Random Beer Thoughts

[RyanG1]

Gonna be in Denver/Boulder for a week. I was looking around for events going on and came across this:




a Kettle-Soured Session New England-Style IPA??

Personally I would crush that beer but again I'm a homie.

Had a recent sour IPA!? from Pizza Boy and really enjoyed it. If you come across any cans in a nearby dumpster on fire send them my way

 

[thrashD]

Blue Owl here in Austin makes a kettle soured Pale Ale and it's actually really good.

The trick will be if they can keep the characteristics of the NEIPA style on the forefront while just letting the kettle souring "add" to the style.

Now im just curious. I'll probably end up trying it as I was gonna stop at Great Divide. Will have to report back.

I mean, the beer is called "All the Buzzwords." What did you expect from the style other than all the popular buzzwords to be in it.

i expected a juicy maple vanilla coffee kolsch. but for real, im just pointing out the ridiculousness of the description.

 

[thrashD]

Personally I would crush that beer but again I'm a homie.

Had a recent sour IPA!? from Pizza Boy and really enjoyed it. If you come across any cans in a nearby dumpster on fire send them my way

im gonna try and bang for sure, you know, for science. I've enjoyed various dry hopped sour beers before; Hose comes to mind. I just thought the description was ridiculous

 

[Death Valley]

I'm not an expert in this by any means but...

Listing a purchased asset as having goodwill value isn't uncommon. In fact, with buyouts, it is very, very much the norm. The idea that you valued a company more than its total assets and liabilities is one of the basic tenants of buyouts; that you valued their "brand" more than their real worth. It's why- for example- Amazon paid 25% more for Whole Food's shares than what they closed at the previous day. In fact, when my company bought out another one last year and had to report a bargain purchase (essentially the opposite of goodwill) on it, there were a lot of questions about why on our financial call that quarter. Getting a deal can scare investors. Investing in a name- and overpaying- isn't necessarily a bad thing. That's a point that this missed. While I agree that AbInBev, Constellation, etc. are buying up these breweries for reasons other than wanting to offer "craft" beers, I think it's a stretch to think there's that much more to it than those companies wanting much more than shelf space that they've been losing.

All that said, I have no idea what an 8.7% impairment charge is compared to what's "normal." It could very well be that they did grossly overpay, but the fact that they listed this in itself is not a crazy thing.

All good points. I am surprised to see that someone in this forum understands 'goodwill' and 'impairment" as it relates financial statement.

Also worth noting that Constellation's stock is up significantly (from $140 to $190) per share since purchasing Ballast Point, and this news did nothing to change that as the share price is up today.

 

[BadJustin]

The Veil and Jeppe are making a fried chicken beer. You guys can get get ****** ******.

 

[JulianB1]

Gonna be in Denver/Boulder for a week. I was looking around for events going on and came across this:




a Kettle-Soured Session New England-Style IPA??

Veil has done some IPAs along these lines. The basic idea (from a what I can tell, and my perspective as a consumer) is that the kettle souring is done to lower the pH and add a base tartness/acidity that should play well with the citrusy character of the hops. I've found them to be enjoyable in the past when executed well. You obviously aren't aiming for the same level of acidity as a berliner or gose. It's somewhere in between a typical NE-style IPA (where there's often a "bite" from all the dry hops) and something that's legitimately acidic like a dry-hopped berliner weisse.

 

[JulianB1]

Speaking of Veil:

 

[gregkoko]

The Veil and Jeppe are making a fried chicken beer. You guys can get get ****** ******.

This just needs to be pinned at the top of this thread

 

[BadJustin]

Speaking of Veil:

The Veil and Jeppe are making a fried chicken beer. You guys can get get ****** ******.

 

[user 312341]

The Veil and Jeppe are making a fried chicken beer. You guys can get get clucked clucked.

 

[JCastle1]

Veil has done some IPAs along these lines. The basic idea (from a what I can tell, and my perspective as a consumer) is that the kettle souring is done to lower the pH and add a base tartness/acidity that should play well with the citrusy character of the hops. I've found them to be enjoyable in the past when executed well. You obviously aren't aiming for the same level of acidity as a berliner or gose. It's somewhere in between a typical NE-style IPA (where there's often a "bite" from all the dry hops) and something that's legitimately acidic like a dry-hopped berliner weisse.

Magic Rock also made a beer like that. It was weird.

 

[daniel1]

Speaking of Veil:

Veil brewer interns at Cantillon, makes fried chicken beer.

 

[Jnorton00]

Veil brewer interns at Cantillon, makes fried chicken beer.

Gotta make nonsense beer to get press for being so "crazy". What an embarassment to beer.

 

[JBP]

The fried chicken beer will come out insane and they will be so stoked on this one.

 

[BadJustin]

Veil brewer interns at Cantillon, makes fried chicken beer.

JVR RN

 

[Lutter]

Speaking of Veil:

I mean... I've had crazier "meat-adjunct" beer than that before...

 

[JCastle1]

I mean... I've had crazier "meat-adjunct" beer than that before...

I had this one, it was not bad. Evil Twin also made a jamon serrano beer that was really good.

 

[furley]

The Veil and Jeppe are making a fried chicken beer. You guys can get get ****** ******.

this is the first time i've been offended by one of these "not to style" beers everyone is bitching about

and it's not because they're bastardizing a beloved beer style

but because they're wasting all the ******* fried chicken


someone oughta pass a law

 

[JulianB1]

this is the first time i've been offended by one of these "not to style" beers everyone is bitching about

and it's not because they're bastardizing a beloved beer style

but because they're wasting all the ******* fried chicken


someone oughta pass a law

 

[BadJustin]

 

[Ziggy]

Speaking of Veil:

Saw this on FB. Came here because i knew you were going to be the first to post this. I was correct

This is also probably one of the worst things i've ever seen. Ever

 

[JulianB1]

Saw this on FB. Came here because i knew you were going to be the first to post this. I was correct

This is also probably one of the worst things i've ever seen. Ever

ahem:

The Veil and Jeppe are making a fried chicken beer. You guys can get get ****** ******.

 

[Ziggy]

ahem:

Sorry, Some of us suffer from premature posting.

 

[Ziggy]

Are they gonna at least add waffles to this chicken beer abomination? If you're gonna add ridiculous adjuncts, you gotta at least do it with some style.

 

[sacrelicio]

well HF wasn't expected either

Wait wat? Where?

 

[JulianB1]

Wait wat? Where?

HF did a canning run of their new IPA "Dharma Bum" and had (has?) cans available for on-site consumption only. Presumably it's a QC test for potential canning in the future. Lots of info and pics in the HF thread.

 

[ncaudle]

The fried chicken beer will come out insane and they will be so stoked on this one.

it will be rad! (insert 500 emojis...)

 

[sacrelicio]

HF did a canning run of their new IPA "Dharma Bum" and had (has?) cans available for on-site consumption only. Presumably it's a QC test for potential canning in the future. Lots of info and pics in the HF thread.

Wild. Weren't they anti-canning? April Fool's joke in 2012?

 

[BadJustin]

I want to punch the individual who wrote this. **** you, buddy. **** you.

As the frankenstein series of Hill Farmstead lands on a winey seam, the golden blend that undertakes an extended wine barrel slumber emerges from its oaky cocoon with bold woods, fruit and tartness.

Peachy gold and hazy, the creamy and heady beer rolls onto the nose with both dry white wine and rosé. Musty with a brisk scent of the sea, cider and cellar aromas soon follow. Soft on the palate, the beer's early maltiness is of lightly toasted poundcake and cashew.

 

[JulianB1]

I want to punch the individual who wrote this. **** you, buddy. **** you.

As the frankenstein series of Hill Farmstead lands on a winey seam, the golden blend that undertakes an extended wine barrel slumber emerges from its oaky cocoon with bold woods, fruit and tartness.

Peachy gold and hazy, the creamy and heady beer rolls onto the nose with both dry white wine and rosé. Musty with a brisk scent of the sea, cider and cellar aromas soon follow. Soft on the palate, the beer's early maltiness is of lightly toasted poundcake and cashew.

Where is this from?