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[McMatt7]

Insecure insofar as I didn't want preluderl to think I was a mean meanie.

"Kumbaya ************, kumbaya,

Say word ************, kumbaya,

Some ************ is cryin lawd, kumbaya,

Ohhhhh **** lawd, kumbaya" -TB Pittsburgh Thread 2-28-18

 

[dtx00]

Here is one of the best beer reviews I have ever read. This is for a beer called 724. Great work Stigs!

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Ratings: 11 | Reviews: 7
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1.59/5 rDev -30.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1

22oz bottle, purchased (thanks Mike, I will get my revenge!) at the brewery last week and popped tonight - poured into a modified tulip

A - moderately aggressive pour yields about half an inch of short-lived, tightly packed light tan foam. the beer is burnt orange in color, and also quite hazy.

S - being familiar with Beaver Brewing, if I hadn't already known the basis for this beer, I would have swore they tried to make a peanut butter IPA. completely missing are any semblance of hops outside a faintly grassy, earthy aroma sneaking its way in through the nuttiness.

T - ugh. honestly, and quite literally one of the worst beers I have ever tried. immediately the palette is hit with an attack of stinky, garbage-like, rancid citrus. if you've ever left orange juice out in the sun for a day (dont ask, I have), its slightly more pleasant than this monstrosity. i'm being overtaken by moldy carpet, feet, pinecones and two week old lunchmeat. pretty much devoid of any semblance of malts as well. i can't even wrap my head around the fact that a professional brewery would charge money for this, as I've shamefully tossed a couple batches of my own homebrew that are a million times better. even my burps are making me want to dry heave.

M - the body is just a touch on the dry side, with carbonation a touch soft yet slightly prickly. to be honest, I care not to analyze this any more since that would require me to put more of this vile liquid in my mouth.

O - now, I didn't go out of my way just to blast this beer and the brewery. merely, its intent is to serve as a warning to prospective drinkers. a few of us sampled this last week and I thought it was awful, but the sadistic part of me wanted to try and down a whole bottle by myself. I actually sent a bottle of this out as part of a BIF, and I now feel extremely guilty (they will be receiving one of the exponentially better locally-made IPA's as soon as I can land some). BBC, get your **** together and focus on quality instead of gimmicks.

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Stigs, Sep 14, 2011

If you like Stigs reviews, you cant forget this classic

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/19190/57820/

 

[kbuzz1]

Going through a homer drought.

Fine, I'll do it myself.

 

[preluderl]

If you like Stigs reviews, you cant forget this classic

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/19190/57820/

sippin on Buff drinks
stealing some White Gold
Glenn's outside the hotel covered in mud
went down to VE
hold the bananas please
damn that Italian beer really went sour

wasted away again in Boardman, Ohio
wearin my Zep shirt and Louie Vatton
that waitress fell hard, might be a retard
but I know, g*d damn this hotel is so small


Slow clap, Stigs

 

[london1o11]

I figure in the craft world if a product is bad, the sales will tell that story most of the time.

Hmmm...

 

[preluderl]

Hmmm...

"Most of the time".

 

[kbuzz1]

I figure in the craft world if a product is bad, the lack of trade threads will tell that story most of the time.

fixed

 

[epicureIO]

Anyone heard anything about a cider house popping up in Verona? I have heard whispers but can't find any info on the internet.

 

[OneDropSoup]

Anyone heard anything about a cider house popping up in Verona? I have heard whispers but can't find any info on the internet.

There's a defunct cider mill on Penn St., close to RCC. This isn't what you're talking about, is it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehner_Grain-and-Cider_Mill_and_House

There's also a Pittsburgh Hard Cider group on FB, someone there might have some info. FB is the place to go for knowledge.

 

[OneDropSoup]

Anyone heard anything about a cider house popping up in Verona? I have heard whispers but can't find any info on the internet.

Apparently Arsenal' s production facility is on Universal Road.

 

[dtx00]

First new tap list

 

[preluderl]

So I see three new beers on there... Revisionist, The New Prospector and Driving Me Nuts, that don't have "critters". Will be interesting to see if they're capable of making non-funkified beer.

kbuzz: "No."

 

[beerman6686]

First new tap list

Looks like the prices are a bit lower for the clean beers. That's good to see.

 

[moarhops1]

So I see three new beers on there... Revisionist, The New Prospector and Driving Me Nuts, that don't have "critters". Will be interesting to see if they're capable of making non-funkified beer.

kbuzz: "No."

I bought a keg of their St. Angus that was billed as clean and was clean. I actually bought a bunch of their stuff in the past year & it's all been reliably good.

Sorry to break up the circle jerk.

 

[preluderl]

I bought a keg of their St. Angus that was billed as clean and was clean. I actually bought a bunch of their stuff in the past year & it's all been reliably good.

Sorry to break up the circle jerk.

I've had St. Angus twice from the bottle.

One was very good, the other was complete and total *****.

 

[moarhops1]

I've had St. Angus twice from the bottle.

One was very good, the other was complete and total *****.

Recently or like 2 years ago? I won't vouch for anything from them before 2016, they made volatile **** years ago.

 

[preluderl]

Recently or like 2 years ago? I won't vouch for anything from them before 2016, they made volatile **** years ago.

Honestly I would say it was before 2016, but I'm really not sure.

I'm not trying to **** on them though, just sharing what my experience was. I'm not a stone cold anti-DL fella like some of these guys, but I've definitely experienced a pretty severe lack of consistency from them in the past. As I said when they announced that cellar sale of their vintage bottles, I'd be all up in some Geestilijke bottles if I were confident they were from a "good" batch, but the bottles I've had of that beer have been so all over the place over the years that I never know what I'll get from them.

 

[McMatt7]

Honestly I would say it was before 2016, but I'm really not sure.

I'm not trying to **** on them though, just sharing what my experience was. I'm not a stone cold anti-DL fella like some of these guys, but I've definitely experienced a pretty severe lack of consistency from them in the past. As I said when they announced that cellar sale of their vintage bottles, I'd be all up in some Geestilijke bottles if I were confident they were from a "good" batch, but the bottles I've had of that beer have been so all over the place over the years that I never know what I'll get from them.

That's all well and good but how is the parking?

 

[OneDropSoup]

That's all well and good but how is the parking?

Wildly inconsistent. When it's good, it's my wife's favorite place to park, but I never know when I go there whether I'll get a space in the lot or have to parallel my Toyota Tundra all the way up by P&G.

 

[preluderl]

Wildly inconsistent. When it's good, it's my wife's favorite place to park, but I never know when I go there whether I'll get a space in the lot or have to parallel my Toyota Tundra all the way up by P&G.

 

[McMatt7]

Wildly inconsistent. When it's good, it's my wife's favorite place to park, but I never know when I go there whether I'll get a space in the lot or have to parallel my Toyota Tundra all the way up by P&G.

Jesus christ, this is such a good post.

 

[PSUMike]

Wildly inconsistent. When it's good, it's my wife's favorite place to park, but I never know when I go there whether I'll get a space in the lot or have to parallel my Toyota Tundra all the way up by P&G.

I'm calling ********. You're a Toyota Prius kinda guy.

 

[OneDropSoup]

I'm calling ********. You're a Toyota Prius kinda guy.

Actually, yeah. It's 11 years old, has 201,000 miles on it, & is jacked the eff up.

 

[moarhops1]

Actually, yeah. It's 11 years old, has 201,000 miles on it, & is jacked the eff up.

 

[McMatt7]

Actually, yeah. It's 11 years old, has 201,000 miles on it, & is jacked the eff up.

yo dog i need a ride to Rivertowne!

 

[kbuzz1]

I bought a keg of their St. Angus that was billed as clean and was clean. I actually bought a bunch of their stuff in the past year & it's all been reliably good.

Recently or like 2 years ago? I won't vouch for anything from them before 2016, they made volatile **** years ago.

I had something much longer and much more mean-spirited typed out...but in the spirit of ODS, I'll tone it down as best I can.

Draai Laag opened in 2011. You're saying anything before 2016 was volatile. Even giving you the benefit of the doubt that they are now "reliably good" (pains me just to even quote YOU saying that), it should not take that long for a business to round into shape. A five year long **** show of volatility really shouldn't be rewarded with continued patronage. I think I officially gave up on them after back to back drain pours of Ruby de Rhone and Lumberjack Scotch BABW (or whatever the **** that one was where they basically called everyone who doesn't like Scotch a giant pussy). Pretty sure those were both post-2016 BTW.

I gave those fuckers LOOOOTS of chances. More than they deserved. No mas.

 

[moarhops1]

I had something much longer and much more mean-spirited typed out...but in the spirit of ODS, I'll tone it down as best I can.

Draai Laag opened in 2011. You're saying anything before 2016 was volatile. Even giving you the benefit of the doubt that they are now "reliably good" (pains me just to even quote YOU saying that), it should not take that long for a business to round into shape. A five year long **** show of volatility really shouldn't be rewarded with continued patronage. I think I officially gave up on them after back to back drain pours of Ruby de Rhone and Lumberjack Scotch BABW (or whatever the **** that one was where they basically called everyone who doesn't like Scotch a giant pussy). Pretty sure those were both post-2016 BTW.

I gave those fuckers LOOOOTS of chances. More than they deserved. No mas.

Cool man, all I know is I tap kegs of their stuff & it's good & a **** ton of people buy it

 

[kbuzz1]

Cool man, all I know is I tap kegs of their stuff & it's good & a **** ton of people buy it

yeah, wish I could say I was surprised.

 

[docreight1]

Cool man, all I know is I tap kegs of their stuff & it's good & a **** ton of people buy it

yeah, wish I could say I was surprised.

Are you guys gonna fight or what?

 

[kbuzz1]

Are you guys gonna fight or what?

Nah but I'll fight strange dry log roots any day.