Random Beer Thoughts

[JCastle1]

You sure it's being shipped? The description says "Deadline to pick up is June 19th at 7pm or it goes back out for sale"

Just bought a couple, yeah they're shipping. Shipping is expensive though.

 

[beerindex]

Wine and Cheese Place in St. Louis shipping up to six bottles of Merci for anyone who wants to order it off the website.

Thanks for the heads up. Was already going to have a friend do a St Louis gpiufm, so I guess I'll add this to the box.

 

[BillinJersey]

Sir what's in the box you are shipping today?

"Gourmet olive oil"

Like, you make your own olive oil?

"Yeah, got me four acres of backyard with three rows of olive trees, a part time farm hand who helps during the harvests, an industrial cold press, and some storage and bottling equipment. It's a hobby...."

That sounds awesome, think you can hook me up with a few bottles?

"Funny you ask, i'm actually selling the property soon, and this is some of the last of my stock. I'm shipping it to some family, east"

Oh well that's too bad. I'll take care of this box for you. Have a good day sir

"Thanks"


Leaves store


*dammit, my cover is blown, i need to find another fedex store, again*

Use UPS, print your label at home, drop at Staples in a town three over from yours at 4:15pm - they always pick up between 4:15-4:30. Staples people could care less what is going on. They don't work for UPS. Never had an issue in four years.

 

[Nivek43]

Use UPS, print your label at home, drop at Staples in a town three over from yours at 4:15pm - they always pick up between 4:15-4:30. Staples people could care less what is going on. They don't work for UPS. Never had an issue in four years.

Same but FedEx and Office Depot/Office Max. The workers at Office Depot couldn't care less.

 

[Hookemhops13]

Use UPS, print your label at home, drop at Staples in a town three over from yours at 4:15pm - they always pick up between 4:15-4:30. Staples people could care less what is going on. They don't work for UPS. Never had an issue in four years.

Seriously?

 

[Leopoldstotch]

Sounds like a great idea, I'd be way more comfortable doing that.

 

[tikk]

Sir what's in the box you are shipping today?

"Gourmet olive oil"

Like, you make your own olive oil?

"Yeah, got me four acres of backyard with three rows of olive trees, a part time farm hand who helps during the harvests, an industrial cold press, and some storage and bottling equipment. It's a hobby...."

That sounds awesome, think you can hook me up with a few bottles?

"Funny you ask, i'm actually selling the property soon, and this is some of the last of my stock. I'm shipping it to some family, east"

Oh well that's too bad. I'll take care of this box for you. Have a good day sir

"Thanks"


Leaves store


*dammit, my cover is blown, i need to find another fedex store, again*

My buddy used to work at one of those swanky olive oil and vinegar stores where you can fill your own bottles. He gave me a few and I gave one to the guy at my FedEx store after we had a similar conversation. Made a joke about cutting into my profits with that one. Never asked me again.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Saw this retweeted by beer writer Evan Rail. Truth hurts.

 

[BadJustin]

Saw this retweeted by beer writer Evan Rail. Truth hurts.

See: joosy IPAs

 

[Ziggy]

My buddy used to work at one of those swanky olive oil and vinegar stores where you can fill your own bottles. He gave me a few and I gave one to the guy at my FedEx store after we had a similar conversation. Made a joke about cutting into my profits with that one. Never asked me again.

Where i live is fairly nice but is too plebeian to have an olive oil store. That extra swanky stuff right there.

 

[boogercrack]

My buddy used to work at one of those swanky olive oil and vinegar stores where you can fill your own bottles. He gave me a few and I gave one to the guy at my FedEx store after we had a similar conversation. Made a joke about cutting into my profits with that one. Never asked me again.

My old mail lady used to always ask what I was shipping in from Belgium. I had her convinced I was a prolific collector of a very nice line of pre-WW2 European crystalwares. One of the last times I saw her I realized that this may come off sorta like a Nazi memorabilia collector trying to hide it... and I much rather would have just said "beer".

 

[BelgianChris]

How friggin' cool is this bottle holder

I want that bicycle

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

See: joosy IPAs

Which reminds me of this newer brewery in PA (Hollow Earth) that is essentially copying the Tired Hands method in their offerings (NEIPA and Saison). But they also seem to love this hashtag of #boringbeersucks which got me triggered like:

 

[Ziggy]

How friggin' cool is this bottle holder

I want that bicycle

 

[lazerviking]

How friggin' cool is this bottle holder

I want that bicycle

Seems exceptionally impractical. The beer will be highly shaken after a ride and would need to sit for quite some time before opening. And it can't really be used for water unless you stop and get off the bike every time you need a drink.

 

[BillinJersey]

Seriously?

Yes, indeed. God forbid something happens at the local one, where my wife shops as a teacher. Everyone knows her there. I would not want it to be an issue. Three towns in NNJ is 5 minutes, so its not that bad.

 

[litheum94]

Yes, indeed. God forbid something happens at the local one, where my wife shops as a teacher. Everyone knows her there. I would not want it to be an issue. Three towns in NNJ is 5 minutes, so its not that bad.

What the hell happens to you in NJ if you get caught shipping beer?

 

[tennispl]

What the hell happens to you in NJ if you get caught shipping beer?

You have to pump your own gas for the rest of your life.

 

[NAD1983]

What the hell happens to you in NJ if you get caught shipping beer?

The punishment and cause are one and the same: living in NJ.

 

[RyanG1]

What the hell happens to you in NJ if you get caught shipping beer?

You are required to wear a Jets jersey for one year.

 

[drgarage1]

Saw this retweeted by beer writer Evan Rail. Truth hurts.

I don't know. This entire line seems premised on the idea that beer tastes like pale lagers. Do stouts not taste like beer, period? Do saisons?

I get the broader point, but all it actually implies is that people prefer things that don't taste like bud light.

 

[FoudreGuy]

I get the broader point, but all it actually implies is that people prefer things that taste like fruit smoothies and chocolate cake.

FTFY

 

[andrewdrinks]

The Harp in central London has a cask of Weird Beard Opulence on, 10.9% vanilla imperial stout, and as with all the cask beers there your choices are either a 10oz half or a 20oz full pint.



Heroic scenes

 

[danbanana]

The Harp in central London has a cask of Weird Beard Opulence on, 10.9% vanilla imperial stout, and as with all the cask beers there your choices are either a 10oz half or a 20oz full pint.



Heroic scenes

I'm pretty sure I've told this story on this site at some point but when '09 BCBS hit, my local bar put a keg of it and '08 on. And as was their style at the time, they poured them in shaker pints. And charged the then-unheard-of price of $7.

Though I lived only a block away, I am still shocked I made it home without dying.

 

[JCastle1]

I'm pretty sure I've told this story on this site at some point but when '09 BCBS hit, my local bar put a keg of it and '08 on. And as was their style at the time, they poured them in shaker pints. And charged the then-unheard-of price of $7.

Though I lived only a block away, I am still shocked I made it home without dying.

Went to a concert last year that was selling 16oz servings of BCBS for $8, same price as tallboys of 312... Not sure how I got home that day.

 

[girlscantell]

The Harp in central London has a cask of Weird Beard Opulence on, 10.9% vanilla imperial stout, and as with all the cask beers there your choices are either a 10oz half or a 20oz full pint.



Heroic scenes

Opulence, they has it

 

[boogercrack]

Went to a concert last year that was selling 16oz servings of BCBS for $8, same price as tallboys of 312... Not sure how I got home that day.

One of the concert venues here has one tap of yellow rose in 24 oz cups for $0.50 more than bud light, it's tap neighbor.

Party.

 

[andrewdrinks]

The Harp in central London has a cask of Weird Beard Opulence on, 10.9% vanilla imperial stout, and as with all the cask beers there your choices are either a 10oz half or a 20oz full pint.



Heroic scenes

Twist: this was £4.40 a pint. 28c an oz!

 

[Kasher]

The bartender serving me beers this evening told me she does not like anything on tap but knows how to sell it because she's a Cicerone.


#blessed.

 

[LukeAleTime]

I don't know. This entire line seems premised on the idea that beer tastes like pale lagers. Do stouts not taste like beer, period? Do saisons?

I get the broader point, but all it actually implies is that people prefer things that don't taste like bud light.

There's a fest here where brewers are asked to brew something specifically for the event. Obviously the result is all sorts of garbage (180 brewers invited). This year they included cider makers which, for the most part, were amazing and far less garbage.

The amount of people I saw and heard (including peeps in the industry) snickering and implying cider was a bit gay or girly was annoying. Especially when the top three people's choice beers were a Maple Syrup Imp Stout, a Vanilla Milkshake IPA, and a juicy IPA.

The best cider I had was barrel aged, dry hopped and dosed with lambic culture. But sure, a sickly sweet milkshake beer is way tougher than that.