Random Beer Thoughts

[Lutter]

I went to a big bottle share yesterday and I determined I generally hate the state of beer right now outside of Texas (at least the big beers people are trading for).

Stunt beers and haze. So many ******* hazy IPAs. I like a hazy IPA as much as the next guy but I swear... are people really drinking entire cans of marshmallow coffee milkshake IPAs unironically?

I pray for the days when light, crisp, clear as water pilsners and kolsches come into fashion.

Thank god for The ABGB, Live Oak, St Elmo, and Austin Beerworks who are all making clean, tasty beers here in town.

Get off mah lawn.

 

[quirk6]

I went to a big bottle share yesterday and I determined I generally hate the state of beer right now outside of Texas (at least the big beers people are trading for).

Stunt beers and haze. So many ******* hazy IPAs. I like a hazy IPA as much as the next guy but I swear... are people really drinking entire cans of marshmallow coffee milkshake IPAs unironically?

I pray for the days when light, crisp, clear as water pilsners and kolsches come into fashion.

Thank god for The ABGB, Live Oak, St Elmo, and Austin Beerworks who are all making clean, tasty beers here in town.

Get off mah lawn.

Drinking fresh Kölsch in Kön was magical. Something I hope to do again in my life. I could've had gallons if I weren't with others that wished to move along. Outside of that, though, I haven't had much Kölsch I care for. I also just can't seem to enjoy pilsner. I like Jack's Abby's Sunny Ridge and that's about it.

 

[Lutter]

Drinking fresh Kölsch in Kön was magical. Something I hope to do again in my life. I could've had gallons if I weren't with others that wished to move along. Outside of that, though, I haven't had much Kölsch I care for. I also just can't seem to enjoy pilsner. I like Jack's Abby's Sunny Ridge and that's about it.

I beat the St Elmo Carl Kolsch drum like no other. Fantastic kolsch. Probably the best I’ve ever had.

These guys are former Austin Beerworks brewers, who were allowed to take their recipe (and the beer name... it was an ABW beer for a long time at their taproom) when they left and they’ve made a business practically around it as their flagship. It’s that good.

Literally that brewery could make that 1 beer and I would still go there just as much.

 

[quirk6]

I beat the St Elmo Carl Kolsch drum like no other. Fantastic kolsch. Probably the best I’ve ever had.

These guys are former Austin Beerworks brewers, who were allowed to take their recipe (and the beer name... it was an ABW beer for a long time at their taproom) when they left and they’ve made a business practically around it as their flagship. It’s that good.

Literally that brewery could make that 1 beer and I would still go there just as much.

I'd remember that if I were ever to go to Texas. I won't, though, so no need to remember that.

 

[Lutter]

I'd remember that if I were ever to go to Texas. I won't, though, so no need to remember that.

I’m looking forward to all the new Californians melting in the 110 degree heat in the next month or two.

 

[Josh2]

I’m looking forward to all the new Californians melting in the 110 degree heat in the next month or two.

You do know that there are many areas of California where that's the average summertime temperature, right?
Or are you one of those people that think every Californian lives at the beach?

 

[Kasher]

You do know that there are many areas of California where that's the average summertime temperature, right?
Or are you one of those people that think every Californian lives at the beach?

You do know who Lutter is, don't you?

 

[Lutter]

You do know that there are many areas of California where that's the average summertime temperature, right?
Or are you one of those people that think every Californian lives at the beach?

Yeah ... it’s the eastern Trump-loving Californians that are moving here.

Sure. Sure.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Lol at complaining about the state of craft beer as your state passes laws to jump right into the filth

 

[jmgrub]

You do know that there are many areas of California where that's the average summertime temperature, right?
Or are you one of those people that think every Californian lives at the beach?

He should at least know that it gets hot as **** at Disneyland.

 

[nathanmiller]

I don't really care much about the whole "your glass is dirty in the picture you took" ******** that some people care about. I mean, I totally get it, but I also don't care. It's just a photo. For the most part.

A new "beer garden" opened down the street from me, and this is super exciting on paper because my neighborhood is pretty much devoid of good beer and the place renovated a previously-abandoned-for-years building on a corner that has recently started growing in a good way (i.e. empty abandoned store fronts being filled with locally-owned businesses). But "on paper" and "in reality" are never the same. Their grand opening was on Sunday and things are already off to a terrible start:

• The tap list looks like one of those "distributor-provided beer-garden starter packages" with mediocre beers that are locally distributed and come in cheap kegs.
• Their bottle list is more of the same... plus Delirium Tremens for some reason
• Their food is apparently all kosher, which my neighborhood does not need more of
• And they're closed on Saturdays because see previous bullet point

Anyway all of that can be looked past in isolation, because look, locally-owned businesses are good and we should support them and encourage more beer bars to open, etc. etc.

So I followed them on Instagram and figured I'd stop by this week. Except then the very first IG story they posted for their grand opening showed a bartender serving a beer with a dirty af glass.

Goddamnit you just opened! We know your dishwasher works, it's brand ******* new!

I unfollowed and probably will never visit the place.

 

[Phin1]

I got to have a small pour of Westly this weekend at a line share, which was cool. But, when the guy who popped it told us he got it in a razzle, I felt a little dirty. I've seen him a few times before at Hudson Valley area breweries & he is a really nice guy. But, I don't know him well enough to be like "dude, don't participate in that ********". Oh well.

 

[NClambicguy]

I got to have a small pour of Westly this weekend at a line share, which was cool. But, when the guy who popped it told us he got it in a razzle, I felt a little dirty. I've seen him a few times before at Hudson Valley area breweries & he is a really nice guy. But, I don't know him well enough to be like "dude, don't participate in that ********". Oh well.

Why do you care how the guy got his beer? I'm not in any of the raffle groups (anymore) but don't get why it bothers you that people are involved in secondary groups.

 

[Lutter]

when the guy who popped it told us he got it in a razzle

 

[Saind]

On the topic of shitlording and razzling, is this the strictest brewery as far as that goes? I remember Floodland getting **** and he wasn't as intense as this right?

 

[FoudreGuy]

On the topic of shitlording and razzling, is this the strictest brewery as far as that goes? I remember Floodland getting **** and he wasn't as intense as this right?

Sounds like it. Adam is fine with people trading his beer but is anti-reselling.

I think behavior like secondary pricing and raffle/razzles/whatever ruins it for everyone else.

 

[Lutter]

This is such a good brewery drama thead.

Enjoy.

Thank you Houston.

 

[FoudreGuy]

"I DONT REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM YESTERDAY BUT I'LL MAKE IT RIGHT!"

How do you make it right? Pay for the barrel and it's contents?

 

[litheum94]

This is such a good brewery drama thead.

Enjoy.

Thank you Houston.

Love that the doucehbag who used to write for the Willamette Week in Portland shows up in there being an absolute ********.

 

[Lutter]

Looks like it got deleted.

 

[ChaQuiseman]

"I DONT REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM YESTERDAY BUT I'LL MAKE IT RIGHT!"

How do you make it right? Pay for the barrel and it's contents?

Dude taking a breather to straighten his life out might be a good place to start.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Looks like it got deleted.

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[pen15clubmember]

That Martin Cizmar is a weenie.

 

[Lutter]

That Martin Cizmar is a weenie.

He sounds like a ******* narc, bro.

Also: if that was me... you would never eeeeever see my face in a local brewery again.

New hobby, done deal, join a mezcal forum.

 

[litheum94]

That Martin Cizmar is a weenie.

Yes, yes he is.

 

[falc0n26001]

plus Delirium Tremens for some reason

Don’t you know it’s the Best Beer in the World™?

 

[falc0n26001]

I still remember the first time I read a column of his where he was reviewing Upright and their use of “souring brett bacteria” and I was just like... everything you just said is wrong. All of it. All of his takes are bad. He loves being contrary for the sake of it. I mean, during the election he was pro-Clinton and anti-Bernie. In Portland. Yikes

Edit: he also claimed Great Notion is better than Trillium, Treehouse, Lawson’s, Alchemist, and Hill Farmstead. Yeah ok.

 

[abawol01]

I still remember the first time I read a column of his where he was reviewing Upright and their use of “souring brett bacteria” and I was just like... everything you just said is wrong. All of it. All of his takes are bad. He loves being contrary for the sake of it. I mean, during the election he was pro-Clinton and anti-Bernie. In Portland. Yikes

Edit: he also claimed Great Notion is better than Trillium, Treehouse, Lawson’s, Alchemist, and Hill Farmstead. Yeah ok.

Remember his "unwritten rules of a bottle share" article. Jesus **** that guy is the picture when you look up turd in the dictionary.

 

[BadJustin]

That Martin Cizmar is a weenie.

I was gonna go with Donut Puncher but weenie works as well.

 

[abawol01]

Remember his "unwritten rules of a bottle share" article. Jesus **** that guy is the picture when you look up turd in the dictionary.

For those that don't know

https://www.wweek.com/bars/beer/201...s-just-bringing-nice-beer-you-would-be-wrong/