Random Beer Thoughts

[danbanana]

Does . . . not . . . compute.

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Time changes beer and sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad and sometimes you can't tell but the only way you'll know is if you age it so maybe this person has tried it with some beers that maybe aren't the usual style that nerds say are good to age but that's okay.

 

[ChaQuiseman]

I’m kind of an aged ipa aficionado and Hopslam is high up on the list of ipas that are still good with a year plus on them. For those curious SN Hoptimum and Avery Maharaja are my top 2. I would put Hopslam at third.

Someone needs to introduce you to barleywine.

 

[Saind]

They're great aside from all the infection issues and **** they've had. I had the Hel & Verdoemenis Bruichladdich a few months back and it was fantastic.

Like half of their new stouts are still "with Brett"
All intentional of course

 

[bramsdell]

I went to a lot of trouble getting beers for our wedding. Cuvee Rene Kriek, Upright Pathways Saison, Kern Just Outstanding and Big Bad Baptist. Then a buddy brought a Doggie Claws magnum (or maybe a 3L).

I had maybe one pour all night.

We had a big Hindu wedding. My buddy brought some Treehouse cans to have before the Saturday morning event, but for the Friday night event and the Saturday night reception, I wanted to have some Fat Heads for everyone. We had Head Hunter and Daydream Sunshine.

 

[EvenMoreJesus]

Someone needs to introduce you to barleywine.

 

[Josh2]

Is that even a thing anymore?

 

[Wassailwilly]

I’m kind of a SN Hoptimum guy.

Hell yeah

 

[CITC3120327]

We had a big Hindu wedding. My buddy brought some Treehouse cans to have before the Saturday morning event, but for the Friday night event and the Saturday night reception, I wanted to have some Fat Heads for everyone. We had Head Hunter and Daydream Sunshine.

Hell yes. My wife is pumped about 15 packs of sunshine cans this year. Should make for an awesome summer

 

[PHBoiler]

I wish I could pay Randy Orton to RKO every shitbird on these facebook trading groups offering up garbage they don't want and asking for thank you beer in return.

 

[boogercrack]

I wish I could pay Randy Orton to RKO every shitbird on these facebook trading groups offering up garbage they don't want and asking for thank you beer in return.

Sorta related, but it'll be hilarious the first time one of these mega-mule/proxy dudes who offers muling services at "standard mule fees " (a couple bucks per can or bottle) gets audited by the IRS for unclaimed income.

 

[litheum94]

Sierra Nevada makes its first acquisition, purchasing a gluten-reduced brewery in San Francisco. Interesting.

 

[Kasher]

Sierra Nevada makes its first acquisition, purchasing a gluten-reduced brewery in San Francisco. Interesting.

Drinking a gluten-reduced beer definitely does sound like a Suffer Fest.

Amirite?

 

[jmgrub]

Drinking a gluten-reduced beer definitely does sound like a Suffer Fest.

Amirite?

My first thought when I read the story earlier today was what a terrible name Sufferfest is for a brewery. Call your marzen that name if you want, but the whole brewery?

 

[quirk6]

My first thought when I read the story earlier today was what a terrible name Sufferfest is for a brewery. Call your marzen that name if you want, but the whole brewery?

It's gluten free beer, I just assumed they were being honest.

 

[Josh2]

My first thought when I read the story earlier today was what a terrible name Sufferfest is for a brewery. Call your marzen that name if you want, but the whole brewery?

It's appropriate if you're drinking gluten reduced beer.

 

[Kasher]

You guys are really good at recycling my joke. Just another example of this site lacking content production.


I made it first. You can go **** your mothers.

 

[Josh2]

You guys are really good at recycling my joke. Just another example of this site lacking content production.


I made it first. You can go **** your mothers.

What joke is that?

 

[sherm10161]

Sad!

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Sad!

Well there goes an end of an era.

 

[JulianB1]

My first thought when I read the story earlier today was what a terrible name Sufferfest is for a brewery. Call your marzen that name if you want, but the whole brewery?

"Sufferfest" is a term that gets used in climbing to refer to climbs that turn out exactly how the name sounds: get caught out in a nasty storm, spend a night squatting on your pack or hanging in a harness, get the screaming barfies, experience dehydration and/or altitude sickness, and so on. Definitely conjures up images and experiences in my head that do not make the association appealing.

Curious if Sierra Nevada will keep the name in some way, or ditch it completely and rebrand but keep the recipes.

 

[bramsdell]

"Sufferfest" is a term that gets used in climbing to refer to climbs that turn out exactly how the name sounds: get caught out in a nasty storm, spend a night squatting on your pack or hanging in a harness, get the screaming barfies, experience dehydration and/or altitude sickness, and so on. Definitely conjures up images and experiences in my head that do not make the association appealing.

Curious if Sierra Nevada will keep the name in some way, or ditch it completely and rebrand but keep the recipes.

Never heard of Sufferfest the brewery, but I'm on the east coast. It probably depends on the name/goodwill value of the brand. If there's a following of Sufferfest drinkers that's strong enough, they'll probably keep the name. If they just like the IP, probably will just re-brand under the SN banner - the OG Sufferfest fans will likely continue to drink the same beer under the SN name.

They could also do both - keep Sufferfest and all of its branding, but brew the same beer under the SN label as well (a la the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86/Scion FR-S). Basically just badge-engineering but for beer.

 

[stupac2]

Never heard of Sufferfest the brewery, but I'm on the east coast.

I mean, I live in the Bay Area and had never heard of them. I don't think they're all that popular, it's a pretty curious decision by Sierra.

 

[boogercrack]

"Sufferfest" is a term that gets used in climbing to refer to climbs that turn out exactly how the name sounds: get caught out in a nasty storm, spend a night squatting on your pack or hanging in a harness, get the screaming barfies, experience dehydration and/or altitude sickness, and so on. Definitely conjures up images and experiences in my head that do not make the association appealing.

Curious if Sierra Nevada will keep the name in some way, or ditch it completely and rebrand but keep the recipes.

even with context this is still a god awful name for a brewery.

 

[Stubs]

"Sufferfest" is a term that gets used in climbing to refer to climbs that turn out exactly how the name sounds: get caught out in a nasty storm, spend a night squatting on your pack or hanging in a harness, get the screaming barfies, experience dehydration and/or altitude sickness, and so on. Definitely conjures up images and experiences in my head that do not make the association appealing.

Curious if Sierra Nevada will keep the name in some way, or ditch it completely and rebrand but keep the recipes.

Sounds like a music festival hosted by My Chemcial Romance and AFI.

 

[Padraig]

https://brouwerijdemolen.nl/dev/wp-...our-Sails-of-Brouwerij-de-Molen-an-update.pdf

Is de Molen still of any interest overseas?

Anyway, they sold out

"nothing will change"

 

[pen15clubmember]

I mean, I live in the Bay Area and had never heard of them. I don't think they're all that popular, it's a pretty curious decision by Sierra.

I've seen cans from them on shelves, but have not even further examined them. Didn't even know they were gluten free. Also have never seen the name on tap nor anyone drinking one. Still, there's obviously a market for gf beers. I assume SN knows what they're doing.

Edit: ah, it's not just gf beers, but a fitness and gf-based brand.

 

[jmgrub]

I've seen cans from them on shelves, but have not even further examined them. Didn't even know they were gluten free. Also have never seen the name on tap nor anyone drinking one. Still, there's obviously a market for gf beers. I assume SN knows what they're doing.

Edit: ah, it's not just gf beers, but a fitness and gf-based brand.

They don't put vaccines in it either.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Looking forward to one of those idiotic breweries like Donkey Punch making a low-alcohol beer called "Fitness P in Your Mouth Pale Ale" or something like that.

 

[Saind]

"nothing will change"

The whole thing reads like a copy paste job

 

[quirk6]

the screaming barfies

That sounds like something I'd like to avoid the rest of my life.