Random Beer Thoughts

[Previously]

Vanilla Shake? Are you kidding me? Shitlords were on that pronto.

Really just one shitlord though. @jeg

 

[drgarage1]

Really just one shitlord though. @jeg

And that was BA shake, which never even hit shelves in the US. Certainly no one assumes a beer is better because Mikkel was involved. Hell, I hear Boon Bone Dry is great, but I assumed I would like it less because of Mikkel involvement.

 

[Gestalten]

I'm down with Mikkeller, but I'm also probably 10+ years older than most people on this board. When it first showed up, it was so good and so different from everything else out there. Wildly experimental for the time. Now he's just having fun, I can't be mad at that. I don't see his beer much anymore tho. Last one I had was the Boon blend which is ******* great. It's surprisingly better than Boon Black, though 10/10 talkbeards will tell you otherwise.
(Also, why don't people realize the prices are due to Norwegian economics. Literally everything is massively ******* expensive there, compared to the states.) <---- Disregard, I meant Danish, but the point still stands. So of course his like 2% hoppy lager, whatever is going to be $10 for a 12oz and in not so good condition on a shelf in New York.

 

[Padraig]

Down to €5 at Belgian supermarkets because they can't get rid of it.

It'll probably be an enormo whale in 10 years time.

 

[drgarage1]

I'm down with Mikkeller, but I'm also probably 10+ years older than most people on this board. When it first showed up, it was so good and so different from everything else out there. Wildly experimental for the time. Now he's just having fun, I can't be mad at that. I don't see his beer much anymore tho. Last one I had was the Boon blend which is ******* great. It's surprisingly better than Boon Black, though 10/10 talkbeards will tell you otherwise.
Also, why don't people realize the prices are due to Norwegian economics. Literally everything is massively ******* expensive there, compared to the states. So of course his like 2% hoppy lager, whatever is going to be $10 for a 12oz and in not so good condition on a shelf in New York.

He's from Denmark.

I'm not mad at him, I just rarely feel a need to buy his beer off the shelf, because it's so expensive and usually not in great shape other than his stouts (which tend to have too much sharpie aroma for me).

Nelson Sauvignon b1 is a desert island beer for me, though.

 

[Gestalten]

He's from Denmark.

I'm not mad at him, I just rarely feel a need to buy his beer off the shelf, because it's so expensive and usually not in great shape other than his stouts (which tend to have too much sharpie aroma for me).

Nelson Sauvignon b1 is a desert island beer for me, though.

****, brainfart, basically same difference. Ok, slightly less pricey then, but it's not like Mikkel is sitting up in some ivory tower pricing beers so no one can afford them here. Other **** is clearly at work. (Not that that makes me want to pay so much more)

Basically agreed, though I don't get the sharpee thing. The Danes do like more bitter (from dark malt, not hops) in their stouts than Americans for sure.

We just started seeing Wheat is the New Hops, in cans and they've been great so far. $8 per 16oz is not something i'm buying a 4 pack of tho.

 

[JCastle1]

$8 per 16oz is not something i'm buying a 4 pack of tho.

What the ****?? I love that beer but that's insane.

 

[Gestalten]

While I'm here, It's probably my fault for listening to so many beer podcasts, but I'm so tired of the Lager/Pilsner circlejerk. It's so obviously just the pendulum swinging back away from big and hoppy. It doesn't represent a mature market, it represents the next ******* trend. I predict a market flood of mediocre lagers and every dumb variant they can think of, and once we're all sick of that, everyone will hop on to something else that hasn't seen the light of hype in years, like Ambers, or dry Irish stouts, and we'll all piss ourselves again.

 

[Padraig]

I'm down with Mikkeller, but I'm also probably 10+ years older than most people on this board. When it first showed up, it was so good and so different from everything else out there. Wildly experimental for the time. Now he's just having fun, I can't be mad at that. I don't see his beer much anymore tho. Last one I had was the Boon blend which is ******* great. It's surprisingly better than Boon Black, though 10/10 talkbeards will tell you otherwise.
Also, why don't people realize the prices are due to Norwegian economics. Literally everything is massively ******* expensive there, compared to the states. So of course his like 2% hoppy lager, whatever is going to be $10 for a 12oz and in not so good condition on a shelf in New York.

I've got a lot of respect for him even though he blatantly e-mails most of the recipes in. At the time stuff like the single hop and yeast series were great ideas that helped new jacks like me learn lots about the impact of these variables. He's also helped to drag beer bars into the 21st century in terms of design and being a place your spouse might actually want to hang out in.

There are plenty of big craft beer brands who genuinely deserve criticism (for being dicks mostly) but he's someone who's a positive influence imo. The fact practically every great new skool brewery in the world haul themselves to Copenhagen for CBC every May is testament to that.

 

[Gestalten]

What the ****?? I love that beer but that's insane.

Eh, I'm probably wrong about that, but I recall being surprised by the price whatever it was. Still, I'll grab one every once in a while.
$8 doesn't even sound that bad when local canned hype like Sole is pretty much always around that price.

 

[Padraig]

Is Mikkeller San Diego properly up and running yet? Had a few of the beers at CBC.

 

[JCastle1]

Is Mikkeller San Diego properly up and running yet? Had a few of the beers at CBC.

Yep, opened last month.

 

[RyanG1]

 

[andrewdrinks]

Down to €5 at Belgian supermarkets because they can't get rid of it.

I'm off to Delhaize stat

 

[LuxWanderer]

What will the price be this year?!

 

[Wino1]

I love the ISO:FT posts on that IG post for a beer that won't be in people's possession for another 7 weeks.

 

[Saind]

I'm off to Delhaize stat

Was about a month ago at a Delhaize Shop & Go in Antwerpen.

 

[RyanG1]

What will the price be this year?!

$40 something I guess.

Around that last time.

 

[Wino1]

$40 something I guess.

Around that last time.

Wouldn't at all be surprised if it was in the $50-60 range

 

[RyanG1]

Wouldn't at all be surprised if it was in the $50-60 range

Lambic is expensive

 

[FoudreGuy]

I love the ISO:FT posts on that IG post for a beer that won't be in people's possession for another 7 weeks.

Hey man, gotta call dibs now.

Dibs.

 

[Saind]

Lambic is expensive

#triggered

 

[drgarage1]

Wouldn't at all be surprised if it was in the $50-60 range

It's $52, 2pp

 

[Beerontwowheels]

It's $52, 2pp

http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/nope.23911/ @ that price

Last batch was 6 per person, right? Smaller batch or what?

 

[JCastle1]

Smaller batch or what?

More shitlords this time around.

 

[boogercrack]

 

[PepeSylvia1]

Serious Question: Is Derivation nearly impossible to get? I have recently received a derivation glass and have no way to proper it. Should I just gift the glass away, or pursue the beer?

Eh?

I haven't really been following these hyped insta whale beers.

 

[RyanG1]

Serious Question: Is Derivation nearly impossible to get? I have recently received a derivation glass and have no way to proper it. Should I just gift the glass away, or pursue the beer?

Eh?

I haven't really been following these hyped insta whale beers.

ISO: Derivation

FT:

 

[PepeSylvia1]

ISO: Derivation

FT:

That wouldn't nearly be as fun as drinking all of this... But I get the message loud and clear.

 

[jivex5k1]

ISO: Derivation

FT:

I need a new job where I can afford to have that kind of collection in addition to paying a mortgage.