Random Beer Thoughts

[WhalezB4Rarez]

I do not. Hoping for the best.

 

[NClambicguy]

Monkish with the epic level trolling on their new merch.

 

[Kasher]

These stupid ******* conversation alert emails from BA are just awful spam.

**** you SSimpson89 from Illinois: Brut IPAs are terrible.

 

[yamar68]

I know that most of you are older than I am, so I feel silly saying this, but the current state of craft beer makes me laugh; especially the social media / forums side of it.

A friend sent me a link to a forum thread where people were debating about what kind of milkshake would best replicate a milkshake IPA. Somebody had a well-liked revelation that lactose sugar must be included in such a milkshake recipe. The mob reaction to it had me thinking about that Monty Python scene...

 

[wuntrikpony]

Monty Python

This a new can release? Sounds fire.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

This a new can release? Sounds fire.

Indeed it is.

This was the scene at the release line:

 

[Lutter]

The BA once again changes the entire definition of what it means to be a "craft brewer" to keep Boston Beer from being a "macro brewer"....

https://www.brewbound.com/news/brew...es-to-revise-craft-brewer-definition-form-pac

More immediately, however, the updated definition enables the BA to continue calling Boston Beer Company a “craft brewer,” and thus, count nearly 8 percent of total BA-defined craft beer volumes in its annual industry report.

Boston Beer — which produces the Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, and Truly Spiked & Sparkling product lines — was at risk of falling outside of the BA’s craft brewer definition at the conclusion of this year, as sales of its “traditional” beer offerings have declined and as production of its hard seltzer, cider, and alcoholic tea products have increased.

For his part, Pease said he wasn’t sure if more than 50 percent of Boston Beer’s volumes would have come from non-beer products, because the company is publicly traded and does not disclose the specific production figures for each of its brands.

I love the response from Adam DeBower of Austin Beerworks....

Adam DeBower, co-founder of Texas’ Austin Beerworks, tweeted that the revised definition “doesn’t reflect the [BA’s] membership.”

“I am a brewer, not a spiked seltzer or flavored malt beverage maker,” he wrote. “Ask a shift brewer if he or she got into this industry to make that crap and see what they say.”

 

[trickytunadicky]

I don’t care what the association calls them. They are a macrobrewery. To fail to call them one is to fail to see the wolf in sheep’s clothing. They ceased to look, taste and behave as a craft brewery more than a decade ago.

 

[Lutter]

I don’t care what the association calls them. They are a macrobrewery. To fail to call them one is to fail to see the wolf in sheep’s clothing. They ceased to look, taste and behave as a craft brewery more than a decade ago.

The bottom line is that they don't want that 8% of sales going over to the macro side of the pie chart.

Twisted Tea be damned.

 

[litheum94]

At a brewery that has a sour white stout with coffee and chocolate...ummmm

#Florida

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

The BA once again changes the entire definition of what it means to be a "craft brewer" to keep Boston Beer from being a "macro brewer"....

https://www.brewbound.com/news/brew...es-to-revise-craft-brewer-definition-form-pac

I love the response from Adam DeBower of Austin Beerworks....

Adam DeBower, co-founder of Texas’ Austin Beerworks, tweeted that the revised definition “doesn’t reflect the [BA’s] membership.”

“I am a brewer, not a spiked seltzer or flavored malt beverage maker,” he wrote. “Ask a shift brewer if he or she got into this industry to make that crap and see what they say.”

I don't know what Austin Beerworks makes so I am not aiming this at them but it seems to me that plenty of smaller breweries with their Pastry Stouts and Breakfast Cereal IPAs are making malternatives as it is.

Maybe Boston Beer should call it "Black Tea IPA" and it would be acceptable.

 

[boogercrack]

don't know what Austin Beerworks makes so I am not aiming this at them

classic styles of ales and lagers. pearl snap pils is great. their ipas are solid. the most extreme they go with adjuncts is coffee in an oatmeal stout or blood orange juice in an ipa.

 

[iong516]

Can the new trend in 2019 be sour breweries realizing sour beer is abrasive and blending their stuff like 1:3 with a grainy pilsner? Please and thanks...

 

[iong516]

Can the new trend in 2019 be sour breweries realizing sour beer is abrasive and blending their stuff like 1:3 with a grainy pilsner? Please and thanks...

...ok fine 1:6

 

[Lutter]

Can the new trend in 2019 be sour breweries realizing sour beer is abrasive and blending their stuff like 1:3 with a grainy pilsner? Please and thanks...

Jester King already does this with most of their beer.

 

[BadJustin]

Jester King already does this with most of their beer.

Is that why it all sucks?

 

[Lutter]

Is that why it all sucks?

Reported.

 

[ChaQuiseman]

Is that why it all sucks?

Them's fightin' words.

 

[trickytunadicky]

Is that why it all sucks?

You take back what you just saod aboht Le Petit Prince.

 

[BadJustin]

You take back what you just saod aboht Le Petit Prince.

Ok, so one outlier

 

[furley]

The BA once again changes the entire definition of what it means to be a "craft brewer" to keep Boston Beer from being a "macro brewer"....

https://www.brewbound.com/news/brew...es-to-revise-craft-brewer-definition-form-pac

what's the practical benefit one way or another?

lower taxes if they're not classified as a "macro"?

or is this more of a "Green Day isn't a real punk band, bro" type deal?

 

[Lutter]

what's the practical benefit one way or another?

lower taxes if they're not classified as a "macro"?

or is this more of a "Green Day isn't a real punk band, bro" type deal?

Marketing.

 

[ChaQuiseman]

Ok, so one outlier

Atrial Rubicite & Spon would like to have a conversation with you... outside.

 

[BadJustin]

Atrial Rubicite & Spon would like to have a conversation with you... outside.

Parking lot or GTFO man

 

[Lutter]

Atrial Rubicite & Spon would like to have a conversation with you... outside.

******* Foudreweizen is all I gotta say, man.

What if I told you Jester King used Live Oak Hefeweizen wort and yeast and put it inside one of their foudres to age?

Literal top 5 favorite beer for me. Just came out again too.

 

[JCastle1]

******* Foudreweizen is all I gotta say, man.

What if I told you Jester King used Live Oak Hefeweizen wort and yeast and put it inside one of their foudres to age?

Literal top 5 favorite beer for me. Just came out again too.

Always wanted to try that one, sounds so awesome. I love almost every Jester King I've tried.

 

[jammery]

Is that why it all sucks?

Go back to Facebook with that nonsense

 

[BadJustin]

Go back to Facebook with that nonsense

No. Any 500ml beer I have had from them is just kind of thin and watery and not much to it. Inb4 "your palate sucks"

 

[jammery]

No. Any 500ml beer I have had from them is just kind of thin and watery and not much to it. Inb4 "your palate sucks"

I mean, fine, but their 750 saisons are very underrated.

You and me should take a trip to Austin. You’re paying.

 

[pen15clubmember]

JFC


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