Random Beer Thoughts

[jdd419]

I bought my first crowler this weekend. Is filling off the tap the norm? I'd always thought it was more automated for some reason.

Depends on the system. Most just purge the can, then fill from the tap, then put it in the machine that puts the lid and lip on.

I like crowlers and think $1-$2 for the can is OK. I don't like "collecting" growlers though.

 

[CornAndBeer]

I can confirm that if you are buying a pallet of cans, your lids, and labels through Oskar Blues like plenty of places then with shipping you are spending at least a $1 per can.

I'm in Omaha so I'm assuming our shipping is relatively cheap and we figure it cost us $1.04 a can (all-in).

Nebraska has some particularly bad growler/crowler laws so it makes crowlers especially attractive for us:
Maximum size of a growler from anywhere but a brewery is 32oz.
Every place must use a growler with its own label.

 

[JulianB1]

I can confirm that if you are buying a pallet of cans, your lids, and labels through Oskar Blues like plenty of places then with shipping you are spending at least a $1 per can.

I'm in Omaha so I'm assuming our shipping is relatively cheap and we figure it cost us $1.04 a can (all-in).

Nebraska has some particularly bad growler/crowler laws so it makes crowlers especially attractive for us.

Maximum size of a growler from anywhere but a brewery is 32oz.
Every place must use a growler with its own label.

Yep $1 per can was what I heard directly from the mouth of the brewer/owner at a place in North Carolina that does crowlers.

 

[viajero]

Regular stouts > coffee stouts

I want my stouts to evoke an essence of coffee, working in concert with all the other fine aromas/flavors a stout offers -- roasted malt, dark bread, chocolate, nuts, etc. I don't need you to dump actual coffee beans in there, especially when they generally seem to muck up all the other flavors. I get it, we're America, but we don't have to supersize everything, you know?

 

[ggfunk]

Speaking of crowlers, there's not a ******* place in a 45 mile radius from here that does crowlers. I want to shotgun 32oz of beer goddamnit.


Srs.

I got you, bae.

 

[user 305778]

Also Big Bad Baptist (since Gabe mentioned it) has been leaps and bounds better than KBS every time I've had them in close time proximity to each other over the past couple of years. It's also better than most limited release stouts of the same style, not just KBS. No one gives a **** about it either, so weird.

Really? The last time I had Big Bad Baptist it was so mediocre. Maybe it's better now? It's been quite a while for me.

 

[JulianB1]

Really? The last time I had Big Bad Baptist it was so mediocre. Maybe it's better now? It's been quite a while for me.

I've always found it to be really good, and this includes under some blind taste test conditions. Actually the first time I had it was blind and my tasting note card was full of superlatives.

 

[user 305778]

I've always found it to be really good, and this includes under some blind taste test conditions. Actually the first time I had it was blind and my tasting note card was full of superlatives.

I'll have to revisit it at some point then. It's not in Philly, I don't think, but maybe I can find it when I'm in Denver in July.

 

[JulianB1]

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet or not, but here's a shockingly good article from Thrillist of all places on a pretty sensitive subject, where the author has clearly gone into a lot of research (mostly on the historical side of things) to provide some depth that's usually lacking in this sort of piece:

THERE ARE ALMOST NO BLACK PEOPLE BREWING CRAFT BEER. HERE'S WHY.

It maybe leans a bit too much on anecdotes instead of data, but as the author himself points out a lot of data that we might like to have for this kind of discussion, such as the racial demographics of the Brewer's Association and American Homebrewer's Association, does not exist.

Don't read the comments unless you want the urge to gouge your eyes out.

 

[ASak10]

Don't read the comments unless you want the urge to gouge your eyes out.

Ever since I stopped reading comments on pretty much everything online, I've found the internet to be much more enjoyable.

 

[JCastle1]

I really enjoy reading idiotic comments on websites for some reason. I'm going in.

 

[ASak10]

I really enjoy reading idiotic comments on websites for some reason. I'm going in.

 

[nathanmiller]

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet or not, but here's a shockingly good article from Thrillist of all places on a pretty sensitive subject, where the author has clearly gone into a lot of research (mostly on the historical side of things) to provide some depth that's usually lacking in this sort of piece:

THERE ARE ALMOST NO BLACK PEOPLE BREWING CRAFT BEER. HERE'S WHY.

It maybe leans a bit too much on anecdotes instead of data, but as the author himself points out a lot of data that we might like to have for this kind of discussion, such as the racial demographics of the Brewer's Association and American Homebrewer's Association, does not exist.

Don't read the comments unless you want the urge to gouge your eyes out.

I read this a few weeks back and it made me want to write along the same lines. But whether that happens or not, this is a really good topic.

I've talked before here about how I think lack of diversity is hurting us, as beer fans. I think that TB is a great place for this conversation to continue, cuz we're pretty deeply into this beer thing.

There's a brewery in Houston that has time and again advertised things that are borderline misogynist (or not so borderline) and the reaction from many has been to write them off as "whatever I just will ignore these people," which I think is reasonable, but I also think that those of us who are in the privileged classes have an obligation to not just ignore, but instead fight out against this kind of stuff. We aren't gonna see change if we stay silent or pretend the problem doesn't exist.

And also as I've said before, I really really want a mole beer that actually tastes like mole.

 

[JCastle1]

And also as I've said before, I really really want a mole beer that actually tastes like mole.

I've been playing with some ideas for all sorts of weird-ass Latin inspired recipes. Made one last week that has pumpkin seed and peppers I could probably get you.

 

[Snarf1]

And also as I've said before, I really really want a mole beer that actually tastes like mole.

You're saying white people can't make mole?

 

[Snarf1]

Don't read the comments unless you want the urge to gouge your eyes out.

JulianB, please. I hardly think craft beer is where we need to focus our attention in regards to the state of racial equality in America. There are actual problems in the world, ya know?

 

[trickytunadicky]

tl;dr. Beer scene is full of racists, sexists and homophobes. Just like America!

 

[trickytunadicky]

JulianB, please. I hardly think craft beer is where we need to focus our attention in regards to the state of racial equality in America. There are actual problems in the world, ya know?

He's Canadian. They don't have problems in British Columbia.

 

[user 307594]

As others have stated, crowlers cost around $1/can with all expenses. We charge the same for crowler and 32oz glass fills and just subsidize the cost of the can. Ours are $8 or $9.

 

[RyanG1]

I really enjoy reading idiotic comments on websites for some reason. I'm going in.

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/random-thoughts-thread.217/

 

[litheum94]

I bought my first crowler this weekend. Is filling off the tap the norm? I'd always thought it was more automated for some reason.

Never seen it done any other way.

 

[JulianB1]

I really enjoy reading idiotic comments on websites for some reason. I'm going in.

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/random-thoughts-thread.217/

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/t...-controversial-and-toxic-topics-thread.11749/

 

[quirk6]

And also as I've said before, I really really want a mole beer that actually tastes like mole.

The new Jack's Abby Mole BA Framinghammer is gooood. Doesn't taste anything like a mole, though.

 

[jupiter6xx]

The new Jack's Abby Mole BA Framinghammer is gooood. Doesn't taste anything like a mole, though.

 

[jbeezification1]

Jester King/ Tired Hands Collab. of course packaged in 750 ml bottles cause that's the most Texas thing to do with a beer.

http://jesterkingbrewery.com/introducing-tired-hands-jester-king-cloudfeeder

 

[austinbridges]

Jester King/ Tired Hands Collab. of course packaged in 750 ml bottles cause that's the most Texas thing to do with a beer.

http://jesterkingbrewery.com/introducing-tired-hands-jester-king-cloudfeeder

I don't want a 3.5% beer in 12oz bottles. This beer sounds pretty good though.

 

[Hookemhops13]

The cult atmosphere at Treehouse is insane...




















I bought 24 cans, 2 growlers, a shirt, and a glass...

 

[quirk6]

The cult atmosphere at Treehouse is insane...




















I bought 24 cans, 2 growlers, a shirt, and a glass...

24 Cans? Did you have a mule with you because that's above the limit?

 

[Hookemhops13]

24 Cans? Did you have a mule with you because that's above the limit?

Nope went through through the line twice.

 

[quirk6]

Nope went through through the line twice.

Did you wear a disguise you bad, bad man?