Random Beer Thoughts

[FTowne1]

By yourself? I've done that once or twice in my life so I get the appeal, but that's like 1200 calories worth of beer (at least!). Doing it once or twice a week seems... problematic, unless you're compensating for that somehow.

WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO JUDGEY?

 

[boogercrack]

By yourself? I've done that once or twice in my life so I get the appeal, but that's like 1200 calories worth of beer (at least!). Doing it once or twice a week seems... problematic, unless you're compensating for that somehow.

Eh im not too big. 5'10"/200. Used to lift a lot and still got the trex quads. I have a fairly active job, and my 12 month rolling average caloric burn according to my fitbit (with heart rate monitor, for however accurate those are) is 4125kcal/day. When i used to track everything it seemed about right with weight fluctuations. I tend to eat lighter on days I know im going to have a big alcohol intake, which probably points to a problem.

My wife more often than not has a glass when I drink one.

 

[lazerviking]

Used to lift a lot

come home bb

 

[stupac2]

Eh im not too big. 5'10"/200. Used to lift a lot and still got the trex quads. I have a fairly active job, and my 12 month rolling average caloric burn according to my fitbit (with heart rate monitor, for however accurate those are) is 4125kcal/day. When i used to track everything it seemed about right with weight fluctuations. I tend to eat lighter on days I know im going to have a big alcohol intake, which probably points to a problem.

My wife more often than not has a glass when I drink one.

Well on 4k/day it makes a shitload more sense that it would be doable.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

I await your Ryan Reynolds "but why?" gifs.

 

[MikeJones]

I await your Ryan Reynolds "but why?" gifs.

I mean no point in the waffles or actual chicken being added but otherwise sounds good to me.

 

[jbeezification1]

I await your Ryan Reynolds "but why?" gifs.

I read that as 10% of their menu being stout and 90% being food because my head can’t get around such a stupid string of words.

 

[coach1]

I await your Ryan Reynolds "but why?" gifs.

Better?

 

[boogercrack]

 

[JulianB1]

At least it's a stout and not a milkshake IPA.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

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Winner.

 

[Kasher]

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Doo Doo Doo

"We're sorry, the number you have dialed is no longer in service."

This shutdown must be a goldmine for ****** mediocre breweries that are next door to bakeries and fried food establishments.

End Toxic Topic.

 

[trickytunadicky]

I await your Ryan Reynolds "but why?" gifs.

I'll be honest, I was skeptical AF about the Mikerphone chicken and waffles beer. I wanted it slightly less spicy for drinkability reasons, but it was, dare I say, good?

Full disclosure: I go out of my way to drink meat beers. My favorite is still Right Brain, but most are awful.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

I'll be honest, I was skeptical AF about the Mikerphone chicken and waffles beer. I wanted it slightly less spicy for drinkability reasons, but it was, dare I say, good?

Full disclosure: I go out of my way to drink meat beers. My favorite is still Right Brain, but most are awful.

Yeah it doesn't sound bad but throwing chicken into the beer accomplishes, like, nothing?

 

[FTowne1]

Yeah it doesn't sound bad but throwing chicken into the beer accomplishes, like, nothing?

The grease is probably pretty good at killing head retention.

 

[Josh2]

The grease is probably pretty good at killing head retention.

From my experience, when I'm all greasy I'm not getting any head either. Your theory is very plausible.

 

[Lutter]

I await your Ryan Reynolds "but why?" gifs.

Is Fried Chicken on the TTB approved ingredients list?

 

[JCastle1]

New brewery started distributing here and today was their launch party. First beer I tried was a 13 month old lager and very oxidized. The freshest I managed to get was a 7 month old saison, by far the best I tried. Way to make a first impression, ****.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

New brewery started distributing here and today was their launch party. First beer I tried was a 13 month old lager and very oxidized. The freshest I managed to get was a 7 month old saison, by far the best I tried. Way to make a first impression, ****.

 

[Lutter]

New brewery started distributing here and today was their launch party. First beer I tried was a 13 month old lager and very oxidized. The freshest I managed to get was a 7 month old saison, by far the best I tried. Way to make a first impression, ****.

What brewery?

We normally have the opposite in Austin. They send way too much of their dankest freshest **** to begin with... then all that languishes on shelves forever, gets old, nobody buys it... then they pull out of the city/state quietly.

This happened a bunch about 5 years ago with Colorado breweries. Odell was really the only one that stuck.

Firestone Walker was very close to becoming another victim but I think they pulled all the old Double Jack that was on shelves for 1+ years and restrategized.

 

[JulianB1]

What brewery?

We normally have the opposite in Austin. They send way too much of their dankest freshest **** to begin with... then all that languishes on shelves forever, gets old, nobody buys it... then they pull out of the city/state quietly.

This happened a bunch about 5 years ago with Colorado breweries. Odell was really the only one that stuck.

Firestone Walker was very close to becoming another victim but I think they pulled all the old Double Jack that was on shelves for 1+ years and restrategized.

It's always tough in these situations to determine how much of it is the brewery's fault, how much of it is the distributor's fault, and how much of it is both their faults/the fault of their relationship, communication, etc.

With the situation JCastle describes though I've got to think that's largely on the brewery for giving old product to the distributor. Doesn't make sense that they'd be signed with a distributor, deliver them fresh (or relatively fresh) product, and then the distributor would sit on it for months before launching. Although on the other hand, that probably wouldn't even crack the top 5 dumbest distributor behaviors I've heard about...

 

[trickytunadicky]

What brewery?

We normally have the opposite in Austin. They send way too much of their dankest freshest **** to begin with... then all that languishes on shelves forever, gets old, nobody buys it... then they pull out of the city/state quietly.

This happened a bunch about 5 years ago with Colorado breweries. Odell was really the only one that stuck.

Firestone Walker was very close to becoming another victim but I think they pulled all the old Double Jack that was on shelves for 1+ years and restrategized.

Wr get that a lot here. Beer builds up with the distributor to build up a splashy portfolio and what ends up happening is a lot of old beer no one cares about. Happened with Short's and Oddside launching in Chicago. Sucks because fresh cans and bottles are a 90 minute drive away.

 

[JCastle1]

What brewery?

We normally have the opposite in Austin. They send way too much of their dankest freshest **** to begin with... then all that languishes on shelves forever, gets old, nobody buys it... then they pull out of the city/state quietly.

This happened a bunch about 5 years ago with Colorado breweries. Odell was really the only one that stuck.

Firestone Walker was very close to becoming another victim but I think they pulled all the old Double Jack that was on shelves for 1+ years and restrategized.

It's always tough in these situations to determine how much of it is the brewery's fault, how much of it is the distributor's fault, and how much of it is both their faults/the fault of their relationship, communication, etc.

With the situation JCastle describes though I've got to think that's largely on the brewery for giving old product to the distributor. Doesn't make sense that they'd be signed with a distributor, deliver them fresh (or relatively fresh) product, and then the distributor would sit on it for months before launching. Although on the other hand, that probably wouldn't even crack the top 5 dumbest distributor behaviors I've heard about...

It's a very small Mexican brewery that does a bunch of contracting at different spots similar to Mikkeller. We don't have distributors here so this was solely on the brewery, from what I heard the local spots got these in late December and launched yesterday. They had a Modern Times hazy pale ale collab that I was looking forward to but even that one was 11 months old. I think they were just offloading old product on us which sucks.

 

[Phin1]

Drinking a bottle of Meriwether from Perennial & The Commons, July 2016 bottle, that still has a ton of carb. It is a bit reminiscent of classic Belgian saisons.

It is kinda ****** that The Commons went out of business & they were putting out some good saisons, biere de gardes & wild ales w/ lower acidity. Meanwhile, the majority of craft breweries are of course pumping out a couple new DIPAs every week with goofy names & charging you $20+ a 4 pack for them.

 

[FTowne1]

Drinking a bottle of Meriwether from Perennial & The Commons, July 2016 bottle, that still has a ton of carb. It is a bit reminiscent of classic Belgian saisons.

It is kinda ****** that The Commons went out of business & they were putting out some good saisons, biere de gardes & wild ales w/ lower acidity. Meanwhile, the majority of craft breweries are of course pumping out a couple new DIPAs every week with goofy names & charging you $20+ a 4 pack for them.

Saisons taste too much like beer. That's not hip anymore.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Drinking a bottle of Meriwether from Perennial & The Commons, July 2016 bottle, that still has a ton of carb. It is a bit reminiscent of classic Belgian saisons.

It is kinda ****** that The Commons went out of business & they were putting out some good saisons, biere de gardes & wild ales w/ lower acidity. Meanwhile, the majority of craft breweries are of course pumping out a couple new DIPAs every week with goofy names & charging you $20+ a 4 pack for them.

The final beer The Commons made was an IPA called “Is This What You Wanted?”

 

[jbeezification1]

So it sucks that they went under but what would people’s opinions be if they sold to MillerCoors instead? Is it admirable to go out of business?

 

[FoudreGuy]

At least in The Commons’ situation they hung onto the trademark so they could possibly make a comeback in the future. They apparently own the building still and are leasing it to Modern Times.

 

[lb304854]

Drinking a bottle of Meriwether from Perennial & The Commons, July 2016 bottle, that still has a ton of carb. It is a bit reminiscent of classic Belgian saisons.

It is kinda ****** that The Commons went out of business & they were putting out some good saisons, biere de gardes & wild ales w/ lower acidity. Meanwhile, the majority of craft breweries are of course pumping out a couple new DIPAs every week with goofy names & charging you $20+ a 4 pack for them.

The Commons was one of the best breweries in the country.

 

[jmgrub]

At least in The Commons’ situation they hung onto the trademark so they could possibly make a comeback in the future. They apparently own the building still and are leasing it to Modern Times.

Would think that's some pretty good real estate.

RIP in peace Myrtle.