Random Beer Thoughts

[Os]

Local brewer is Bolero Snort, contract brewed at Double Nickel

Sorry Os, not like anyone here is buying Bolero Snort. Ain't gonna hurt their business. Never even heard of Double Nickel until this happened.

fair enough... I don't usually say much as Bob has always been nice to me but the fact they called out Double Nickel seemed really like poor taste... I assume they eventually agreed or were called out for it since they took it down. They seem to be getting mixed "poor you", "you rock for owning up", and "you suck" reactions... the owning up and the calling out Double Nickel seem to be opposites.

 

[gregkoko]

fair enough... I don't usually say much as Bob has always been nice to me but the fact they called out Double Nickel seemed really like poor taste... I assume they eventually agreed or were called out for it since they took it down. They seem to be getting mixed "poor you", "you rock for owning up", and "you suck" reactions... the owning up and the calling out Double Nickel seem to be opposites.

Bob has always been super nice to me as well, and I think Double Nickel owned up to it, but it was in very poor taste. There was no need to drag someone down with them. They need to do their own QC on anything with their name on it.

 

[litheum94]

Local brewer is Bolero Snort, contract brewed at Double Nickel

Sorry Os, not like anyone here is buying Bolero Snort. Ain't gonna hurt their business. Never even heard of Double Nickel until this happened.

fair enough... I don't usually say much as Bob has always been nice to me but the fact they called out Double Nickel seemed really like poor taste... I assume they eventually agreed or were called out for it since they took it down. They seem to be getting mixed "poor you", "you rock for owning up", and "you suck" reactions... the owning up and the calling out Double Nickel seem to be opposites.

They made their statements in an official release. There is zero reason to be protecting their identity.

 

[sacrelicio]

A CD 17 review. It gets better:

As the sweetness rapidly recedes, the middle palate is rife with macerated fruit. Orange, lemon, green apple, grape, pear, peach and apricot all take on a fructose sweet taste with a pep of honey and a blast of acidity. Racy carbonation brings about a tingle of sourness and a snappy, minerally herbalness.

Medium light in body, the beer's hop finish has a light bitter bite that's akin to hay and straw. Hints of leather and weathered oak carry a tannin filled closure with a dry, powder fine arid taste on the throat.

I think I could do that review when I first started drinking beer. Now I just dome 22oz BWs while eating PB outta the jar.

 

[Padraig]

God. And it was created by a woman who doesn't think she did anything wrong.

Their Instagram is....well you can probably guess.

 

[Lutter]

Jester King announced that they were releasing 50 magnum bottles of Atrial Rubicite on Friday when they open.... now I see this....



It's going to be 103 degrees out today. And they don't open until 4pm.

Also there's 8000+ bottles of the regular 500ml size that will probably last 2-3 weekends.

Guys...

 

[Marksy]

Also there's 8000+ bottles of the regular 500ml size that will probably last 2-3 weekends.

 

[Lutter]

Jester King announced that they were releasing 50 magnum bottles of Atrial Rubicite on Friday when they open.... now I see this....



It's going to be 103 degrees out today. And they don't open until 4pm.

Also there's 8000+ bottles of the regular 500ml size that will probably last 2-3 weekends.

Guys...

Followup:

 

[JulianB1]

Franklin's: "No one in Austin will ever wait longer to buy a product than ours."

Jester King: "Hold line up for our beer."

 

[litheum94]

Jester King announced that they were releasing 50 magnum bottles of Atrial Rubicite on Friday when they open.... now I see this....



It's going to be 103 degrees out today. And they don't open until 4pm.

Also there's 8000+ bottles of the regular 500ml size that will probably last 2-3 weekends.

Guys...

Is there a Texas law that says they can't just sell the bottles at that point instead of waiting another 8 hours so they can get these idiots off of their property?

 

[Lutter]

Is there a Texas law that says they can't just sell the bottles at that point instead of waiting another 8 hours so they can get these idiots off of their property?

You can sell beer/wine both on and off premises starting at 7am in Texas, so there's not really a reason, legally speaking.

Neckbeards in this town are dumb dumbs and probably would have started lining up for the regular bottle release around noon anyways, despite there being 8,800 bottles.

 

[jdd419]

Why do people make such a big deal about Magnum bottles?

It's the same beer that is in 500ml bottles, what am I missing?

 

[quirk6]

Why do people make such a big deal about Magnum bottles?

It's the same beer that is in 500ml bottles, what am I missing?

Same reason some people drive Hummers?

 

[jdd419]

Same reason some people drive Hummers?

Yes, or really big trucks.

 

[Lutter]

Why do people make such a big deal about Magnum bottles?

It's the same beer that is in 500ml bottles, what am I missing?

I don't get hot and bothered like that till we're talking jeroboams...

 

[jdd419]

I don't get hot and bothered like that till we're talking jeroboams...

Ok I'd understand if we were talking Methuselah size

 

[boogercrack]

Ok I'd understand if we were talking Methuselah size

How many neckbeards have the upper body strength to pour a Nebuchadnezzar?

 

[shuggy1]

How many neckbeards have the upper body strength to pour a Nebuchadnezzar?

Obviously they'd use an appropriate lambic basket.

 

[Josh2]

How many neckbeards have the upper body strength to pour a Nebuchadnezzar?

2.
1v1willwreku and Arbitrator

 

[jdd419]

How many neckbeards have the upper body strength to pour a Nebuchadnezzar?

LOL pour them, nobody is drinking them. If you said lift up on the FedEx counter I would agree.

 

[boogercrack]

2.
1v1willwreku and Arbitrator

Lettucepray

 

[Kasher]

2.
1v1willwreku and Arbitrator

RIP KWMiles

 

[Sage1]

 

[Fingolfin]

RIP KWMiles

 

[abawol01]

I don't get hot and bothered like that till we're talking jeroboams...

This diagram is missing the largest bottle. The Midas. Midas bottles are 30L. I would line for for a Midas bottle or atrial. Not really sure what I would do with it or how I would carry it though.

 

[JulianB1]

Why do people make such a big deal about Magnum bottles?

It's the same beer that is in 500ml bottles, what am I missing?

Semi-serious answer:

-Many people claim some version of "it ages differently/better" which might be true (the differently part at least probably is) but I doubt most of them stay unopened long enough to really tell. Maybe this argument works for old lambic but mostly I think it's bunk or at best unverified.

-They are fun/cool to pour at parties and bottle shares (bigger bottles even more so of course), which is a perfectly fine reason to want them and I enjoy this aspect myself.

 

[drgarage1]

I only drink from Maximus bottles

http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/worlds-biggest-bottle-auctioned-99454/

 

[FoudreGuy]

Semi-serious answer:

-Many people claim some version of "it ages differently/better" which might be true (the differently part at least probably is) but I doubt most of them stay unopened long enough to really tell. Maybe this argument works for old lambic but mostly I think it's bunk or at best unverified.

-They are fun/cool to pour at parties and bottle shares (bigger bottles even more so of course), which is a perfectly fine reason to want them and I enjoy this aspect myself.

I've got a buddy who is hardcore into champagne (fluent in France and travels to that region once or twice a year) and he says this is true. With beer? He just thinks those guys are idiots with too much disposable income.

 

[beerindex]

I've got a buddy who is hardcore into champagne (fluent in France and travels to that region once or twice a year) and he says this is true. With beer? He just thinks those guys are idiots with too much disposable income.

What is it about champagne that differs from beer enough to make it true for the former but not the latter?

 

[nanobrew1]

What is it about champagne that differs from beer enough to make it true for the former but not the latter?

Centuries of snobbery and pretentiousness vs a couple years