide variety of beers due to consumer preference/etc, not because doing so would be "boring".

Then why invest time/money/space/equipment in brewing a whole new style when you're already a proven leader in the stout world? Clearly customer preference doesn't has anything to do with it cause the few thousand bottles of stouts they currently make sell out in a few hours. I don't think they're anywhere near the saturation point.

I just don't think every brewery has to be hill farmstead and make every single style of beer.

 

[preluderl]

I just don't think every brewery has to be hill farmstead and make every single style of beer.

That's why HF is GOAT.

(I can feel kbuzz rolling his eyes all the way over here)