Random Beer Thoughts

[JulianB1]

Personally I have no problem with slushie machines, randalizers, firkins, casks, etc. or any other similar gimmick or oddity - at a tasting room. Sometimes they can be fun, sometimes they just make for a great change of pace based on the weather (a Zombie Killer slushie at B Nektar or a Key Lime Pie Gose slushie at Westbrook sure go down nicely when it's hot out).

It's when these sorts of gimmicks start making it to the packaging side or "inspiring" packaged beers that things start to jump the shark.

 

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Oh snap, TB now blocked at work....better keep that phone charged...

The bright side is that my logged internet activity will plummet in the office....logged.

This is why I'm friends with the head of IT.

 

[tikk]

I know this has been talked about here before, but I think hell is Instagram comments on any beer release. Insane amounts of tags, questions on if the brewery ships to their state, iso: ft other **** and dumb ass comments or questions.

I would hate to run a brewery IG account.

 

[JulianB1]

I know this has been talked about here before, but I think hell is Instagram comments on any beer release. Insane amounts of tags, questions on if the brewery ships to their state, iso: ft other **** and dumb ass comments or questions.

I would hate to run a brewery IG account.

The worst are not only the way ISO:FT comments are formatted (where it's usually FT: *list of breweries with no specific beers mentioned*) but also how they invariably end up on posts which are clearly either draft only or on-site only releases.

 

[FoudreGuy]

My favorite thing about IG beer posts are the Monkish can releases. I never see them before "SOLD OUT!!" has been edited in.

 

[BadJustin]

I got added to a raffle group, for food. The fuq?

 

[wuntrikpony]

I got added to a raffle group, for food. The fuq?

razzle*

dafuq*

 

[BadJustin]

razzle*

dafuq*

I’m a loner Dottie, a rebel.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

I got added to a raffle group, for food. The fuq?

Did the person running the raffle stand in line in the 30s?

 

[BadJustin]

Did the person running the raffle stand in line in the 30s?

I didn’t think FTowne was on FB?

 

[mateoloco]

Did the person running the raffle stand in line in the 30s?

Our nation went from standing in line for coffee and doughnuts to standing in line for beer made with coffee and doughnuts.

 

[jammery]

Our nation went from standing in line for coffee and doughnuts to standing in line for beer made with coffee and doughnuts.

People still stand in line for Cronuts round here.
Maybe it’s just a bunch of shitlords who think it’s a crowler if BA imperial stout with nuts.

 

[wuntrikpony]

OH IM SORRY, IM DOMING A BT AT 930AM AND POSTING TO THE DDT...THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA

 

[cneville1]

"Closed 8am-11am for 'routine maintenance,' definitely not server issues, no way"

 

[MikeJones]

I got added to a raffle group, for food. The fuq?

Chicken Raffle Club?

 

[quirk6]

This is why I'm friends with the head of IT.

"friends"

 

[BadJustin]

Chicken Raffle Club?

Something like that. Yeah. Lol

 

[nathanmiller]

I got added to a raffle group, for food. The fuq?

I'm extremely interested in this concept.

Are we talking like interesting crisps and things? Japanese kit-kat flavors? What kind of food are we talking about?

 

[MikeJones]

I'm extremely interested in this concept.

Are we talking like interesting crisps and things? Japanese kit-kat flavors? What kind of food are we talking about?

If it's the one I'm thinking about it's a bunch of home made food and recipes.

 

[BadJustin]

If it's the one I'm thinking about it's a bunch of home made food and recipes.

seems accurate.


Who's got my heady Waygu?

 

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[FoudreGuy]

Breitbart what? That Twitter account sure is something.

 

[Lutter]

Breitbart what? That Twitter account sure is something.

Breitbart... Breit Tank... Brite Tank....

It's just a beer news parody account I follow.

 

[JCastle1]

I'm extremely interested in this concept.

Are we talking like interesting crisps and things? Japanese kit-kat flavors? What kind of food are we talking about?

Reddit has an international snack exchange program that's a lot of fun. I did it a few times and got biltong, unusual chip flavors, Tim Tams, and other weird ****.

 

[trickytunadicky]

Reddit has an international snack exchange program that's a lot of fun. I did it a few times and got biltong, unusual chip flavors, Tim Tams, and other weird ****.

TalkBeer has a snack exchange BIF...(that I totally didn't mention because I am next up)
https://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/make-a-wish-other-stuff-edition.32610/page-52

 

[JCastle1]

TalkBeer has a snack exchange BIF...(that I totally didn't mention because I am next up)
https://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/make-a-wish-other-stuff-edition.32610/page-52

Damn, I had no idea. I'll try to join sometime!

 

[trickytunadicky]

Damn, I had no idea. I'll try to join sometime!

Yeah, we are trying to get the name changed to the MAW - Snacks and Swag BIF so people know what Other Stuff means.

 

[JCastle1]

Yeah, we are trying to get the name changed to the MAW - Snacks and Swag BIF so people know what Other Stuff means.

Do people usually send beer as extras?

 

[trickytunadicky]

Do people usually send beer as extras?

Most of the boxes have included some beer (or mead, whiskey, whathaveyou), but it's not the main focus. I didn't even mention beer in my current list. I am shipping to someone who put mead and Malört on theirs (sucker).

 

[trickytunadicky]

This got started because one day the MAW - Shelf Turd discussion derailed into talking about socks and pickled stuff and local chips, so we fired this third edition up. It moves real slow, but partially because its people who care less about beer, and partially because we are shipping more in cool weather and not a huge number of people know what Other Stuff means. I have done it twice now and gotten kickass boxes of hot sauces, coffee, chocolate, chips, etc. Love it.