Random Beer Thoughts

[user 312341]

The prize is not just beer. There are bragging rights for those who post photos of their haul on Instagram.

Some beer fans prefer not to wait, hiring professional line sitters like Same Ole Line Dudes, several of whom were stationed at Other Half’s recent release in Brooklyn.

Those two also made my head explode. I live 20 min from OH. I have yet to go to a release for these reasons. In the time it would take me to do this, I could in theory be in VT with a case of Focal (I did this Saturday). Of course this doesn't factor in the time to get *back,* but still...

And of course I know I'm only into beer for likes on Instagram. Isn't that the whole point? *headdesk*

 

[boogercrack]

Those two also made my head explode. I live 20 min from OH. I have yet to go to a release for these reasons. In the time it would take me to do this, I could in theory be in VT with a case of Focal (I did this Saturday). Of course this doesn't factor in the time to get *back,* but still...

And of course I know I'm only into beer for likes on Instagram. Isn't that the whole point? *headdesk*

The point is to lord over other sweaty ill kept fat guys.

 

[RyanG1]

Apologies to this homie as I could be wildly off but after working a theee day shift as a firefighter you decide to sleep in your car for a canned IPA instead of seeing a newborn kid. Priorities dude!

When you’re the first one here, you don’t have to worry about parking,” Mr. Saurer, 38, said the next morning. A firefighter and a father of an infant daughter at home, he drove in from Amityville, on Long Island, with a sleeping bag. “I have the best sleep in the car,” he said. “There are no kids screaming.

I would be divorced and quickly dead.

 

[abawol01]

Apologies to this homie as I could be wildly off but after working a theee day shift as a firefighter you decide to sleep in your car for a canned IPA instead of seeing a newborn kid. Priorities dude!

When you’re the first one here, you don’t have to worry about parking,” Mr. Saurer, 38, said the next morning. A firefighter and a father of an infant daughter at home, he drove in from Amityville, on Long Island, with a sleeping bag. “I have the best sleep in the car,” he said. “There are no kids screaming.

I would be divorced and quickly dead.

So when is paperwork being filed?

BadJustin I think there may be an idea here for you.

 

[BadJustin]

"I have the best sleep in my car."

















"Trust me, I know sleep and cars and this is the best. The greatest."

 

[RyanG1]

So when is paperwork being filed?

BadJustin I think there may be an idea here for you.

Soon.

ISO: Hazy IPA Line Waiting Bear or Otter

 

[jivex5k1]

Apologies to this homie as I could be wildly off but after working a theee day shift as a firefighter you decide to sleep in your car for a canned IPA instead of seeing a newborn kid. Priorities dude!

When you’re the first one here, you don’t have to worry about parking,” Mr. Saurer, 38, said the next morning. A firefighter and a father of an infant daughter at home, he drove in from Amityville, on Long Island, with a sleeping bag. “I have the best sleep in the car,” he said. “There are no kids screaming.

I would be divorced and quickly dead.

You'd have brewery only turbid IPA cans. In the end that's all that really matters.

 

[Ziggy]

Same Ole Line Dudes

Reason #432 on my list of "why i want to live in the middle of the woods, away from ******* everyone"

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Is there somebody I can hire to collect empty chairs at beer releases?

 

[TommyShitt]

TIL Thevicster owns a brewery in Canada.

 

[lopejuice1]

so many ****** chills

 

[lambandtunaphish]

TIL Thevicster owns a brewery in Canada.

The bartender says "It's an acquired taste" to which I said "Ya, I'm not so sure. I just can't drink this" to which she gave me the face of "not my problem". No offer for something else, and right back to ignoring us.

...maybe this guy should have said "I just can't drink this. Can I see the beer menu again?" Do people expect their beers to be replaced (for free?) if they accidentally order something they don't like?

 

[RedCoffee]

Present company excluded, I ******* hate beer people. It's like there's a constant competition to end up in a "You Cringe You Lose" thread. The first brewery to offer complimentary fedoras and wallet chains with a canned IPA release will ******* sweep up.

 

[ant880]

Apologies to this homie as I could be wildly off but after working a theee day shift as a firefighter you decide to sleep in your car for a canned IPA instead of seeing a newborn kid. Priorities dude!

When you’re the first one here, you don’t have to worry about parking,” Mr. Saurer, 38, said the next morning. A firefighter and a father of an infant daughter at home, he drove in from Amityville, on Long Island, with a sleeping bag. “I have the best sleep in the car,” he said. “There are no kids screaming.

I would be divorced and quickly dead.

What that excerpt fails to mention is that Amityville fire department is volunteer. His full-time job is buying max allotments of canned IPAs and reselling them at marked up prices. Diapers and formula don't grow on trees.

 

[Phischy1]

This is why I almost 100% homebrew. After 13 years I'm decent enough to make better than 85% of what's available locally. Trading is prohibitively expensive (gotta keep buying stainless) and in have 9 taps at home.

And then you don't have to deal with ******* enema-nozzles at releases. I work a lot closer with homebrewers where we really talk more on beer, and since we know how it was made we give pointers to each other on how to improve. The only areas where this lacks are complex sours and barrel aged beers, but at $30+ anymore I can live without them.

 

[jivex5k1]

This is why I almost 100% homebrew. After 13 years I'm decent enough to make better than 85% of what's available locally. Trading is prohibitively expensive (gotta keep buying stainless) and in have 9 taps at home.

And then you don't have to deal with ******* enema-nozzles at releases. I work a lot closer with homebrewers where we really talk more on beer, and since we know how it was made we give pointers to each other on how to improve. The only areas where this lacks are complex sours and barrel aged beers, but at $30+ anymore I can live without them.

Check out the yeast bay if you don't already know about em. You can get some complex sours without barrel aging just using their wild cultures and they are focusing more on it now than ever.

I just picked this one up and am really looking forward to seeing what it does:
http://www.theyeastbay.com/wild-yeast-and-bacteria-products/tyb-house-sour-blend

I had a similar culture from a local brewer without the sacch, pitched it alongside some saison yeast from white labs and let it sit for 3 months. It's just an extract pilsen brew with 2 oz of the fruity hops, it's pretty damn tasty with a lot of complexity from the brett.

 

[Phischy1]

Check out the yeast bay if you don't already know about em. You can get some complex sours without barrel aging just using their wild cultures and they are focusing more on it now than ever.

I just picked this one up and am really looking forward to seeing what it does:
http://www.theyeastbay.com/wild-yeast-and-bacteria-products/tyb-house-sour-blend

I had a similar culture from a local brewer without the sacch, pitched it alongside some saison yeast from white labs and let it sit for 3 months. It's just an extract pilsen brew with 2 oz of the fruity hops, it's pretty damn tasty with a lot of complexity from the brett.

I've been doing a lot of upgrades (per upgrade thread) and have been down 3 months. 2 conicals heated/cooled for clean beers, and I need to swap out a chest freezer as I plan to start doing sours in carboys. I have heard of the Yeast Bay and it is something I plan to start diving into in about 3 months.

 

[Stubs]

Soon.

ISO: Hazy IPA Line Waiting Bear or Otter

Opossum?

 

[furley]

“I have the best sleep in the car,” he said. “There are no kids screaming.

in his defense, he's not wrong

 

[FoudreGuy]

Present company excluded, I ******* hate beer people. It's like there's a constant competition to end up in a "You Cringe You Lose" thread. The first brewery to offer complimentary fedoras and wallet chains with a canned IPA release will ******* sweep up.

I always thought we were lucky to be insulated from all of that **** here, but the whole "scene" finally found it's way to Seattle. It all seems to revolve around humblebrag photos of massive hauls, "winning" and treating beer like Pokemon.

 

[furley]

...maybe this guy should have said "I just can't drink this. Can I see the beer menu again?" Do people expect their beers to be replaced (for free?) if they accidentally order something they don't like?

yes, yes they do

 

[Stubs]

in his defense, he's not wrong

 

[furley]

Present company excluded, I ******* hate beer people. It's like there's a constant competition to end up in a "You Cringe You Lose" thread. The first brewery to offer complimentary fedoras and wallet chains with a canned IPA release will ******* sweep up.

brb, writing up a business plan

 

[coach1]

What that excerpt fails to mention is that Amityville fire department is volunteer. His full-time job is buying max allotments of canned IPAs and reselling them at marked up prices. Diapers and formula don't grow on trees.

It's like that Rage Against the Machine lyric: "I razzle for Similac / **** a Cadillac."

Pretty sure that's the lyric.

 

[stakem1]

Reason #432 on my list of "why i want to live in the middle of the woods, away from ******* everyone"

I'm so close to making this dream a reality. The land has been paid off and the floorplans to the house are almost finalized.

I cannot wait to just fade away from the beer scene. I will live the rest of my life with a permanent ****** grin as I slowly drink through the years of stockpiled Fantomes. Maybe only peaking my head back into the scene to make sure I keep the Tome inventory from reaching critical low levels and to get my Voodoo hoppy/barrel aged beer fix.

 

[user 312341]

Present company excluded, I ******* hate beer people. It's like there's a constant competition to end up in a "You Cringe You Lose" thread. The first brewery to offer complimentary fedoras and wallet chains with a canned IPA release will ******* sweep up.

And those people would be in a thread called Random Beer THOTs.


(I'm a high school teacher; I don't really speak like that, I swear.)

 

[Ziggy]

I'm so close to making this dream a reality. The land has been paid off and the floorplans to the house are almost finalized.

I cannot wait to just fade away from the beer scene. I will live the rest of my life with a permanent ****** grin as I slowly drink through the years of stockpiled Fantomes. Maybe only peaking my head back into the scene to make sure I keep the Tome inventory from reaching critical low levels and to get my Voodoo hoppy/barrel aged beer fix.

When i was a little kid, my dad bought this decent size house on 6 acres of property, next to the woods, and you couldn't see any neighbors. It wasn't in the greatest shape, and he says he got the place for steal. Eventually over time he fixed up the house including an addition and total re-roofing, mods to existing interior, and adding a whole stone masonry patio in the back (my uncle is a excellent stonemason and he did the whole job). The back right section of the four acre back yard had 2 rows of trees that extended down the entire backyard, and consisted of various apple trees, pear trees, and some blueberry bushes. Left side had a small vineyard for grapes and figs, and he built and a farming patch for vegetables. I remember as a kid playing in the backyard and the woods for entire days on end, picking fruit (and throwing said fruit at stuff), playing with sticks, exploring the woods, and causing general mischief with my brother. Lived there for 16 years until my parents got divorced and we moved into the city. Needless to say, i ******* hated living in the city. It smells bad, people are usually rude or very uncaring and unkind, and it's just not really that safe. I miss the smell of fresh cut grass and burning pine wood from the fires we would make on cold nights, knowing who your neighbors were, being able to leave the house unattended and not have your parents have to call the police for fear of your safety. Hell, i even miss the yardwork (mulching tree bases and flowered areas on the edging of six acres of area was a bitch and a half). One day, I'm planning on moving back into a similar situation if i can. This time it would be in the woods, and as off-grid as possible.

 

[regularjohn]

didn't even use the gif? smh tyler

 

[JCastle1]

TIL Thevicster owns a brewery in Canada.

The top comment in that thread sums it up nicely.

 

[jivex5k1]

The top comment in that thread sums it up nicely.

For the lazy:

"Honestly, you both sound like *****."

Oh it's censored here. They used the c-word.